Interesting new voices
by Vade-Lepisto | created - 17 Jun 2021 | updated - 17 Jun 2021 | Public
1. Darya Zhuk
Director | Khrustal
Raised in Minsk, Darya Zhuk went to Harvard undergrad, received her MFA in film directing from Columbia and now lives in Brooklyn. She most recently directed an original episode of LITTLE AMERICA for Apple+ based on her own immigration experience from Belarus. She directed and EP'd the first four ...
2. Suzannah Mirghani
Director | Al-Sit
Suzannah Mirghani is a writer, researcher, and media studies/museum studies graduate. Sudanese-Russian, she is interested in stories about the complexity of identity. Suzannah is the writer, director, and producer of AL-SIT (2020, Sudan/Qatar), screening on Netflix Middle East, and winner of the ...
3. Natalia Garayalde
Director | Esquirlas
Natalia Garayalde was born in 1982 in Córdoba, Argentina. Natalia is a director and writer, known for Splinters (2020) and BEA VII.
4. Juho Kuosmanen
Director | Hytti nro 6
Juho Kuosmanen was born in 1979 in Kokkola, Finland. He is a director and writer, known for Compartment Number 6 (2021), The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki (2016) and The Painting Sellers (2010).
5. Mari Selvaraj
Director | Pariyerum Perumal
Mari Selvaraj was born on March 7, 1984 in Tamil Nadu, India. He is a director and writer, known for Pariyerum Perumal (2018), Karnan (2021) and Maamannan (2023). He is married to Divya Mari Selvaraj.
6. Isabel Sandoval
Director | Lingua Franca
Isabel Sandoval is known for Lingua Franca (2019), Apparition (2012) and Señorita (2011).
7. Hamy Ramezan
Director | Kuuntele
Hamy Ramezan is a Finnish-Iranian film director and screenwriter. He graduated from the film school at UCA, Franham in 2007 and has since completed several short and documentary films.
Ramezan won Best Narrative Short at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2015, Oscar-qualifying the short film Listen (...
8. Antonella Sudasassi
Director | El despertar de las hormigas
Antonella Sudasassi is known for The Awakening of the Ants (2019), Memorias de un Cuerpo que Arde (2024) and The Awakening of the Ants: Childhood (2016).
9. Chaitanya Tamhane
Writer | The Disciple
Chaitanya Tamhane was born on March 1, 1987 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He is a writer and producer, known for The Disciple (2020), Court (2014) and Six Strands (2011).
10. Miia Tervo
Director | Aurora
Miia Tervo is known for Aurora (2019), Force of Habit (2019) and Little Snow Animal (2009).
11. Jan Komasa
Director | Sala samobójców
Jan Komasa was born on October 28, 1981 in Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland. He is a director and writer, known for Suicide Room (2011), The Hater (2020) and Warsaw '44 (2014).
12. Amjad Abu Alala
Director | You Will Die at Twenty
Amjad Abu Alala was born in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is known for You Will Die at 20 (2019), Teena (2009) and Train Station (2015).
13. Kantemir Balagov
Writer | Dylda
Born in 1991 in Nalchik, capital of the Autonomous Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, in the North Caucasus, Kantemir Balagov leaves the city for Stavropol where he undertakes studies in economics. But the twenty-three-year-old man's interest is elsewhere and, while being passionate about photography,...
14. Mati Diop
Director | Atlantique
Mati Diop was born on June 22, 1982 in Paris, France. She is an actress and director, known for Atlantics (2019), Dahomey (2024) and A Thousand Suns (2013).
15. Riley Stearns
Writer | Dual
Riley Stearns was born on June 29, 1986 in Texas, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Dual (2022), The Art of Self-Defense (2019) and Faults (2014). He was previously married to Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
16. Eliza Capai
Director | Espero tua (Re)volta
Eliza Capai is an independent documentary filmmaker who focuses on social issues. She is especially interested in amplifying voices from marginalized sectors of society in order to foster empathy in audiences. Thinking about creative modes of production, narration, and distribution are also ...
17. Sêro Hindê
Director | Çîroka Bajarên Wêranbûyî: Singal
Sêro Hindê is known for Stories of Destroyed Cities: Shengal (2020), Evîn di rûyê qirkirinê de (2020) and IFFR Freedom Lecture: Rojava Film Commune (2020).
18. Annika Berg
Director | Team Hurricane
Annika Berg is known for Team Hurricane (2017), Sia (2015) and Go' morgen Danmark (1996).
19. Gürcan Keltek
Director | Meteorlar
Gürcan Keltek was born in 1973 in Izmir, Turkey. Gürcan is a director and producer, known for Meteors (2017), Gulyabani (2018) and Colony (2015).
20. Robert Eggers
Director | The Lighthouse
Robert Houston Eggers is an American filmmaker and production designer. He is best known for writing and directing the historical horror films The Witch (2015) and The Lighthouse (2019), as well as directing and co-writing the historical fiction epic film The Northman (2022). His films are noted ...
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