About Néstor Z.

Filmmaker graduated from EICTV, Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televsion de San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. Documentary and fiction filmaking. DOP, Director and Editor. Cineasta colombiano egresado de la Escuela Internacional de Cine de San Antonio de los Baños EICTV. Con experiencia en proyectos de ficción y documental como director, director de fotografía, operador de cámara, productor y montajista. “Jumeninduawa” Documentary 30 min. HDcam. DOP/Camera / Production, Corporación de Investigación y Acción Social y Económica CIASE / INTERVIDA. COLOMBIA, 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrd23P3agxE “Existiendo en la Memoria” Documentary 35 min. HDcam. DOP/Camera / European Union / Comisión Intereclecial de Justicia y Paz. COLOMBIA, 2010. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVULw4O9xQk “En tierra de otros, Agrocombustibles y Derecho al Territorio” Documentary 40 min. HDV Director, Camera, Editor, 2010. CINEP / Diakonía Internacional / Plataforma colombiana de DDHH / ILSA / OFP. COLOMBIA, 2009. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We_7MQxQaJ0 “Los Perros” Fiction 35 mm.-color. 10 Min. DOP. Festivals: IV Festival de cine pobre de Gibara (Cuba 2006) – 11 Festival de cine cubano Frankfurt (Germany 2006) – 16 Cine Ceara en Fortaleza (Brasil 2006) – Cinesul 2006 en Río de Janeiro. Production, EICTV / Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano FNL. CUBA, 2005. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovckHtO_1W4 “Listen and Sea” Documentary. DVcam-Betacam SP. 25 Min. DOP. Production, EICTV / Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano FNC. CUBA, 2005. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B5TMl708DA “Como si el pasaje pasara” Fiction. S16 mm. Color. DOP. Selección oficial Festival de Cine Independiente Barcelona 2007. Production,EICTV / Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano FNL / KHM Kunsthochschule für Medien –Germany. CUBA-Germany, 2005. https://vimeo.com/139568574 “Tomados de la Mano” Documentary. 12 Min. Betacam SP. DOP. Winner Best Short Documentary, II Festival de Cusco 2005 (Perú) EICTV/ Fundación del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano FNL. CUBA, 2004. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hzdFdgPb3E “Retrato de Amor” Fictionn 3 Min. 16 m.m. Color. Screenwriter/Director. EICTV / FNL. CUBA, 2003. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T6na2Jrr00

About Laura O.

LAURA OTÁLORA, (Bogotá, Colombia 1989) is an award-winning visual anthropologist and documentary filmmaker. From an early age she wanted to merge social and cultural studies with the visual arts, so she decided to study Anthropology with an emphasis in Art History and Theory at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogota. After finishing her degree she traveled to Spain to do a Masters in Visual Anthropology at the University of Barcelona. Later he decided to expand his knowledge in the audiovisual area, starting another Master's Degree in Documentary Film at the Barcelona Film School (ECIB). Since then she has worked in the realization of other documentaries in areas such as methodological research, script, production, DOP and post-production. For three years he coordinated the production company CAD ProducUons, where he developed several projects for international organizations such as the UN and the World Bank, covering topics such as Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Food Security in several countries in Africa, America, Europe and Asia. Among these projects, he directed the documentary interacUvo Kijanal, about the food sovereignty of the indigenous peoples of Chiapas and Yucatan in Mexico. He also worked on the documentary series REDD+ in Africa, for the World Bank, on climate change mitigation in several African countries. In parallel she parUcipated as co-founder of the Cook n Roots project, dedicated to the invesUgation of the roots of gastronomy, through Visual Anthropology, filming diverse cultural ways of understanding gastronomy, developing a broad knowledge of the gastronomic cultures of several countries. In 2019 she directed her first feature film Chef's Diaries Scotland, a documentary where the Roca brothers from the presUgious restaurant Celler de Can Roca, invesUgate about traditional products and cuisines from Spain and Scotland. It won the award for best documentary at the Girona International Film FesUval and was selected for various festivals such as the Malaga FesUval, Sea`le InternaUonal Film FesUval and the Edinburgh InternaUonal Film FesUval among many others. It is also available on platforms such as Amazon Prime Video, Filmin and Mubi. Since 2019 she returned to Bogota where she works in directing and directing series and documentaries around Colombia. In 2021 the series Dis;l Your World premiered on Amazon Prime Video, in which he did the script and direction of two chapters, this same year he also directed the documentary series Vivas, which will premiere in 2022 on several Colombian TV channels. She is currently directing two feature documentaries: Impermanentes and Capitán. She is also the content director of the workshop Apichatpong Weerasethakul Lab: Filming in the Amazon and is a professor of Documentary Film at the National Film School (ENACC).

About Juan Pablo D.

Creative Director at Kingfisher Docs, a film production studio focused on storytelling for social change. MFA in Film Directing from The University of Edinburgh with Distinction. BSc in Journalism from Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá, Colombia. Experience in visual journalism covering issues such as Human Rights, Climate Change, and wider work in the field producing and reporting with rural communities. Work includes projects with BBC Scotland, Virtual Museum of the National Centre for Historical Memory (CNMH), Semana magazine, Rutas del Conflicto/VerdadAbierta.com, Fondo Acción, WWF and Conservation International.

About Ivan S.

Hi my name is Ivan Sheligo I been working on commercials and video productions all over the world. I've directed feature films that have gained worldwide distribution and has shot video campaigns for high profile clients such as Galderma, Pepsico, Deadline, Hasbro, Samsung and Google. I can handle large and small projects, from how-to videos, short films, commercials, demo reels and music videos to feature films and everything in between.

About Pedro S.

I am a multimedia journalist, writer and documentary producer. Studied Literature, Philosophy, Creative Writing in the University of Iowa and Journalism in the Columbia Journalism School. Latest examples of my video work can be seen on my webpage. Video is my passion, I live for beautiful stories, it's the salt of my life.

About Andres A.

I am a filmmaker from Colombia. I started my career studying media production in Bogota and photography in Spain. I have worked as a freelancer in both countries and worked on cruise ships for a few years. Traveling all over the world and meeting people from a lot of different countries and cultures has triggered in me a passion for traveling, and a hunger for that broad, global knowledge and empathy that is so needed in todays society. My goal as a filmmaker is not just to communicate a message but more to make people feel, the thinking and doing part comes later.

About JUAN RAFAEL ERNESTO S.

I am a Film Director and Producer from Bogotá, Colombia. My production company, InShaka Films, has been producing content for artists, brands and businesses for the past years. We've worked with over 100 clients creating content. The content we've produced has amassed more than 50 million views on Youtube and has been shown on TV networks such as HTV and MTV.

About Gustavo G.

"I am fascinated by the power of moving image as a communication medium and love telling stories through the eye of the camera." Professional in Audiovisual production from the Pontifical Xiaverian University in Bogota, Colombia. I've been producing films and proyects since 2014 with enthusiatic ideas. I am making films all the time, whether it is for work or for pleasure. I love incorporating movement in our projects and my favourite gear is the glidecam!

About Juan C.

Actually working in Avenida Films one of the biggest advertising films producer in Colombia, have worked with brands like Mazda (automotive), Ensure (food supplements), Poker beer (alcoholic beverages), My Brand Amsterdam (fashion), Mara de la villa (fashion) among others, and for companies like Leo Burnett and Carnivora Films, similarly have worked with different music bands on videocilps, live sessions coverages and literally any kind of audiovisual.

About Cady V.

I have experience producing documentary films, writing feature articles, and packaging radio & TV pieces. I'm an American based in Bogotá, Colombia, with experience working in English, Spanish and French. In 2015, following dreams of being a full-time storyteller, I moved to India to co-direct a documentary about an orphanage outside the city of Hyderabad. Most recently, I served as the managing editor at Innovations | Stories, an online publication sharing the stories of social innovators all over the Global South. While at Innovations | Stories I designed and spearheaded a multimedia editorial strategy which allowed for more diverse content (a heavier focus on photo and video stories). As managing editor I supported video and photo freelance contributors from all over the world and designed storytelling trainings for social innovators to tell their own stories. I'm originally from Berkeley, California, USA and I earned my B.S. from the University of California, Davis in Community and Regional Development with a minor in Art Studio (focusing on video and photography). From 2010-2015 I directed a global education program called One World Youth Project (OWYP), based in Washington, DC. At OWYP I designed middle school (age 10-14) curriculum and trained university students to teach it around the world in their own communities. The program taught the children cross-cultural communication by empowering them to create and send video, photo, and written messages to their partner classroom abroad - all facilitated by trained university student volunteers. While serving as program director at OWYP I had the privilege of traveling around the world visiting schools and delivering trainings at universities. My work in education and the opportunity to see so much of the world made me realize I wanted to tell stories. Storytelling is the best form of education anyway.

About Diana A.

Every day is a new opportunity to change the world through communication and my mission it's to be part of it. Day after day i work building messages and making creativity the best way to achieve any goal.

About Rafael Poveda T.

Rafael Poveda TV is a production company based in Bogota, Colombia.

About Adriana B.

Audiovisual Social Communicator of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Colombia. She worked as a librettist and script assistant in dramatic projects developed by Primetime for the RCN channel and Sony. In 2014, she completed her master's studies in Theory and Practice of Creative Documentary at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and was co-director and scriptwriter of the documentary The Light we don't see, co-produced by TVE. Since 2015 she has been linked to the production company GusanoFilms, performing the position of field producer of the documentary Vogulys, winner of the DOCTV 2015. She is part of the development and production team of projects with this same production company and is co-directing the documentary TORO, winner from the IDARTES Documentary Short Film Creation Grant in 2018, the IDARTES Original Music Creation Grant for a feature film in 2020 and the FDC 2020 Stimulus for Documentary Feature Post-production, in Colombia. Co-director and producer of the short documentary Unconditional freedom, a photographic project by Carlos Duque, held in the Bogotá District jail. She was the winner of the call of the Ministry of Culture for "New Creators" in 2017 and of two India Catalina awards for Best New Creator and Best Youth Program with the documentary project Love in the Times of the Match, as producer and screenwriter. In addition, she participated as a director of the program First my neighborhood on Canal Capital in Bogotá, worked as a producer and documentary DP of the Fuerza Latina program on Deutsche Welle channel and as a scriptwriter for documentary series for USAID and RTVC in Colombia.

About DANIEL R.

About Avant F.

Avant-Garde was born in 2014 in Bogota - Colombia, by a filmmaker that wanted to have the creative freedom to develop his ideas and grow professionally in a country that is a current hub of video and sound production worldwide. In the beginning, we dedicated ourselves exclusively to audiovisual projects, and we complemented our portfolio, providing services such as; rental and loans of equipment for the entertainment industry. In 2017, we made a strategic alliance with Aura Records to strengthen our services in sound design and music production, offering premium services that meet international standards of quality. Three years later, at the beginning of 2020, we expanded our headquarters to provide a physical space development of artistic and multicultural projects. Due to the pandemic and quarantine, this expansion, achieved in mid-2021 and, so far, we have hosted multiple creative projects from local artists (https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=9UdXHZug8MN). Within the Avant-Garde product catalog, we offer: rental of equipment, locations, music production, audiovisual production and co-production, artistic consultancy, artistic training (music, dance & graphics), production of artistic projects; management for artists (brand advice, technical and legal advice, creative direction and marketing.) In addition to the alliance with Aura Records, we have links and creative cooperation projects with; Bellaporta, Mathew Valbuena, and Taller Gráfico Editores. Additionally, we have worked on projects with Crowe, Dynamo, Señal Colombia, Pilar Larraz Ad hoc design, Idartes, among others. We have one the following recognition on the industry: Documentary Documentary serires Reparar para Seguir (2013) Nominated India Catalina 2014 - Postproduction Documentary serires Los Puros Criollos (2014) Nominated India Catalina 2014 - Postproduction Shortfilms Cabeza de Torpedo (2019) Production company Los Tres (2020) Executive producer Furtivo (2021-2022) Winner Incubadora BFM en el marco del XVII Bogoshorts - Co-production Music Videos Music video “Me Sangra” Pornomotora (2010) Nominated Salón Internacional de la luz 2012 - DP and Art Director Music video “Ahí Estaré” No Stories (2019) Nominated XVII Bogoshorts - Executive producer and Director Ads Promo Cinemateca Distrital (2016) Director and producer Architecture Promo Ad Hoc Design (2017) Director and producer

About Juan V.

Creative entrepreneur and video producer, passionate about finding and crafting meaningful content for digital media. Co-founder of Bahia Visual, a studio based in Bogotá, Colombia, that helps brands increase their perceived value and delight their customers using cinematic video content. He has a versatile approach to content creation that blends storytelling, artistry and strategy. With his background in journalism, he honed his skills as a documentary filmmaker, and now loves merging non-fiction stories with the world of brands. His skillset includes creative development, content research, organization and clear communication. This enables a seamless and positive collaboration with his clients and partners. Also, as part time electronic music producer, he translates his sense of rhythm to the visual medium, resulting in content that stands out by its dynamic pacing and deep integration between image and sound. Loves to run, meditate and travel the world. Big believer in systems and constant learning to achieve desired outcomes.

About Juan G.