About Victor R.

Victor Emmanuel Reyes Camacho was born in Mexico City on May 16, 1985. He has dedicated his life to art in different ways: music, theater, photography, edition and production in cinematography; finding in this form of communication his passion. He has gathered his knowledge to collaborate with companies dedicated to arts and communication such as: Tv Azteca, El Universal, The Lift Mexico, and Rancho Studios, Netflix, among others. He has studied with well known characters in different filming schools in Mexico such as: Juan Arturo Brennan, Adolfo Garcia-Videla and Susana Lopez Aranda, to name a few. Nowadays he also works in this own projects and updates his knowledge through several courses and studies.

About John D.

Award-winning Scottish-Mexican filmmaker, has directed and produced shorts, features and series both independently and for media like Al Jazeera, Univision, NatGeo, Discovery, Guardian Films and Channel 4, mostly telling character-driven stories out of Latin America, on subjects like drug war, immigration, renewable energy, turtle eggs and mezcal. His films have been shown and won prizes in various film festivals. His first doc feature was El Diablo y La Nota Roja (2008), a searing portrait of a crime reporter in southern Mexico. In 2013 travelled clandestine to the war-ravaged Nuba Mountains of Sudan to make the film Eyes of Nuba about a citizen journalist there, nominated for the Rory Peck award. Just completed his first fiction feature as writer/director, Moronga ("Black Pudding"), a surreal black comedy starring Matt O'Leary and Kristyan Ferrer, in cinemas end 2019. Lives between Mexico City and a farm in the Sierra Madre. Also explores 360° video and VR, and loves mezcal. Salud.

About Tomas S.

For the last 20 years I have been working as a photojournalist, photo editor, video journalist, writer, publisher and multimedia editor for wire agencies, newspapers and television channels, with a wide range of topics within Nicaragua, the Central American region and the Caribbean. I am currently working as a photo editor in the Latin America Associated Press photo desk. As a multimedia pioneer I have lead the development of Nicaraguas first and foremost multimedia department. This multimedia department was until recently, the leader in the region. I am fully bilingual and my experience in the field varies from being a single, in-country photojournalist, all the way up to managing multiple teams during intense coverage of news events, to developing, modernizing and creating new departmentsand media platfroms in the newsroom. I cover anything from hard news to feature stories.

About Sergio Julian L.

Producer, Director, Cameraman, Reporter, and Businessman with more than 20 years experience in the media in Mexico, but in action in several countries. Owner of DRAX Produktion company in Mexico City, with emphasize on TV documentary, journalism, commercial and corporate video. I like to tell histories of people, culture, and ecological issues, trying to see the things from the most positive side of each story.

About Valeria J.

Video Producer - Communicating impact stories through video productions I am a Mexican filmmaker, I have a strong passion for documentaries. I love producing my own work, film it and edit it. I travel a lot so anywhere I go I feel the need to film what I experience and find. Specially stories related to human rights, different cultures or social issues.

About Damian M.

I am a Mexican docummentalist focused in social issues. Politics, society, security, archeology., interesting characters.. For me those topics are Disneyland.

About Othoniel C.

Soy un realizador audiovisual y tengo 29 años de edad. Estudié Artes Audiovisuales y desde que salí de la escuela en 2006 hasta el 2009 me dediqué a levantar proyectos personales. Apartir del 2009 comencé a trabajar en la TV comercial como Editor Senior. Esto me separó de mi pasión por el documental, sin embargo en 2011 entré a trabajar a Milenio TV, un canal de noticias en México, lo que me acercó al mundo del noticiero y un poco al documental Actualmente radico en la Ciudad de México y estoy produciendo un documental sobre una Subasta de Plantas que yo mismo recrearé para acelerar los procesos del mercado y de la economía actual. Quiero revisar e indagar en temas como el valor de las cosas y la comercialización de seres vivos. Me interesa observar el afecto y el posible apego que el ser humano ejerce sobre su entorno inmediato y como esto es el motor de sus actos. Estoy interesado en revisar la delgada línea que separa a la narrativa del documental y los formatos de la ficción.

About Kimeshree M.

Kim Munsamy (1987) es realizadora sudafricana de cine documental. Tiene una licenciatura de Arte Dramático con Especialidad en Cine y TV en Sudáfrica. Después de una pasantía en Cape Town Community Televisión (CCTV) trabajó como productora y editora en Workers World en un programa de televisión que facilitaba el intercambio entre sindicatos y trabajadores y exponía injusticia y explotación en fabricas en el Cabo. El programa fue transmitido por CCTV. En Sudáfrica ha trabajado principalmente en cortos documentales sobre reforma agraria y los efectos de la minería en el pos apartheid. En 2010 le fue otorgada una beca para un intercambio de 8 semanas en el Centro Documental de la Universidad George Washington y en 2011 fue seleccionada para participar en el Berlinale Talent Campus. Ese mismo año fue invitada a Guatemala a participar como panelista en el Festival Memoria, Verdad, Justicia. Ha trabajado con la Fundación Rigoberta Menchú en cortometrajes que documentan los procesos judiciales en casos relacionados al conflicto armado interno en Guatemala. A finales de 2012 presentó el trabajo "Donde el tiempo se detiene" en el Festival Truth is Concrete, en Graz, Austria y en 2013 participó en la competencia Focus Forward Films de GE / CINELAN con el cortometraje documental "Los huesos no mienten y no olvidan", que fue premiado y se presentó en el marco del Festival de Cine de Sundance. En 2016 estudió un curso de Cinefotografía Digital en la UNAM, México. Actualmente vive en Guatemala donde ha realizado trabajos documentales sobre la post guerra y temas políticos y sociales.

About Josef R.

Filmmaker & Storyteller

About Ran S.

I am an independent photographer and documentarist, i have a great passion for independent journalism and telling stories, the stories of my people are now the most important part of my life. The stories that i usually work on are about communities in resistance by environmental problems, such as multinational corporations taking over peasant´s land, pollution of air and water, social movements and all those stories mass media usually wont tell. I also like finding sotries about anonymous heroes, regular people who are able to make great changes in their communities. It is my passion, and i hope i can share it with your community.

About Konas Media K.

Soy una realizadora audiovisual independiente y nómada, que ha viajado a través de la lluviosa selva ecuatoriana, por los fiordos y cordilleras de la agreste Patagonia, convivido con comunidades zapatistas en Chiapas, y registrado un sin fin de manifestaciones sociales en Chile, México y Estados Unidos. Desde la búsqueda de un tesoro inca hasta la transnacionalización de la acción colectiva, son los temas que me han apasionado y he plasmado en distintos trabajos audiovisuales. Konas significa valiente en mapudungun, lengua mapuche, lo cual refleja una manera de ver la vida, de atreverse a tener nuevos desafíos, a imaginar nuevos horizontes.

About Javier B.

I started piaf producciones with the purpose of telling stories through digital photography and video. We love to dig into the stories we tell from a documentary/portrait perspective, respecting people's voices and the integrity of their stories. We have worked mostly in rural areas within Guatemala and El Salvador.

About Jorge V.

Multimedia videojournalist for 20 years based in Mexico City. Founding member of the online version El Universal (newspaper), founding member of weekly newspaper and website EjeCentral.com.mx. Collaborations in Ruptly, AJ+, Newsflare and World Bank. I have made journalistic coverage in situations of risk with text, photo and video: Hurricane Dean, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 2007; Death of Michael Jackson, USA, 2009; Concert Peace Without Borders, Cuba, 2009; Earthquake in Haiti, 2010; Cumbre de Río in Riviera Maya, Mexico, 2010; Hurricane and Tsunami in Japan, 2011; Floods and landslides in the state of Guerrero, Mexico, 2013; Death of Hugo Chávez in 2013, Venezuela; clashes between narco gangs and self-defense groups, Michoacán, 2014; coverage from the favela of Rocinha, in Rio de Janeiro, during the World Cup in Brazil; Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, 2016; FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 coverage.

About Juan A.

Soy comunicador social con énfasis en periodismo y experiencia en Radio y Televisión desde hace 18 años. Al iniciar mis estudios universitarios empecé a trabajar en televisión como asistente de cámara y camarógrafo pasando también por cargos en edición lineal, coordinación de piso, productor y locutor. Aprovechando mi doble nacionalidad, venezolana y colombiana, en 2007 decidí irme a Colombia y empecé a trabajar como "videografo". Grababa, editaba, redactaba y presentaba cada una de las notas. Trabajé para NTN24 donde ocupé varios cargos. Jefe de emisión, director de programa, ancla y enviado especial para coberturas internacionales manejando personal profesional y técnico, jerarquización de contenidos informativos y editoriales, reacción ante noticias de último minuto tanto para presentarlas como para coordinar y dirigir una emisión al aire. Actualmente vivo en Ciudad de México y soy el corresponsal freelance para una cadena asiática en español.

About Juan José L.

I'm a multimedia journalist from El Salvador who live and work in Guatemala since 2010. In this moment, I write for IT Now Magazine and I'm a communications consultor in Consejo Superior Universitario Centroamericano. I have more than 10 years working in multimedia in different newspapers. I covered a part of war in Irak in 2007, as war correspondant by La Prensa Gráfica. And I write about tourism in Guatemala.

About Neil B.

Neil Brandvold is an award winning photojournalist and filmmaker with experience working in conflict, disaster and post-disaster zones across Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa and the Middle East. His work has been featured in numerous outlets including The Washington Post, The New York Times, National Geographic, Newsweek, PBS FRONTLINE, The New Yorker, WIRED, NETFLIX, Al Jazeera WITNESS, PRO PUBLICA, The Intercept, The Guardian, ABC News, USA Today, NATURE Magazine, FRANCE TV, Global Health Now, NPR, PRI, BBC, CNN, and over the years has worked with many non-profit, non-governmental organizations including USAID, Plan International, FHI360, Medecin Sans Frontiere, and Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative. Brandvold is also a Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting grantee.

About Maho I.

Photographer and filmmaker originally from Argentina, currently based in Mexico City. I work with media outlets, NGOs and brands to create inspiring stories that move their audiences and generate change. I direct and edit short films with a focus on gender, the LGBTQ+ community, women’s rights, the environment and ancestral cultures and traditions.

About Andalusia K.

Andalusia Knoll Soloff is a bilingual multimedia journalist hailing from NYC currently based in Mexico City. She has worked as a freelance correspondent for AJ+, Al Jazeera , VICE News, HBO, RAI, ZDF, ARD, NBC News, Fusion, Nat Geo, AFP, TRT World, Democracy Now!, and various documentary production companies. Andalusia got her start in Community Radio in 2000 and currently works as a audio and video producer, writer, photographer, translator and fixer. She has covered the Israel/Palestine conflict during the second Intifada, the 2006 historic elections in Bolivia, the 2013 controversial elections in Honduras, the 2014 World Cup in Brasil, the Peace Process in Colombia and the death of Fidel Castro in 2016 as well as various other important moments in history. Andalusia was one of the first international reporters to cover the case of the 43 disappeared Ayotzinapa students and spent months in Guerrero covering the story and continues to report on it.

About Adriana O.

About Daniel V.

Studied cinematography in Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico. Has more than ten years of experience in filmmaking. His works have been in different international festivals like the Semaine de la Critique in Cannes, Kustendorff and Raindance. In 2013 he is awarded with the Best Short Film Cinematography award in Ciudad Juarez Film festival for the film "The last veil". He has worked and produced content for brands like National Geographic, Absolut Vodka, P&G and TP Link. In 2014 he shot the documentary short film "Ramos", which won the DocsDF best short film award. Right now he's finishing the postproduction of his first documentary feature film as a cinematographer, "Mi sangre enarbolada", directed by Luis Palomino. He also has worked as creative producer for large mexican digital media companies like Cultura Colectiva & Vice.