Therese Malvar is an acclaimed Filipino actress who began her career with a breakout performance in Ang Huling Cha-Cha ni Anita (2013), directed by Sigrid Bernardo. The film premiered at the CineFilipino Film Festival and received a Special Mention at the Osaka Asian Film Festival. Her performance earned her a Gawad Urian nomination for Best Actress, establishing her as one of the most promising talents in Philippine cinema.

Her exceptional work has garnered international acclaim, including the Silver George for Best Actress at the Moscow International Film Festival and the NYAFF Screen International Rising Star Female Award for her role in Hamog (2015), directed by Ralston Jover. In 2018, she made Philippine history at the Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival by winning the Best Supporting Actress award for two films in the same year: Distance and School Service.

Pooja Gupte studied cinematography from Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI), Kolkata, India. Pooja was selected as an Indian cinematographer in Berlinale Talent Campus 2012, Germany. She was also invited to present her work in Stuttgart, Germany as part of series Making of Indian Cinema at Stuttgart-Indian Film Festival 2019. Pooja has recently become a member of Imago’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Her first feature film as a Director of Photography “Crossing Bridges” won at 61st National award as best Sherdupen film which she also had produced under her production house Easel Films. She was awarded Best Cinematography for feature film “Rukh” in 5th AIFF 2018. Pooja was awarded best cinematography for the short film “Water Demon” at Feel the Reel International Film Festival 2021 Glasgow UK. Pooja is also a very active member of IWCC (Indian Women Cinematographers Collective).

María Zaragoza (Madrid, 1982)
In 2014 she participated in the feature film adaptation of her story Realidades de humo, which the director Joaquín O. Loustaunau directed in Mexico and premiered in 2016. She has written the scripts for A candidate for the end of the world (Margarita Xirgu Award for best script radio 2019, produced and broadcast by RNE in 2020: https://www.rtve.es/play/audios/ficcion-sonora/ficcion-sonora-candidato-para-fin-mundo-maria-zaragoza/5571447/), Mi Mama Me Mima (dir. Marc Romero, produced by The Pride of My House, in post-production), Agonía (dir. Eulàlia Ramon, produced by Atrece Creaciones, 2024), Perpetua Navidad Azul (dir. Marina Aparicio, Galatea Productions, in preparation ), has participated in the script and documentary work of the documentary I am Cloe, I exist (Long documentary produced by Globomundi and Atrece creations, dir. Fiorela Gianuzzi, to be released). She is currently immersed in several feature film and short film projects.

Eulàlia Ramon is an actress, photographer and film director.

Currently, she is immersed in various projects, highlighting her work as a director. In 2023, he directed his first short film, Divine Accounts, written by María Zaragoza, which has achieved more than 80 festival selections, 18 awards and a nomination for the Goya Awards in the category of best fiction short film. In 2024, he presents Agonía, his second fiction short film, which premiered at the Closing of the International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia.

Ann Hui On-wah, is a film director, producer, screenwriter and actress from Hong Kong who is one of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers of the Hong Kong New Wave. She is known for her films about social issues in Hong Kong which include: literary adaptations, martial arts, semi-autobiographical works, women’s issues, social phenomena, political changes, and thrillers. She served as the president of the Hong Kong Film Directors’ Guild from 2004 to 2006.

Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Hanna Polak studied acting and theatre at the Acting School in Wroclaw and Warsaw, Poland, and worked as a stage performer in the Theatre of Entertainment, Chorzow. She graduated with a Master Degree from the Cinematography division of the Cinematography Institute of the Russian Federation (VGIK), in Moscow, where she studied under Vadim Yusov, DOP of Andrei Tarkovsky. In 2003, Hanna was awarded Best Producer of Documentary Movies at the International Film Festival in Krakow for Railway Station Ballad. In 2004 Hanna completed her documentary film, The Children of Leningradsky, which was nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Short Documentary subject. It also received the Best Documentary Achievement Award from the International Documentary Association and was nominated for an Emmy Award in two categories: Best Documentary and Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Editing. This film was also nominated as a Notable Video by the Adult American Library Association, and it received the Gracie Allen Award, given by American Women in Radio & Television, amongst many other
awards.

Jane Campion has been given the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2024 edition of Imagineindia International Film Festival to be held in Madrid.

This is what she said to Imagineindia:

“I went to India in my 30’s and I met yoga mother or Mrs. Dayas. She lived in Jaipur and she taught me yoga. Her and her family also visited me to Sydney AUSTRALIA and one way or another We tried to see each other every year. When I was developing the idea of HOLY SMOKE, which I wrote with my sister Anna Campion, I partly wanted to do it so I could see my Indian family and they could help me with the filming so that’s really my connection to India it was all through Yoga mother and the DAYA’S family of Jaipur. My friendship with them and my love of India which is on going has really enriched my life.”

Elizabeth Jane Campion  (born 30 April 1954) is a New Zealand filmmaker. She is best known for writing and directing the critically acclaimed films The Piano (1993) and The Power of the Dog (2021), for which she has received two Academy Awards (including Best Director for the latter), two BAFTA Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Campion was appointed a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DNZM) in the 2016 New Year Honours, for services to film.

Ruchika Oberoi is a Film Director and Screenwriter. Her debut feature film ISLAND CITY premiered at Venice Days, 72nd Venice Film Festival (2015), winning the FEDEORA Critics Award for Best Debut Director. The film traveled to over 30 International Film Festivals, including Karlovy Vary, Tallinn Black Nights, Stockholm, Cairo, Warsaw and Beijing. She won the Best Screenplay award at the New York Indian Film Festival and the Best Director award at ImagineIndia Film Festival, Madrid. She was nominated for the Transilvania Trophy at Transilvania International Film Festival, Romania and for Best Film at Bratislava, Slovakia. She was also nominated for Best Debut Director at the Filmfare and Star Screen Awards in India. The film stars Vinay Pathak, Amruta Subhash and Tannishtha Chatterjee.