Ibrahim Snoopy Ahmed is a Sudanese filmmaker and cinematographer working recently for ARTE, BBC, and The Washington Post, as well as music videos, commercials, and shorts, including the award-winning Serotonin and Journey to Kenya. Notable works include the feature documentary Khartoum Offside, which won Best Documentary at the Carthage Film Festival.

Rawia Alhag is a Sudanese filmmaker and screenwriter now based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her work focuses on women’s and children’s issues, shedding light on the experiences and struggles of Sudanese people both within their communities and in the diaspora. She directed the award-winning short film Out of Coverage, which won Best Foreign Film at the Juba Film Festival in 2024.

Anas Saeed is a Sudanese media maker, started working as a video journalist for the independent media house, Ayin Network. He has produced several reportage works for international media that focus on human rights issues affecting different communities across Sudan. His work for Ayin Media has focused on covering culture and the recent war. His latest work is Five Meals of Resistance, soon to be released to festivals.

Timeea Mohamed Ahmed is a Sudanese director, editor & producer based in East Africa. His work explores non-narrative experimental & documentary cinema. He produced advocacy and commercial campaigns and directed short films, including Saddari (2023) and Is it War? (2024).

Phil Cox is the co-director of indie film collective Native Voice Films since 1998 and has directed and shot over 30 films for TV and cinema. His recent cinematic features as director/writer are The Bengali Detective (Sundance Film Festival and Berlinale premiere in 2011), Love Hotel (Toronto International Film Festival premiere in 2014), and Betty They Say I’m Different (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam premiere in 2017). He is the recipient of a British Grierson Award, a Rory Peck Award, and the Hinzpeter and Bayeux Calvados awards for his work in Sudan since 2004.