Sarah Beddington

Sarah Beddington is a British artist and filmmaker based in London whose work investigates the intersection between the social, the personal and the political. Her films have been shown in many museums, galleries and film festivals.

Mariana Jukica

Berlin-based writer and director from Canada. She graduated from the Sheridan College Film and TV program in Oakville, Ontario (2005), then went on to spend a few years art directing music videos, and working as a buyer in commercials and independent film. Her short film, Bruises. Cake. & Cigarettes was awarded Best Short in Sydney.      www.cokechampagneandcigarettes.com/

Alexia Muiños

Alexia Muiños is a director based in Barcelona, Galician born, working in several facets of the Film / Advertising Industry as director/actor and founded her production company in 2014. Her debute feature film is Noche Transfigurada. Currently working on the film "As Troitas cantan ao mencer" (Trout singing at Dawn) which received Agadic and Creative Europe Support and it is going to be produced by Abano Producións.  https://www.marinedafilms.es

Ludovica Fales

Ludovica Fales graduated at the National Film and Television School, she founded the Kitchen Sink Collective in London alongside 7 other filmmakers. She works as a filmmaker between Italy and the UK.

Deirdre Levins

Based in Dublin, Deirdre works as Production Executive for Oscar-winning film production company, Fantastic Films. Alongside this, Deirdre has produced two shorts and a webseries in the past year and was recently selected to participate in the prestigious Rotterdam Lab, 2016. www.fantasticfilms.ie

Suzanne Pradel

An international script consultant and sales agent for film rights. Since 2008 she has been working as script expert for Eurimages and the MEDIA Programme. In 2009 she founded the BuchScout Agency which specializes in novel-to-film adaptations as well as in international script consultancy, developing sophisticated TV features and cinematic features. www.buchscout.net

Marija Vukic

Born in Belgrade 1976. She graduated from University of Filology and has a Ph.D. diploma in Theory of Culture. She works as a film producer in Tihomir Stanić Production company settled in Belgrade, Serbia.

Chloé Gosselin

Paris producer Chloé Gosselin comes from a family where women are filmgoers almost since the cinema exists. That’s why she studied production at La Fémis. She produced two short films. Today, she’s a young production coordinator for Takka Films, the production company developing Tazzeka. She has a double degree in Literature and cinema. http://www.takkafilms.com/

Sheena Macrae

Owner & Director at Storycake, an entertainment film and television production company creating original, multi‐platform brand content for children’s and young adults across R&D, production of content and licensing intellectual property rights. Background as MD/Owner of In The Picture, an educational media agency; . www.storycake.tv

Claudia Tosi

Claudia was born in 1970, is  based in Italy and has graduated in Philosophy at the University of  Bologna. She has worked as a creative documentary filmmaker and producer since 2004. Claudia has attended EAVE, Eurodoc, Idfa Summer School, Berlinale Talents and MRST4FF by EWA Network.

Katarzyna Wojcicka

Polish director and producer based in London. She is currently producing ‘Cindy’, the first feature film under her belt. Passionate about our interactions.

Nicholas Holdsworth

A British, Moscow-based writer and journalist with 25 years’ experience of covering Russian and Eastern European affairs for outlets including the London Times, Sunday Telegraph, Variety and the Hollywood Reporter. Author of two books on Russian affairs and has written/ directed 5 short documentary films on youth training opportunities on Europe’s borders. http://nickholdsworth.net/

Miljana Martinovic

A Serbian Programme director and Film producer at Baboon Productions. Extensive experience in film production, film distribution, event management and coordination in different settings.

Marit van den Elshout

Based in Rotterdam, Marit works in Film Management – Director CineMart & Industry. Involved in the overall management of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.

Timo Veltkamp

Timo studied engineering and worked as an architectural engineer, before turning to film making. The screenplay for the feature film Missing Link in 1999 won him a Golden Calf Award for Best Screenplay at the Netherlands Film Festivla in Utrecht. The Nobel Prize Winner (2010) was his first feature film as a director and producer. Veltkamp founded the production company Viaggio Film. www.viaggiofilm.nl

I'm very happy that I attended this course by EWA. It gave me the opportunity to open my mind to find new ways to finance my projects and helped me to consider finally to relate directly to the audience.

Claudia Tosi, Director and Producer

MRST4FFF - 2015 Alumni