Short Biography: Amin*a Maher (b. Tehran, 1992) is an Iranian queer filmmaker whose works deal with the themes of gender and sexual violence in relation to political power and social taboos. He began his cinematic activity, as the main actor in Abbas Kiarostami’s “Ten” which featured the real-life relationship between his mother and Amin and was nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes International Film Festival. Since then he has acted on multiple Films worldwide. His first short film was Sweet Gin and Cold Wine, followed by Orange and One Window Will Suffice. His short film, Letter to my mother was selected at numerous film festivals around the world including 36th Kasseler Dokfest, 34th Mix Milano Film Festival and 15th Shorts México. The film won several awards including the best short documentary on Human Right at Venice Intercultural Film Festival and Award of Recognition at Impact Docs Award. Maher currently studies his MA in directing at Babelsberg University Konrad Wolf.

34 years old resident of Iran – Tehran. Graduated in film directing and I am Iranian filmmaker , in the Screenwriting class mr Asghar Farhadi , I was Joe’s art And I saw specialized writing training , I work in the field of screenwriting, directing and editing cinema

My name is Justin Rhys Grant I am a Walrpiri/ Jawoyn man and a film director. I began my career in the film industry 11 years ago. Initially as an actor with a Diploma of Theatre Arts from Victoria University; I then went on as a writer and progressed into completing my Masters of Film and T.V. also at Victoria University. I graduated in 2018 with Honour Marks and won special Recognition Award for my graduating film – A Piece of Us.  I was also nominated for a Victorian Indigenous Performing Arts Award in 2013 for Dingoes Baby which I acted in. I was born in Katherine – NT and grew up listening to my Elders sharing with me their dream time stories from a young age. They always taught me that a story is gifted to you and you must honour it’s life and respect it as a gift to you in your life journey. I am now a story teller for Film and T.V.;  currently I’m working on five short films in Adelaide and a music video clip in Melbourne.  I have started my own company called Witchenini Entertainment. Within this company we offer Indigenous protocol training for all staff in order to gather and collect traditional stories in the right way, following the lore of communities. We hold high the cultural protocols and respect for each and every  Indigenous  People treating them as individuals.