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Lamu Xiangqiu – 2021

Director Lamu Xiangqiu stands in profile holding a camera up to her eye against the backdrop of the dark blue night sky.

From a young age, Tibetan children are warned by their parents that if they are naughty and go outside alone, ghosts wandering the wilderness will kidnap them.

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Meicen Meng – 2019

I knew I still wanted to tell a story of same sex love set in China.

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Theo Le Sourd – 2018

When I wrote my thesis film, Hold Your Breath, I would have never predicted all the challenges I would face – even after thinking it was finished.

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Lizz Astor – 2017

As a young woman, virginity was an albatross.

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Maya Cozier – 2016

My SVA thesis film Short Drop follows Bartholomew, a retired civil servant, who takes a leisurely drive downtown, where Shanice mistakes his car for a taxi.

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Alex Kopec – 2015

One of the things I love most about documentary filmmaking is that you never know what you are really getting yourself into.

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Mayid Guerrero – 2014

When the Moon Shines, is about two kids growing up in a violent environment and forced to grow up too fast as a result.

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Nelson Isava – 2013

Nelson Isava is a filmmaker from Venezuela, currently living in New York City.

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Jorge Arzac – 2012

Since he began crafting his talents at the age of 14, Jorge Arzac’s approach to filmmaking derived from a wide spectrum of exploration, training and insight.

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Jacquelyn Lobel – 2011

Tengenenge is a village located in a remote region of Zimbabwe and known for its sculpture community.

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Rob Kolodny – 2010

Based on actual events, Director Robert Kolodny’s Shelter (a House of Nod production) is the story of a Jewish prisoner who escapes from a Nazi concentration camp during work detail and must then survive in the bitterly cold forests of Poland.

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