Payam Razi, born in Tehran, is an Iranian-American writer, director, and radio producer based in Prague, Czech Republic. A graduate of FAMU International, Payam began directing short films at 17, building a portfolio that includes five shorts and a documentary. As the former founder of Screenshot Film House, he has participated in Berlinale Talents (2007), TorinoFilmLab’s TFL Next (2020), and represented his projects as a producer at Cannes’ Marché du Film (2022). He is currently developing his debut feature films, Red Bear and Sima Needs to Die!
Farhad Vilkiji is a Persian/Dutch film director and film production designer, born in 1972.
EFA member (European Film Academy), member of jury in “Scenecs” International film festival
since 2012 in The Netherlands. Since 1999 he is working in film industry as an independent Film production designer and costume designer. During 20 years of film making, he has worked on various feature films and historical documentaries. These films have won prizes in Cannes film Festival, Berlin film Festival, Locarno film Festival, Venice film Festival.
2011 has marked his film directional debut on different films and series among which some mid- length films and online series in the Netherlands. The short length film ”Leili” won the Honourable Mention 2018, Best Experimental, Independent Shorts Awards in Hollywood.
Reza Bird, is an Iranian filmmaker who has been forced into exile due to his political and social activism. Reza has previously worked with networks such as Arte, BBC, and VOA and also notable brands such as Twitch, Apple, and Gravity Sketch.
Born in 1986 in Tehran is an Iranian actor, dancer and filmmaker.
He is a master degree graduate in theater directing from the School of Art and Architecture. While studying , he continued his career as a dancer and an actor with professional theatre groups in 2003. Since then he has been active in the cinema industry as an actor including the 2020 Golden bear winner film there is no evil directed by Mohammad Rasoulof. And me, I’m dancing too is his debut experience as a director.
Born in Abadan , Iran in 1982, he moved to Tehran in 2001 and began working as an assistant director on various features films . His first short films and documentaries focused on social topics such as the consequences of the Iraq-Iran war and particularly the welfare of children . He has been a volunteer for the Association for the Protection of Child Laborers (APCL) for the past ten years . His debut feature film VALDERAMA screened in the 2016 Berlinale Generation.
