I am a 30 year old filmmaker from London. How did you start with film, and do you have an educational background in film? I have always wanted to work in film, and more specifically to direct, for as long as I can remember, although no, I don’t have an educational background in film. When I left school I studied for a year at Camberwell College of Arts in London which was a great..

Who are Matt Frodsham and Mat Lloyd? MF: I’m a motion designer & animator from Warrington UK (Near Manchester/Liverpool). I just graduated this month. ML: Performance Poet/Spoken Word Artist, are cool names for what I do, but really I’m a Poet. How did you start with film, and do you have an educational background in film? MF: My education is in graphic design but for the last..

Google says he studied communication-design at the university of applied sciences augsburg, Germany, where he contributed to the university’s comic-magazine "strichnin" and graduated in 2010 with an animated short named "the return of john frum". some sources also state that he´s an odd cat. How did you start with film, and do you have an educational background in film? I started in 2005..

I’m someone very passionate about documentary film and documentary filmmaking. I’m from Mexico City, and I currently live there. I lived in Texas for three years while I did a Master in Fine Arts in Radio, TV and Film at the University of North Texas. What is Mimesis about? Mimesis is about orphan memories. The movie is composed by very personal objects: family photos, home movies,..

He’s just a man doing the only thing he knows how to do. How did you start with film, and do you have an educational background in film? I went to school for film theory. Nothing hands on. When I got out of school I started freelance writing and producing short form and commercials. That led to a couple opportunities to direct, which I felt comfortable with. Since The Archive I have..

It would probably be easier to answer this question as "Who is You and Yours?", which in the short answer is the production company that Emily Sieker and myself run. Everything we do really is a collaborative project between the two of us. We both have different skill sets that allow us to work in, what I consider, a unique and creative way. To be honest, I couldn’t get any of this stuff done..

Who is Annika Ivarsson, and how did you start with film? I’m a filmmaker and screenwriter living in Gothenburg, Sweden. The reason I started making films is absolutely accidental, when I was 15 years old I really wanted to move out from my parents house and live on my own. The only way I could do that was if I went to a high school in another city. So I choose between filmmaking and glassblowing...

Who is Lindsey Graham Inspired by experience, I consider myself to be an artist who utilized whatever medium necessary to give life to a concept. I am an animator, performer, dancer, painter, sculptor and mainly a video artist. I first began using video as a medium while studying sculpture at SUNY Purchase (2003-2007). I believe that art has the potential to exist everywhere and can be created..

What has lead you to “create the work”? Generative Flowers II was created for a public outdoor installation at Victory Plaza in Dallas Texas. Victory Plaza has two 50×30 foot HD super screens. The two screens are located opposite each other across a large courtyard in front of the American Airlines Center. Flowers are the central theme of this work and in my culture they are often associated with..

What should I say here? Let’s start from the fact that I am proud to be mother of Irma, Ivor, Vinko and Lovro, and that they are my main inspiration to be what ever I am. I am mainly visual artist, and I like to work with new media things, and anything that can be communicated globally, intrigues me most. Through my 13 years of artistic expression, since the very beginning I was always working..

Who is Lenka Klimešová? I am a Czech multimedia artist. I am such a "Renaissance Artist" in the sense that I use various media and their mutual combination. Except of visual art I am also interested in cultural studies, sociology and technology. Video is not a real found footage, the film that I found, but rather I create it myself. Priority is certainly getting its own atmosphere and..

I am a visual artist living and working in the Hague. I also work as a curator, formally independently for organizations such as Urban Explorers Festival, CBK Dordrecht and Nieuwe Vide, and currently for ZAAL5, platform for moving images at Filmhuis Den Haag. My work consists of drawings and animation films. Drawing is the starting point, but there is always a strong narrative element in my..

Giuseppe Di Bella was born in Italy and grew up in France. He is now living and working in London, UK. In 2005 the artist completed a BA Honours degree in Photography at the London College of Communication, formerly the London College of Printing part of the UAL (University of the Arts London). The video ‘Healing’ depicts the artist’s hand struggling to reconstruct a broken bottle of milk that..

Stina is a curator and artist, working in video, photo, street, installation and performance art inspired by the human body and its environment. She explores the meaning of human life by diving deep into herself. In her works she often reflects on the connection between mind, soul and body, and contradistinctions in the body and the environments. Her works can be seen as researches of existence..

Who is Aaron M Higgins? I am an artist currently living in Bloomington, Indiana. My background is in Painting and I presently work with digital media and video. My film is an expression about the creative process and the act of creation. I look at the creative process as a collaboration between myself and the medium. Exploring ideas of abstract expressionism, inside of editing software I..

Z Collective is a Brooklyn based multimedia collective that explores the interactions and connections between art and the mundane. Frequently working in conjunction with other dance, theater and audio collectives to nurture fresh ideas and stimulate dialogue through live performances and installations. Christian Austin and Olga M are its founders and artistic directors. A walking waking victim..

I am specialized in video art and installations, and also combine it both. My work investigates the cultural gaze of the society, the way we have been trained to fashion culture, and to perceive space. My first projects during my studies of photography at the university are about myself, observing the city and the way it is represented. I read the city in a way that is characterized by an upper..

I’m a visual artist... ;-) A sad story... so sad! Sweet and sad. How did you start with film? And do you have an educational background in art or film? I painted bad bodies. I used to take pictures of bodies. Bodies’s story. People’s story. And so I began to shot... when I met my consciousness! Could you explain how you work, what themes or concepts and what is important to you? My work is..

new media artist/composer/sound artist How movement defines life. How did you start with film? And do you have an educational background in art or film? a natural extension of my sound work Could you explain how you work, what themes or concepts and what is important to you? the understanding of reality is important, time and movement I create scenes/scripts then work with digital..

Composer based in New York City. The text for the narration is compiled from the google search "I have forgotten." The tree was photographed by Robert Kirkbride everyday for a year. How did you start with film? And do you have an educational background in art or film? Music Composition. Media Studies. Sound Studies. How important is sound in film, and if you use sounds, do you create your..

Who is Fedele Spadafora and Stefanie Schairer? They are both individual artists. Independent of each other they practice painting. Fedele’s paintings focus on realism while Stephanie’s are abstract. The collaboration between these two artists is in the video realm where they bring their different perspectives and approaches together. At the moment Fedele is living in New York and Stefanie in..

Who are Diran Lyons and Matthew Potter? Diran Lyons and Matthew Potter co-directed Goodbye Victoria and co-founded LYONSPOTTER PICTURES, a collective dedicated to independent filmmaking. What is ’Goodbye Victoria’ about? (No spoilers). Goodbye Victoria provides various impressions of scenesters in the United States, whilst reflecting on the notions of contradiction,..

Who is Chris Henry Lynn? I am a moving image maker and sound artist from Maryland, USA A tale conjured up near a fireside-the magical quality of reality-thoughts of Wang Wei and Shakespeare-dog sledding. How did you start with film? And do you have an educational background in art or film? I studied literature and then moved on to moving images Could you explain how you work, what themes..

Who is Mark Anthony Zuniga? Just a time traveler enjoying his space. A study in how the world of a person who is losing their memory is more affected by his illness than he himself. How did you start with film? And do you have an educational background in art or film? I started out with photography as a young kid when my grandfather gave me my first rangefinder. I took as many pictures as I..

I am an artist. It took me a while to say that. Visceral experiences in art. And the special role suffering seems to have in performance art. How did you start with film? And do you have an educational background in art or film? Although I didn’t go to art school, art was always something I wanted to do. In 2006, I started playing with a camcorder that I got as a gift and taught myself..

I am a video artist/filmmaker from Winnipeg, Manitoba. My images are created using broken or outdated technologies. I have recently completed a master’s degree in mathematics at the University of Manitoba and my interests include model theory of ring and modules, structuralist cinema, and mathematics in art. This video is an attempt to demonstrate the inherently dehumanized nature of digital..

I am an artist and art historian, also an art manager and curator, and who knows what else…? I’m discovering myself all the time and I am really curious about what my next step would be. I’m passionate about too many things in the cultural field, so it is difficult to grasp a full account about myself. It’s about creating things starting from an idea… an idea nourished by readings, by my..

Artísticamente hablando, soy un apasionado de la imagen filmada. Y una línea en la que me gusta trabajar en mis películas es a través de la reutilización de las imágnes de otros. Cómo dice Harum Faroki Es un encuentro entre iconos del cine clásico e iconos del folklore popular español conviviendo a través del baile. How did you start with film? And do you have an educational background in..

Who is Guy Ben Shetrit? Guy Ben Shetrit is an Israeli director, animator, musician and composer. “Hey” is Guy Ben Shetrit’s first independent project as a director after 13 years of serving as an animator for commercials, TV programs and computer games. In 2008 Ben Shetrit and Aiko studio won MTV international art break competition. In addition to being a successful animator, Ben Shetrit is also..