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Ewan Waddell is a Berlin-based director whose debut feature, The Longer You Bleed, premiered at Hot Docs 2025. His style blends mixed media and experimental approaches to examine the modernity crisis. Waddell now develops his second film, exploring the therapeutic use of psychedelics in war-torn Ukraine. He spends most of his days in his quiet edit studio in West Berlin, but when in Ukraine, he stays in a small village near Kyiv with his girlfriend's family, drinking moonshine and feeding stray cats.
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Founder of Float.Collective, Kaito is a Japanese/ Spanish director and cinematographer focused on multicultural productions. He previously worked on productions across Spain, Germany, Mexico, Portugal, Sweden, and Japan. Currently based in Berlin—where he earned his BA in Film Production from Catalyst Institute for Creative Arts—his debut short film “Pelargonía” was chosen to participate in the 78th Cannes Short Film Corner and as an official selection in the Berlin Indie Film Festival. His skill set in niche guerrilla style productions paired with his underwater cinematography has set him on a path to a free-flowing journalistic working style.
Ewan Waddell
Miranda Siegel
Kaito Sashihara Martinez
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Miranda Siegel (born Rochester, New York) is an award-winning U.S. American / Hungarian filmmaker and translator based in Berlin. Her 2024 documentary film Ignore Your True Feelings at Your Own Peril was shortlisted for the German Short Film Award, and celebrated its North American premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival.
Previously, Miranda worked as a culture journalist for New York magazine and Vulture, covering festivals and fairs, participating in panels, and serving on juries.
Lia Lyutakova
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Lia Lyutakova is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Berlin. With a background in Art History and Media, her work is rooted in cultural analysis and a journalistic methodology, a combination that led to her debut documentary " Sofia, Underground" which premiered at the Sofia Underground Performance Art Festival in 2025.
In 2025, Lia also completed a Master’s in Creative Film Production in Berlin, during which her grounding and background in the visual arts kept her involved behind the camera as a cinematographer and camera assistant. Since her studies, Lia has expanded her skills as a producer on science-adjacent projects, staying committed to projects that bridge science and cultural research.
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