Nicolás Molina is afilm director. He has built a notable festival presence with his work. His debut feature, Beaverland, premiered at Sheffield Film Festival and was awarded Best Film at Valdivia. His subsequent documentary, Flow, also launched at Sheffield, earning Best National Film at SANFIC, Docs Valparaíso, and Guadalajara, alongside selections at numerous other festivals. GauchoAmericano continued this trajectory, premiering at Hot Docs and receiving Best Film at the Trento Film Festival (2022). After completing his Master's in Creation at Zine Eskola Elías Querejeta, Molina edited his fourth feature, Pirópolis (2024), and the film has already made its mark with premieres at Tribeca, Sheffield DocFest, Doclisboa, and the Málaga Film Festival.
Mariia Ponomarova is a Ukrainian film director, creative producer, and film industry professional based in the Netherlands since 2014. Mariia studied directing at Karpenko-Karyi Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema & Television in Ukraine, graduating in 2013. In 2016, she completed the Master of Film artistic research programme at the Netherlands Film Academy. Fiction and documentary films Mariia worked on were screened at such acclaimed festivals as DokLeipzig, IDFA, Sarajevo FF, Sheffield DocFest, Chicago IFF, Krakow FF, Clermont-Ferrand ISFF, Go Short ISFF, Palm Springs SFF and more. Her debut feature documentary, Nice Ladies, had an international premiere at HotDocs and received a Special Mention at DocudaysUA IHRFF. Mariia is a member of the European Film Academy and a Senior Consultant at the Documentary Association of Europe.
Vika Leshchenko is a Berlin-based cultural events producer and Ukrainian curator with a Master's degree in cultural studies from the National University Kyiv Mohyla Academy. She worked at Molodist KIFF in various roles from 2007–2011. She has been with Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival since 2010, starting as programme coordinator and serving as programme director since February 2019. She has been a programmer for the International Documentary programme at DOK Leipzig since May 2022.
Javiera Leal is a filmmaker and film programmer from the University of Chile. She is currently part of the programming team at FIDOCS and was a programmer at 'Sala de cine de Ñuñoa', a free venue for alternative film circulation in Santiago. In 2023, she participated in the Locarno Industry Academy during its edition in Chile. Previously, in 2019, she was part of the jury for the Nest Film Students competition at the San Sebastián Film Festival.
As a filmmaker, her work focuses on the documentary field, where she has specialised in the directing department. She has also worked as a research and direction assistant on films such as Malqueridas (2023) and Al sol, lejos del centro (2024). She has directed the short films No estoy (2015), Resistencia Infantil (2019), Ellas no tienen nombre, yo tampoco (2020), and Desiertos Azules (2023).
