Filmmakers of Children's Visions

Edition 2024:
INTEGRATION FOLLOWS MIGRATION

Matilde Simas is a visual journalist based in Boston. She graduated from Suffolk University with a BS in Psychology and Women’s Study and attended Rhode Island School Design to study digital photography. Matilde’ works as a photographer, guided by her primary role of humanitarian, has taken her around the globe. Her work’s primary focus is human rights, with the goal being to leverage storytelling to inform, provoke discussion, and ultimately inspire action.  She achieves this through public speaking and exhibiting her work in galleries and public spaces. 

www.MatildeSimas.com 

Matilde Simas

Filmmaker and Founder of CAPTURE HUMANITY 
USA

Noura Adil is a visual storyteller, filmmaker, and photographer who harnesses the power of storytelling to explore and share profound human experiences. Her goal is to shift perspectives, raise awareness, and create lasting impact. With a background in architecture, Noura brings a unique and diverse skill set to the film industry, excelling in roles such as director, screenwriter, art director, and production manager. Her work has earned international recognition and has been showcased globally. Noura is concerned about revitalizing Sudanese cinema, and has been actively involved with various institutions and organizations dedicated to this mission.

Noura Adil Suliman

Visual Storyteller Filmmaker
Sudan

Daphne Tolis is an award-winning documentary producer/filmmaker and multimedia storyteller based in Athens, Greece. She has produced, hosted and directed documentaries for VICE, EBU/ERT, MSF, IFRC among others. She has also worked as a researcher and field producer in documentaries and TV programs for BBC Newsnight, VICE News Tonight, PBS Newshour, Channel 4, ARTE, ZDF, SVT and VPRO.

Daphne Tolis

Documentary producer, Filmmaker
Greece

Edna Sierra  is an artist and filmmaker committed to creating stories that have a positive impact on society. Her experience in the field of cinema, including work as a director, producer, and screenwriter, has allowed her to reflect on how art and cinema can be used as tools to raise awareness about social issues and promote change. In 2017, she is one of the founders of Animal Films, a production company based in Medellín, Colombia, with the mission of telling stories that reflect the conflicts of their country, has experienced and promoted reflection and dialogue. Since then, she has worked on the production of documentaries and fiction stories that address socially relevant issues and use her voice as a producer to support projects that seek to have a positive impact on society.

Edna Sierra

Director, Producer,
Screenwriter
Colombia

Jarin Tasnim Roja is a Bangladeshi filmmaker and producer, graduated in Film and Television from the university of Dhaka. Her diverse production experience includes as local producer for Action Aid UK, Channel News Asia, and the women filmmakers’ initiative, Sultana's Dream. Jarin's achievements include the Peace Film Award at the Peace Film Festival, organized by UNDP and Bangladesh's ICT Division, and the Public Choice Award at Liberation DocFest 2024 for her directed and produced documentary “Banyan - A Silent Witness”. She also served as a Youth Jury Member and festival co ordinator at the Liberation DocFest Bangladesh, hosted by the Liberation War Museum.

Jarin Tasnim Roja

Producer Filmmaker
Bangladesh

Yogi Tujuliarto is a journalist, film maker, climate change believer. He has been working as a journalist since 2006 and specializes in news investigating, in-depth reporting & live report. He has made some stories about borders peoples, mining, palm oil plantation, fish industries, biodiversity, and other social issues.

He has traveled across Indonesia and some overseas countries, from the beauty under the Indonesia sea to the top of Indonesia summit in Jayawijaya mountain. He has made some short documentary films that were granted as nominees and also considered the best in the world.

tujuliarto@gmail.com

Yogi Tujuliarto

Journalist, Filmmaker
Indonesia