Erik Knudsen is a filmmaker and Professor of Media Practice at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in the UK, and a Visiting Professor, and the former Head of the Editing Department, at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y Television in Cuba. As a filmmaker, he directed multiple…
Renowned filmmaker and political activist, Ken Fero has been active for over 30 years, producing many award-winning films for Channel 4, BBC, FR3 and Press TV. He is the founding member of Migrant Media – a media collective that has been supported by institutes such as UNESCO, British…
Laurent Van Lancker is a filmmaker and anthropologist. His work ranges from experimental travel diaries to film and academic work that focuses on the sensorial and imaginary possibilities of documentary. One of the founders of Polymorfilms and VOX (media activist collective), his award-winning work, such as Surya (2007),…
Jenny Holt has a background in both visual art practice and television documentary production. Her work has been screened at numerous film festivals around the world, and she has produced, directed and filmed documentaries for the BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV, and the Discovery Channel. Her recent…
Andrew Irving is Director of the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology at the University of Manchester. His regional specialisations are Kampala, Uganda and New York, USA. Andrew does research on experiences of illness, death and dying (especially from HIV/AIDS), in relation to the aesthetic appreciation of time, existence,…
