Yvonne Ashley Kouadjo
Yvonne Ashley Kouadjo is an Emmy-winning producer and curator for Op-Docs, The New York Times’s Oscar-winning series of short documentaries by both renowned and emerging independent filmmakers from around the world. Yvonne Ashley is an active participant in panels, forums, workshops and juries at international film festivals and markets.
Martín Seeger
Martín Seeger (1983, Santiago de Chile) is a Chilean director and screenwriter. He is the founder of the production company NACROVIA. His latest short film, El Canon, received the Grand Prix at the Tampere Film Festival 2025. He is currently producing his second fiction feature film, La Mancha Roja, and the documentary Ventanas.
Sigrid Hadenius
Sigrid Hadenius is the Festival Director at Uppsala Short Film Festival. She has been part of the festival since 2011 and has extensive experience in the film and culture industry. After working as the Industry Producer at Tempo Documentary Festival, she served as the Festival Producer for eight editions of the Uppsala Short Film Festival. Her primary focus has been to develop the festival’s industry events, and since 2023, she has been Head of the National Competition. Sigrid has a background in art history (Uppsala University) and film studies (Stockholm University).
Sai Naw Kham
Sai Naw Kham is a Myanmar-based filmmaker whose work explores ethnic identity, cultural memory, and the enduring impact of conflict. Since his 2014 debut, The Crocodile Creek, he has utilized a poetic cinematic language rooted in local rituals and oral histories. His acclaimed documentary 32 Souls premiered at DOK Leipzig, followed by the feature-length Song of Souls (2023). By merging myth with contemporary reality, Sai Naw Kham gives voice to resilient landscapes and unheard communities across both documentary and fiction filmmaking.
Sunna Nousuniemi
Radio-JusSunná / Sunna Nousuniemi is a queer Sámi audiovisual artist and storyteller from Anár, Sápmi. Their artistic path emerged when they grabbed their father’s video camera in early 00’s and started documenting their daily life with their friends. In 2025, they received the New Voice in Storytelling Award in Toronto at imagineNATIVE Media + Arts Festival, which is the world’s largest Indigenous film festival. In addition, they are a member of the Pathfinder working group that consists of Sámi film experts. Recently, they also became the artistic director of Skábmagovat Indigenous Peoples’ Film Festival.
