International Competition

Clare Weiskopf is a filmmaker and journalist. She has spent more than twenty years working on social issues ranging from the armed conflict in Colombia and sexual violence as a weapon of war to the global spread of cumbia music. She was twice a winner of the Colombian National Journalism Award. Her last film Alis won the Crystal Bear and the Teddy award at the Berlinale. Her debut Amazona premiered at IDFA, was distributed in 11 countries and was nominated for the Goya and Fenix Awards. She is a founding member of Casatarantula and DOC:CO Distribution and Promotion agency and she has directed several documentaries and documentary series for TV channels. Clare has been a teacher of filmmaking in several universities and is frequently invited as a jury member in film funds.

Nicolas Van Hemelryck is an award-winning filmmaker with a background in architecture and photography. His work reflects on how the way we tell stories determines how we relate with everything around us. Co-founder of the production company Casatarantula and the distribution and promotion agency DOC:CO. His latest film Alis won the Crystal Bear and the Teddy Award at the Berlinale. Amazona, his first feature film, was nominated for Best Ibero-American Film at the Goya and Fenix Awards. As a cinematographer he was nominated for Best Cinematography at the Fenix Awards. As a photographer his work has been exhibited in America, Europe and Asia. Nicolás has been a film advisor and professor at EICTV and at various national venues, and has been a jury member at film competitions.