Professor of AI in Media Production University of Television and Film Munich, Germany Dr. Sylvia Rothe began her academic career at Humboldt University in Berlin, where she studied mathematics and later worked as a research assistant. […]

Elizabeth Lo is an Oscar-shortlisted and DGA-nominated director whose films have screened at Venice, TIFF, Sundance, IDFA, Tribeca, MoMA, and AFI Fest. Named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film” and DOC NYC’s “40 Under 40,” she’s received fellowships from Locarno, NYFF, Yaddo, MacDowell, Concordia Studio, and the Gotham/HBO Documentary Initiative. Her debut documentary, STRAY, premiered at Tribeca, won Best International Feature at Hot Docs, earned Independent Spirit Award and Cinema Eye nominations, and was released by Magnolia and Hulu. Her second feature, MISTRESS DISPELLER, premiered at Venice and TIFF in 2024, has won over 20 awards across 80+ festivals, and was released theatrically by Oscilloscope in 2025 and will have its exclusive premiere on the prestigious Criterion Channel in 2026. Her short films are held in academic collections worldwide. Born in Hong Kong, Elizabeth holds a BFA from NYU Tisch and an MFA from Stanford.

Documentary Filmmaking Specialisation Mentor Zhou Hao is an award-winning Chinese documentary filmmaker.   He started his career as a photojournalist for Xinhua News Agency and Southern Weekly magazine for more than a decade.  In 2001, he […]

Documentary Filmmaking Specialisation Mentor Kirsten Johnson is a New York-based documentary producer, director and principal cinematographer. She has worked on more than 40 feature-length documentaries.  Her Academy-shortlisted film Cameraperson (2016) premiered at Sundance Film Festival and […]