Hlin Johannesdottir
producer from Iceland
Hlin has 8 years of experience in film production as a producer, administrator, line producer and coordinator. She has been with Zik Zak Filmworks since 2000 and worked with awarded directors like Dagur Kari "Noi Albinoi", "Voksne Mennesker", Fridrik Thor Fridriksson "Niceland", Solveig Anspach "Skrapp ut", Runar Runarsson "The Last Farm", "2 Birds" ), Larry Fessenden "The Last Winter", Ragnar Bragason "Fiasko" and others.
She holds a University diploma in Practical Media Studies and a BA in Anthropology from the University of Iceland and has 3 years of experience in managing small businesses.
Hlin has worked as a freelance writer for magazines (Mannlif, 24/7) and on the online news media (visir.is). "Home away from home" is the first feature project Hlin follows through from the earliest creative level as a producer.
Jonathan Børge Lie
documentary producer from Norway
Jonathan is an award-winning producer for UpNorth Film, who specializes in hard-hitting documentaries for the national as well as the international market like “Drone”, “iHuman” & “Privacy of Wounds”.
Marte Vold
filmmaker & cinematographer, Norway
Marte Vold (b.1978 in Tromsø, Norway) was educated at Nordland College of Art and Film in Lofoten, Oslo National Academy of the Arts and The Norwegian Film School in Lillehammer, from which she graduated as a cinematographer in 2008. Rooted in the dicipline of visual art as well as traditional filmmaking, Vold’s work as a director has been screened in both galleries and film venues. In 2012, the first four dialogues in the series Small Episodes was screened at The Norwegian Short Film Festival in Grimstad. In 2013, Vold co-directed the feature Out of Nature with Ole Giæver. Out of Nature premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014 as part of its Contemporary World Cinema Programme and has been selected for the Panorama Section of the 65th Berlinale in 2015. Vold is currently working on her feature debut, set to go into production in the summer of 2015. Her recent work as a cinematographer include several award-winning short films, documentaries and music videos, among them Premature (dir. Gunhild Engel, 2012), To Open, To See (dir. Camilla Figenschou, 2012), And the Going is Good (dir. Vibeke Heide, 2011), Levi’s Horse (dir. Torfinn Iversen, 2011), The Beginning of No Night (dir. Camilla Figenschou, 2010), and documentary short St. Jørgens Plass (dir. Charlotte Thiis-Evensen, 2012), to name but a few.
Mohanad Yaqubi
documentary filmmaker, Belgium/Palestine
Mohanad Yaqubi is a filmmaker, producer, and one of the founders of the Ramallah-based production house, Idioms Film. Yaqubi is also one of the founders of the research and curatorial collective Subversive Films that focuses on militant film practices, and most recently, a resident researcher at The Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) in Gent, Belgium.
Yaqubi's filmography as a producer includes the documentary feature Infiltrators (dir. Khaled Jarrar, 2013), Suspended Time (Several directors, 2013) the narrative short Pink Bullet (dir. Ramzi Hazboun, 2014), he co-produced several films including the narrative feature Habibi (dir. Susan Youssef, 2010), the short narrative Though I Know the River is Dry (dir. Omar R. Hamilton, 2012), and the feature documentaries Ambulance (dir. Mohammed Jabaly, 2016) and Ouroboros ( dir. Basma Sharif, 2017).
Yaqubi's first feature film Off Frame AKA Revolution Until Victory, 2016 made its premiers at TIFF, Berlinale, cinema du reel, Dubai IFF, and Yamagata among 50 other premiers and screenings around the world
Kristian Svalestad Olstad
Musician, Norway
Kristian Svalestad Olstad (born March 12th,1985) is a guitar player, composer and producer. He holds a master`degree of performing arts from the Arctic University Of Norway. He now lives in Tromsø, where he works from his small studio space. He has contributed to a great number of album recordings, film-scores og theater/dance performances as a musician, producer and/or audio engineer.
Kristian debuted as a solo artist with the 2012 release KOL, and made his mark in Norway as a contemporary guitar player with a electronic and forward thinking style of playing. He has also released two records with his band LEAGUS together with partner and pianist Herborg Rundberg. Kristian is also the co founder of the record label CAMO.
The later years Kristian has been working/touring with artists and composers such as; LEAGUS, Kantona, Mari Boine, Anneli Drecker, Petter Carlsen, Herman Rundberg, MØRK and Jakop Janssønn.
SIVERT HENRIKSEN
SOUND ENGINEER, NORWAY
Sivert har studert på Musikkonservatoriet i Tromsø hvor han har tatt en bachelorgrad i pedagogikk og rytmisk gitar. Etter fem år på konservatoriet dro Sivert til Sydney for å studere lydteknikk ved Australian Institute of Music. Sivert har lang erfaring både innen undervisning og som lydtekniker for mange av byens artister og band.
Sivert has studied at the Conservatory of Music in Tromsø, where he has taken a bachelor's degree in pedagogy and rhythmic guitar. After five years at the conservatory, Sivert went to Sydney to study audio technology at the Australian Institute of Music. Sivert has extensive experience in teaching as well as sound technician for many of the city's artists and bands.