Festival Guests

Franz Dinda was born in Jena, Germany in 1983. Shortly before the Wall fell, he fled from East Germany with his mother to the Federal Republic of Germany. In 2007, he won the German Television Award (category: Rising Star Award) for his performance in the television film Blackout.More ...

Carsten Unger graduated from the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy with his film Der Blaue Affe (The Blue Monkey) in 2007. During his studies, he received a German scholarship to attend UCLA’s master class The Hollywood Perspective.More ...

Reza Bahar he graduated from the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy in 2008 with a specialization in international producing. His co-production Teenage Angst was screened at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival.More ...

Eddie Cockrell is a Washington native and independent film critic who lives in Sydney, Australia and Wheaton, Maryland. His film writing has appeared in Variety, The Australian, The Washington Post and The Sydney Morning Herald.More ...