Igal Svet serves as Vice President of Documentaries at discovery+ where he oversees documentaries for the streamer. Svet shaped the programming and overall documentary strategy for the streamer since launch. He is responsible for acquiring, commissioning and EP’ing premium docs with A-list talent behind and in front of the lens. In his tenure so far, […]
A self-taught filmmaker, Tin Dirdamal uses mistakes and limitations as his driving force – the not knowing as his compass. Tin is an advocate of plagiarism and ignorant of world affairs. He believes that lies can be an instrument to approach truth. He knows how to find underground water and until recently never read a […]
Tania Ximena was born in 1985 in Cd. Sahagun, Mexico. She is a visual artist and filmmaker who graduated in Visual Arts from ENPEG La Esmeralda. Her video work has been presented in museums around the world and received multiple awards. Since 2011, her works have been oriented towards the sensory study of volcanic landscapes. […]
Alex Pritz is a documentary filmmaker focused on human’s relationship with the natural world. Recently, Alex directed The Territory, which premiered in the World Cinema competition at Sundance 2022 where it won both the Audience Award and a Special Jury Award for Documentary Craft. IndieWire described the film as, “Gorgeously and sometimes ingeniously conceived, painting […]
Aurelia Belfield is a music supervisor with over a decade of experience in film and television. She’s worked on award-winning projects for Netflix, Hulu, HBO, NatGeo, ESPN, and more, as well as festival picks for Sundance, DOC NYC, and Tribeca. She believes music is an interesting and integral aspect of great storytelling and loves working […]
Founded by producer Zak Kilberg, Social Construct is a bold production company dedicated to curating a range of socially relevant and impactful media projects. Kilberg’s projects, which include 2021 Golden Globe-winner The Mauritanian and 2019 International Emmy-winner Bellingcat, have been acquired by top distributors worldwide, including Universal, Lionsgate, Netflix, HBO, Showtime, IFC, Amazon Studios, STX, […]
Brian Newman, founder of Sub-Genre, consults on content strategy, distribution and marketing for some of the top brands in the world. Current and former clients include: The Climate Pledge (Amazon), GoDaddy, IBM, New York Times, Oatly, Patagonia, Purina, REI, Stripe, Sundance, Unilever, and Yeti Coolers. Brian has served as CEO of the Tribeca Film Institute, and […]
Pianist and filmmaker James Carson has developed a new form of music and for the last eleven years has been producing and directing Cabin Music, a documentary feature film having its world premiere at DOC NYC 2022. While attending the New England Conservatory in Boston, studies with Joe Maneri, Cecil Taylor, and the poet Robert Creeley led James to […]
Barry Poltermann is known for editing the Sundance Grand Prize winning documentary American Movie (1999) and Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017), which debuted at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for an Emmy in 2018. He also edited the Sundance Special Jury Prize winning feature, The Pool (2008) and the limited documentary […]
Ondi Timoner has the rare distinction of winning the U.S. Grand Jury Prize at Sundance twice — for Dig! (2004), about the collision of art and commerce through the eyes of two rival rock bands, and We Live in Public (2009), about the loss of privacy online through a NY social experiment. Her other films […]