Susanne Wuest

Born and raised in Vienna, Susanne joined Volkstheater, one of Austria’s most prestigious theatre institutions. After starring in many theatre productions, Susanne’s breakout leading role on screen was in Götz Spielmann’s ANTARES, which garnered her Best Actress nominations at Locarno Film Festival, Mar del Plata International Film Festival, and the Undine Awards.

In 2014, Susanne starred in the horror film GOODNIGHT MOMMY (ICH SEH ICH SEH), which premiered at Venice Film Festival to international acclaim. The film was nominated for a Critics Choice Award in the ‘Best Foreign Language Film’ category, and Susanne was nominated for ‘Best Actress’ at Angers European First Film Festival, Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, and Stockholm Film Festival.

This October marks the official UK premiere of her latest film, THE SOUND OF FALLING, a powerful multi-generational drama set on a rural farm in Germany. The film follows four girls in different eras who live on or around the same farm over a century. Each girl has distinct struggles shaped by a historical moment, yet their lives are subtly intertwined by place, memories, trauma, and recurring motifs. Written and directed by Mascha Schilinski, the film premiered at Cannes earlier this year to rave reviews and a Jury Prize win. On 11th October, it premiered at the BFI London Film Festival and will later be released in the US via Mubi.

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Nadia Latif

Nadia Latif is a theatre and film director whose theatre career has included work for the Donmar Warehouse, Royal Shakespeare Company and Bush theatres. From 2018 to 2020 she was Associate Director of the Young Vic theatre, and directed Jackie Sibblies-Drury’s Pulitzer Prize winning play Fairview there. Her first short film White Girl was funded by the BFI and screened in competition at the 2019 LFF. In 2020 she directed a short sci-fi film for Film4, They Heard Him Shout Allahu Akbar. In 2019, she was one of Screen International’s Stars of Tomorrow, and in 2020, she was a Sundance Screenwriters Lab fellow. Her debut feature film, The Man In My Basement, starring Corey Hawkins & Willem Dafoe just premiered at TIFF, and is now streaming on Disney+/Hulu. In Spring 2026, she will direct the stage adaptation of Babak Anvari’s film Under the Shadow at the Almeida Theatre. She is from Sudan and based in London.

Prano Bailey-Bond

Prano Bailey-Bond is a London-based filmmaker originally from Wales, known for crafting imaginative worlds that fuse eerie allure with a dark cinematic vocabulary. Her debut feature, CENSOR (2021), backed by the BFI, Film4 and Ffilm Cymru Wales, premiered at Sundance Film Festival before making its European debut at the Berlinale. CENSOR gained Prano critical acclaim, earning her a BAFTA Breakthrough recognition and a Variety ‘Director to Watch’ title. She won Screen International’s ‘Genre Rising Star Award’ and was named one of the Observer’s ‘Faces of 2021’. CENSOR had its own cover feature in Sight & Sound and received nine BIFA nominations, as well as winning the Méliès d’Or at Sitges. It has been hailed by critics as one of the best British films of the 21st Century—cementing Prano’s reputation as a bold new voice in cinema.

 

An alumnus of the Berlin Talent Campus and BFI NETWORK@LFF —initiatives that champion originality, iconoclasm and risk-taking — Prano’s acclaimed shorts and music videos screened at festivals worldwide, earning critical recognition and garnering her place among Screen International’s ‘Stars of Tomorrow’. She is currently developing film and TV projects with Film4, Element Pictures, RT Features, Anonymous Content, Number 9 Films, and Ffilm Cymru Wales. 

José Campi Portaluppi

José Campi Portaluppi is the Director of Communications and Advocacy. He leads Equimundo’s communications and advocacy teams, amplifying research and programming on masculinities and gender justice to inspire action and drive impact in personal opinion, community norms, and public policy. Prior to joining Equimundo, José worked with different international organizations in educommunications, capacity strengthening, political incidence, research and learning experience design. José has a master’s degree in gender and media from the University of Sussex.

Georgi Banks-Davies

Georgi Banks-Davies is a BAFTA-winning director. Her television debut came as the lead director on the

critically acclaimed series I HATE SUZIE, written by Lucy Prebble and starring Billie Piper. The show earned

multiple BAFTA nominations and earned Georgi the 2021 BAFTA Television Craft Award for Emerging Talent:

Fiction.

Georgi’s subsequent work has spanned genres and scales, from sci-fi television adaptation, PAPER GIRLS

for Amazon Studios, to the Greek God opus KAOS for Netflix.

Next, Georgi has directed the entirety of Series Two of the highly anticipated return of THE NIGHT

MANAGER for BBC One and Amazon, starring Tom Hiddleston, Olivia Colman, Diego Calva, and Camila

Morrone. Based on the John le Carre book, the series is set to premiere in early 2026.

Georgi’s short film GARFIELD premiered to acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018 and went on to

screen at festivals worldwide, praised for its bold visual storytelling and intimate character work.

Georgi is also a successful commercials director and has directed many campaigns for global brands inc.

Audi, Lexus and McDonalds.

Freya Seath

A global strategy and advocacy specialist with 15 years on the frontlines of feminist, youth and sustainable development movements in Latin America, North America, Africa, Asia and Europe. She designs bold influencing strategies, builds powerhouse coalitions, and secures major wins — from UN-level policy shifts to multimillion-dollar feminist financing. She has led global advocacy at The Accelerator for GBV Prevention, shaped organisational strategy at Restless Development, and driven international campaigns with Save the Children and CIVICUS. A partnership-builder, writer and policy strategist, she works to connect community priorities and evidence to the global decision-making arenas to create real political change.