Nathan Ceddia
Country: Iceland“Nathan Ceddia is an Australian-Italian filmmaker. He works in several fields and through various genres. His main focus is creating films that reach beyond the surface of our everyday perceptions. Through the lens of subjective experience, he opens up a unique perspective on pressing matters of our time. Nathan’s media practice highlights the individuality and interconnectedness of who we are and how we live. A prolific craftsperson who is empathetic to the ideas and needs of others, he is interested in the connections we build with them, with ourselves and our natural surroundings.
Winnie Cheung
Country: United States of AmericaWinnie is a Hong Kong-born, New York-based artist and storyteller at the intersection of experimental video, non-fiction, horror, and arthouse cinema. Her work delves into the complexities of a third-culture, feminine body with a focus on colonial nostalgia, cultural artifacts, and relics of the folkloric occult within the Chinese diaspora.
In 2019, Winnie's animated short "Albatross Soup" premiered at Sundance Hong Kong and went on to tour festivals internationally, winning the coveted Vimeo Animation of the Year award. Her first feature film, "Residency," which she co-wrote, directed, shot, and co-edited, premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2023. Residency not only made its mark at festivals internationally, but also achieved the milestone of a theatrical release in Winter 2024.
Winnie is also a skilled film editor shifting seamlessly between documentary, narrative, and impressionistic styles. In 2021, she co-edited the critically acclaimed horror documentary "Woodlands Dark & Days Bewitched," which won Best Documentary at the Fantasia International Film Festival and an audience award at SXSW. Currently, she is rostered at Lost Planet, a boutique editorial company led by landmark editor Hank Corwin (Natural Born Killers, The Big Short) where she is editing a fantastical fairytale executive produced by Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Science of Sleep).





