Nathan R. Smith is a director, writer, and editor from the suburbs of Washington, DC.

His career as a filmmaker began when he directed the viral music video for DRAM & Lil Yachty’s song “Broccoli.” The video has garnered nearly 500 million views online and received two MTV Video Music Award nominations.

Since that time, he has directed videos for artists such as Joey Bada$$, Ali Gatie, Foster the People, and many others. His video for Joey Bada$$’ "Temptation" had its world premier at the Sundance Next Fest.

James Smith, born on March 20th 1996, is a filmmaker with a passion for stop motion animated films. He's been creating stop motion films for over ten years. His award-winning short films Monster Encounters (2020) and Demons in the Closet (2023) have been screened at over 100 international film festivals. Festival screenings for his films include festivals like Slamdance, Fantastic Fest, Tampere Film Festival and many more. His dedicated passion for genre films continues with his 2025 stop motion film „Cosmic Crash“.

Born on April 5, 1998, in Mexico City, Diego Solano Flores is an artist specialized in animation and drawing. He currently works at LÍNEA 2, an experimental animation studio, where he has done works for Marv Newland (exhibition), Alejandra Márquez Abella and Francis Alys (experimental animation).

In 2022 he made his first animated short film called Florecen las Alturas, which has been selected and awarded at several national and international festivals such as ANIMASIVO, CutOut Fest, Pixelatl, Animaura (MX), L&NAF Festival, Animex Screen (USA), Animakon Fest (ESP), BITBAN (ARG), and Chilemonos (CL), in which he received second place in the student category.

Vadir Sottelo is a visionary film director in the horror, fantasy and suspense genres with a unique focus on human rights. As an independent artist, he has developed an innovative narrative style that challenges genre conventions and raises profound reflections on the human condition.

With a career marked by experimentation and innovation, Sottelo has created a cinematic universe that is both terrifying and thoughtful. His narrative is characterized by its complexity and its ability to fuse elements of horror, fantasy, drama and social criticism. His characters are multidimensional and are often inspired by stories of struggle and resistance. The atmosphere in his films is tense and oppressive, but there is also a sense of hope and resilience that permeates all his work.

He has exhibited his works and has been nominated in large and diverse International Film Festivals in countries such as: Germany, Argentina, Canada, Colombia, the United States, Spain, Scotland, El Salvador, France, Mexico, India, Italy and Venezuela.

Highlighting his awards in: Best Fiction Short Film and Best Art Direction at PREMIOS LATINO 2016 in Marbella, Spain, as well as the outstanding merit for Best Special Effects at the Global Short Film Awards 2016 in Cannes, France, and Best Feature Film at Espanto film fest, in Mexico City in 2023.

Australian animator.