AVFRI Talent Network

The AVFRI Talent Network is an international directory connecting emerging and established artists and creative professionals across borders. Created to encourage collaboration, exchange, and new artistic partnerships, the network brings together filmmakers, actors, writers, visual artists, musicians, photographers, and other creative talents whose work has been discovered through AVFRI and the Lisboeta International Short Film Festival (LISFF).

Herta Basha

Editor

Herta Basha is an Albanian film editor with over a decade of experience in feature and short films, documentaries, television, commercials, and music videos.

Evi Gjoni

Director, Screenwriter

Evi Gjoni is a film director and screenwriter based in Tirana, Albania. She studied Film and TV Directing at the University of Arts in Tirana (2012–2017), during which she worked on various local and international productions.

Salome Vepkhvadze

Film Director, Contemporary Artist

Salome Vepkhvadze is a Georgian film director and contemporary artist working across fiction and experimental cinema, video art, installation, performance, painting, and education, with a particular focus on creative writing and the development of visual thinking.

Piotr Sułkowski

Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Actor, Scenographer, Film Editor

Piotr Sułkowski is a Polish film director and screenwriter. He holds a Master of Arts in Filmmaking from the renowned Łódź Film School (2016).

Kristina Rushiti

Director, Screenwriter

Kristina Rushiti is a film director and screenwriter from Albania. She graduated from the
University of Arts in Tirana, where she studied Film and Television Directing and Education.

Javier Beltramino

Director, Screenwriter, Producer

Javier Beltramino is a film director and producer from Argentina. As a producer, Javier has been involved in more than twenty feature films which include Metegol, Neruda, Nieve Negra, Relatos Salvajes, Kóblic, Paulina, among others.

Alexander Machlouzarides-Shalit

Director, Cinematographer

Alexander Machlouzarides-Shalit is an award-winning Cypriot writer and director, born in New York in 1996 and raised in Cyprus from 2006.

Deniz Arora

Actor, Director

Deniz Arora is a Berlin based actor and director working in film and television.

Mahshad Jalalian

Documentary filmmaker, Photographer, Translator

Mahshad Jalalian, is a translator and photojournalist, has spent her life dedicated to the art of storytelling.

Woody Roseland

Director, Writer, Painter, Photographer

Woody Roseland is a multi-disciplinary artist, painter, photographer and commercial filmmaker. He harnesses cleverness, kindness, and comedy to tell stories and inspire action across different mediums.

Jerzy Czachowski

Director, Producer

Jerzy Czachowski is a Polish director, screenwriter, and producer. He was born in 1996 in Poznań. He is a graduate of Wajda School and the founder of the production company Granator Film. As a director and producer, he has completed more than a dozen short and documentary films, and has also created over 100 commercials.

Marta Voeva

Director, Screenwriter, Assistant Director

Marta Voeva is a young director and screenwriter from Sofia, Bulgaria whose creative journey is woven into a passion for visual storytelling.

Dona Roy

Actress, Writer, Director, Producer, Model

Dona Roy is a multidisciplinary artist of Indian origin currently based in Paris, France. A versatile creative force, she works across film, theatre, music, and dance as an actor, performer, writer, director, and producer.

Raj Sargam

Director, Screenwriter

Raj Sargam (Raj Kumar Lamichhane) is a Nepali author, journalist, and independent filmmaker whose work explores social justice, human rights, caste discrimination, dignity, and the lived experiences of marginalized communities.

Abdul Hamid Mandgar

Director and Producer

Abdul Hamid Mandgar is an award-winning filmmaker with over a decade of experience in short cinema.

Kiana Tajammol

Director, Actress, Visual Artist

Kiana Tajammol is an Iranian actress, director, and visual artist. In 2020 Kiana appeared as the lead actress and worked as an assistant producer in 'Do you know anything about Omid?'

Mateusz Chrystian Gołębiewski

Cinematographer

Born in Stargard, Poland, Mateusz Chrystian Gołębiewski is a cinematography student at the Łódź Film School. In his twenties, he moved to the United Kingdom, where he attended a postgraduate course at the London Film School.

Kamyar Vazir

Director, Content Creator, Graphic Designer

Born in Tehran, Iran, Kamyar Vazir is a director, producer, and writer who earned his degree in Film and Media Studies from Columbia University, with additional focus in business, management, and sociology.

Rogerio Boo

Director, Screenwriter

Rogerio Boo is a Brazilian filmmaker, screenwriter and director whose work combines psychological storytelling, poetic imagery and striking visual aesthetics.

Nelson Urdaneta

Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Distributor

Nelson Urdaneta was born in Venezuela. He worked as a programmer at Fundación Cinemateca Nacional. He studied at the Eliseo Subiela Professional Film School.

Rita Ansone

Freelance Photographer, photojournalist

Rita Ansone is a Latvian-born photographer and visual artist based in Lisbon, Portugal. Her work explores human stories, identity, and the atmospheric beauty
of everyday life.

Dominika Walo

Actress

Dominika Walo is a Polish actress whose work is distinguished by emotional depth, artistic curiosity, and a commitment to meaningful storytelling. Drawn to psychologically rich characters, she approaches each role with sensitivity, intelligence, and authenticity.

Milica Stefanović

Video Editor

Milica Stefanović is currently completing her studies in Video Editing, where she developed a strong interest in film directing and storytelling.

Jordan Standley

Cinematographer

Known for his steady camera work and meticulous attention to detail, Jordan brings a strong sense of storytelling, composition, continuity, and post-production expertise to every project.

Polina Biliaieva

Director

Polina Biliaieva graduated with a degree in directing from the Kharkiv Academy of Culture and is currently studying directing at the Warsaw Film School.