GREEN DOX

Rachel Caplan is a creative producer working at the intersection of Arts and Environment. In 2010, she created the San Francisco Green Film Festival and over ten years grew the festival into one of the largest and most influential events of its kind globally. Before this, Rachel held positions with the Edinburgh, London, and San Francisco Film Festivals, and was Festival Director of the International Ocean Film Festival, North America’s largest marine film showcase. She was guest curator for the 1st London Green Film Festival; is a guest lecturer on Environmental Communications at UC Berkeley; and is on the Green Film Network ‘s Special Projects Committee. In 2021, she produced Scotland’s Climate Festival, a nationwide events programme funded by the Scottish Government to engage the public in COP26.

Matthieu Darras designs and leads several programs of film/talent development and consultancy that are active worldwide: the First Cut Lab, the Pop Up Film Residency, and the Full Circle Lab. Previously, he founded and directed the European network NISI MASA, wrote for the magazine Positif, and acted as artistic director of the TorinoFilmLab. He also worked as a programmer and advisor for Cannes, San Sebastian, and Venice film festivals.

Jelena Maksimović graduated in Film editing from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. She has been teaching at the Faculty for Media and Communication in Belgrade, Digital Arts Department, since 2015. As an editor she worked on films such as The Load (2018), You Have the Night (2018), Celts (2021), and Landscapes of Resistance (2021) which screened in Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Locarno, Rotterdam, Toronto, and many others. She has directed two short and two feature films: Taurunum Boy (2018) and Homelands (2020). In addition to the film, she has achieved numerous collaborations in video works, spatial installations, and theatre performances.