INTERNATIONAL SHORTS

Samir Ljuma is acclaimed cinematographer and producer, whose focus is on capturing human behavior, intimate relations and authentic interaction. He’s able to draw multiple layered vivid canvases with his camera and his honest and heartfelt approach towards protagonists. Visible in various successful collaborations with macedonian and international directors like Sergej Georgiev Via Dinarica - the Macedonian adventure, Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov Lake of Apples, with whom he also told the double OSCAR nominee feature documentary Honeyland, which won three main awards on the Sundance Film Festival. Besides this he is founder of the film production company Diverse Film Production. Samir is the winner of the American Society of Cinematographers Award for best Documentary cinematography, IMAGO Award, IDA Award, Cinema Eye Honors Award, Sundance Special Jury Award for Best Cinematography.

Frida Mårtensson is a producer and runs the Stockholm-based production company Verket Produktion. Most recently she produced Successful Thawing of Mr Moro and The Night Train directed by Jerry Carlsson. Successful Thawing of Mr Moro had its international premiere at TIFF 2021. Her first short as producer, Shadow Animals by Jerry Carlsson, has screened at over 100 film festivals around the world and won awards at among others Clermont-Ferrand and Palm Springs Short Fest. Before starting at Verket Frida was Associate Producer at Garagefilm International, working on a number of critically acclaimed and award-winning features like Call Girl by Mikael Marcimain, Something Must Break by Ester Martin Bergsmark, Amateurs by Gabriela Pichler and The Heart by Fanni Metelius. Frida is currently in post production with The Year I Started Masturbating by Erika Wasserman at production company Gimme a break, and in development with among others the feature films Fires by Jerry Carlsson and Ugly by Johanna Pyykkö at Verket Produktion.

Linn Löffler (born 1983 in East Berlin) is a filmmaker, musician and has been active in the field of film production and cultural management since 2007. In addition she is a founding member of the independent film collective LaborBerlin. She has been working for Berlinale Shorts for 10 years, since 2019 as the programme coordinator of the section.