
Legacy: Raised on mid 80s & 90s pop culture from films to music, it quickly shaped Detroit's young film maker/multi artist & activist J. Zuberi. Becoming a big supporter of visionaries & storytellers like Jordan Peele, Spike Lee, Christopher Nolan & many more. Jade leans more into the realistic approach to film, bringing in social commentary & ethereal worlds. Having also grown up with being a Comic Book nerd, his imagination is quite big as well, so finding the perfect balance of realistic storytelling & fictional worlds is right up his alley.
Checkmate Humanity: Collective work Tatiana Mejia, La armada, Jon Kiriac and Jonathan Steil. Just in case here my Bio as a choreographer:
Dancer, performer and choreographer. Born and founded in Dominican Republic, studied in The National Dance School of the DR. There she presented her work at Edanco and the National Contemporary Dance Company. Winner of several scholarship awards in the U.S.A. and Europe. Since 2011 lives and worked as an independent dance artist in Berlin, and has performed and collaborated with several artists of the free scene.
Unseen: Ibrah Silas Jackson is dance choreographer/ director from Arnhem, The Netherlands. The foundation of his dance lies within the hiphop culture but also gained more knowledge by studying and learning about different movements disciplines such as contemporary, ballet, kickboxing footwork and African roots movements. He studied storytelling through movements and visuals. His work is based on story telling, This is how he connects with his audience.
Saint-Loius On The Move: A graduate of INSAS, Kita Bauchet is a Belgian filmmaker. After several short fiction films, Violette et Framboise, Le temps d'un soufflé, Violette au Travail, in 2009 she directed La Fabrique de Panique, a feature-length documentary on the Belgian animated film "Panique au village" by Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier, will follow in 2016 Une vie contre l'oubli on the work of director André Dartevelle. In 2018, she created Bains Publics, which opened the doors to the "Bains du Centre" in the heart of a popular district of Brussels. The film received the France Télévisions prize for best documentary at the International Festival of Women's Films in Créteil as well as at the Brussels in Love festival and a special mention from the jury at the "Signes de vie Clermont-Ferrand" festival.
Jonki Boi:
Ibrahim Hamid Koroma also known as Director Wizik, is a Film Director, Writer, Cinematographer and a Film Editor from Freetown, Sierra Leone(West Africa, Africa). Ibrahim started Filmmaking in 2016; a few months after completing his High School. Choosing Filmmaking as a Career has to be one of the Craziest decisions he ever made, taking into consideration the little amount of people who excel in any of the filmmaking careers in his country; thus, the learning process was crazy too.
The best solution was self teaching and YouTube became his dear teacher. Spending hours learning, brought sleepless nights.
His directorial Debut came in 2018 and the whole movie thing was new to him and he had to collaborate with some friends, who were into Filmmaking making. And that was how Run( a shot movie was born) Fast Forward to 2022, he has already Directed a couple of Short Films and also got his first feature in filmmaking called Taxi. Making Movies is the only thing he finds pleasure in doing and when he is not making movies, he mostly tries to literally kill myself for not doing what he loves to do.
Owba Coocoo(Slave Ship):
Odiase David Osaodion, also known as The 78th Psalmist, is a Nigerian poet and Creative writer, Famed for his command of wordplays, metaphors, and sarcasm.
David is the founder of Pun nation, an online platform founded for helping creatives hone their skills in double entendre and wordplay, and has groomed over 200 trainees from different countries since inception. He has lectured at various workshops and continues to facilitate Masterclasses. In 2016, his poem "pangolo" was shortlisted among the top ten entrants for the Nigerian Student Poetry Prize. In 2019 he was part of a team of Poets who worked on a Spoken Word Incubation development project, with Award-winning Singer and Songwriter Brymo Olawale Oloforo as one of the Adjudicators. He has also partnered with Environmental NGO; Humanity Nigeria, in their Guinness World Record Attempt in 2020. The same year, he was featured in Daily Trust National Newspaper where he was privileged to speak extensively on his craft.
In the hearth of the Covid-19 pandemic, to wide acclaim, he self-funded the production of Several Spoken Word Ad Contents for targeted Brands such as Bolt (Taxify) Nigeria, Frieslandcampina WAMCO et al. In 2021 in Collaboration with Art illustrator, Alex Uba, he has launched a Wordplay comic strip Creative concept while his Poetry Short Film "Of Broken Homes" was in contention for the Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) Short Video Prize, an initiative of the European Union. His spoken word short film on the Trans-Atlantic slave trade 'OWBA COOCOO' was a winner of the Ekonke Video contest Prize in the same year. He has been on platforms such as Folio Media (CNN Affiliate in Nigeria) Award-winning TVC Art Express, Green Economy and Environmental summit at the Nigerian Climate Innovation Centre, The Gathering, Creative Intelligence Agency Fab Labs, to mention but a few. In 2021 he was part of contributors to the West-Africa to west Oakland poetry exchange David was also Ranked Second of the Top 10 Nigeria Young Poets for 2020 by BN Magazine. He is considered as one of Nigeria's Most Sort after Young Performance Poets.
Now And How:
Slim Jones, North London filmmaker. Background in IT but a badass filmmaker.
Piotr Sell, Polish transplant in East London..
Dick Control: Shequeta L. Smith is a Salisbury, North Carolina native and alumna of North Carolina State University. She began her career in entertainment as a College Representative for Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella Records. Since 2008, she has been busy writing and directing short films, writing, and creating comics, and writing award-winning screenplays that typically feature badass women. In 2019, she was one of eight screenwriters in the world selected to write a screenplay in Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Impact screenwriting incubator program. Shero Comics is a multimedia company that focuses on minority women in comics, films, and gaming, with the mission to help women and girls uncover their superpowers. In 2019, the company partnered with Westfield Corporation and launched the only allfemale comic convention in America, SheroCon, which made history as the first comic con to ever take place inside a Westfield property. The company was recently awarded the 2021 Digital Undivided Breakthrough Grant, powered by JP Morgan Chase & Co.’s Advancing Black Pathways, to develop its award-winning graphic novel series, Rayven Choi, into a mobile game
Heckler's Anthem: Sam Chimes Adimora is a Nigerian born Canadian first time film director. He graduated from Vancouver Film School and has since been working on various film sets as a sound mixer, boom Operator, and stunts man. Showing up in various roles on the sets has given Sam much experience watching the countless that go into creating a film. Sam is also a musician and has successfully accomplished two world tours.
Rekana Sharon Ojong is a multifaceted creative - content producer, wardrobe stylist, fashion designer, and now filmmaker. She has 11+ years of experience in major aspects of media, practices across multiple disciplines, and working with clients in various industries (fashion startups and content production companies being the most common ones) to help them be better storytellers, aligning their mission with their community. With her years of experience, keen eye and passion for television and storytelling, she has recently found herself especially interested in filmmaking.
“I have a keen interest in the business of fashion, art and design technology, creating and developing ideas, and the art of storytelling through multimedia platforms. My body of work spans across fashion styling, fashion blogging, television production, retail/brand management, creative direction, public relations, website management, videography, and event production.I also enjoy creating from waste, spearheading engaging content, the experience of learning new skills, and sharing industry insight on how to apply the ever-changing world trends to the real world settings.”
The Art Of Winning: Andrew Joseph is a Caribbean Filmmaker dedicated to telling compelling stories and bringing to life topics that impact lives daily. Starting his career as a writer/photographer, the natural progression for him was filmmaking in 2016. From there he went on to do Television series, Documentaries and Films.
Richard Tye “Trigga” Simmons, a rich, promiscuous, jet-setting rapper, has a one-night stand with a beautiful groupie who happens to be a witch. When Tye disrespects her, she places a "penis curse" that cock blocks him until he learns how to respect women. >>Website<<
Legacy: Raised on mid 80s & 90s pop culture from films to music, it quickly shaped Detroit's young film maker/multi artist & activist J. Zuberi. Becoming a big supporter of visionaries & storytellers like Jordan Peele, Spike Lee, Christopher Nolan & many more. Jade leans more into the realistic approach to film, bringing in social commentary & ethereal worlds. Having also grown up with being a Comic Book nerd, his imagination is quite big as well, so finding the perfect balance of realistic storytelling & fictional worlds is right up his alley.
Checkmate Humanity: Collective work Tatiana Mejia, La armada, Jon Kiriac and Jonathan Steil. Just in case here my Bio as a choreographer:
Dancer, performer and choreographer. Born and founded in Dominican Republic, studied in The National Dance School of the DR. There she presented her work at Edanco and the National Contemporary Dance Company. Winner of several scholarship awards in the U.S.A. and Europe. Since 2011 lives and worked as an independent dance artist in Berlin, and has performed and collaborated with several artists of the free scene.
Unseen: Ibrah Silas Jackson is dance choreographer/ director from Arnhem, The Netherlands. The foundation of his dance lies within the hiphop culture but also gained more knowledge by studying and learning about different movements disciplines such as contemporary, ballet, kickboxing footwork and African roots movements. He studied storytelling through movements and visuals. His work is based on story telling, This is how he connects with his audience.
Saint-Loius On The Move: A graduate of INSAS, Kita Bauchet is a Belgian filmmaker. After several short fiction films, Violette et Framboise, Le temps d'un soufflé, Violette au Travail, in 2009 she directed La Fabrique de Panique, a feature-length documentary on the Belgian animated film "Panique au village" by Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier, will follow in 2016 Une vie contre l'oubli on the work of director André Dartevelle. In 2018, she created Bains Publics, which opened the doors to the "Bains du Centre" in the heart of a popular district of Brussels. The film received the France Télévisions prize for best documentary at the International Festival of Women's Films in Créteil as well as at the Brussels in Love festival and a special mention from the jury at the "Signes de vie Clermont-Ferrand" festival.
Jonki Boi:
Ibrahim Hamid Koroma also known as Director Wizik, is a Film Director, Writer, Cinematographer and a Film Editor from Freetown, Sierra Leone(West Africa, Africa). Ibrahim started Filmmaking in 2016; a few months after completing his High School. Choosing Filmmaking as a Career has to be one of the Craziest decisions he ever made, taking into consideration the little amount of people who excel in any of the filmmaking careers in his country; thus, the learning process was crazy too.
The best solution was self teaching and YouTube became his dear teacher. Spending hours learning, brought sleepless nights.
His directorial Debut came in 2018 and the whole movie thing was new to him and he had to collaborate with some friends, who were into Filmmaking making. And that was how Run( a shot movie was born) Fast Forward to 2022, he has already Directed a couple of Short Films and also got his first feature in filmmaking called Taxi. Making Movies is the only thing he finds pleasure in doing and when he is not making movies, he mostly tries to literally kill myself for not doing what he loves to do.
Owba Coocoo(Slave Ship):
Odiase David Osaodion, also known as The 78th Psalmist, is a Nigerian poet and Creative writer, Famed for his command of wordplays, metaphors, and sarcasm.
David is the founder of Pun nation, an online platform founded for helping creatives hone their skills in double entendre and wordplay, and has groomed over 200 trainees from different countries since inception. He has lectured at various workshops and continues to facilitate Masterclasses. In 2016, his poem "pangolo" was shortlisted among the top ten entrants for the Nigerian Student Poetry Prize. In 2019 he was part of a team of Poets who worked on a Spoken Word Incubation development project, with Award-winning Singer and Songwriter Brymo Olawale Oloforo as one of the Adjudicators. He has also partnered with Environmental NGO; Humanity Nigeria, in their Guinness World Record Attempt in 2020. The same year, he was featured in Daily Trust National Newspaper where he was privileged to speak extensively on his craft.
In the hearth of the Covid-19 pandemic, to wide acclaim, he self-funded the production of Several Spoken Word Ad Contents for targeted Brands such as Bolt (Taxify) Nigeria, Frieslandcampina WAMCO et al. In 2021 in Collaboration with Art illustrator, Alex Uba, he has launched a Wordplay comic strip Creative concept while his Poetry Short Film "Of Broken Homes" was in contention for the Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) Short Video Prize, an initiative of the European Union. His spoken word short film on the Trans-Atlantic slave trade 'OWBA COOCOO' was a winner of the Ekonke Video contest Prize in the same year. He has been on platforms such as Folio Media (CNN Affiliate in Nigeria) Award-winning TVC Art Express, Green Economy and Environmental summit at the Nigerian Climate Innovation Centre, The Gathering, Creative Intelligence Agency Fab Labs, to mention but a few. In 2021 he was part of contributors to the West-Africa to west Oakland poetry exchange David was also Ranked Second of the Top 10 Nigeria Young Poets for 2020 by BN Magazine. He is considered as one of Nigeria's Most Sort after Young Performance Poets.
Now And How:
Slim Jones, North London filmmaker. Background in IT but a badass filmmaker.
Piotr Sell, Polish transplant in East London..
Dick Control: Shequeta L. Smith is a Salisbury, North Carolina native and alumna of North Carolina State University. She began her career in entertainment as a College Representative for Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella Records. Since 2008, she has been busy writing and directing short films, writing, and creating comics, and writing award-winning screenplays that typically feature badass women. In 2019, she was one of eight screenwriters in the world selected to write a screenplay in Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Impact screenwriting incubator program. Shero Comics is a multimedia company that focuses on minority women in comics, films, and gaming, with the mission to help women and girls uncover their superpowers. In 2019, the company partnered with Westfield Corporation and launched the only allfemale comic convention in America, SheroCon, which made history as the first comic con to ever take place inside a Westfield property. The company was recently awarded the 2021 Digital Undivided Breakthrough Grant, powered by JP Morgan Chase & Co.’s Advancing Black Pathways, to develop its award-winning graphic novel series, Rayven Choi, into a mobile game
Heckler's Anthem: Sam Chimes Adimora is a Nigerian born Canadian first time film director. He graduated from Vancouver Film School and has since been working on various film sets as a sound mixer, boom Operator, and stunts man. Showing up in various roles on the sets has given Sam much experience watching the countless that go into creating a film. Sam is also a musician and has successfully accomplished two world tours.
Rekana Sharon Ojong is a multifaceted creative - content producer, wardrobe stylist, fashion designer, and now filmmaker. She has 11+ years of experience in major aspects of media, practices across multiple disciplines, and working with clients in various industries (fashion startups and content production companies being the most common ones) to help them be better storytellers, aligning their mission with their community. With her years of experience, keen eye and passion for television and storytelling, she has recently found herself especially interested in filmmaking.
“I have a keen interest in the business of fashion, art and design technology, creating and developing ideas, and the art of storytelling through multimedia platforms. My body of work spans across fashion styling, fashion blogging, television production, retail/brand management, creative direction, public relations, website management, videography, and event production.I also enjoy creating from waste, spearheading engaging content, the experience of learning new skills, and sharing industry insight on how to apply the ever-changing world trends to the real world settings.”
The Art Of Winning: Andrew Joseph is a Caribbean Filmmaker dedicated to telling compelling stories and bringing to life topics that impact lives daily. Starting his career as a writer/photographer, the natural progression for him was filmmaking in 2016. From there he went on to do Television series, Documentaries and Films.
Richard Tye “Trigga” Simmons, a rich, promiscuous, jet-setting rapper, has a one-night stand with a beautiful groupie who happens to be a witch. When Tye disrespects her, she places a "penis curse" that cock blocks him until he learns how to respect women. >>Website<<