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Festival filmmakers from Italy, Taiwan, India, Turkey and Kenya discuss their short films, their processes, tales from the shoot, challenges they overcame making their shorts, what it’s like to film in their countries, where the ideas came from and what’s next for them.
Moderator: Chris Anthony Hamilton (Missing While Black)
Panelists: Pranav Bhasin (We Were Here), Ilgin G. Korugan (Everything Between Us), LiYing Chien (Inspired by Lip Balm), Timeea Mohamed Ahmed (Is it war?)
Chris Anthony Hamilton is an award-winning Director and Cinematographer living between Atlanta, GA and Verona, Italy. With an education in film from Hofstra University, Chris honed his skills in New York City working with giants including Spike Lee, Sesame Street and Ralph Lauren and has had the likes of such prolific people as Barack and Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey in front of his lens. His award-winning short films have screened at festivals internationally and his content has garnered more than 17 million views online.
Most recently, his short film Missing While Black was an official selection at the 2026 Atlanta Film Festival. He may be most proud, though, of his eclectic karaoke repertoire which he’s happy to put on display at the wrap party.
Pranav Bhasin is a writer-director from Mumbai. His short We Were Here won the Audience Award & Redbreast Unhidden Award at SXSW 2026, the Ellen Award at Aspen Shortsfest, and the Canal+ Prize at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2026. Pranav is presently in the financing stage of his first feature film New Year's Eve.
Ilgın G. Korugan began experimenting with film and video during their undergraduate education at Brown University. After graduating, they moved to Los Angeles to work as an assistant to Margaret Brown who had just begun developing her documentary feature Descendant. After working in LA for 4 years in various industry jobs, including as an office and post-production assistant at Blumhouse Productions, Ilgın moved back to Istanbul where they made their first professional short film Everything Between Us, which has been screening at festivals both nationally and internationally since premiering in September.
Festival filmmakers from Italy, Taiwan, India, Turkey and Kenya discuss their short films, their processes, tales from the shoot, challenges they overcame making their shorts, what it’s like to film in their countries, where the ideas came from and what’s next for them.
Moderator: Chris Anthony Hamilton (Missing While Black)
Panelists: Pranav Bhasin (We Were Here), Ilgin G. Korugan (Everything Between Us), LiYing Chien (Inspired by Lip Balm), Timeea Mohamed Ahmed (Is it war?)
Chris Anthony Hamilton is an award-winning Director and Cinematographer living between Atlanta, GA and Verona, Italy. With an education in film from Hofstra University, Chris honed his skills in New York City working with giants including Spike Lee, Sesame Street and Ralph Lauren and has had the likes of such prolific people as Barack and Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey in front of his lens. His award-winning short films have screened at festivals internationally and his content has garnered more than 17 million views online.
Most recently, his short film Missing While Black was an official selection at the 2026 Atlanta Film Festival. He may be most proud, though, of his eclectic karaoke repertoire which he’s happy to put on display at the wrap party.
Pranav Bhasin is a writer-director from Mumbai. His short We Were Here won the Audience Award & Redbreast Unhidden Award at SXSW 2026, the Ellen Award at Aspen Shortsfest, and the Canal+ Prize at Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 2026. Pranav is presently in the financing stage of his first feature film New Year's Eve.
Ilgın G. Korugan began experimenting with film and video during their undergraduate education at Brown University. After graduating, they moved to Los Angeles to work as an assistant to Margaret Brown who had just begun developing her documentary feature Descendant. After working in LA for 4 years in various industry jobs, including as an office and post-production assistant at Blumhouse Productions, Ilgın moved back to Istanbul where they made their first professional short film Everything Between Us, which has been screening at festivals both nationally and internationally since premiering in September.