| Anna Lumb (AKA Anna The Pocket Rocket) is an international artist specialising in circus, theatre and comedy.
| Maude Davey is a writer, director, singer and actor, renowned for her nail gun monologues and charming, disarming, iconoclastic, political diatribes.
| Anand Patwardhan has been making political documentaries for nearly three decades pursuing diverse and controversial issues that are at the crux of social and political life in India.
| Benjamin Gilmour was born in Germany in 1975, but has lived most of his life in Australia where he works as an ambulance paramedic, filmmaker and writer.
| Bruce Petty is one of Australia's greatest political cartoonists. He won an Oscar for 'Leisure' in 1976. His latest film 'Utopia' is screening at the 2012 Sydney Film Festival.
| Davor Dirlic was born in Croatia and now lives in Melbourne. He is a filmmaker with an abiding interest in personal journeys undertaken by those who dare to challenge the established social norms.
| Miguel Gomes is a Portuguese film director born in 1972 who first began as a film critic before directing a series of refreshingly eccentric short films. 'Tabu' is his third feature film.
| Penny Vozniak shoots and directs documentary films & video art. Her latest documentary 'Despite the Gods' is screening at SFF.
| Born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in 1982, she graduated from the Dutch Film and TV Academy with the short film 'Teer'. She later directed the shorts 'El Mourabbi', 'Drang' and 'Brother', and the medium length film 'Under ...
| Paul Gallasch briefly studied Anthropology at The New School for Social Research before moving into a diploma of Documentary Filmmaking at the New York Film Academy.
| Pietra Brettkelly is a New Zealand documentary director and producer, best known for the film 'The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins'. Her new documentary 'Maori Boy Genius' is screening at SFF.
| Steve McGregor is an Indigenous writer/director from the Northern Territory. His documentary 'Croker Island Exodus' is screening at SFF.
| Meredith is a performer and teacher who toured with the The Philippe Genty company for ten years. Born in Adelaide, Meredith has an Advanced Certificate in Classical Ballet from the Royal Academy of Dancing and a Bachelor of ...
| Sally is a director, producer, writer and dramaturg working in the performing arts in Australia.
| Nicki Bloom is co-artistic director of performance company nowyesnow and is the writer of Sea & Land.
| Gary Rowley was born in the UK and grew up in Tasmania and has worked continually for Opera Australia as a bass baritone.
| Brilliant young Thai-American soprano, Ariya Sawadivong, is increasing demand for operatic and concert performances around the world.
| Mat(tijs) Visser is a Dutch architect and curator of art exhibitions and performances.
| Swiss artist Felice Varini is known the world over for his unique geometric Anamorphic Illusions.