Global Career Accelerator

India Rose Klap is a documentary producer specializing in distribution and audience development. She studied Media Arts at the School of Arts in Ghent and joined Ammodo in 2022, contributing to the development of Ammodo Docs, a foundation-funded series of short documentaries exploring pioneers in art, science and architecture. Starting in production, she is now responsible for international distribution and collaborations.

She works to find the right platforms and contexts for each film. She has helped grow Ammodo Docs to 1.8 million views across 41 countries, with two films nominated at last year’s Buzzies. Her work involves developing tailored routes, from Dutch public broadcaster NTR to digital platforms such as Academic Video Online, international film festivals, museums and cultural institutions, with screenings at venues such as UNESCO Headquarters.

This experience has given her a broad perspective on distribution beyond traditional commercial models. India is now looking to deepen her expertise and network, particularly in television and streaming, while exploring new ways to bring ambitious, authored factual storytelling to audiences globally.

Erin Winick Anthony is the founder of STEAM Power Media, a science communication company focused on digital storytelling. Her clients include everyone from lunar rover company Astrolab to TV show Mission Unstoppable. She holds a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Florida, and uses her technical background to serve as a translator between scientists and the public. Erin’s passion is getting close to research as it is happening to share science adventures with the world. She has flown on 6 parabolic flights and on 3 scientific ocean expeditions as a part of her work, totaling more than 4 months at sea.

Erin previously worked as a science communication specialist at NASA’s Johnson Space Center where she was awarded NASA’s Silver Snoopy, and as a reporter for MIT Technology Review. She has a social media following of more than 325K (@erinwinick) to whom she shares space, science and pinball videos. 

Dr. Stephanie Castillo is an award-winning multimedia producer with a decade of experience turning complex research into relatable stories that reach new audiences. She launched Phuture Doctors in 2017 to spotlight underrepresented scientists on social media, a project that became the foundation of her doctoral research. 
 

Her Ph.D. in Science Communication — focused on how science and scientists are perceived in digital media — led her to produce two science shows, Why Am I Like This? and Hungry Planet for PBS Digital Studios, and Building Stuff with NOVA, a live engineering Twitch show that won a Telly Award and a Buzzies Award. 
 

Today, through Phuture Doctors Studios, she works with scientists, research institutions, media companies, and mission-driven organizations to develop science communication strategies, produce stories, and deliver content from concept to screen.

Katri Rannastu is an Estonian filmmaker, producer, director and editor with nearly 20 years of experience in creative documentaries and wildlife films. Her films include The Wind Sculpted Land and Fred Jüssi – The Beauty of Being, both major theatrical successes in Estonia. She has also worked on international wildlife productions, including Matsalu Moose, which was distributed to nearly 100 television channels worldwide.

Most recently, she produced, co-directed and edited The Journey of the Blue Fox (2026), an international wildlife documentary distributed worldwide by Fremantle. She is currently developing and producing several new documentary projects through Wildkino, the independent production company she co-founded in Estonia.

Andrés Salazar is a Colombian nature documentary filmmaker. He's written, produced, documentaries for broadcast networks like Love Nature and BBC Earth Canada, and worked on the feature-length doc Sharkwater. Since 2020, he's been producing Animalogic, a weekly digital documentary series exploring the latest in paleontology and conservation biology. He directs and produces every episode, and occasionally hosts segments on travel episodes.

Marija Stonyte is a Lithuanian film director, producer and co-owner of UKU Films, with over a decade of experience in documentary cinema. Her short documentary One Life premiered at DOK Leipzig, while her debut feature Gentle Warriors gained international recognition. She is an alumna of IDFAcademy, IDFA Summer School, EURODOC, Berlinale Visitors Programme and the American Film Showcase. Alongside her auteur documentary practice, she is currently expanding her work as a producer towards science, history and ecology-driven factual projects. She is producing "Sandbox: Two Square Metres of World History", a conceptual documentary exploring archaeology, civilization and humanity’s relationship with the natural world.

Krista Jutt is an Estonian filmmaker, producer and director, and the founder of Terendus, an independent production company. She holds an MA in Film Arts from the Baltic Film and Media School at Tallinn University. 

Her work explores the intersection of art and science, with a particular interest in nature, environmental change and our relationship with the natural world. 

Krista is currently developing the feature documentary Stranger Than We Think while producing the first episode of its cross-media documentary series Hunting for Wonder. The project combines observational filmmaking, scientific perspectives and a poetic visual approach to explore nature through children’s curiosity and their changing understanding of the world.
Alongside documentary work, Krista has explored the relationship between art and science through experimental films. She is interested in connecting scientific subjects with imaginative, visually distinctive and emotionally engaging storytelling.

Jamie Jumaquio is a Filipino writer, director, and videographer with over fifteen years of experience spanning independent film, commercial production, and documentary filmmaking. Having filmed in over forty countries — from remote ethnic tribes in Africa’s Rift Valley, to ancient temples across Asia — she is intent on building a career rooted in authentic, culturally sensitive storytelling. 

Her work on feature films and a long-running travel documentary series has taken her far beyond the surface of places, and deep into the lives and stories of the people and species that inhabit them. An instinctive storyteller with an insatiable curiosity for the world, Jamie has just finished an MA in Wildlife Filmmaking at UWE Bristol, driven by a deeper purpose: to make films that not only document a beautiful but endangered planet, but to inspire people to protect it — bringing a distinctly Filipino voice and perspective to global stories that truly matter.

Raghunath ‘Rana’ Belur is a wildlife filmmaker and freelance cinematographer from Bengaluru, India, specialising in films related to wildlife, conservation, and social causes. A Jackson Wild Summit Fellow, he enjoys observing and learning animal behaviour while also geeking out on gadgets and the latest technology.

His focus is on simplifying the most complex science subjects. How can a non-fiction story be made attractive enough for the masses with tiny attention spans? He believes that without understanding the wildlife, you cannot conserve them, and with this in mind, he often travels with his films, connecting with people and discussing issues and solutions.

His debut feature documentary, “My Otter Diary”, commissioned by ZDF/ARTE and NHK and distributed by All3Media International, has been nominated for awards at the Wildscreen Panda Awards, the Jackson Wild Media Awards, and the Green Screen Film Festivals, and has been broadcast across many international networks.

Joosep Matjus is an award-winning Estonian director and cinematogrpher dedicated to creative documentary and wildlife filmmaking. He has collaborated with several international production companies and broadcasters, including SVT, NRK, ARTE, ServusTV, PBS and National Geographic. His work has reached audiences worldwide and has received recognition and awards at international film festivals. Joosep is a passionate and dedicated director-cinematographer who enjoys new challenges and constantly seeks to push the limits of camerawork in remote and wild natural environments. He is involved in all stages of film production, giving him a comprehensive understanding of the creative, technical and production aspects of filmmaking.

Mal Uher is a Vienna-based Slovak-American science communicator known online as Lola Germs, where she creates short and long-form content on biomedical science, public health, disability and the social sciences. Her videos cover topics from infectious disease prevention to immune health, making complex science accessible and entertaining.

Her perspective is shaped by two things: her own experience as a rare-disease patient, which required her to become fluent in biomedical science to advocate for herself, and her educational background in environmental humanities, which trained her to bring humanistic lenses to subjects often treated as the exclusive domain of the natural sciences.

Chen Yi is a senior documentary producer and director in China. She is the founder and shareholder of Beijing Jimu Changtian Cultural Communication Co., Ltd., representing the works "The Forbidden City", "A Hundred Years of Automobiles", "Hello AI" and "How Not to miss ‌The Longmen Grottoes（Luo Yang) ". Her works span the two major fields of humanities, history and cutting-edge science and technology. The themes involve world cultural heritage, cultural relics, automobile industry and artificial intelligence technology, etc., and has won more than 50 domestic documentary awards in China.