Januário Afonso is a film director from São Tomé. In the 90's, he participated in foreign films production in São Tomé and in 2002 he directed his first film, about AIDS. In 2009, he directed  Vosso Amor, o Meu Sorriso (Your Love, My Smile) about domestic violence and its influence on children and, in 2012, O Avesso de Vida (The Other Side of Life) about the abandonment of the elders. In both his documentary and fictional work, one can notice strong concern about social issues. In 2006, he participated in CinePort Festival in Portugal and, in 2007, in AfricaDoc.

Kalu Mendes (1969) is a singer, director, cameraman and producer from São Tomé. He studied production and film direction (Portugal) and virtual assembly (France). He directed short films for many institutions, among which the French Embassy in São Tomé and Santa Casa da Misericórdia. With his work, he pretends to educate the society. Among his films one can find such titles as  Agua boa, vida saudável (Good Water, Healthy Life, 2011, direction) e O avesso da vida (The Other Side of Life, 2012, production).

Sana Na N'Hada  is a film director from Guinea-Bissau. He studied cinema in the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Arts. After returning to his homeland, he directed documentary films and, in 1979, he became the director of National Institute of Cinema of Guiné-Bissau. Since the 70's, he works with many directors including Flora Gomes and Chris Marker. In 1978 he directed his first short film The Days of Ancono. Xime, his first feature film was released in 1994. In 2005 he released documentary Bissau d'Isabel that won Prémio Revelação (RTP África) at the 2005 Festival Imagens in Cape Verde.