5th Blue Danube Film Festival

Yvonne Ng is an international multi-award winning director and filmmaker. Her debut short film ‘Cloud Kumo’ won 12 international awards including the 43rd Student Academy Awards®, CINE Golden Eagle Award, City Vision’s Technical Achievement Award, 2016 New York Women in Film & Television grant, and 3 Best Director Awards in Europe and Asia...

Her photography has won the prestigious International Photography Award, medalled multiple times in the Prix de la Photographie competition in Paris and has been featured on the front page of the New York Times and BBC News. Yvonne received her MFA in Film & Productions from City College in New York and is a graduate of the prestigious Brooks Institute of Photography.

Based in Brooklyn, New York, born in Minsk, Belarus, Yulia Ruditskaya's whimsical style of animation and illustration have been screened at festivals from Portugal to Japan, gaining wide recognition around the world. Since 2002, Yulia has worked as а director, animator, illustrator and designer for various independent projects for brands, musicians, educational and non-profit clients. Her work has included music videos, artistic and independent passion projects that fulfill her creatively.

With a Degree in Visual Arts, she is the Coordinator of Selection and Distribution at the Universidad del Cine and Programmer of Talents Buenos Aires, an initiative of the Berlin International Film Festival. Since 2018 she has been in charge of the Mar del Plata International Film Festival’s Criticism and Young Jury Workshop and collaborates as a curator and editor of Latin American critics for Kinoscope, New York. She has also collaborated in audiovisual curatorships and has programmed exhibitions for different countries in Latin America, Europe and Asia. She also collaborates in different artistic research spaces and with the independent production company Nabis Filmgroup where she develops her audiovisual projects in installation format.