ALUMNI

ALUMNI

Every year, we celebrate filmmakers involved in the festival ten years prior with the Alumni Award. The Alumni Nominees of 2024 are cinematographers, producers, directors, writers and animators from six different countries. We are so impressed with where their work has taken them after Watersprite, and can’t wait to see what the next round of alumni have in store.

If you are interested in learning more about some of our esteemed alumni, check out our blog! 

Congratulations to Viola Baldwin, animator and winner of the 2024 Alumni Award!!

  • Lewis Arnold

    2014 Film: ECHO (Nominated for Acting)

    Lewis Arnold is a multi-nominated and winning BAFTA drama director and executive producer. His recent work includes all seven parts of THE LONG SHADOW for New Pictures/ITV, James Graham’s SHERWOOD and Jimmy McGovern’s TIME for BBC Studios starring Sean Bean and Stephen Graham.

  • Ali Asgari

    2014 Film: MORE THAN TWO (Nominated for Screenplay)

    Born in Tehran, Iran, writer and producer Ali Asgari is a prominent Iranian cinema figure with many international awards to his name. His shorts have been nominated for Palme d’Or at Festival de Cannes. His third feature film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of Festival de Cannes 2023. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

  • Viola Baldwin

    2014 Film: WEDDING CAKE (Nominated for Animation)

    Viola Baldwin is a German born animator and artist. She’s contributed to VFX and feature CG films across the map ranging from animating cartoony "Minions" to photo realistic dinosaurs, singing crocodiles and Basketball-playing "Loony Tunes". Her most recent credits include Adam Driver’s 65, LYLE, LYLE CROCODILE and THE SEA BEAST.

  • Carla Simón Pipó

    2014 Film: BORN POSITIVE (Nominated for Directing)

    Carla Simón Pipó is a Spanish film director. Both her 2017 debut feature, ESTIU 1993, and her second feature, ALCARRÀS, were submitted to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to represent Spain for Best International Feature Film at the 90th and 95th Academy Awards, respectively.

  • Thordur Palsson

    2014 Film: A HARD WORLD (Nominated for Fiction, Acting & Directing)

    Thordur Palsson is the creator and lead director of THE VALHALLA MURDERS, which premiered in the UK in 2020 on BBC4 and is available on Netflix in over 190 countries. Thor’s debut feature film THE DAMNED is currently in post-production.

  • Matan Radin

    2014 Film: SOLO (Nominated for Cinematography)

    Matan Radin is an award winning cinematographer based in Berlin. He has worked on films and TV series that have been shown at Sundance, San Sebastián International Film Festival, Zurich Film Festival, Munich Film Festival and AFI Fest. His credits include VÂNĂTOARE/PROWL and ALLE WOLLEN GELIEBT WERDEN/ EVERYONE WANTS TO BE LOVED. He received the 2021 Israeli Academy Award for Best Camera.