Sebastián Pinzón Silva is a Colombian documentary filmmaker. He studied film and television at the Savannah College of Art and Design and a master’s degree in documentary media at Northwestern University in Chicago. His directorial work has been screened at festivals such as Locarno, MoMA Doc Fortnight, Cinéma du Réel, True/False, SFFILM, FICCI, and New Directors / New Films. His short Palenque won Best Latin American short in FICValdivia in 2017. Sebastián worked as an assistant editor for MINDING THE GAP (2019 Oscar Nominee). He has since worked as editor and cinematographer for productions for National Geographic, Honnold Foundation, and the Truth Commission of Colombia. Sebastián was named one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Cinema in the United States by Filmmaker Magazine in 2019. He is co-founder of Jarana Cine, SITE Collective, and Video Consortium Colombia, a global network of support and connection between documentary filmmakers. La Bonga is his first feature film as a director.

Canela Reyes, with a background in anthropology and literature, Canela Reyes has worked as a director, screenwriter, and researcher on films and community development projects around Colombia. “La Bonga” (True/False, Cinéma Du Réel, 2023) is her first feature film as a director. She worked as a co-writer, researcher, and co-producer on the films Lapü (Sundance, Berlinale 2019), and “Carropasajero” (World Cinema Fund, FDC). The projects she has worked on have also been exhibited at festivals such as  CPH:DOX, DocsBarcelona, FICCI,  Thessaloniki, SFFILM, Cinélatino, Documenta Madrid, DOKer Russia, and MoMA Doc Fortnight. She co-directed Omí VR, a virtual reality experience around afro-colombian santería, and she took part in the Afro Religious Systems Group for a period of three years. She is co-founder of the production companies Jarana Cine and El Cauce, and of Video Consortium Colombia, a global network of support and connection between filmmakers. She is currently developing her next film as a director, “Gigante” (FDC), and working as a consultant, writer and co-producer on hybrid genre films that reflect on imagination, conflict, death and memory.