Talal Derki, born in Damascus and based in Berlin since 2013. Studied film directing in Athens and worked as an assistant director for many feature film productions and as producer and co-producer. Oscar nominated 2019 and a member of the film academy the Oscar. Winner of the German academy awards Lola 2019. Talal Derkis short films and feature length documentaries received many awards at a variety of festivals, His both films Return to Homs and Of Fathers and Sons won the Grund Jury Award at Sundance Film Festival 2014 and 2018. Films: 2018 – People of the Wasteland, short experimental, producer 2017 – Fathers & Sons, feature documentary, director and co-producer 2016 – Ode to Lesvos, short documentary, producer and director 2013 – Return to Homs, feature documentary, director 2011– Hero of the Sea, short documentary, director and producer  2005 – A whole line of trees, short film, director