Natalia has worked in the field of forced migration since 2017 with international organisations such as UNHCR, the Red Cross and the EU. She noticed limits to working with established large-scale programmes of humanitarian relief, namely because of their short-term and top-down approaches. That’s why, she started exploring intersectional methods offering a more holistic outlook to the complexities of forced migration. She supported the launch of the festival Refugee Week Greece and is an MA SOAS graduate in Migration, Diaspora studies with Intensive Persian, and currently works in the charity sector in London. As a creative, she believes that art can be used as a medium to connect people and places.

With Pixida Films, Natalia aspires to bring forward discussions and experiences that can change the way people relate to the subject of migration and to each other.

Ioanna is a poet, actress, and social media manager.
She graduated with a degree in Writing and Women’s & Gender Studies from Ithaca College in New York. Her work and creativity revolve around exploring the universal self, equity, love, and human nature, and writing as a therapeutic tool and means of resistance. She believes in being outspoken even when your voice shakes, and is deeply motivated by her experience as an international student, as well as her passion for equity and justice. 

As the social media manager for Pixida Films, she hopes to connect the world with migrant stories and elevate migrant voices through compassion, vulnerability and determination.

Effie has worked with disabled people for many years and is passionate about Disability Rights and Inclusion. She is the founder and director of KINOEMA, a film society that promotes cinema accessibility and gives a platform to disabled film-makers in the UK.  

She worked on the inaugural film programme of Refugee Week Greece 2023 and is a member of the screeners committee for film festivals such as Cornwall, Norwich and Catalyst International Film Festival in Ireland. She has written extensively on psychoanalysis and film and in 2023 was selected to participate in the Barbican cinema’s Emerging Film Curators Lab.

Joining Pixida films as a film curator, she aspires to explore the narratives of migration in film and navigate the multilayered connections between people, places and stories.