Sundance Film Festival 2023

Susana Mota

Originally from Lisbon, Susana Mota is a London-based Hair & Make Up Designer working in film, TV drama and commercials for the past two decades. Some of her notable design credits include the feature Drift starring and produced by the Oscar-Nominated Cynthia Erivo and directed by Anthony Chen (which premiered at Sundance), BBC Three’s BAFTA winning Juice starring and created by Mawaan Rizwan, the feature A Cuban’s Girl Guide to Tea and Tomorrow starring Kit Connor produced by Tea Shop Films and Ace Entertainment US, as well as short film The Fall produced by Academy Films and directed by Jonathan Glazer.

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Soraya Gilanni Viljoen

Soraya is a multi-disciplinary artist whose body of work encompasses narrative, commercials, music promos, exhibitions and installations. Throughout any design process her focus centres on the narrative, and how certain details interact to create a distinctive, original and expressive world.

Soraya’s drama work includes Adura Onashile’s feature Girl, and Blue Jean directed by Georgia Oakley. She also designed BAFTA winning short Dreamland, and Rise, directed by Hannah Renton, which is currently screening at festivals worldwide.

Soraya is also the Art Director of Tilted Axis Press, a not for profit press.

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Molly Manning Walker

Drama includes Charlotte Regan’s BIFA/BAFTA nominated debut feature Scrapper, winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize, and Mood (Lead Cinematographer) for the BBC and director Dawn Shadforth. Molly has shot multiple award winning shorts including November 1st directed by Charlie Manton, More Hate Than Fear directed by Billy Boyd Cape and Pompeii. She has been nominated at the UKMVAs for her work on A$AP Rocky: Sundress directed by Frank Lebon, and won a British Arrow (Silver) Craft Award for her work on NHS: Nurses directed by Billy Boyd Cape. Directors include Nicolai Fuglsig, Stella Scott, Stacey Wall, Si & Ad, Geej Ower and Tom Noakes.

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