Controversial expatriate filmmaker John Pilger, with his latest work, Vietnam: The Last Battle.
Award-winning UK directors Kim Longinotto (Dream Girls, the success of last year’s festival circuit) who will present her newest work Shinjuku Boys, and Phil Agland (Beyond the Clouds, screened on ABC-TV last year to great acclaim).
Diane Tammes, one of Britain’s most respected documentarians, renowned for her work in television (Culloden, Police, Some Women of Marrakech).
German filmmaker Norbert Bunge (Forbidden Sound).
Broadcasters Alan Bookbinder (Executive Producer, BBC) and Peter Salmon (Factual Programme Controller, Channel 4).
The Academy Award-winning and Emmy-nominated filmmaking team of Allie Light and Irving Saraf (In the Shadow of the Stars, Dialogues with Madwomen).
Jayne Loader (Atomic Cafe)
Innovative videomaker Ellen Spiro (Roam Sweet Home, Greetings from Out Here, DiAna’s Hair Ego).
From the cutting edge, Steve Fagin (Zero Degrees Latitude, The Machine That Killed Bad People).
Broadcaster Stephen Burns from the Discovery Channel.
Fred Wibowo, one of Indonesia’s most prolific and experienced award-winning documentary filmmakers, and his compatriot, emerging documentary filmmaker Rivai Riza.
Byun Young Joo, a leading independent filmmaker working in documentary in South Korea.
Other home-grown guests include Robert Gibson (Video Fool for Love), and Tom and Josko Petkovic (Letter to Eros).