Guillermo Abril

Guillermo Abril has won the 2019 European Press Prize Innovation Award with ‘Palmyra‘

Guillermo Abril, born in Madrid in 1981, has been a staff reporter of El País Semanal, Sunday magazine of El País, since 2007. He has written dozens of reportages, interviews and profiles, with a special focus on European and International affairs. Guillermo is coauthor of La Grieta (Der Riss), and a World Press Photo winner for his participation in the short documentary “At the gates of Europe”. He also co-directed the short documentary ‘The Resurrection Club’, nominated to the Spanish Cinema Awards (Goya). He has been also been teaching journalism since 2016. Guillermo has presented La Grieta (Der Riss) in various international events, such as the Bergen non-fiction literature festival (NO), Literaturhaus Berlin (DE), Montevideo (UY).

John Donica

John Donica was selected for the 2019 European Press Prize shortlist with ‘The Drums of Democracy‘

In 2012, John graduated from the Academy of Music Theater and Fine Arts as a film director and editor. Since 2016 he teaches cinematography at university. He has worked on many fiction and documentary films that have been selecterd and awarded for several international film festivals such as IDFA, Vision du Reel, Cronograf, DocuArtFest and others. Currently he is working on his personal documentary film, “Reborn”, which will be announced in 2020. 

John is part of the Are We Europe Collective, which was founded to support emerging creative talent in Europe and promote cross-border storytelling.