Kurdwin Ayub
Born in 1990 in Iraq, Kurdwin Ayub grew up in Vienna, where her family took refuge. From 2008 to 2013, she studied painting and experimental animation at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. At the same time, she studied performance art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. After several short films, she directed Sun, which premiered at the 2022 Berlinale and won the Best First Feature Award. Moon is her second film.