Michael is Neu! Reekie!’s co-founder and co-director; a Robert Louis Stevenson Award winner 2015; a John Mathers Trust Rising Star of Literature Award Winner 2014; a Canongate Future 40 Awardee 2013; a Callum McDonald Memorial Award Finalist 2010; he publishes his poetry with Polygon Books and has earned fans that range from Irvine Welsh and Liz Lochhead to Stephen Fry and Jackie Kay.
Miebi is a maker and technologist. A graduate in Visual Communication Design. His work centers around the adoption of technology as a medium, which through applied parameters, evolve inherent properties and behaviours, giving form to his ideas.
He founded Digital Nativ, a company of thinkers, builders, programmers, and dreamers with a tendency towards complexity, turning simple rule sets into deep user experiences, pushing the boundaries of future possibilities.
Muhamad Taslim Dalma was born in Muna Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province on 15 November 1991. He has a Post-graduate Degree at Universitas Halu Oleo (UHO) Kendari, majoring at Language Education and Indonesian Literature (graduated 2018). He started working as a journalist in 2014 for a local newspaper called "Media Sultra", and then in 2015 he started working at an online media "Zonasultra.com" until now.
Peter and James have been working together for the past six years on a range of fiction, documentary and cross-platform projects. During this period they have adapted John’s diary material into a series of award winning short films. The first of these, ‘Rainfall’, won the Best Short Documentary Award at Hot Docs 2013. This was followed in 2014 by the Emmy Award-winning short, also entitled ‘Notes on Blindness’, which screened at Sundance Film Festival and won Best Documentary at Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival.
Notes on Blindness is their first feature.
Queen’s University Belfast was established in 1845 and is the UK’s ninth oldest university and the top UK university on the island of Ireland. A city-based campus located in Belfast - one of the top 10 UK destinations, as voted by Trip Advisor 2015. Queen’s is ranked 180 of universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2019) and is a member of the UK’s Russell Group. 96% of Queen’s graduates are in employment or further study six months after graduation. The University is committed to delivering a world-class student experience, and has committed to investing £700M into enhancing student support services and facilities, including an annual International Scholarships fund of £1.5M. Queen’s is ranked in the top 10 most beautiful universities in the UK (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018); a world-class international university built on a foundation of exceptional teaching, cutting-edge research, innovation, collaboration and engagement.