director/ producer: Sophie Hyde

Sophie co-owns and runs Closer Productions. Her work has screened at festivals including Uppsala, Berlin Asia Pacific, Palm Springs, Torino and Montreal. As a director, her documentaries also include Beyond Beliefs and Risking It All: Initial D (part of a series for SBS). Her short film My Last Ten Hours With You continues to screen at festivals internationally and has won numerous awards. She is currently directing a one-hour documentary for SBS's Destination Australia series, producing and co-directing a documentary about dancer/ choreographer Tanja Liedtke, and producing and directing Necessary Games, a triptych of short dance films, in collaboration with Restless Dance Theatre, who work with young people with and without disability.