Roja Pakari 

Roja Pakari was born in 1981 in Bandas Abbas in Iran. She came to Denmark with her parents in 1984, as political refugees, and grew up in Nørrebro and Hvidovre. She studied at The National Film School of Denmark where she graduated in 2015 as a documentary director. She has directed several music videos and TV projects, has assisted director Eva Mulvad in creating the award winning documentary film Love Child, and is a mentor in the NGO The Soulfuls. The Son and the Moon is Rojas debut and won Nordic:DOX at CPH:DOX.