Lina Zacher studied Art Pedagogy at the Burg Giebichenstein University for Art and Design in Halle (Germany). In 2015 she founded the MIO intercultural multimedia programme together with Delphine Bishop, providing facilities for young talents. Today she is working as an independent filmmaker and artist in Germany, Madagascar and the Philippines. Lina Zacher's debut film "Fonja", which was shot by youth prisoners in Madagasgar's largest juvenile detention center, won Best World Documentary in Jihlava IDFF in 2019, the Up & Coming Award in Vienna (This Human World), the Cinegate Prize at the IFFC in Cologne and Best Documentary at the Sehsüchte festival in Berlin