Dea Gjinovci is a Swiss-Albanian director-producer based in between Paris and Geneva. She participated in the 2020 EsoDoc programme, 2019 Sundance Talent Forum, and is a 2019 Film Independent Fellow, as well as a Doha Film Institute 2019 grantee. Her debut documentary ‘Wake Up on Mars’ premiered at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival and Visions du Réel in Switzerland. She was awarded the "Best New Talent" mention at Biografilm Festival 2020, and at ZagrebDox 2021. Wake Up on Mars was also nominated for Best Documentary at the Swiss Film Awards 2022.