Petrus van Staden is a South African filmmaker who co-founded Vanishing Elephant, driven by a desire to tell meaningful stories. His shorts have screened at Locarno, SXSW, NDNF, and NYFF, being distributed to spaces such as Mubi, Topic, and Canal +. He has worked between South Africa, Tanzania and the USA – producing independent work and an episode for Netflix’s African Folktales Reimagined Anthology. His work has been supported by SFFILM’s Rainin Foundation, the Atlas Workshops and the Red Sea Souk. In 2024, he was selected to take part in the 4th edition of “DEENTAL at CANNES”.