Umair Bilal is a documentary filmmaker whose undergrad in Media Sciences introduced him  to the world of visual storytelling. In 2012, he received a full scholarship to start a joint master  degree in Documentary Film Direction under the Erasmus Mundus program of the European Commission (www.docnomads.eu), where he studied in University of Theater and Film Arts  in Budapest, LUCA School or Arts in Brussels and Lusofona University in Lisbon. He got the  opportunity to direct several documentary films which were screened in various international  film festivals. His recent interest in research is exploring the intersection of visual anthropology  and interactive media.