Joaquin Manzaneda is an aspiring filmmaker attending UWCE 's class of 2026. Having been influenced by directors such as: The Coen Brothers and Ridley Scott. He has ambitions to be a professional screenwriter in the future and is currently working on a full feature length film script. He focuses on making films diving into themes of intense emotion, grief and tragedy that evoke a sense of sorrow. 

Andy Deng is a grade 10 student studying at UWCE. A young talent, willing to put maximum effort into every shoot. Creativity and passion are his best description. He is keen to create breathtaking cinematography that will bring an unforgettable visual experience for film audiences. Although relatively new to filmmaking, he continues his interest and hopes to learn and gather useful experiences from other aspiring filmmakers.

Caden is young and ambitious filmmaker currently studying at UWCSEA in the class of 2026 . He has experience editing in applications such as Photoshop and Premiere Pro and has shown his ability through his Film and Graphic Design courses.

When first approaching the idea of "Missing", I was looking to make a classic horror mystery in a more modern context. That touches on themes of the insanity and the ineffable elements of the human mind. The two protagonists: Derek and Ahmed. Are written to seem similar at first glance, but as the story continues the differences between the two start to unravel. Derek is shown as a warm and iniviting host and good freind to Ahmed, this is to make the audience more comfortable with the characters. Ahmed for the most part is a calm and collected character. As the story progresses I wanted to make it as unsettling as possible as Derek starts to act more and more unhindged. At one point his facade falls and he is openly trying to murder his freind Ahmed. Revealing that for whatever reason, he has gone mad. We used comfortable angles and had the characters parallel to each other in most shots in the beginning in order to make it seem casual. Later we used suspensfull music and choppy cuts and shakey camera movements to indicate the film's climax. Overall im grateful for the great crew I got to work with, and im quite proud of being able to write and direct: "Missing"