Maria Popistașu is an actress, screenwriter, and director, and a graduate of the National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest (UNATC). Throughout her career, she has collaborated with both Romanian and international filmmakers and is widely recognized for her performances in films such as Love Sick, Sex Traffic, and Gunpowder, Treason & Plot. Alongside her acting career, she has developed screenwriting and directing projects. Her first feature film as co-director, Y, made together with Alex Baciu, represented Romania in the Official Competition of the Warsaw International Film Festival and will be screened at Transilvania IFF.25.
 

Tudor Jurgiu is a film director and screenwriter, and a graduate of the National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest (UNATC), where he also completed his Master's studies and pursued a PhD. His short films have been selected and awarded at numerous international festivals. Oli’s Wedding received, among others, the awards for Best Short Film at the Anonimul International Independent Film Festival and Next International Film Festival, while In the Fishbowl won Third Prize in the Cinefondation section at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013. His feature debut, The Japanese Dog (2013), premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and went on to receive several international awards. His latest feature, On Our Own, premiered in the Forum section of the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival, where it received the CICAE Award.
 

Tudor Jurgiu is a film director and screenwriter, and a graduate of the National University of Theatre and Film in Bucharest (UNATC), where he also completed his Master's studies and pursued a PhD. His short films have been selected and awarded at numerous international festivals. Oli’s Wedding received, among others, the awards for Best Short Film at the Anonimul International Independent Film Festival and Next International Film Festival, while In the Fishbowl won Third Prize in the Cinefondation section at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013. His feature debut, The Japanese Dog (2013), premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and went on to receive several international awards. His latest feature, On Our Own, premiered in the Forum section of the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival, where it received the CICAE Award.
 

Ana Gheorghe is a film producer and screenwriter based in Bucharest. She graduated from the National University of Theatre and Film "I.L. Caragiale" (UNATC), where she studied Film Studies and Screenwriting. Since 2016, she has been working as a producer at Saga Film, developing short and feature films, documentaries, and experimental projects. The films she has worked on have screened at major international festivals, including the Berlin International Film Festival, Cannes Critics’ Week, Locarno, IDFA, Sarajevo, Thessaloniki, and TIFF. Her recent projects include Don’t Let Me Die by Andrei Epure, which premiered at Locarno, as well as the documentaries Mother Ship by Ana Vîjdea and Distant Lands, Anca Tăbleț’s feature documentary debut, currently in post-production. She is also collaborating on new short films by emerging directors such as Emil Vasilache, Mihai Ghiță, and Victoria Ecaterina Moraru.
 

Ana Gheorghe is a film producer and screenwriter based in Bucharest. She graduated from the National University of Theatre and Film "I.L. Caragiale" (UNATC), where she studied Film Studies and Screenwriting. Since 2016, she has been working as a producer at Saga Film, developing short and feature films, documentaries, and experimental projects. The films she has worked on have screened at major international festivals, including the Berlin International Film Festival, Cannes Critics’ Week, Locarno, IDFA, Sarajevo, Thessaloniki, and TIFF. Her recent projects include Don’t Let Me Die by Andrei Epure, which premiered at Locarno, as well as the documentaries Mother Ship by Ana Vîjdea and Distant Lands, Anca Tăbleț’s feature documentary debut, currently in post-production. She is also collaborating on new short films by emerging directors such as Emil Vasilache, Mihai Ghiță, and Victoria Ecaterina Moraru.
 

Stanislav Zeman served as Head of Communications for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague. He holds an interdisciplinary academic background in documentary film directing from FAMU in Prague, where he also earned a PhD on narrative in fiction film. He studied psychology and art therapy at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, where he taught for two decades, and completed an MBA at ESMA School of Management in Prague, focusing on film production. He has also directed numerous documentaries for Czech Television.
 

Stanislav Zeman served as Head of Communications for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Prague. He holds an interdisciplinary academic background in documentary film directing from FAMU in Prague, where he also earned a PhD on narrative in fiction film. He studied psychology and art therapy at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, where he taught for two decades, and completed an MBA at ESMA School of Management in Prague, focusing on film production. He has also directed numerous documentaries for Czech Television.
 

Gianna Urizio is a sociologist and social psychologist, trained in Florence and Rome. She built her career in television as a producer and writer for the program Protestantesimo on Rai Due, creating numerous international documentaries on faith, culture, and social diversity. Between 1993 and 1998 she served as editor-in-chief of the program and became increasingly involved in international ecumenical dialogue through collaborations with the World Council of Churches, WACC, and INTERFILM. She co-founded a Protestant film association in Italy and, as a member of the INTERFILM board, contributed to the creation of the Venice INTERFILM Jury.
 

Gianna Urizio is a sociologist and social psychologist, trained in Florence and Rome. She built her career in television as a producer and writer for the program Protestantesimo on Rai Due, creating numerous international documentaries on faith, culture, and social diversity. Between 1993 and 1998 she served as editor-in-chief of the program and became increasingly involved in international ecumenical dialogue through collaborations with the World Council of Churches, WACC, and INTERFILM. She co-founded a Protestant film association in Italy and, as a member of the INTERFILM board, contributed to the creation of the Venice INTERFILM Jury.
 

Trained in theology and Romance philology at universities in Göttingen, Barcelona, Munich, and San José (Costa Rica), Heinz-Martin Krauss has worked as a pastor in Caracas and La Paz, later serving the Neue Vahr Lutheran community in Bremen before becoming a school pastor and teacher at Nebelthau-Gymnasium, a role he concluded upon retirement in 2025. He has long been involved in the dialogue between church and cinema as a member of the “Church and Cinema” team of the Church of Bremen and a member of INTERFILM since 1987, serving on juries at numerous international festivals including Venice, Riga, Kyiv, Yerevan, Miskolc, and Warsaw.