Klaus Eder
Film scholar, film festival curator. Born in 1939 in the German city of Augsburg. Studies of German literature at Stuttgart University. Works as film critic from the middle of the 60-s, actually for the national radio (“Bayerischer Rundfunk”) and for German language film magazines. Books among others on Andrzej...
Sergei Loznitsa
Born in 1964 in Baranovichi, Belarus (USSR). In 1987 graduated from the Kiev Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Applied Mathematics. In 1987–1991 he worked as a scientist at the Kiev Institute of Cybernetics, specializing in artificial intelligence research. He also worked as a translator from Japanese. In 1997...
Donatella Baglivo
Film director. Italy. She founded her own film CIAK Studio when was only 18 years-old, thus becoming the youngest among film businessmen in Italy. Editor of documentary films and advertising videos for TV channel RAI and other companies. In 1982–1984 she directed documentary trilogy about Andrey Tarkovsky. She...
Valeriu Andriuta
Actor. Born in 1967 in Moldavia, USSR. In 1993 graduated form the Tbilisi Theatre Institute (class of N.Lordkipanidze) as an actor, later from the Bucharest Academy of Theatre and Cinema as a theatre director. Since 1993 lives in Romania. In 1994 he appeared in the debut short by the now world famous Romanian director...
Marianne Slot
Producer French producer of Danish origin. She founded the independent production company Slot Machine in 1993. She has worked with Lars von Trier since 1995 from “Breaking the Waves” to “Melancholia”. She has produced extensively in Latin America, including films by Lucrecia Martel, Lisandro...