Baradinskas is an award-winning Lithuanian film director currently living and working between Los Angeles and Vilnius. He has filmed various projects in Japan, the UK, France, Germany, and more, his work reaching over 100 million views on the YouTube platform. In 2025, he graduated from the American Film Institute (AFI) Conservatory. His debut short film, Golden Minutes (2018), shot in one take and on film, has travelled to more than 50 film festivals. His second short film, Techno, Mama (2021), premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was later nominated for best short film in the European Film Academy Awards. He has been selected as one of the Berlinale talents, is a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) member and part of the BAFTA Connect program. Baradinskas is currently developing his feature film Concrete Music.

Anna Bartók is a versatile Hungarian producer nurturing original voices, and the founder of Anabanana production company. Her practice is dedicated to producing visually distinctive auteur-driven fiction films, original concepts and bold visions. Before moving into production, she has worked in film distribution, marketing, and publicity. She was the lead producer on The Spectacle (2025), a short film included in the 2025 Cannes Film Festival competition, screened at more than 80 international festivals, and nominated for the European Film Awards. A Venice Film Festival Biennale College alumna, she has participated in the New Producers Room at Cannes and expanded her expertise and knowledge elsewhere. She is currently producing the latest work by Bálint Kenyeres and Nóra Horváth.

Oivo is an acclaimed vinyl DJ, producer and interdisciplinary artist, as well as the Executive Director of Oulu Music Video Festival, the world's oldest music video festival. The festival was founded in 1994, and Oivo has been running it for ten years. The festival has hosted numerous international guests and artists and recently launched its first European competition series. Oivo also has over two decades of experience in the cultural sector, ranging from producing and curating events to writing articles and running the Elektorni record label. In recent years, he has been organising music video and club events across Europe, from Tbilisi to London, Oslo, and Berlin.

Straupe is a Latvian production designer and art director working across feature films, TV series, and advertising campaigns – working with such brands as IKEA, Ballantine’s, Hyundai among others. With over two decades of experience in design and interior construction in New York, Las Vegas, Miami, Hamburg, Riga and London, he works as set designer and builder for film and TV. He has created environments for several dozen short and feature films, and was nominated for Best Production Designer at Lielais Kristaps, the Latvian National Film Award, for his work on feature films The Invisible Fight (2023) and Lotus (2025).

Kaia Tungal is an Estonian production designer and art director, her professional track record spanning music video, film, commercials and stage productions. With a background in scenography, interior architecture, and literature, she still is invariably fascinated by creating cinematic worlds across all her projects. She is the co-founder of Set Set Studio, a production and spatial design company, and has worked with musicians like Tove Lo, Eartheater, Tommy Cash, and Jeremy Pope. As she says herself: I design spaces that feel alive. Layered, atmospheric, and a little strange.

Leitholde has worked in Latvian music and journalism for twenty years. A highly regarded music journalist and head of communications for music projects, she is also a two-time laureate of GAMMA, the annual contemporary music awards for both artists and industry professionals in Latvia. She is renowned in music and media circles for her versatility, her compass-needle sensitivity, and her ability to give every sound context and meaning, and trace its origins. In 2025 she completed a master's degree in Creative Industries and Growth Management, a joint programme by the Latvian Academy of Culture and Riga Technical University. In recent years she has also turned her attention to film criticism.

Kulibali is a film curator, publicist, and critic from Riga, focussing on queer cinema, genre fluidity, and current developments in film. He writes for the biggest cultural media in Latvia – Satori, Kino Raksti, LSM.lv, and others – and hosts film lecture series on a regular basis. For several years he has served as head of the queer cinema section at the International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS. Since 2023 Kulibali has been a voice on the airwaves, and for the past two years – the creator of the Latvian Radio LR1 programme "Kur kritiķiem nav vietas" (No Place for Critics), reviewing films and series each week. He is also a member of the Latvian chapter of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI), and is one of the most prominent film tastemakers of his generation.

Experienced in the film, advertisement and entertainment industry, Mathur is a producer of Latvian origin who has worked with Amazon, Hulu, Under Armour and Meta. Having started his career at studios Propaganda Films and Harmony Pictures in Los Angeles, he specialised in music video production and collaborated with legendary artists and bands such as Metallica, Diana Ross, Celine Dion and The Beach Boys. Mathur has received numerous accolades and awards, including an MTV Video Music Award for Aerosmith video for Janie's Got a Gun, directed by David Fincher, and a Grammy Award nomination for his work on the musical film Symphony Sessions (1989) starring David Foster and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. He also produced Dion’s breakout television music special for Disney’s “The Colour of My Love” (1993).

Prusax, hailed as the voice of the young generation of Latvia, is a rapper, singer, songwriter, and cinephile. Arriving on the Latvian music vanguard as a member of New Wavy, he captivated listeners with his distinctive approach and a charming audacity in his lyrics, just as the biggest names were fine-tuning the same on global stages. His debut solo album “A+”, released in 2019, was nominated for the Latvian Music Recording Award Zelta mikrofons (Golden Microphone), and two years later came the mini-album “Nemīz, būs OK!”. In his songs, Prusax blends melancholy with inward anxiety, and the beat of current times with the deeply personal, making each track feel like a diary entry. In recent years he has also been hosting screenings of cinema classics and sharing film recommendations.

Pujol is a director of Swiss descent, and after spending the early part of his life living between the United States, Brazil and South Africa, he is now based between Paris and Tallinn. He has been working in the fashion industry for such brands as Dior, Fendi, and Louis Vuitton, including creating the first digital fashion show for Chanel in 2022. He has directed music videos for Saint DX and Oko Ebombo, while his medium-length film debut, The Island (2023), shot in Estonia, premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival. He is currently working on developing his latest projects – two feature films are in the works between France and Italy.

Randma is an Estonian music strategist, promoter and manager with over a decade of industry experience. She has held roles at Sony and Warner Music Baltics sublabels, organised concerts at Eesti Kontsert and given music e-commerce and digital marketing lessons at Tallinn Music and Ballet School (MUBA). Randma currently leads Marketing & Communication at Music Estonia and manages the popular dream-pop band Night Tapes. Her past collaborations include Zebra Island, Beach House, Weyes Blood, An-Marlen, Tommy Cash, and Kitty Florentine. She is the founder of Main Character Agency, and was named Manager of the Year and Music Exporter of the Year at the Estonian Music Business Awards in 2025.