Having studied literature, philosophy and cultural management, Thibaut Bracq is a French curator, workshop leader and industry programme organiser at festivals including Marrakech, Cannes, Locarno and others. Since 2022 he has worked with La Fabrique Cinéma, a programme of the Institut Français dedicated to presenting the first and second feature films of emerging directors at the Marché du Film in Cannes. In parallel, Bracq is the curator of CinéBaltique festival, launched this year and focusing on films from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. He also works as a script and project development consultant across a range of masterclasses, commissions and film projects, among them Cinéforom in Switzerland, Oxbelly residency in Greece, and the Agora industry event in Thessaloniki.

Alise Ģelze is one of the best-known and most experienced producers in Latvia and the Baltics, as well as the founder of White Picture studio. She has produced several dozen short and feature films, collaborating with leading directors of the younger and mid-generation from Latvia, Estonia, and Finland. Among her most notable projects are Oleg (2019) by Juris Kursietis, screened at Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes, and Dogs Don’t Wear Pants (2019) by J.-P. Valkeapää. Ģelze also produced Mellow Mud (2016) by Renārs Vimba, awarded the Crystal Bear in the Berlinale Generation 14Plus competition, and Mother, I Love You (2013) by Jānis Nords, which received the JGeneration KPlus International Jury prize for the Best Film at Berlinale. Her most recent film – The Two Prosecutors (2025) by Sergei Loznitsa – was selected for the main competition at Cannes.

Anna Hints is an award-winning Estonian director and screenwriter whose career in recent years has drawn international attention far beyond the Baltics and Europe. Raised in Southern Estonia and inspired by contemporary art and experimental folk music – as these influences converged, she created the feature documentary Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (2023), screened in over 40 countries, triumphantly sweeping the Directing Award at Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Documentary Competition, European Film Award for Best Documentary, and Special Mention at RIGA IFF. Her latest project continues in the vein of sauna and its healing traditions – the short film Sauna Day (2024), made in cooperation with Tushar Parkash, was selected for Critics’ Week at Cannes, Toronto and Clermont-Ferrand. Hints is a member of the European Film Academy.

Jeune is Director of the Films Department and Deputy General Delegate at the Cannes Film Festival. Born in Toulon, he joined the team of the prestigious festival in 1983, first working in the Press Office, and moved to Films Department less than ten years later. Since 1999 he has headed the department, and in 2004 he became Deputy to the long-time Artistic Director Thierry Frémaux. Jeune is responsible for the preselection and selection process, while his curatorial focus is on Asian cinema – he has served on festival juries in Busan, Tokyo, Taipei, Bangkok, Macao and many others. In addition, Jeune has translated more than a hundred films into French – among them the Kingsman saga, the Jason Bourne franchise, and more.