Augustė Gerikaitė is a film director and scriptwriter. She directs, looking at life from the point of view of absurdity and dramedy. Auguste is particularly interested in the relationships between people and how they change depending on the time people have spent together. Auguste graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (2024) with a bachelor’s degree in film directing. Her short film Closer premiered at Venice Ca’ Foscari SFF and became Grand Prix winner (2024).

Lineta Lasiauskaitė has been actively participating in the film industry for more than 5 years, working in different companies and roles: from financing to distribution, including post-production and everything in between, while producing shorts that have been screened at KVIFF, Cottbus FC, Ghent ISFF, Ca’Foscari SFF, Kosice FF among others and won prizes. Lineta established her own production company Plopsas in 2023. The first art-house short Ootid produced by Plopsas was selected at the 77th Cannes FF for a competition program. She holds a bachelor’s degree in film production from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. In 2024, Lineta was selected for the Locarno Match Me! which focuses on young producers with strong vision. She is a member of the Lithuanian Audiovisual Authors Producers Rights Association AVAKA.