Born in 1984 in Bucharest, Paul studied film directing at UNATC, Romania's top film school. He has directed several award-winning short films selected in international festivals, and two of them, Renovare and Derby, received nominations at the European Film Academy Awards in 2009 and 2011. 

His debut film, A Month in Thailand, premiered in the International Critics' Week sidebar at the 2012 Venice Film Festival and won the FIPRESCI Award at the Sofia Film Festival and the Best First Feature Award (Romanian Days competition) at TIFF. 

His second feature, Two Lottery Tickets, was a box office hit in Romania and was later released in several countries. In 2022 he returned with Men of Deeds, which won the top trophies at the 2023 Gopo Awards, including Best Film and Best Director. He is currently working on his sixth feature film and he teaches Directing at UNATC.

Markéta closely cooperated with the Program Department of Karlovy Vary film festival for almost a decade, before boarding in 2004 the newly founded Czech Film Center and co- developed its agenda and position in Czech and international film environment. 

Since 2013 she is the Head of Czech Film Center, which has operated since 2017 as a division of the Czech Film Fund, the main public financing body for cinema in the Czech Republic. In May 2019, Markéta was named the president of the European Film Promotion.

Markéta closely cooperated with the Program Department of Karlovy Vary film festival for almost a decade, before boarding in 2004 the newly founded Czech Film Center and co- developed its agenda and position in Czech and international film environment. 

Since 2013 she is the Head of Czech Film Center, which has operated since 2017 as a division of the Czech Film Fund, the main public financing body for cinema in the Czech Republic. In May 2019, Markéta was named the president of the European Film Promotion.

After years of activating as a film critic and festival programmer, Greek-born Konstantinos moved to production in 2010 and has been consistently producing ever since. 

He has produced and co-produced more than 25 internationally acclaimed films, including BAFTA and Un Certan Regard winner How to Have Sex by Molly Manning Walker, Palme d’Or winner and Oscar- nominated Triangle of Sadness by Ruben Östlund, Angela Schanelek’s Berlinale winner Music and Uberto Pasolini’s upcoming The Return, which stars Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche. 

He was the Greek Producer on the Move in Cannes 2014 and he is a member of the European and the Hellenic Film Academies. In 2018, Konstantinos received the prestigious European Co- Production Award at the European Film Awards.

After years of activating as a film critic and festival programmer, Greek-born Konstantinos moved to production in 2010 and has been consistently producing ever since. 

He has produced and co-produced more than 25 internationally acclaimed films, including BAFTA and Un Certan Regard winner How to Have Sex by Molly Manning Walker, Palme d’Or winner and Oscar- nominated Triangle of Sadness by Ruben Östlund, Angela Schanelek’s Berlinale winner Music and Uberto Pasolini’s upcoming The Return, which stars Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche. 

He was the Greek Producer on the Move in Cannes 2014 and he is a member of the European and the Hellenic Film Academies. In 2018, Konstantinos received the prestigious European Co- Production Award at the European Film Awards.

Born in 1978, Hafsteinn holds a Master of Fine Arts in film from Columbia University, New York. 

His first feature Either Way (2011) screened at film festivals all around the world and was re-made in the US as Prince Avalanche, starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch. His second feature Paris of the North (2014) traveled extensively after its competition premiere in Karlovy Vary. 

Under the Tree (2017) premiered in the Orizzonti sidebar at Venice and was the Icelandic Oscar candidate in 2018. In 2023, his English debut Northern Comfort opened TIFF. 

Hafsteinn co- created, wrote and directed Balls, his debut in television, which premiered in Iceland in the spring of 2023. The show was hugely popular in Iceland and has been very warmly received in other Nordic countries.

Born in 1978, Hafsteinn holds a Master of Fine Arts in film from Columbia University, New York. 

His first feature Either Way (2011) screened at film festivals all around the world and was re-made in the US as Prince Avalanche, starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch. His second feature Paris of the North (2014) traveled extensively after its competition premiere in Karlovy Vary. 

Under the Tree (2017) premiered in the Orizzonti sidebar at Venice and was the Icelandic Oscar candidate in 2018. In 2023, his English debut Northern Comfort opened TIFF. 

Hafsteinn co- created, wrote and directed Balls, his debut in television, which premiered in Iceland in the spring of 2023. The show was hugely popular in Iceland and has been very warmly received in other Nordic countries.

Sibel is a German actress with Turkish roots. With her debut in Fatih Akin's Head-On she gained major public attention. She has won twice the highest German movie award, the Lola, for Best Actress with Head-On and When We Leave. 

The recipient of an award at the Tribeca Film Festival, she became known internationally with her portrayal as Shae in the HBO award- winning series Game of Thrones. Sibel starred in several national and international productions like Winter Journey (2006), the very successful comedy What a Man (d. Matthias Schweighöfer) and multiple seasons of Tatort. 

Her latest appearances include the Finnish noir series Bullets (d. Özcan Alper) and Yunan (d. Ameer Fakher Eldin), which will be released later this year. Quite recently Kekilli also gave her theater debut at the Berliner Ensemble with "Fremd" by Michel Friedman. 

In her honor, TIFF will screen Head-On, the 2004 Golden Bear-winner, in a restored version.

Sibel is a German actress with Turkish roots. With her debut in Fatih Akin's Head-On she gained major public attention. She has won twice the highest German movie award, the Lola, for Best Actress with Head-On and When We Leave. 

The recipient of an award at the Tribeca Film Festival, she became known internationally with her portrayal as Shae in the HBO award- winning series Game of Thrones. Sibel starred in several national and international productions like Winter Journey (2006), the very successful comedy What a Man (d. Matthias Schweighöfer) and multiple seasons of Tatort. 

Her latest appearances include the Finnish noir series Bullets (d. Özcan Alper) and Yunan (d. Ameer Fakher Eldin), which will be released later this year. Quite recently Kekilli also gave her theater debut at the Berliner Ensemble with "Fremd" by Michel Friedman. 

In her honor, TIFF will screen Head-On, the 2004 Golden Bear-winner, in a restored version.