Ion Gnatiuc is a documentary producer from the Republic of Moldova and founder of HaiDOC Productions. His films have been selected and awarded at festivals such as PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights, Sarajevo FF, Shanghai IFF and Trieste FF. An EAVE, IDFA Academy, ESoDoc and BDC Discoveries alumnus, as well as a member of the European Film Academy, Ion focuses on internationally co-produced creative documentaries with strong social relevance.

André Robert is a Costa Rican-Swiss filmmaker and creative producer. His Barcelona-based company, Malcriada Films, produces auteur-driven documentaries and hybrid cinema across Catalonia, Switzerland and Latin America. His work has screened at international festivals including the Festival de Málaga, CurtaCinema Rio de Janeiro and Costa Rica Festival Internacional de Cine. He has also participated in industry programmes such as EURODOC, IDFA Academy, Ji.hlava New Visions Forum, DocsBarcelona Talents.

Bruno Moraes Cabral is a Portuguese producer and director specialising in creative documentaries, with strong ties to Africa and Lusophone countries. He co-founded Garden Films and Wonder Maria Filmes, where he leads the documentary slate while increasingly expanding into fiction. His work includes television series broadcast in Portugal and films screened at dozens of international festivals. Bruno is an alumnus of EURODOC and an active member of several PCIA and APIT associations.

Đorđe Vojvodić was born in 1991 in Podgorica. He studied at Roma Tre University and the New York Film Academy. In 2016, he co-founded Bitter Frames Production, whose films have screened at festivals including Locarno FF, Camerimage IFF, Sarajevo FF and DokuFest. His short film The Visit screened at more than 20 festivals. He is developing his first feature length fiction, Nothing Will Be Named After Me, and is currently completing an MA in Film Production at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Cetinje.

Friedemann Hottenbacher was born in Japan. In 1989, he moved to Berlin to study social sciences before beginning his career as a producer for the German bureau of Tokyo Broadcasting System. As a freelance filmmaker, he wrote and directed award-winning documentaries for German and international broadcasters. In 2009, he joined the Berlin-based production company inselfilm as a writer, producer and CEO, where he has since produced numerous internationally acclaimed feature documentaries and feature films.

Isabella Rinaldi is an Italian documentary producer and director. She is committed to collaborative and innovative approaches to filmmaking, exploring new ways of producing across cultures and geographies. She is a cofounder of NoCut Film Collective and collaborates with Ulalá Films & Co. in Rome. Her projects span Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, India, and Nepal, and have received support from Chicken & Egg Pictures, the Flemish Audiovisual Fund, CNC Romania, and the IDFA Bertha Fund, among others.

Jerca Jerič holds an MA in Film and Television Production. In 2013, she cofounded Temporama, where she serves as Head of Production and is one of two producers focusing on fiction and documentary features. She also remains actively involved in producing experimental films. Her work has screened at festivals including the Toronto IFF, IDFA, Torino FF, BFI London FF, Raindance, and Sitges FF. She is an alumna of the EAVE Producers Workshop 2023 and a member of the European Film Academy.

Justyna Rutkowska is a documentary producer with over 20 years of experience and co-founder of Vision House Productions, a leading independent production company based in Warsaw. Her work has taken her across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Her documentary Double Trouble premiered at Visions du Réel and screened at CPH:DOX following a run at more than a dozen international festivals. She is currently producing a documentary biography of Agnieszka Holland.

Kyoko Takenaka is a Tokyo- and Paris-based producer and artist. Alongside her artistic practice, she has produced the films of director Shingo Ota since 2021. Her producing credits include Numakage Public Pool and the Japan–France feature documentary The Chimney Sweeper, currently in production. Across both filmmaking and her artistic practice, she explores themes of care, performance, and the boundaries between documentary and fiction.

Leonidas Liambeys is a Greek-British producer and founder of Long Run. With a background in political analysis, journalism and the visual arts, he has spent nearly two decades working across documentary filmmaking, prime-time television series, archive production and multimedia exhibitions. His work has been recognised with the Golden Alexander at TiDF 2026, the 2025 Iris Award from the Hellenic Film Academy, and a FOCAL International Award.

Louise Byrne is an Irish producer at Tailored Films and founder of Buan Pictures. A four-time IFTA-nominated producer, her work has screened at Sundance FF, Tribeca FF, Sheffield DocFest and Galway Film Fleadh. She produces both documentary and fiction films with a strong focus on distinctive, character-driven storytelling.

Martina Netíková is a Czech producer working across documentary, hybrid and fiction filmmaking. She currently works as a producer at Cinémotif Films and radical empathy, which she recently co-founded. Her credits include films that have premiered and screened at festivals including Locarno FF, San Sebastián IFF, Venice and Karlovy Vary IFF, as well as the Czech Lionwinning short film Rites. She is an alumna of MIDPOINT, the EAVE Marketing Workshop and Focus SCRIPT at Cannes.