Angelo Rocco Troiano is a European indie cinema producer with a background in law and a focus on sustainable production. He co-founded Mediterraneo Cinematografica in 2014, where he currently serves as CEO. He works primarly with emerging talent and international co-productions. Since 2023, he has expanded into podcast storytelling and became an EAVE alumnus in 2024.

Anita Vedå co-founded Smau in 2014 and works as a creative producer for documentaries. Her films have been well received in Norway, and the recent co-production Murmuring Hearts (2024) won Best Cinematography at Tallinn Black Nights. She attended IDFA Academy (2019), was part of the Norwegian delegation to CPH:DOX (2024), and joined the “Take on Impact” program at Movies that Matter in 2025.

After earning her MA in Film Studies, Anna has worked across fiction, animation, and documentary — the form that remains closest to her heart. She has produced and line-produced TV and cinema releases, often focusing on social issues through personal stories. In 2024, she took part in the Producers Link program with a focus on youth content, and in 2025, completed the Green Film Lab — a sustainable filmmaking workshop by TorinoFilmLab. She is a member of MADOKE, the Hungarian Documentary Association.

Azra holds an MA in German and English Literature and began her career during her studies in 2009, working as a freelance assistant director and production manager on short films, feature films, and commercials. She later expanded her expertise in the advertising industry, producing award-winning campaigns, before returning fully to feature and documentary filmmaking in 2020. She currently focuses on documentary projects and is establishing the series department at Filmgerberei.

Bernardo Lopes is a Portuguese director, screenwriter, and producer. His short films Lux, Ivan, Eva, and Moço have received multiple awards and international recognition, including a Sophia Award for Best Fiction Short Film and selection
for Les Nuits en Or by the French Film Academy. He was selected for Locarno’s Match Me! in 2023 as an emerging European producer and is currently completing his first fiction feature, Tomorrow’s Rain.

Caroline Drab is a Swedish film producer. Her fiction feature Redoubt, directed by John Skoog and co-produced with Erik Hemmendorff at Plattform Produktion, world premiered in San Sebastian in September 2025. Her previous films have screened at Toronto IFF, Tribeca FF, Rotterdam IFF, Thessaloniki IFF and CPH. and have been nominated for both Swedish and Norwegian Film Awards. Drab is an alumna of EAVE Producers Workshop and Berlinale talents.

A graduate of Film Academy Vienna, King’s College London, and Berlinale Talents, producer Dominic Spitaler has had his short films screened at festivals such as Sundance, Karlovy Vary IFF, PÖFF Black Nights, and Max Ophüls. His graduation film Topfpalmen earned a nomination for Germany’s prestigious First Steps Award. His co-produced debut feature Jimmie premiered on opening night at the Rotterdam IFF, while his first documentary Robin’s Hood won an award at DOK Leipzig.

Eugene Rachkovsky is a film producer based in Kyiv, Ukraine. He is part of the TABOR Collective and and is the CEO of the TABOR production company. A participant of EURODOC22 and ARTE Ukraine Generation, he produced Black Dog by Nikita Zarkh and Ukraine: Nightlife in Resistance by Maksym Nakonechnyi. His latest film, Militantropos, had its world premiere at the 57th Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

Evi Stamou is a producer, filmmaker, and digital artist who creates hybrid works exploring the relationship and aesthetic boundaries between traditional cinematic forms and evolving approaches in contemporary art. In 2021, she founded Maketa Media, a company focused on producing and digitally distributing documentary and experimental films — primarily by emerging directors — to support the creation of innovative, personal, political, and non-mainstream cinema.

Ivana Shekutkoska holds a degree in economics and an M.A. in Marketing, Advertising & PR from the University of Sheffield – City College. She began producing films in 2016, working across shorts, fiction, and documentaries. In 2019, she founded Minimal Collective in Skopje. Ivana is one of the two producers of DJ Ahmet, an award‐winning debut feature which premiered at Sundance in 2025.

Julie produces documentaries on social, historical, and cultural themes, primarily for public broadcasters such as Arte and France Télévisions. While the films she produces vary in both formal approach and subject matter, she is particularly drawn to projects that engage with social and political issues and those that explore hybrid forms. She frequently works with young and emerging directors. In 2016, she joined the production company Talweg, where she has been producing since 2021.

Maarten D’Hollander is a producer and founder of Krater Films, dedicated to developing author-driven fiction and documentary projects with international ambition. As an executive and (co-)producer, he has worked on films like Cleo
(Eva Cools), The Barefoot Emperor and Luka (Brosens & Woodworth) as well as a slate of impactful short films. With Krater Films, he focuses on bold, original storytelling collaborating with emerging and established talents to bring strong cinematic voices to the screen.