Artistic Director
Vera Mijojlić
Honorary Chair
Irina Maleeva
Program Advisors
Chantal Chauzy, Darko Lungulov, Margit Kleinman
Chair, Romanian Film Program
Stefania Magidson
Programmers
Denny Dugally, Feature Films
Michael Pardy, Narrative Documentaries
Tara Karajica, Shorts Program
Imad Ftouni, Programmer-at-Large
Virgil Adumitroaie,Programmer-at-Large
Associate Programmers
Julia Macnelly, Christian Rodriguez, Philip Wright, Valentina Michelotti
Program Trainee: Santiago Martinez Navarro
Art Director
Elyas Beria, elyas.com
MC
Zana Marjanović
Director of Digital Marketing
Denise Wakeman, denisewakeman.com
Festival Coordinator
Gabrielle Adrien
Web Master
Michael Levy
Digital Content Manager
Tamara Gavrić
Virtual Festival Team
Damir Hrnjez, Michael Levy, Tamara Gavrić, Gabrielle Adrien, Ivana Strajin, Denise Wakeman
Festival Manager
Viola Calia
Community Outreach
Lika Balenovich
Youth Program
Hipolito Muñoz, Jessica Just
Opening & Closing Visual Content
Coldea Productions
Photographers
Aaron Perez
Khalid Farquharson
Tshombe Sampson
Educational Initiative
Aida Vidan, Adnan Džumhur
Writers Group Facilitators
Amanda Andrei,Ivana Strajin
Table Read Coordinator
Thea Mercouffer
Podcast Team
Milan Živković, Ivana Strajin, Dayan Živković, Mina Cvjetinović
Interns
Jelena Puškić, Sooah Cho Cho, Christian Rodriguez, Santiago Martinez Navarro, Miriam Ibragimbekov
Trailer & Video Editors
Harvey Carrasco
Christian Rodriguez
Team of Supporters
Alice Bardan, Giannina Toaxen, Arevik Sargsyan, Daniel Wyland, Emir Kapetanović, John Concannon, Ken and Grace Aaron, Liana Grancea, Sabra Chili, Svetlana Kasalović, Tudor Munteanu, Amy Tofte, Viktorija Lejko-Laćan, Tsiako Abesadze, Luis Orellana,Lauren Brown.
Advisory Board
Aaron Perez, Photographer, Los Angeles
Amila Oručević, DOJ Accredited Representative, Interfaith Refugee and Immigration Service
Andrea Capachietti, Humanitarian Aid Consultant and Lecturer, Los Angeles
Carol Contes, Attorney, Los Angeles
Christine La Monte, Producer, Los Angeles
Dunja Klemenc, Producer, Studio Maj, Ljubljana
Elyas Beria, Designer, Seattle
Gail Kligman, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, UCLA
Isabella Anikst, UCLA Extension
Jelena Erceg, Architect, Los Angeles
Ken Aaron, Social Uplift Foundation, Los Angeles
Lelei Lelaulu,Earth Council Alliance
Liana Grancea, Executive Director, UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies
Mustafa Kapidžić, Kult B Publishing, Sarajevo
Nenad Dukić, Film Critic, Belgrade
Peter Gross, Tech Executive and Corporate Advisor, Santa Monica
Polina Sadovskaya, Eurasia Program Director at PEN America
Stefania Magidson, Blue Heron Foundation, Los Angeles
Thomas Blount, Architect and Arts Patron, Miami
Toni Bell, Impact Strategist, Los Angeles
Tshombe Sampson, Attorney, Los Angeles