Born in 1981 in Shiraz, Iran, Ali Zare Ghanatnowi is a film producer and director. Active since the early 2000s, he has participated in more than twenty films, including animated features and documentaries. He received critical acclaim for making Red Mind (2009) and Dad’s Fragile Doll (2013), which won Best Animation at the International Open Film Festival (IOFF) and Best Animation at the Veterans Film Festival and Londan-X4. Ali’s films The Lights and Sistan Itinerary were nominated for the CINEMA VERITE International Documentary Film Festival. In 2004, he founded the Cinema School in Shiraz, where he teached screenwriting, directing, film theory and criticism. Forced to flee Iran in 2019, he became a member of the agency of artists in exile in 2021. Alongside with Judith Depaule, he took part in the Mnémonique installation project presented at the Avignon Festival in 2022.

Born in 1986 in Syktyvkar (Komi Republic, Russian Federation), Daria Yurishcheva is an animation film director. After a brief career as a financial journalist, she decided to devote herself entirely to drawing and animation. Today, she creates independent animated films focusing on feminism and anti-colonialism. On February 24, 2022, Daria Yurishcheva initiated the “Animators Against War” collective project, mobilizing 200 animators and sound engineers from different regions of the Russian Federation and other countries. She is interested in decolonization, the repressed discourses of the indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation and questions of identity. Daria Yurishcheva is member of the agency of artists in exile since November 2022.

Born in Moscow, Russia, in 1989, Egor Shevchenko is a director of fiction and documentary films. After studying cinema in his native country, Egor Shevchenko attended Le Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains. His artistic work focuses on social issues, particularly immigration, as well as contemporary methods of storytelling and the search for new approaches to the cinematic medium. He is member of the agency of artists in exile since February 2022.

Producer. Citizen of the Ukraine. Born in Bilopillya, Ukraine. Education – Philological University of Odessa (Ukraine). Worked in Odessa Film Studio. Filmography Domicile, 2023 Bilopillya comma New York, 2023 in production Bilopillya comma New York, prologue, 2022 Movie up, 2018 Yesterday, today, tomorrow, 1997 The Wind in the City, 1997 The second one, 1994 Last Saturday, 1993 Underground temple of communism, 1991