Alexandra Oak

Fundraisers for Falastin Romania

Alina Dumitriu

Patient navigator, Sens Pozitiv Association

Ada Solomon

Film producer, microFILM

Ada Solomon is one of Europe’s most acclaimed producers, known for her bold curatorial vision and commitment to socially relevant cinema. With 100 films to her credit and collaboration with Radu Jude, Ivana Mladenović, Alexandru Solomon and Maren Ade (Toni Erdmann), her work has earned top distinctions – from Berlinale’s Golden Bears (Bad Luck Banging, Child’s Pose) to awards in Locarno (Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World) and Venice (The New Year that Never Came). A recipient of the EFA Co-Production Award, she continues to redefine European independent cinema. She is serving the film community as Chairperson of the European Film Academy.

Anda Saltelechi

Actress

Andra Tarara

Filmmaker

Andrada Cilibiu

Feminist activist, FILIA Center

Andreea Vlădulescu

Fundraisers for Falastin Romania

Arjo Shashankay

Actor

Catinca Drăgănescu

Theater director, cultural manager, Masca Theatre

Elena Vlădăreanu

Writer and journalist

Emilia Șercan

Investigative journalist, PressOne

Emilia Șercan is an investigative journalist, author, and senior lecturer at the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies, University of Bucharest. With almost 30 years of experience in investigative reporting, she has spent the last decade systematically exposing academic fraud in Romania’s academic system.

Florin Buhuceanu

Human rights activist, ACCEPT Association

Ioana Pelehatăi

Journalist, Scena9

Răzvan Petri

Political scientist, Politică la minut & Centrul pentru Democrație și Bună Guvernare

Vava Ștefănescu

Choreographer, Director of The National Center for Dance Bucharest (CNDB)

Veronica Lazăr

Researcher, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest

Veronica Lazăr is a philosopher, historian of political ideas, and editor. She teaches ethics, aesthetics, and the philosophy of history at the University of Bucharest. She has been a postdoctoral fellow at the New Europe College, the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, and the Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen in Vienna. Her work focuses on political ideas in the French and Scottish Enlightenment, the history of the social sciences, critical theory, cinema, and contemporary arts. She coordinates several book series for Tact Publishing. She has recently published “The Érudits and the Theologians: The Enlightenment Revolutionizes History” (vol. 1, Tact, 2024), as well as, in collaboration with Andrei Gorzo, “Beyond the New Romanian Cinema: Romanian Culture, History, and the Films of Radu Jude” (ULBS, 2023).

Vlad Adamescu

Political scientist, Politică la minut & Centrul pentru Democrație și Bună Guvernare