In 2005 he graduated in acting from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. He has performed at such Russian theatres as MKhAt, Et Cetera, the Luna Theatre and the Russian Army Theatre and began directing shorts. In 2010 he shot his first feature To Live! and so far he has to his credit some twelve efforts as director, screenwriter, composer or producer. Bykov's works have been recognized at major Russian and international festivals.

She holds a degree in philology and has taught. She is a member of the Russian Union of Journalists.
Susanna graduated from the journalism department at Moscow State University. She has worked for the papers Izvestia and Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Since 2004 she has worked for the Nedelya supplement to Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
Since 2019 she has been program director for ChitkaFest.

Ella graduated of the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors. Her debut film The Gulls found success at the Russian and international film festivals Kinotavr and Berlinale and has been shown in 28 countries.
The Nasledie Bumby foundation which Ella set up in 2014 served as a basis for a film society in Russia's Kalmykia region.

Sergei graduated from the film studies department at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. In various years he has served as an editor and consultant for the TV channels Ostankino and TV-6 and as program director for the international film festivals Kinotavr, Liki Lyubvi and the Zerkalo Festival in memory of Andrei Tarkovsky. His articles on film have appeared in the Russian magazines Iskusstvo Kino, Sovetski Ekran and Seans.
Sergei is a member of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science and he has taught film history at Moscow's Synergy University.

Anna has a bachelor degree in documentary film from Lillehammer University College.
She is the managing Director of International Sámi Film Institute since 2009 and guided a new
generation of Sámi filmmakers. Before joining the Film Institute she was director of a Sámifilm festival and also a documentary filmmaker.

She begun her broadcasting career as a 17 year-old. In the late 90s Hakaraia began transferring 14 years of journalism to the screen: as a researcher, then directing segments of arts series Mercury Lane. Hakaraia went on to wrangle or direct dozens of TV documentaries, many dealing with Māori subjects.
In 2004 Hakaraia founded Blue Bach Productions - the company of documentaries. She produced 26 episodes of Māori Television series Tatai Hono.