Do Thi Hai Yen (born 1 October 1982) is a Vietnamese actress. She rose to international fame for her role in Academy Award-nominated film The Quiet American (2002) by Phillip Noyce, which made her the first Asian actress to be nominated for a Satellite Award. For her breakthrough performance in the drama film Story of Pao (2005), Hai Yen won Best Actress awards at the 4th Vietnam Cinema Association’s Golden Kite Awards and 15th Vietnam Film Festival. She gained further acclaim for her performances in Adrift (2009), The Floating Lives (2010) and Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories (2015).

Cui Zhongyu is a rising young actress currently pursuing her undergraduate studies in Broadcasting & Hosting at the Communication University of China, one of the country’s most prestigious media institutions. Though still in her early academic years, she has already demonstrated a rare natural talent and emotional depth on screen.

Her film debut came with the independent realistic feature The Last Summer, directed by Shi Renfei. In the film, she plays a complex adolescent character navigating the fragile border between innocence and loss. Despite having no prior professional acting training, Zhongyu immersed herself in the role with remarkable dedication. She spent weeks observing real-life peers in similar environments, keeping a daily character journal, and working closely with the director to build her performance from the inside out.

María Jurado is a Spanish actress with an extensive international career in film, television, and theatre. She has worked with directors such as Abel Ferrara, Daniele Vicari, Gabriele Salvatores, and Michel Gondry, appearing in more than 20 films showcased at festivals including Cannes, Berlin, Rome, Sitges, Málaga, and Miami. On television, she has starred in 7 prime-time series in Spain and France, and on stage she has performed under the direction of Jack Garfein at the Actor’s Studio in Paris.
She trained at the Juan Carlos Corazza Studio, the ECAM, and later in Paris, Los Angeles, and New York —with teachers such as JC Corazza, Susan Batson, and Eric Morris— and speaks English, French, and Italian. She wrote, directed, and produced the short film Del Retiro a Sol, selected at the ImagineIndia Film Festival.

Born in Afghanistan and raised in Canada, Muska Stanakzai embodies the harmony between two worlds — one rooted in resilience and tradition, and the other in freedom and possibility. Growing up in Canada, Muska recognized her privilege early on and felt a deep sense of responsibility toward her Afghan roots. She has since dedicated her life to bridging cultures, amplifying Afghan voices, and creating understanding between communities.

Writer / Director / Actress
Susana Fialho Mota, born in Lugo (Galicia) of Portuguese origin. She trained as an actress at Colegi del Teatre (Barcelona) and at William Layton’s Theatre Laboratory (Madrid). She started working in theatre when she was only 16 years old and at the age of 18, she formally enrolled in these two schools of Dramatic Art, which are among the most
important and prestigious in Spain. At the end of her studies, she began to work in TV series and theatre at the same time that she made her debut in Cinema with Albert Boadella, a renowned theatre director who was carrying out a daring cinematographic project with his theatre group (Els Lloglars). Soon after, she would work again with another well-known director, Sigfrid Monleòn, in a film about the poet and writer Jaime Gil de Biedma. A choral film in which Susana would play an important role.

She has won the Best Editing Award along with Bakyt Mukul for the film Deal at The Border (Dastan Zhapar Ryskeldi) Kyrgystan.

Nazgul Omurzhanova (born in 1999 in Kyrgyzstan) is a film editor and filmmaker whose work bridges emotional storytelling with poetic visual rhythm. She graduated from Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University with a degree in Communication and Media Studies, specializing in Radio, Television, and Cinema.