Tanya Domi is an Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and a faculty affiliate of the Harriman Institute where she teaches human rights and international affairs in the Western Balkans. The focus of her research is on genocide, transitional justice and human rights. Prior to joining the Harriman faculty in 2008, Domi worked for the late U.S. Congressman Frank McCloskey, a champion for U.S. intervention to stop the Bosnian war. Domi has become a cinephile of Bosnian filmmaking and has incorporated film in her human rights pedagogy:  by leveraging film to enhance her student’s understanding of egregious human right abuses. At the Harriman Institute Domi has organized a great number of important events focusing on Bosnia-Herzegovina and showcasing its rich culture to diverse academic and general audiences.

Mr.Sc. Damir Šehanović is television and radio journalist, public relations and communication expert, doctoral candidate of the French Universities of Bordeaux Montaigne and Sorbonne Nouvelle. During its television career. he edited and hosted the TV Show Home is the Best ... with Damir Šehanović, Big Names of Small Screens, hosted the Red Carpet Sarajevo Film Festival. He is the winner of the National Award "Davorin" for Best TV Show in 2002. He graduated and obtained his master's degree at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Tuzla. For the last ten years he has been working as a communication and public relations consultant in international financial organizations. He is a doctoral candidate at the codirection of the French Universities of Bordeaux Montaigne and Sorbonne Nouvelle, where he is writing a paper on the topic of film festivals in the Balkans as a channel of communication in the field of cultural diplomacy.

Kamila Kuc's hybrid works explore the transformative potential of apparatuses, dreams and memories in the creation of societal myths and narratives. Of particular interest to her practice are stories that subvert dominant narratives of history, especially those relating to post-Soviet identities. Her first feature film, What We Shared (2021), premiered at the 65th BFI London Film Festival and was described as one of ‘the finest examples of UK filmmaking’ by Festival Scope. She is also the author and editor of numerous books and articles on experimental media, including Visions of Avant-Garde Film (Indiana University Press).