Natalya Kazurova is a Candidate of History, senior researcher, head of postgraduate studies at the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera, St. Petersburg), programming director of the festival Ethnographic Film Days (Moscow), and curator of the film program at Daira Eastern Art Festival (St. Petersburg). She is the author of articles on the cinema of the Islamic world and the book Between Life and Death: Notes on the Work of Abbas Kiarostami. She is a lecturer at the Higher School of Economics (Moscow), Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, and Southern Federal University (Rostov-on-Don). She runs the Telegram channel Cinephile Chronicles.
Svetlana Pakhomova is a cultural historian specializing in Israeli and Jewish film and a guest lecturer at the Higher School of Economics (Moscow) and Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences.
Katya Dolinina is head of the Center for Industry Relations of the Moscow School of Film, a film critic, editor, author of podcasts, and curator of film projects. Her MA dissertation at St. Petersburg State University (Film Criticism and Theory) explored the phenomenon of Asghar Farhadi and Iranian Film. She has curated film projects at the film distribution company Inoekino and managed the cinemas Moskino Zvezda and Moskino Muzeon. She has written about film for Iskusstvo kino, Afisha Daily, The Blueprint, Film.ru, and Kinopoisk, and other media. She is the creator and host of the podcast Devushki, podayushie nadezhdy and runs the Telegram channel on film Salaam Cinema.
Anna Filippova is a journalist and documentary maker and a regular contributor to the journal Iskusstvo kino. She has studied Turkish land written on the representation of the Middle East in film.
