Ondřej Lipenský is a Production Designer and Art Director working in Prague, Czech republic. As a Production Designer he worked on David Ondricek´s miniseries King of Böhmerwald, norwegian Netflix horror Cadaver directed by Jarand Herdal, and on the last installment of the international TV series about empress Maria Theresa directed by Robert Dornhelm. He worked on the Czech science fiction film Restore Point, directed by Robert Hloz. For his work on this film, Lipenský won Czech Academy Award Czech Lion, for Best Production Design. He was also nominated for the Czech Film Critics Award for Best Audiovisual Achievement. As an Art Director he worked on Taika Waititi´s “Jojo Rabbit” and Robert Eggers´s “Nosferatu”. Lipenský teaches Film Art Direction and Production Design, at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
Mela Melak is a Polish production designer. Melak is based in Paris and works internationally across narrative cinema. Her recent work on A Real Pain, directed by Jesse Eisenberg, premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and was later nominated for the 97th Academy Awards, the Golden Globes, and the BAFTAs. Mela previously collaborated on the Emmy-winning documentary Kubrick by Kubrick (dir. Gregory Monro) and designed the Polish sets for Claire Denis’s High Life, starring Juliette Binoche and Robert Pattinson. Mela was selected for the Berlinale Talents 2024 and is a member of the Production Designer Collective.
Jean-Christophe Bouzy is a French editor. A graduate of La Fémis, he is known for his long-standing collaboration with Julia Ducournau on Raw, Titane (Palme d’Or 2021), and Alpha (official competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival). He has also worked with other directors such as Jérémy Clapin on Pendant ce temps sur terre, Siew Hua Yeo on Stranger Eyes, Jean-Paul Rouve on Lola et ses Frères, and Elliott Lester on The Thicket. His tastes and skills have drawn him to both commercial and auteur cinema, including comedy, drama and genre films. Bouzy is also a screenwriter and has co-written several feature films, including Let the Girls Play and Titane. He is a die-hard fan of Tom Cruise and Jean-Pierre Melville.
Wolfgang Thaler is an acclaimed cinematographer and one of the most distinctive visual voices of his generation. A graduate of the Film Academy Vienna in the 1980s, he has worked extensively across fiction and documentary cinema. His long-standing collaborations with directors Michael Glawogger (Megacities, Workingman’s Death, and Whores’ Glory) and Ulrich Seidl (Dog Days, Import/Export, the Paradise trilogy, Safari) have left a lasting mark on contemporary European film. In recent years, he shot the critically acclaimed Netflix series Unorthodox and Transatlantic. From 2008 to 2023, he taught cinematography at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Thaler has served as a jury member at major festivals, including Camerimage, where he also presided over the Documentary Features Competition.