Elisabeth is a Berlin-based filmmaker, screenwriter and script consultant. She graduated from the Saint Petersburg State Institute of Film and Television with a degree in Film Directing. Her short Inflatable Bear, Hourly (2025) premiered at Clermont-Ferrand and was selected for numerous international festivals, including BAFICI, Palm Springs International ShortFest, Melbourne International Film Festival, and London Short Film Festival. Her another short film, Meteorit (2026), will have its premiere at the Warsaw Film Festival and has already been invited to several other international festivals. She is currently working on her next short film, which was made possible through funding secured following the festival success of her first short.

Alongside her directing work, Elisabeth develops and consults on screenplays, working with writers and filmmakers on story structure, character development, dramaturgy and script development. Her approach combines a writer’s perspective with practical experience in directing and production.

Margarita is a Moldovan producer, screenwriter and journalist, currently based between Berlin and Chișinău. She works across independent film and documentary projects, with a background in journalism. She graduated in Journalism from the Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH) and worked as a journalist, host and producer at Echo of Moscow from 2017 to 2022.

She is the producer of METEORIT (2026), directed by Elisabeth Werchosin, which will have its World Premiere at the 42nd Warsaw International Film Festival and has already been selected for several other international festivals.

As a documentary screenwriter, she co-wrote Women’s Prisons: The One Nobody Talks About (2025), which was nominated for the Redkollegia Award, as well as Zero: The False Picture of What Happened (2025) and Navalny: From Investigations to Poisoning and Prison (2024), which have received over 1.6 million and 2.3 million YouTube views, respectively.

David graduated from the Saint Petersburg State Institute of Film and Television with a degree in Film Directing and currently works as an editor. He has written and directed several short films, including Cohabitation and What Happened Before the Guests Had Arrived. He is currently developing his next independent project, which will be filmed in Moldova.

Since 2023, he has been teaching screenwriting and storyboarding at the Technical University of Moldova and the COR Creative Industries Association, and taught screenwriting at Moldova State University in 2024–2025. He has also conducted masterclasses on acting for film, script development and interview editing at Mediacor in Chișinău.

Worked in the Selection teams of the Go Short, Encounters and Camden film festivals. As a festival producer, he has supported the festival strategy and promotion of films selected for international festivals, including Berlinale, Tallinn Black Nights, Warsaw Film Festival, San Sebastián IFF, Busan IFF, Hong Kong IFF, Melbourne IFF, Cork IFF, Telluride, Palm Springs ShortFest, Torino IFF, Scad Savannah IFF, Leeds IFF, London Short Film Festival, Aesthetica Film Festival, Bogoshorts, BAFICI, Oberhausen, Clermont-Ferrand, Tampere, FNC Montreal, ZINEBI, Cinema Jove, IndieLisboa, Cinema du Reel, IDFA, Future Storytellers, Vienna Shorts, Slamdance, Manhattan Shorts, Rio de Janeiro ISFF, Kasseler DOK, Krakow IFF, Tehran ISFF, Cottbus IFF, Golden Appricote, SheffieldDoc, Sarajevo IFF, Winterthur, HOF IFF, Interfilm, Alcine, New directors/new films, True/false, Go Short, Show me shorts, Cleveland IFF, Dokufest, Tirana IFF, Diagonale IFF, Huesca IFF, Uppsala IFF, The Norwegian Short Film Festival, New York Shorts Festival.