Dariusz was one of the first independent producers in Eastern Europe. He is a producer, director, scriptwriter, and founder and CEO of Apple Film Production, a leading Polish production company, renowned for its features, documentaries and drama series, as well as for its successful collaborations with international partners. Since 1990 he has produced and co-produced over 30 features, plus a similar quantity of full length documentaries and drama series, in cooperation with most European countries, as well as the US and Canada, gaining over 300 international and national awards. He is President of the Polish Film Academy, Vice-President of the European Producers’ Club, and a member of the European Film academy. In 2004 he created ScripTeast, the screenwriting program for the best Eastern European scriptwriters. Currently he is directing  The Pleasure Principle produced by Apple Film, the first ever high-end international co-production drama series originated and shot in Eastern Europe, in co-production with Canal+ (Poland), Czech Television and Star Media (Ukraine).

Palmquist has 25 years of experience in the TV and film industry, having worked as Film Commissioner at the Danish Film Institute, Commissioning Editor for Drama Series & Feature Films at SVT, CEO of Nordisk Film & TV Fond and Head of International Sales at TV2 Denmark. She has also worked as a producer at Fine & Mellow, Acquisition Manager at Nordisk Film, Head of PR and International Sales at Zentropa and Trust Film Sales and at Filmkontakt Nord. Hanne holds a master’s degree in Culture and Esthetics and a bachelor in World Literature.

Dominic Schreiber is Global Drama Executive at leading independent drama producer and distributor, Reel One Entertainment. Headquartered in Montreal with offices in London, Los Angeles and Vancouver, Reel One Entertainment develops, finances, produces and distributes commercial scripted programming for a worldwide audience. Dominic was previously Executive Producer, Scripted, for Motion Content Group, and was EP on the Sky 1 drama The Last Dragonslayer.  Prior to that, Dominic was International Development Manager at Channel 4, where he was responsible for developing the channel’s drama co-production strategy and helped to structure its first international co-production with Kudos Film and Television, for the hit supernatural drama series Humans.  During his time at Channel 4, Dominic built up a development slate of ambitious drama projects, including a major new adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities, from leading British screenwriter Alan Bleasdale; Rainmark Film’s period crime thriller The Frankenstein Chronicles; and Australian supernatural series The Kettering Incident.  He was also instrumental in the acquisition of the Bafta-nominated series Les Revenants.

Tarja Kylmä graduated from ELO Film School Finland in 2006 and has since worked as screenwriter in both feature films and documentaries (e.g. Sisters Apart 2008, Salla – Selling the Silence 2010, Hyväntekijä 2014). She enjoys stories and storytelling, also as writing mentor and script consultant. Her recent work is the Finnish-Chilean co-production Invisible heroes, a drama series in six parts taking place during and after Pinochet’s military coup in 1973.

Pelle Heikkilä is a Finnish-Swedish actor.  After dropping out of school and being a mischief-maker for many years he finally at the tender age of 26 understood that he needs an education. The only University level education he knew of that would accept students without a graduation was the Theatre academy of Helsinki. So, without any background in acting he applied and was excepted. After five years of studying he graduated as a Master of Arts in 2010. He worked at theatre Viirus in Helsinki for five years before switching into acting in front of the camera. Now he has acted in 31 TV and movie productions. He is best known for his roles in Invisible Heroes, Jägarna and Aallonmurtaja.

Paul Aguraiuja is a creative entrepreneur with years of experience in combining strategy with creativity and leading large complex creative teams towards the goal. Almost half of his work life Paul was the Senior Producer and Managing Director of Teater NO99, now he spends most of his time as the CEO of the full-stack marketing agency IMPACT 80/20. While off-duty, Paul produces internationally acclaimed tv-series.

Liisa Penttilä-Asikainen has worked as a producer since 2001 and founded Kaiho Republic in 2013. Penttilä-Asikainen has produced awarded short films, TV series, and feature films and has beeen actively co-producing, e.g. Lars Von Trier’s Dogville (2003), Peter Greenaway’s Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015) and upcoming Zaida Bergroth’s feature film Maria’s Paradise (2019). Most recent tv-series Invisible Heroes (6 x 50´) was released in Finland April 2019 and ganster drama Reindeer Mafia (8 x 42´) is currently in development.

Gerda Kordemets (born 1960) graduated Tallinn University in 1986 as Theatre Director. From 1986 – 2011 she worked in Estonian Television and Estonian Public Broadcast as Director, Producer, Head of Cultural Department (1998 – 2006) and Head of Drama Department (2007 – 2011). Since then she is freelance writer and director working for television and theatre. She was co-writer and dirctor for awardwinning TV-series “The Class, life after” produced by Estonian Public Broadcast. She also has directed TV-series “Alpin House” (2012, Estonian Public Broadcast) and “In The Other Side” (2013, produced by U8). From 2014 to 2018 she was a screenwriter and director of crime-series “The Last Cop” and “The Siberian Cop”, both produced by BEC. Last summer Gerda Kordemets directed her first movie, comedy “The Men” (produced by Apollo Film Productions). She has also written and directed several theatrical plays

Mika Kurvinen is a director and screenwriter from Finland. He has directed TV series e.g. Welcome to Texas (10×42`) and Soundtrack of Love (2 seasons, 22×58`). His latest work is the first Finnish-Chilean co-production INVISIBLE HEROES (6×52`) where he was a conceptual director. Mika Kurvinen studied film directing in Helsinki Film School in Aalto University.

Scriptwriter Merja Aakko created crime thriller All the Sins (Kaikki synnit) with Mika Ronkainen. The series won the 2019 Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize for outstanding writing of a Nordic drama series. Before entering the film and TV industry Merja worked 15 years as a journalist, specialised in human interest stories and social issues. All the Sins is her debut as TV drama screenwriter.

Ilkka Matila is one of the most profiled film producers in Finland. He has produced 21 feature films, numerous shorts, serial drama and documentaries during the past 30 years. He has been awarded eg. the Finnish Jussi-Prize for Best Film, chosen to be the Producer of the Year in Finland and invited as the member of the Jury to the Stockholm and Tallinn Film Festivals. Ilkka is the member of the European Film Academy, the producer’s network ACE and the co-owner of Matila Röhr Productions.

Hyppe Salmi has been working as an executive producer for young audiences, targeting mostly for teens. She is fascinated about the storytelling, no matter the genre or the platform. Curiosity drives her forward.  Last six years Hyppe has been working with a small but enthusiastic team in Finnish Broadcasting Company reforming teens television content into on-line services. They serve the audience all year round and publish content daily. The team has succeeded to create a firm fan base in social media platforms and have had several big hits too. Hyppe  is especially proud of the award-winning transmedia series #lovemilla and Yle´s game changing campaign Mental. Mental combined daring drama, social media influencers and a helpline service to help teenagers and young adults with their mental health problems. It was a great example that storytelling can be meaningful, benefit the society and at the same time entertain and emphasize your feelings.

During the Helsinki Script years Liselott Forsman worked as an executive producer of international drama at Yle. She is the head of the Eurovision Fiction Expert Group and a long time Northvision co-producer. Her MA combines film, drama and TV studies. She has a background in fringe theatre and radio drama, in heading and producing fiction, culture and children’s programming. She’s been a speaker and moderator at film and TV forums on five continents and lectured at European master educations. Since November 2019 she has worked as the CEO of the Nordisk Film and TV fond and is located in Oslo.