John Webster is a writer and director born in 1967, in Helsinki, to English teachers who later moved to Finland. John graduated from the University of Art and Design in Helsinki in 1996 with an MA in documentary filmmaking. Since 1990 he has directed independent documentaries that have won numerous awards nationally and internationally. He has run his own production company, JW Documentaries, since 1993.

Nu Nu Hlaing comes from a village in Bogalay, in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwaddy delta. Following the devastating cyclone, Nargis, that swept through the delta in 2008, she went to Yangon where she attended courses in journalism and later worked for the Myanmar Peace Centre. Since joining the Yangon Film School in 2012 she has worked on numerous documentaries as a sound recordist. Mother at Arms is her directorial debut.

Michael Glawogger was born in Graz, Austria, and studied at the San Francisco Art Institute and the Vienna Film Academy. He started as an assistant camera operator, and later worked as a cinematographer, screenwriter, and director. He made numerous internationally-acclaimed shorts, documentaries, and feature films. He had recently devoted himself to literary writing. Michael Glawogger died in Monrovia, Liberia, in April of 2014 while shooting Untitled.

Hámos Gusztáv képzőművész, kurátor, szerző és kiadó. Filmek, videók, fotográfiák és installációk alkotója, aki olyan helyeken állított ki, mint a Documenta, a Velencei Biennale, a Ludwig Múzeum Budapest. Filmjeit és videóit többek között a Tate Modern London, a ZKM Karlsruhe, a Triennale of Photography Hamburg, a 63 Mostra Internazionale d’arte cinematografica di Venezia és az YBCA San Francisco vetítette. Munkái olyan gyűjteményekben találhatók meg, mint a MOMA New York, Centre Pompidou Paris, NBK Berlin, ZKM Karlsruhe, Art Collection NRW, Ludwig Múzeum Budapest, C3 Budapest, Saint Gervai SIV Genève. www.hamos.info