Father Gabriel grew up in an atheistic family, did not go to church, he was foreign to his religious doctrine. For the first time in his life, the monastery visited his friend in the 29’s and felt that he had found a home. He was already there.

Father Vicilentius lived in his youth action life, which involved extreme sports, drugs, dance techno parties. At a certain stage, his carefree life began to collapse and he found himself in problems that were increasingly deepening. The cycling cut through them until he came to the monastery, where he found peace.

Father Nazarij started the construction business after the fall of communism. In his business he did not obscure the practices typical of the 1990s, which were often on the edge of the law. Unexpectedly, however, came the evil. He gave up his possessed possessions, decided to live in a solitary family, and entered a monastery.

Graduated in Bratislava, Department of documentary filmmaking at the FTF VSMU. After student films Recycler (2009) and Musicians (2011), debuted with a documentary film When Land Is Looking for Its Heaven(2016). His next feature documentary film is named The Calling.

Graduated at the Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. He has worked on documentary, feature and animated films, as well as TV serials. He has also worked for the Audiovisual Fund as a member of documentary film committee. He founded Filmpark production, where he develops and produces more feature-length documentaries, feature films and animated films and series. He is currently a member of Slovak Film and TV Academy, Association of Independent Producers and Slovak Association of Animated Film Producers. He teaches as an internal member at the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica.

Peter Kováč graduated at the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica – documentary filmmaking. He prefers fixed lens and open aperture. He is happily married. He has three sons.

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Peter Harum (*1978, Bratislava) studied film editing at the Film and Television Faculty of VŠMU. His most successful films include: the original documentary Vladko’s Way (awarded the Literary Fund Prize for artistic achievement in 2010 in the category of documentary film), I Am Miner, Who Is More? (awarded the Grand Prix at the Áčko festival in 2012, as well as a nomination at the festival in Amsterdam), Gypsy Vote (directed by Jaro Vojtek, 2012) – special recognition for extraordinarily high-quality film editing – the Silver Eye Prize 2012, So Far, So Near (directed by Jaro Vojtek, 2014 – national nomination for EFA and the main national Igric price for documentary film).

Graduate of FAMU Prague, later Summer Academy of Cultural Management Council of Europe in Salzburg. She is dedicated to dramaturgy of documentary films. Lecturer and Head of Department od documentary film at FTF VŠMU in Bratislava. She was appointed as professor of Film Arts and Multimedia. 

Bibliography: Miklós Jancsó (monograph, Praha), Dramaturgy of Audiovisual Documentary Films (textbook, Bratislava,), Basic Documentary School (head of assembly of almanac, Bratislava), Remaining man Martin Slivka (co-editor  of monograph, Bratislava), The Author – The Vision – The Limits – The Television (co-sditor of almanac, Prague).

Selected filmography: screenplay for television film Machinko, co-author of screenplay for film Martin Slivka – Man Who Planted Trees, director of documentary films Conversations about a Story, Nataša Bohumila Jolana, The author of documentary series Women about Women, author of triptych The Other Women, dramaturgist of documentary series Wonderful World of Animated Film, Slovak cinema, For The Teacher, Female First, White Crows and Heroes among us, My Emigrant and full-length documentary movies Afghan Women Behind Wheel, Graduates, Judge me and Prove me, I Crossed the Border, Lyricist, Bright Place, The Place Seeking its Heaven, Unseen, The Calling.

David Kollar (35) is a young generation artist, guitarist and film music composer with a unique musical vision that absorbs and reflects all manner of music while retaining an enviable individualism and high quality craftsmanship that can span from music creativity to very powerful and deep music.

David has released ten expansive albums, book, scored 18 films and worked on many multimedia projects. Film Stanko has got nomination by Slovak Film and TV academy for the best film score of 2016.

David Kollar is one of the most productive Slovak instrumentalists and composers of experimental, movie and scenic music. The Prepared Guitar magazine included him among 101 modern guitarists of the 21 st century.