MARIA BAEVA IS A SCREENWRITER AND DIRECTOR. SHE WAS BORN IN WESTERN SIBERIA. FROM AN EARLY AGE, SHE PARTICIPATED IN THEATER PRODUCTIONS AND HAS WON POETRY CONTESTS. IN 2017, SHE STUDIED “HISTORY OF SPAIN” AT THE ADOS ACADEMY IN VALENCIA, SPAIN. SINCE 2018, SHE HAS BEEN WORKING ON AND DEVELOPING HER OWN PROJECTS IN VARIOUS CITIES ACROSS RUSSIA. IN 2019, SHE ENROLLED IN THE ST. PETERSBURG STATE INSTITUTE OF CINEMA AND TELEVISION TO STUDY SCREENWRITING. SHE WROTE THE NOVEL “PARTS OF THE WORLD IN THE CITY OF DEKORTA”. PRIOR TO JOINING THE ALEXANDER FOUNDATION FOR THE SUPPORT OF CULTURE, ART, AND CINEMA, SHE WORKED SINCE 2021 AT NEYMAXX MULTIMEDIA, AS WELL AS WITH THE FILM STUDIOS LENDOC AND PANDA PROJECT, AS A SCREENWRITER AND EDITOR. SHE WAS NOMINATED FOR THE "PITER-KIT" INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR HER SCREENPLAY "I WANTED MORE THAN I TRIED." SHE FOUNDED THE NIELITNIMASS FESTIVAL AND LECTURE SERIES.

ALEXEI NEYMYSHEV was born in 1982 in Leningrad. Screen actor, producer, musician, businessman, sportsman. Acted in Alexander Sokurov's movies "Father and Son", "Alexandra", "Faust". Founder of the Alexander Foundation and the Neymaxx Multimedia company. Produced 15 films. His directorial credits include "Pavlovsk" (2019) and "Ernest" (2024).