Editor-in-chief for the Romanian service of the BBC World Service in Bucharest since 2004, Mrs. Niculescu Bran's first non-fiction novel, Spovedanie la Tanacu, was published in 2006 by Humanitas, Bucharest.

Nightlosers is a Romanian blues-ethno-rock band renowned for their ability to find common roots between American blues, Irish country-rock and genuine Eastern European folk. Their sound is chameleonic - a measured blend of passion and irony – mastering sound devices from overdriven guitar to poplar leaf – with a good dose of Transylvanian temper.

Nuclear Fairy (Linda Barkasz) is an extremely versatile artist, working in a wide array of media, ranging from cyberpunk paste-ups to MMORPGs, from cosplay costumes to illustration, comics and animation, from fashion to digital art.

Andrei Oişteanu is a researcher at the Institute for the History of Religions in Bucharest, and associate professor at the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Bucharest.

Born in Baghdad, Iraq, in 1985, Omar (Marwan Khalil al Anbaky) is part of the Oiler’s Crew of graffiti artists. He moved to Bucharest when he was young and grew up in a constant shift between his native land and his adoptive country. Omar started doing graffiti when he was 15 and shortly became one of the most acclaimed street artists in Romania.

Ileana Alexandra Orlich is Professor of Comparative Literature and Director of Romanian Studies at Arizona State University. She is the author of many scholarly essays and translations of Romanian literature into English.

Katia Pascariu has already starred in 4 professional productions in Romania including Vitamins by Vera Ion, The Lesson and Eugene Ionescu. She has received the Best Actress Award at the National Theatre and Film School International Festival in Bucharest in 2004.

Lila Passima is Researcher and Head of Museum Education Section at the Museum of the Romanian Peasant in Bucharest. She is a contributor to the brochure of the exhibition "Weaving Cultural Heritage. Romanian Rugs from Oltenia, Maramures, and Moldavia Regions" at Down Jersey Folklife Center at WheatonArts (May 8 - September 20, 2009). Read here the full version of her contribution.

Mr. Pautza (b. 1943) received his MFA in Music from the Bucharest Academy of Music in 1965 and studied composition at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Siena, Italy with Franco Donatoni.

Ioana Paun, born 1984, is a theatre director and performance artist based in Bucharest, member of the réaltympanica site-specific collective and Romanian based tangaProject theatre group.