Romi Vajda - The Palace Revolution

Olga Lucovnicova (Moldova, 1991) is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and researcher in the field of audiovisual arts, currently based in Belgium. She is a winner of the Golden Bear at the 71st Berlin International Film Festival, the 35th European Film Academy Awards, and many others. As a filmmaker, Olga is particularly interested in stories that can generate social change and create a platform for discussion. Her filming style combines observational cinema with poetic elements, where the key factors are human emotions and feelings. Through her films, Olga seeks to push the viewer to critical thinking and reflection about our world. Olga graduated from the DocNomads Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's Degree in Documentary Directing and is currently working on her doctoral research project funded by the Flanders Research Foundation in Belgium. Her research interest lies in the intergenerational impact of Soviet cinema on memories and traumas of post-Soviet society, and she explores the power of first-person narration in addressing and contributing to the healing process of these complex issues.

Annabel Verbeke (1987, Ieper, Belgium) is an award-winning documentary director. In 2010, Annabel graduated magna cum laude at RITCS Film School in Brussels. Her graduation film 'Les Enfants de la Mer/Mère' / 'Children of the Sea' won 8 international awards and was selected by more than 20 international film festivals. Her next film 'We Will Remember Them' was the closing film of Visions du Réel 2018 and was the best watched documentary film on Flanders national broadcasters in the same year. In 2021, Annabel won the emerging filmmaker award at HotDocs with her film 'Four Seasons in a Day', which is part of the Borderline Collection.
Enjoying being a mentor for other filmmakers In 2022, she made a children’s documentary called ‘Aikiddo’ and a 5-parts documentary series ‘T(w)o Work',  co-directed by 5 DocNomads alumni.