Nihal is a Palestinian food activist, curator and former assistant producer to Arab film festivals and emerging Palestinian directors. Her mission is to promote Nakba awareness through culinary events, and to continue elevating the PFFA by expanding platforms for Palestinian cinema. She lives in Amsterdam with her ginger cat Gabber.

Megan is an on-the-ground hard femme⁠, and she is also a performance, film, and media historian, a curator, dramaturg, producer, editor, facilitator and a pedagogical dreamer. In the last years she has led, collaborated, and/or contributed to research projects, publications, and event productions with a range of institutions. Megan lives in Amsterdam, and she is a lecturer in the MA Performance Practices programme at ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem, NL.

Words and narratives are the focus of Marta’s professional and artistic practices. She has worked with different cultural organisations in communications, editing, translation and editorial, audiovisual and event production in the Netherlands, Portugal and the UK. Marta has written on labour, dreams, futures, collectivities, rest and refusals for different publications. Most recently, she co-founded the publishing project Sleepy Press and continues to collaborate with friends on artistic projects.

Mary Ann is a Palestinian graphic designer working at the intersection of design, ceramics, and social innovation. She brings a layered perspective that draws from ancient Palestinian heritage, and contemporary resistance. Her work explores memory, place, and identity. She is co-founder of think tank “The Hummus Academy”, which focuses on decolonizing indigenous cuisines through authentic narratives.

Mary Ann is a Palestinian graphic designer, branding expert and illustrator with nearly thirty years of freelance experience. She previously created posters for the QCP festival and designed the stunning 2024 PFFA festival poster, laying the foundation for the fourth edition’s visual identity. As co-founder of The Hummus Academy, she focuses on decolonizing indigenous cuisines through authentic narratives. Mary Ann is passionate about Arabic typography, and is a ceramist with her brand "Ballet Tin" ةّ طين بل.

Karoline is a graphic designer based in Amsterdam, whose work has experimented with text, countercultural aesthetics, and fiction in design. She joins ventures with culturally involved initiatives and (non-)academic artists. Świeżyński graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and participated in the post-graduate program at the Jan van Eyck Academy. She is currently studying for an Archival and Information Studies MA at the University of Amsterdam.