J. English Cook, Ph.D. is a curator, film programmer, and author with over fifteen years of experience in the arts and museum professions. Her research engages historical intersections among architecture, cinema, and urban theory as well as contemporary film and the environmental humanities. Cook was the 2021-22 Vilcek Curatorial Fellow and a 2022-23 research assistant at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and she has held previous positions at the Architecture Film Festival London, the Grey Art Museum, NYU, MoMA, the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, and the Venice Architecture Biennale. Her writing has appeared in various journals, anthologies, and exhibition catalogues, and she is currently at work as the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the Climate Film Festival (CFF) NYC.

Raphael Stäger grew up in the Bernese Oberland, where he completed an apprenticeship in media design. Following an internship at the Swiss national broadcaster, he began his studies in Cast / Audiovisual Media at the ZHdK. Alongside his studies, he worked as a freelance filmmaker focusing on documentary and audiovisual projects. His work combines social relevance with a personal style and aims to encourage reflection.