Luc Hardyis a French-American technology entrepreneur and investor, explorer and environmental advocate, photographer and film producer. He is the founder and head of Sagax Development Corp, a consulting and investment firm and Sagax Entertainment, a film production company. He is a member of the Explorers Club of New York, of the Société des Explorateurs Français and a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society. Through his NGO Pax Arctica, Hardy has led and sponsored numerous scientific expeditions and projects, traveling to remote corners of the world to raise awareness about global causes related to climate change, biodiversity and human justice. Luc Hardy  is a published art photographer and the author of several books including: Antarctic Adventure, Greenland Impressions, Arctic Transitions and The Pursuit of Endurance - On the Shoulders of Shackleton. He is involved in the production of projects and films on environmental and human justice issues. Through his media company Sagax Entertainment, Hardy has produced or co-produced several documentaries and feature films, mostly on themes at the intersection of environment and social justice causes. Some titles include: Arktika Incognita (Gold Award, Spotlight Documentary FF), The Pursuit of Endurance and At the Edge of Light as producer and expedition leader, as well as Eami (Tiger Award, Rotterdam FF), All That Divides Us (Dir.: Thierry Klifa with Catherine Deneuve and Diane Kruger), The Last Worlds (Dir.: Jonathan Nossiter with Nick Nolte and Charlotte Rampling), The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir (Dir.: Ken Scott, with Dhanush, Bérénice Bejo, and Gérard Jugnot) as co-producer. He was also the first co-producer of the Award-winning PBS American Masters animated documentary film Unladylike: The Changemakers (Dir.: Charlotte Mangin).

2019 Laureate of Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity, Yezidi Human Rights and Social Activist; Founder of the German based NGO Air Bridge Iraq (2007) and Yezidi Relief Fund (2005) to support vulnerable women, children and terror victims; Former Advisor to the Iraqi President for the Affairs of Non-Muslim Minorities and recently KRG Advisor for the Disputed Areas; Expert on Iraqi Minority affairs; Founder of House of Coexistence in Sinjar (2021), a post-genocide holistic center to promote peace, stability, rebuilding and reconciliation in Iraq. 2016 Laureate of the Golden Stauffer-Medaille, highest Award for extraordinary engagements, granted by the Prime Minister of State Baden-Württemberg. 2021 Recipient of Special Mention of the Human Rights Prize of French Republic

Director, scriptwriter, producer, teacher. Born in Kazan. Graduated from the Kazan University as a philologist. Was a teacher at a village school, later a reporter in republican newspapers. In 1989 Marina Razbezhkina started writing and shooting documentaries. She wrote and directed more than 35 documentary films which participated in competition at the festivals IDFA, DOK Leipzig, ARTDOCFEST  and many others.

In 2004 Razbezhkina made her first feature film “Harvest Time” which was awarded numerous prizes at international festivals in Europe, the USA, China, and South Korea. The film was shortlisted for the Fassbinder nomination - Discovery of the Year (2004) by the European Film Academy, won the Golden Disc at the Chicago Film Festival, the FIPRESCI Prize at the Moscow International Film Festival, the Silver Alexander Prize, and the Prize for Artistic Achievement at Thessaloniki Film Festival. One of the wordings in the award sheet of the film "Harvesting Time" was: "For the artistic disclosure of the pagan nature of the totalitarian myth."

Four times she became the winner of the national film award "Laurel Branch", including "For Contribution to Film Chronicle". Chairman and jury member of international film festivals in Germany, Italy, Georgia, Armenia, Russia, permanent tutor in the Doctrain program of the German Goethe Institute, artistic director of the international festival of documentary debuts in Sviyazhsk (Republic of Tatarstan), annually gives master classes in documentary film directing in Russia , USA, China, England, Switzerland, France, Czech Republic, Poland, Georgia, Armenia, etc.

For the past 14 years Marina Razbezhkina has headed the School of Documentary Film and Documentary Theatre, which she founded together with Mikhail Ugarov. This is the first author's Film School in Russia. This is a unique educational project which arouses a lot of interest in film school in Europe and the USA. Films by the School graduates invariably participate in Russian and international festivals.

Marina Razbezhkina is a member of several film academies: the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences "Oscar", the European Film Academy, the Russian Film Academy NIKA.

Lives in Moscow.