Director Florian Mebes studied TV journalism at the Film Academy in Ludwigsburg. After graduating, he lived in Israel for several years and reported for German newspapers, radio stations, and television stations. He focused on social issues that required intensive research. Shortly after the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, he was in Israel for ZDF and documented the oppressive mood immediately after the events. Florian has also worked on several documentaries for ARD, ZDF, ARTE, UFA Pro7, and SRF/3Sat. He traveled to Ukraine several times to report on developments following the Russian invasion in February 2022 for German television stations. UNTIL WE TALK is his first feature-length documentary.

Director of Photography, Post Production Prod Studied directing and animation at Middlesex University in London. After joining Markenfilm as a trainee, he worked there in various roles, finally as Head of Postproduction and Producer. During this time, he developed a passion for documentary film together with Florian Mebes. His work is characterized by a sensitive, observant eye. Filming in Israel and the West Bank deepened his understanding of people in exceptional situations and had a lasting influence on his professional and personal path. He attaches great importance to trust and respectful closeness to his protagonists. For him, authenticity arises when encounters unfold organically. He has been living and working in Berlin since 2022. With his company VideoKlub, he realizes commercial projects to enable independent documentary films.

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Producer Philipp Petersson is a Swiss producer with Swedish roots and decades of experience in commercial production. After numerous award-winning productions in advertising, he turned his attention to character-driven documentaries and short films. In the early years, he worked on several projects, including the documentary series Inside Borussia Dortmund for Amazon and short films such as Chocolate Man and Killing Karl. The short film Tala'vision received a Gold Student Academy Award in 2021. In addition to UNTIL WE TALK, Philipp Petersson is currently working on a film about American rodeo and a mockumentary about an American patriot in Europe.

Author Yoav Parish is co-producer and co-writer of UNTIL WE TALK and has been working in various roles in the film and television industry for over twenty years. He works as a director, writer, VFX artist, radio playwright, and producer. Over the course of his career, he has made a number of short films, commercials, and television productions. His most recent projects include rewriting the script for the historical docudrama Kopernikus and directing the fictional part of the production for NDR and Arte in Germany, which aired in 2023.