Aiste Siauryte
Aiste was born and grew up in Kaunas, Lithuania. While in Lithuania, Aiste received a six-year Musical School Diploma with a flute specialty and became 2nd place laureate in 4th National Competition for Young Wind-instrument Players (1996). Later she completed a four-year Art Program with emphasis on Painting and Design (1999). In 2001 Aiste immigrated to the United States with her family and embarked on her academic career. She graduated with Honors (Summa Cum Laude) and received AA (Associate of Arts Degree) in Liberal Arts from West Los Angeles College (2003). Once at University of California, Berkeley, Aiste was inspired by Prof. Irina Leimbacher's lead Theory and History of Ethnographic Film. Later Aiste joined Prof. Dina Ciraulo's course on Ethnographic Film Production. In May 2005 along with her peers Aiste finished her very first film titled Performance in Passing (2005) - a short ethnographic piece about performers who express themselves in the Bay Area's Subway system. Being an honor double-major graduate in Anthropology and Political Science, Aiste plans to pursue graduate studies in law and wants to get involved in legal activism and public policy work, as well as, continue her studies on independent documentary filmmaking, photography, legal journalism and publishing.


Aiste Siauryte

Cat Bilski
A Bay Area local and self-proclaimed radical feminist, Cat Bilski is earning a bachelor's degree in cultural anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. As a first generation American citizen in her family, she is bilingual and fluent in Polish. Specifically, her focus lies in visual anthropology, incorporating studies in photography, film, and artistic political activism. Her first film, Performance in Passing is a survey documentary on artistic performance and the use of public space in and around BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) stations. Before she started her education at University of California, Cat served as editor-in-chief for her high school newspaper throughout the four years. Minoring in creative writing, she also occasionally self-publishes fictional zines (independent magazines) and hands them out for free to fellow writers at local poetry slams and readings. As a Buddhist, she is passionate about the practice of eastern philosophy and religion. Currently, she is working on a film dealing with the complications of keeping prostitution illegal in San Francisco, conducting research in strip clubs and massage parlors throughout the city.


Cat Bilski

Jose de Leon