Kang Yi-kwan, after graduating in sociology from the University of Seoul, made his film debut by participating in the production of Three Friends in 1996. In 1999, he directed the short film A Boy's Poem and was assistant director on Memento Mori. It was not until 2005 that he completed his first feature film, Sakwa, which was selected in several festivals. In 2010, he directed the short film Two Teeth, then, in 2012, Juvenile Offender, which was awarded in several festivals, and, in 2019, Let Us Meet Now.

Ida Panahandeh was born in 1979 in Tehran. She graduated in filmmaking and photography. She began making films while she was a student at Tehran University of Arts and directed several short films. She then directed TV films for Iranian state television.