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Sally Hibbin
A film and television producer and the producer of
Yasmin,
one of this year’s most popular festival hits. She is a
founding member of Parallax Pictures and is on the board of The
Film Consortium. |
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Kim Longinotto
One of the most prominent documentary filmmakers working today.
Longinotto’s films have won international acclaim and dozens of
premiere awards at festivals worldwide. |
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Rebecca Hillauer
A freelance
print and radio journalist and the author of the only
Encyclopedia on Arab women filmmakers which will be released
in an English translation in 2006. |
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Dr. Kay Dickinson
She teaches Film Studies at King’s College in London, with focus
on Feminist Film Theories. |
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Sara Hultman
Program Coordinator for the Goteborg Film Festival and a free
lance radio and print journalist. |
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Marie-Claude Behna
The festival is honored to host Mme Behna from the Institut du
Monde Arabe in Paris who hold the Biennale of Arab Cinema, one
of the most important film festivals on Arab cinema |
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Ghada
Terawi
Ghada Terawi was born in Beirut in 1972 to a
couple of Palestinian militants. She grew up between Beirut,
Tunis & Cairo and graduated from the American University in
Cairo in 1995, with a BA in International Relations. She
currently lives in Palestine. She started working in the field
of documentary filmmaking in 1998 and produced her first film
Staying Alive in 2001. Matha Ba`d, 2003, is
her second documentary. |
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Nahed
Awwad
Born in Beit Sahour/Palestine in 1972. She
received a diploma in Radio & Television Communication. She
directed her first film, Going for a Ride? 2002, winner
of the second prize (Palente) at the Ramallah International Film
Festival, 2004. Her third film 25 km won the new Horizon
award at Al-Jazeera Film Festival, 2005. She is currently
working on a new film with the working title:
You are landing at Al-Quds Airport… |
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Dima Abu
Ghoush
A short
story writer and filmmaker based in Ramallah.
During
her work at the Cinema Production Center she supervised
training, programs and productions. Her filmography includes
Good Morning Qalqilia; Grandmother, I, and her songs;
Without Speaking, Until We Meet; and At the
Checkpoint, all produced in 2004. She received her MA in
Film & TV Production from the University of Bristol-UK in 2003.
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Liana Badr
An acknowledged feminist novelist whose work
includes
novels,
collected stories, novellas, children books, and poetry. She
has been translated into several languages. Her films include
Fadwa: A Tale of a Palestinian Poetess, 1999, subject also
of a book of conversations, Zeitounat, 2000; The Green
Bird, 2002; and Siege- A writer's Diary, 2003. Her
scripts include the feature, Rana’s Wedding – Jerusalem in
Another Day, 2002.
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Najwa
Najjar
She has won international awards. Her work
includes A Boy Called Mohamed, 2002; Quintessence of
Oblivion, 2001; and Naim & Wadee’a 1999.
They Came from the East was shown at the European Academy
Awards in Barcelona 2004. She recently completed her first short
fiction film Yasmine’s Song, 2005. Her documentaries
include Blue Gold, 2004, as well as a documentary on
Islamic art and civilization made for PBS.
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Nada El-Yassir
Nada El-Yassir left the field of neurophysiology for cinema a
few years ago. Her work ranges from fiction to documentary to
experimental. She presently lives in Nazareth. Her filmography
includes All That Remains, 2005; Na’im: Strangers in
Paradise, 2002; 4 Songs for Palestine, 2001;
Sarab,
16 mm, 2000; Suheir (2000); Branch off a Tree,
2000; Of Memories and Other Dislocations, 1998;
Mirror, Mirror, 16 mm, 1998. |
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Dr. Alia Arasoughly
A media
development professional. She co-curated and co-directed the
“Centennial of Arab Cinema” with
the Film Society of Lincoln
Center, 1996. Her filmography includes, Torn Living,
1993,
This is not
Living,
2001,
A Testimony of Birth, 2002, Birth at the
Checkpoint, 2003,
Between Heaven and Earth, 2004, and
Are We Supposed to Fly?!, 2005. She translated and
edited Screens of Life – Critical Film Writing from the Arab
World. |
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