Sponsors of the center
International sponsorship committee of the center
Anna Maria Calon
Italia
An Italian filmmaker, journalist and writer, who has lived in Africa, China and Iran. She has contributed to many magazines, cultural projects and television programs on the topics of intercultural communication.
With Kinsey Productions she has produced fiction and documentaries for film and television, Anna Maria Callon is one of the founders of the African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival in Milan, where she is in charge of its artistic management.
With Kinsey Productions she has produced fiction and documentaries for film and television, Anna Maria Callon is one of the founders of the African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival in Milan, where she is in charge of its artistic management.
Keith Cherry
England | Zimbabwe
Film Governor of Zimbabwe. He is also a consultant for several festivals such as the London Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, Dubai International Film Festival, Wakadoku Pan-African Film and Television Festival and a founding member of the international Africa Movie Academy group.
Hilmi Etikan
Turkey
Curator of French cinema and university teacher at the Sorbonne.Currently,. He is the executive director of the Istanbul International Short Film Festival. Editor of the kisafilm.com web page., he also has run cinema workshops and has taken part in numerous cinema juries. He is the author of several documentary films.
Moussa Touré
Senegal
He is a Senegalese film director who has created many documentaries, for which his works have won various awards. Then he moved on to directing feature films that have managed to gain more notoriety in the world, especially his last movie, "The Ship", with which he was able to participate in Cannes International Festival.
Hala Al Maoui
Egypt
Egyptian journalist, film critic, programmer and radio presenter in the European services sector at Radio Cairo. She directed several debates at the Cairo International Film Festival in 2008, and coordinated the juries of the Ismailia International Documentary and Short Film Festival. She was the lead programmer for the Alexandria International Film Festival 2009 and the coordinator of the Luxor African Film Festival.
Andreas Sinanos
Greece
Greek Director of Photography He has worked as a Director of Photography in several famous international feature films. His films won the Cannes Film Festival alongside the great Greek director Anglo Paulos. He supervised many workshops in the art of lighting and photography around the world. He worked as a director of photography in a Moroccan film with director Azlarabe Alaoui.
Nirmal Dahar
India
Nirmal Dahar, an Indian national, is one of the most important film critics in Calcutta. Artistic Director of several festivals in India, the most important of which is the International Film Festival in Calcutta. He is also the supervisor of several magazines specialized in cinema in India.
Layth Abdulamir
Iraq | France
An Iraqi-French director, born in Iraq on October 24, 1957. After a specialized study track in Paris and Kiev, he worked on several French TV channels in particular. Filmmaker and documentary filmmaker, he worked for Dubai TV from 1999 to 2014 in the programming department, then as a director for a TV channel in "Media City", in Dubai. Laith Abdel Amir directed many documentaries and short films and won several international awards for these works. Since 2010, he has entered the world of teaching, providing lessons on "Cinema in the World" in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Walid Chmait
Lebanon
Writer, journalist and communication consultant. He is also a producer and screenwriter. He worked as an assistant director in several Lebanese, Arab and foreign films. Founder and Director of the production company "Arabia Film", which is based in Beirut. Member of the jury in a number of Arab and international film festivals. He also has a television presence, as he is the producer and activator of a number of programs on Lebanese TV channels.