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Wael Fouad Abumansour is the Head of Telfaz11 Studios and a writer and director and producer from Saudi Arabia. He is currently working on his second feature drama “SAIFY” 2024, which is undergoing post-production.

Wael ventured to filmmaking in 2012, his debut feature film “Carnival City” was selected in the first edition of Red Sea International Film Festival 2020. He has also written and directed and produced numerous projects, including the documentaries “Mozmarji” 2017 and `The Qanadil of Uncle Salem” 2013.

Before venturing to filmmaking, Wael was a former journalist with a remarkable career spanning 15 years in distinguished news organizations like “Al-Watan” news paper, “Asharq Al-Awsat” news paper, and AFP.

Jean Bréhat was born in Paris. In 1980, he became a mathematics teacher and in 1985, a location manager and a line producer. In 1991, he produced his first film “Cheb” with his partner Rachid Bouchareb who directed the film.

Since then, he has produced 45 films with 11 official entries for the Oscars (Best Foreign Language Film); four nominations and 12 awards in Cannes, including three Palmes d’Or awards for Best Actor and Best Actress; two Grand Prix, one Silver Bear in Berlin, and many other awards from major festivals. He has produced films by his partner, Rachid Bouchared, and other directors such as Bruno Dumont, Roschdy Zem, Youssef Chahine, Ziad Doueri, Karim Dridi, among others. He teaches regularly at La Fémis, is a member of many commissions for the CNC, a member of the César Academy Awards, and of the Academy of Motion Picture and Science.

Lamia Chraibi is the founder and producer of Moon a Deal Films in Paris and La Prod in Casablanca. Having studied Audiovisual Communication Management in France, Lamia gained practical experience in various Parisian productions before establishing her own structures. Lamia works for a committed, free, and independent cinema. She develops fiction in its broadest sense, combining imagination and rigor without compromise or self-censorship.
Lamia accompanies directors in their creative processes, including Hicham Lasri, Narjiss Nejjar, Oliver Laxe’s “Mimosas” (Grand Prix, Cannes Film Festival’s Critics’ Week), Bálint Kenyeres’ “Tegnap” (Locarno Film Festival), Talal Selhami’s “Achoura,” winner of the Best Film Award at Hardline Festival and a Special Mention from the Jury at Sitges Fantastic Film Festival and Ismael Ferroukhi’s film Mica (Festival du Film Francophone d’Angoulême 2020). She produced various documentaries such as “Ziyara” by Simone Bitton (Grand Prix, Filmmaker Milan) and “School of Hope” by Mohamed El Aboudi (Special Jury Prize at Hot Docs, and a special award at Tampere). Both were widely acclaimed by critics. Lamia also produced various feature film projects and television programs.

Passionate about cinema, Oumar Sall studied at the Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA) in France. He is also a WIPO expert, a finance expert, and an economist. In 2019 in Essaouira, under the High Patronage of the King of Morocco Mohammed VI, he was one of the 250 emblematic actors identified as acting to resolve the major issues of our time. In 2021, he was consulted by UNESCO (The Film Industry in Africa: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Growth). He also participated as moderator at the international webinar “Towards a Sustainable Cultural and Creative Industry in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries” (June 2021).
Selected productions include: “Tey” by Alain Gomis (first Golden Stallion of Senegal at FESPACO 2013); “Félicité” by Alain Gomis (Jury Prize at La Berlinale 2017, Second Golden Stallion at FESPACO 2017, shortlisted for the Oscars 2018); “Atlantique” by Mati Diop (Jury Prize at Cannes in 2019, shortlisted for the Oscars 2020). Several of his short films have also been awarded at major festivals in France, Germany, Italy, South Korea, Burkina Faso, Canada, and the United States.
Oumar aspires to see the emergence of a big film industry in Senegal. In 2014, he created ‘Up Courts-Métrages’, a training and incubation program that mentors producers and writers/directors, and helps shape the cinema industry in Africa, with an international reference. The ‘Up Courts-Métrages’ school has given birth to numerous talents and successful short films all around the world.

Jasmila Žbanić is an Oscar and BAFTA-nominated director. In 1997, together with her friends, she founded the Artist’s Association “Deblokada” through which she produced, wrote and directed her feature film “Grbavica”, awarded with a Golden Bear in Berlinale 2006, and Best Film at the American Film Institute (AFI)… “Quo Vadis, Aida?” which premiered at Venice Film Festival, and besides multiple other awards, this movie received the Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film, European Film Academy Award for Best film, director and main actress, as well as nominations for USA Academy Awards (Oscar) in the category of Best International Feature Film, and two BAFTA Awards. She directed one episode of the acclaimed HBO TV show “The Last of Us”. Venice Film Festival presented her TV show “I Know Your Soul” in 2023.