Company : The Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung
Position : Coordinator
Pays : Germany
Email : schyle@filmprize.de / https://www.bosch-stiftung.de/de

Karin Schyle studied History of Modern and Contemporary Art at Christie's Education in London, and then Cultural Management in Berlin. Based in Berlin, she has been cultural manager for international events and film festivals since 1998. In April 2012 she launched her own company, Schyle Filmwork, offering project management in a mainly film-related context. She now organises and runs the year-long training and competition programme for the Robert Bosch Stiftung Film Prize for international cooperation between Germany and the Arab world.

Company : Film Prize of the Robert Bosche Stiftung
Position : Curator
Pays : Germany
Email : telkhoury@filmprize.de

abih El-Khouri holds a Master's degree in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship from Goldsmith's, University of London. He has worked with the Metropolis Art Cinema in Lebanon and the Beirut DC cultural association as general coordinator for the Beirut Cinema Days. From 2014 he has been Program Manager for the Beirut Talents (the Arab world's equivalent of the Berlinale Talents) and is on the administrative board of the Metropolis Association. He is a programme planner for Alfilm, the Berlin Arab Film Festival, and oversees the Robert Bosch Stiftung Film Prize, as well as theme-based film programs on Arab cinema.

Company : Razor Film Produktion
Position : Producer
Pays : Germany
Email : info@razor-film.de - www.razor-film.de

Roman Paul started his career as a film buyer for German distribution companies and Celluloid Dreams World Sales in Paris. In October 2002, he founded Razor Film Produktion in Berlin along with Gerhard Meixner. Razor Film Produktion produced arthouse award winning feature films, including Two Golden Globes, one Emmy, two Oscar nominations and in 2013 the German Golden Film Award, Bernd Eichinger Award. for outstanding achievements in production. Roman Paul is co-director of the International Production Masterclass of the Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris” at the Filmakademie Ludwigsburg and La Fémis in Paris.

Company : Hélicotronc
Position : Producer
Pays : Belgium
Email : julie@helicotronc.com - www.helicotronc.com

Julie Esparbes graduated in Political Science and took her Master's in Cultural Management; in 2008 she joined Helicotronc Company as production assistant. Her films were very successful both on TV and at festivals and received awards. Bag Snatching, With Thelma, and VIHTA all won prizes. Today she is associate producer at Helicotronc where she is developing her first feature fiction film. She also co-produces, with Anthony Rey, the TV series Truce and Prince Albert.

Company : Toronto International Film Festival
Position : Programmer
Pays : Canada
Email : kreardon@tiff.net

Kiva Reardon is a programmer at the Toronto International Film Festival and Miami Film Festival, and the founding editor of cléo journal. She curates the Redux section at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Previously, she's worked at the Doha Film Institute in Qatar. She has programmed the film series "Radical Empathy: The Films of Agnès Varda" (2018) and "Beyond Badass: Female Action Heroes" (2015), both for TIFF. She has spoken at the British Film Institute, the National Gallery of Canada and on numerous international panels and co-hosted the International Film Festival Rotterdam's TV show IEFR Live. She holds a Master's degree in Cinema Studies from the University of Toronto.

Company : Markita Production/DIFFA Distribution
Position : General Manager
Pays : Ivory Coast
Email : jhnankam@hotmail.com

A 56-year-old French-Cameroonian, Jean-Hubert Nankam studied International Commerce and Communication and, when TV5 Afrique was launched in the early 1990s, threw himself into audiovisual production. He set up Martika Production in 1993 in Paris and, back in Africa (Ivory Coast), the Martika Afrique Group showing documentaries, discussion programmes, talk shows, and TV series. His productions appear on 10 TV channels in French-speaking Africa, on TV5, A+, etc. From 2014-2016 he was a Consultant for Channel A+ and Co-founder of the Lagardère Group's Diffa Company. He is also General Secretary of the Convergence Association.

Company : Eurimages
Position : Executive Director of Eurimages
Pays : Europe / Italy

Roberto joined Eurimages in January 2002 as a project manager dealing mainly with support for feature films. In 2008, he became the Head of Eurimages. Before this, he was a researcher in media law at the European University Institute of Florence, worked in the distribution department of the Media Programme of the European Union and was a legal adviser on audiovisual matters to the European Commission in Brussels.

Company : Les Films de l'Après-midi
Position : Producer
Pays : France
Email : f.artemare@films-am.com - contact@films-am.com - www.films-am.com

In 1996, Francois d'Artemare set up the Portuguese film company Filmes do Tejo, with now 70 films made. In 2001, in Paris, he launched Films de l'Après-midi and made some international films: Djeca, Les Enfants de Sarajevo and Premières Neiges by A. Begic, three films by Manoel de Oliveira: Christophe Colomb, l'Enigme (2007), Singularités d'une Jeune Fille Blonde (2009) and L'Etrange Cas de Angelica (2010), Montanha by J. Salaviza, Notre Folie by J. Viana, Fatima by J. Canijo, L'Etage de Dessous and Alice T by R. Muntean. Currently he has R. Hossain's Made in Bangladesh in post-production, is co-producing H.

Company : MPM Film
Position : Producer
Pays : France
Email : claire.gadea@mpmfilm.com / www.mpmfilm.com

Claire Gadea joined the French production company MPM Film as producer 4 years ago after a 16 years career in the cinema industry. Together with Marie-Pierre Macia, she Co-produced the documentary Memory Exercises by Paz Encina (Paraguay), the feature films Zama by Lucrecia Martel (Argentina) and Rafiki by Wanuri Kahiu (Kenya). Gadea is also a partner in the MPM Premium sales company, especially handling acquisitions.

Company : Stillmoving
Position : Co founder / Producer
Pays : France
Email : jlepoutre@stillmoving.fr / www.stillmoving.fr

Juliette Lepoutre comes to film production after 15 years in Silicon Valley, specializing in developing international markets. She's co-founder of MPM Film where she coproduced directors such as Adrian Sitaru, Béla Tarr, Julia Murat, Panos Koutras and Hector Galvez. In 2015 she founded Still Moving with Pierre Menahem and co-produced Pendular by Julia Murat (Berlinale Panorama Fipresci award). Currently producing The Fever (Maya Da Rin-Brazil), Feathers of a Father (Omar El Zohairy, Egypt) and Tlamess (Ala Eddine Slim-Tunisia). Lepoutre has worked in production labs in Toronto, Rotterdam, BAL, BrLab and Berlinale Talents, jury member at different festivals and on the committee selection of the 2015 Cinéfondation Residence.

Company : Canal + International
Position : Head of acquisitions content
Pays : France

After studying physics at the University of Pisa and Cinema/Audiovisual at Paris VIII University, Laurent Sicouri began his career as an author and producer of documentaries (A Girl Against the Mafia 1997, more than 20 international awards including the Prize Europa). He then joined the TV Channels Planète+ as Acquisitions Executive, then Head of Acquisitions in charge of the international pre-buys. In 2015, he joined Canal + International as Head of Acquisitions in charge of cinema co-productions. Since then, he has co-produced and pre-purchased films and documentaries such as:Félicité by Alain Gomis, Wallay by Bernie Goldblat, Makala by Emmanuel Gras, Dhalinyaro by Lula Ali Ismail, Ouaga Girls by Theresa Traore Dahlberg, La Clemence de la Jungle by Joël Karekezi, La Prochaine fois le Feu by Mati Diop, Que Le Père Soit! by Clarence Délgado.

Company : Eidola
Position : Freelancer
Pays : Italy
Email : t.cavina@gmail.com

Film festival programmer and script expert, from 1988-1997 she was co-ordinator for Venice Film Festival and from 1998-200 program director for Locarno IFF, which she co-directed from 2001-2005. There she started Open doors. In 2005 she started the RomeFilm Fest. Artistic director of FIPA (2009-2012), programming director of Abu Dhabi FF and senior evaluator for Sanad (2009-2015). She currently collaborates with HAF, Premiosolinas, Doha Grants, Venice Days , Sarajevo Talent, El Gouna Film Festival , Busan FE.

Company : Revolver Produzione
Position : Producer / Distributor
Pays : Italy
Email : paolo@revolverfilm.it / revolver produzione@gmail.com / www.revolverfilm.it

With a degree in medieval history from Bologna University, Paolo Maria Spina has for 15 years run the Rome-based Revolver company, that shows European art house (features films and documentaries) and some Italian films. He has worked and collaborated with a number of names such as Paul Ruiz, Wim Wenders, Krzysztof Zanussi, Shinya Tsukamoto, Amir Naderi, Mel Gibson, Emir Kusturica and the Taviani brothers. He has been line producer for European and American films, TV movies and commercials. In the 1990s, he was President of the Italian Union of Cine-Clubs.

Company : Doha Film Institute
Position : Grant Senior Coodinator
Pays : Qatar
Email : mmesraoua@dohafilminstitute.com / www.dohafilminstitute.com

Meriem Mesraoua was born in Qatar, raised in France and earned a B.Sc. with Honours in Media Industries and Technologies from North-western University. She explored various facets of the film industry and gained experience at Miramax, NYWIFT, and several festivals. She now works in the Grants division at the Doha Film Institute.

Company : Aljazeera Documentary
Position : Commissioner / Editor & Executive Producer
Pays : Qatar
Email : http/www.doc.aljazeera.net

An executive producer in Aljazeera Documentary Channel, with over 26 years of professional experience in France, Morocco, the Middle East and Canada, Mohammed has worked on numerous subjects in varying environments. He has commissioned documentaries from independent producers around the world and oversees documentary courses and master classes at many training workshops.

Company : Aljazeera Documentary
Position : Commissioner Editor & Producer
Pays : Qatar
Email : Muhammadm@aljazeera.net

After studying Television and Cinema Directing at Cairo University, Muhammad received a scholarship to study Film Production in the Netherlands. In 2014, Refaat he joined AJD where he has worked as a commissioning producer on several films for the MENA region. In 2018, he completed his mid-length documentary, Who Burned My City?

Company : Metafora Media Production
Position : Senior Commissioning Editor
Pays : Turkey
Email : info@metaforaproduction.com

Metafora Media Production is an Arab movie and TV production company launched in 2015. Metafora, an equity-based production company, aims to produce quality feature and documentary films relevant to Arab issues and concerns. Since its first movie co-production experience, the company was committed to bound partnership, exclusively with unique projects holding an innovative narrative vision.

Position : PITCHING EXPERT
Pays : France
Email : paulinecarbo@gmail.com

Pauline Carbo is a director of documentaries and a personal and professional development coach. She is working with the Palestinian director Jamal Khalaily, backed by the Doha Film Institute, on a documentary trilogy about self-perception and its impact starting from collective identities recounted in conflict zones. She collaborates with the Bejaia Film Laboratory (Algeria) to support young, talented people in the Maghreb and enhance cinema production via a director/producer network. She spoke at the JCC Producers Network Pitching Workshop and at the Robert Bosch Film Prize (Germany) that encourages co-production between young German producers and Arab writers.