Katalin Vajda Christoffer Boe Kamal AbdelAziz Dr.Resul Pookutty

Dr.Resul Pookutty
Dr.Resul Pookutty (born 1971) is an Indian film sound designer, sound editor and mixer. He, along with Richard
Pryke and Ian Tapp won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for the film Slumdog Millionaire. He has worked
in Hollywood, Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam films. He is a 1995 graduate from Film and Television Institute of India,
Pune. Pookutty made his debut in sound design with the 1997 film Private Detective: Two Plus Two Plus One,
directed by Rajat Kapoor. He got his big break with the critically acclaimed 2005 film Black, directed by Sanjay
Leela Bhansali. He subsequently engineered sound for major productions like Musafir (2004), Zinda (2006),
Traffic Signal (2007), Gandhi, My Father (2007), Saawariya (2007) and Dus Kahaniyaan (2007).
Christoffer Boe graduated from The National Film School of Denmark in 2001 with the graduation film Anxiety.
His first feature film, Reconstruction (2003), won the Camera d'Or at Cannes Film Festival 2003. Christoffer
Boe's second feature film, Allegro (2005) starring Helena Christensen and Ulrich Thomsen, premiered at
Venice Days in 2005 and was also screened at Sundance Film Festival 2006. In 2006 Christoffer Boe received
the Young Cinema Award at Venice Film Festival for his feature film Offscreen (2006). Christoffer Boe
presented his fourth feature film Everything Will Be Fine (2010) at Directors' Fortnight at Cannes Film Festival
2010 and in 2011 he premiered with Beast in Warsaw. His sixth feature Spies & Glistrup will be out in 2013.
Katalin Vajda
She was born in Budapest, Hungary. After receiving her diploma from the University of International
Management and Business Studies,she has been working in film business,& Manages Hungarian films'
participation at international festivals (Cannes, Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, Sundance, Tibeca, Karlovy Vary,
Goa, Pune, Cairo, Moscow, Pusan etc.), represents Hungarian films abroad, promotes awareness of
Hungarian filmmaking at an international level by foreign professionals as well as within the circle of a wider
public all over the world. Her work and presence at the international festivals contributed to the success of
Hungarian films. She has been working for the Hungarian Film Week since 1979. She was the Delegate of
Hungary to European Film Promotion, a Member of European Film Academy and manager of Magyar
Filmunió/Hungarian National Film Fund 2011.
Kamal AbdelAziz
He is the President of the National Cinema Center in Egypt. He is also President of Jury, Kasr el
Cinema festival for short and documentary film (2011). He is Member of jury, foreign fund problem for
Egyptian films. Luxor festival for Egyptian European cinema 2012, Member of jury, carthage film festival
2012, Member of the high committee of cinema, Member of the high committee of festivals. He worked
with the well-known directors like Mohamed Khan, Nader Galal, Mosaad Foda. He worked for various
feature films, TV shows, documentaries, including international documentaries. He has also directed
and produced various documentaries like The burning of the Cairo Opera. , Goldi stone mine, Tube etc.
He received Best Documentary Film Award for The Burning of the Cairo Opera at Alexandria Film
Festival (2011), for Outstanding Performance at Cairo International Film Festival (1991) among others.
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Christoffer Boe
Jiri Madl
Jiri Madl was the youngest person ever named to the Personalities of the Czech Republic list by the Czech
"MF DNES Magazine." Following the success of the Comedy “Snowboarders” he took on three more comic
roles: Taming Crocodiles (2006), Rafters (2006) and, with his “cinematic father” Karel Janák, Rock Con Artists
(2006). Feeling the need to move away from comedies, he was cast in Tomáš Vorel's The Can (2007), a film
about students and the graffiti community. He starred in Night Owls (2008), a role which zmade him the
youngest recipient ever of the Crystal Globe for Best Actor at the 2008 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
He also starred in Four Suns (2012), Juraj Nvota's Konfident (2012). Now 24, Jiri splits his time between Berlin
and Prague and has just completed a screenwriting class at the New York Film Academy.
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Volker Ludwig
He was born on 13 June, 1937 He has lived in Berlin since 1952. He has 4 year study of Literature and
Arts. Since 1962 he has been an independent writer. From 1965 – 1971he was Manager and writer of the
Reichskabarett, the political satirical theatre of the Berlin sudent movement. He was founder of GRIPS
Theater, the most renowned German Children's and Young People's theatre in the world and continues to
be the manager. He wrote the screenplay for the feature film Linie 1, which was directed by Reinhard
Hauff and was the opening film of the 1988 Berlin Film Festival. He was a member of the jury for the 9th
International Film Festival for Children and Young People in Hyderabad, the selection committee for the
children's and Young People's films chosen for the Berlin Film Festival (1996-98) and PEN – Zentrum, of
the International Theatre Institue (ITI) and the Berlin Academy of the Arts.
Adrien Jolivet
Adrien Jolivet's first intern in the staging. It follows for two years during dramaEva St Paul and also plays
at the theater ( The Grand Vizier of René De Obaldia ) and television: Love Too dangerous or full of love
(2003) by Steve Suissa . He has lead roles in Fragile of Jean-Louis Milesi in 2003 and Homestay ( Instinct
life ) of Bruno Bontzolakis in 2005. He also participated in several short films: The Case of O , The Mirador
or Baby shark Pascal-Alex Vincent, in official competition at Cannes in 2005. In 2004 he made ​ ​ his big
screen debut alongside Marilou Berry in the first time I've had 20 years of Lorraine Levy. This is the film
Zim and Co. released in 2005 and directed by his father Pierre Jolivet.
Rajiv Masand
At 35, Rajeev Masand has had an accomplished media career spanning 16 years covering the Indian
entertainment industry. A graduate from Mumbai University, Rajeev started reporting at the age of 16 at The
Times of India. Rajeev is perhaps the only entertainment journalist in the country to have had 2 eponymous
film shows – Masand Ki Pasand (on Star News) and Rajeev Masand Ki Pasand (currently on IBN7). Rajeev is
Contributing Editor for GQ India, and writes a monthly column, Talk Movies for the magazine. What has
characterised Rajeev's career throughout is his honesty and rigid standards of excellence. In an industry that
is divided into Bollywood journalists and others, Rajeev has managed to achieve a wonderful balance.
Whether at Cannes or in Goa, interviewing Hrithik Roshan playing Krrish or Daniel Craig playing James Bond,
he is equanimous, well informed and incisive. Among other recognitions, Rajeev was four times adjudged
'Best Entertainment Critic' by the National Television (NT) Awards, in 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012.
Ketan Mehta
Ketan Mehta is an internationally acclaimed Indian filmmaker with over 30 years experience in making
films, television, commercials and documentaries. He has served as an advisor on many Government of
India bodies including Directorate of Film Festivals, Doordarshan and Television Institute of India and
National Film Development Corporation. He is also the Founder of Maya Digital Studios, the first
dedicated CG animation and visual effects studio in India
Nishit Takia
Vaibhav Kumaresh
VaibhavKumaresh, a NID Ahmedabad alumnus, is an animation film maker and is currently Founder,
Director, Vaibhav Studios, Mumbai. The studio has created some of India's favourite animated content
including the Amaron Battery TV commercials, Buladi's AIDS awareness campaign for the West Bengal
government, Sagar Cement commercials for the Andhra market and Simpoo the angry Sardaar math
teacher on Channel [V] to name a few.
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NishithTakia has over 29 years of experience in software, marketing, and business development. He has
contributed as an editor of India's largest software weekly, and currently is a co-owner & director of
Krayon Pictures, the studio behind the 3D animation feature film, Delhi Safari