George Ovashvili, Georgia
George Ovashvili is a Georgian director, writer and producer.
He is a graduate from the film department of the Georgian State university of Cinema and Theatre
(1996) and the filmmaking department of The New York Film Academy at Universal Studios in
Hollywood (2006).
He made his debut with two short films “Wagonnet” (1997) and “Eye Level” (2005).
His first feature film “The Other Bank” premiered at the Berlin Film Festival’s Generation section in
2009 and won over 50 international prizes, was nominated at European Film Awards in the nomination
“European Discovery”
His second feature “Corn Island” won the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in
2014 and was shortlisted for the Academy’s best foreign language film in 2015.
“Khibula” ended the trilogy of long features, dedicated to the recent history of director’s home country.
Film was premiered in the main competition of Karlovy Vary IFF in 2017.
“Beautiful Helen” (2021) is his 4th long fiction which is in postproduction stage.
For this moment, he’s working on his new film “The Moon is a Father of Mine” (2022)
After having produced his own works, George started a film production company “Wagonnet Films” in
Tbilisi, Georgia in 2016. The company aims to produce various talented directors’ works, mainly
through international co-production.
Aliya Uvalzhanova, Kazakhstan
Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)
Regular attendee to Berlinale, the Festival de Cannes and AFM.IMDb registration.
The Founder and Producer of the International Festival “Dialog of Cultures” /USA/
The Founder and Producer of the group of companies “ALDONGAR production”, “Astanatelefilm” and others
Professional activities and responsibilities:
– International co-production and production of life action films based on international standards. – International Promotion at film festivals.– Kazakhstan films promotion and films fond endowment to the American Library of Congress USA. – International Project development; – Project pitching, distribution of Kazakhstan film production abroad. – The head of Production center JCS “Kazakhfilm named after Shaken Aimanov” 2010:– The development concept of Production Center JCS “Kazakhfilm named after Shaken Aimanov” was suggested, the comparative analysis on effective functioning was provided using the film conglomerate activities and structure as an example.– The conceptual idea of effective budgeting, risks and financial management of film projects. – Education. The copyright in film industry.– Consultant on legal regulation of the film industry. – The development of School on producer’s techniques in Kazakhstan and CIS countries. – The Process manager of action films and series production – Author of the book «Profession producer: #cup_coffee for the million». Issued in 2021, Almaty
François D’Artemare, France
François d’Artemare established in 1996 the Portuguese film company Filmes do Tejo, nowadays running a library of more than 70 titles. He produced with the Paris-based company – Les Films de l’Après-Midi – he founded in 2001, three features by Manoel de Oliveira: CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, THE ENIGMA (Venice 2007), ECCENTRICITIES OF A BLOND-HAIR GIRL (Berlin 2009), THE STRANGE CASE OF ANGELICA (Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2010)
Les Films de l’Après-Midi has produced films from all over the world : Bosnia (SNOW by Aida Begic – Critics’s week Grand Prix Award, Cannes 2008 – CHILDREN OF SARAJEVO – Mention of the Jury Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2012), Angola (THE HERO by Zeze Gamboa – World Cinema Dramatic Jury Prize at Sundance 2005), Romania (ONE FLOOR BELOW by Radu Muntean – Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2015 – ALICE T. – Locarno 2018), Bangladesh (MADE IN BANGLADESH by Rubaiyat Hossain – TIFF 2019), France (I WANT TO TALK ABOUT DURAS by Claire Simon – San Sebastian 2021).
Diana Martirosyan
Diana Martirosyan is a film critic and cultural journalist, based in Yerevan, Armenia. Diana has graduated Russian-Armenian University, “Journalism” faculty and got a Bachelor’s degree, then studied at Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinematography, “Film studies” department.
Diana used to work at TV and radio stations, broadcasting cinematic news and interviews. Since 2007 she is involved in various cultural, urban and cinema events, festivals and projects. Part-time works for Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival and was involved in ReAnimania International Animation Film & Comics Art Festival of Yerevan activity. She has also covered many international film festivals for local Armenian outlets, some articles are published in English and Russian.
Curates auteur film events and promotes public discussions, Q&As and screenings among local audiences. Co-host and producer of YouTube show “Uzum em khosenq” discussing with social media personalities and bloggers burning social-cultural topics in an entertaining way.
Was a jury member at Torino, Cairo, Odesa and Kyiv international film festivals
Mehdi Fard Ghaderi, Iran
Iranian Director, Writer and Producer was born in 1986. He started his career in cinema in 2007 by making short films. Over ten years, he made Eight Formalist Short Films, which were screened at more than Fifty International Festivals and Won some Awards. “Immortality” (2016) His First Feature Film, was made in a One Single-Shot on 145min, The World Premiere of this film was at the Rome Film Fest. Then “Immortality” shown in Several International Festivals. he was highly acclaimed and received various Awards for this Film. “Weightlessness” (2019) his Second Film, which was Based on Long Shots and Influenced by the Literature of Magical Realism. This Film was Screened at Several International Festivals. His Third Movie “The Annoyed” (2023) an Episodic Film about Three Cinema Directors.
He has been a Jury Member International Festivals; Ischia (Italy) – Eurasia (Russia) – Brno Sixteen (Czech Republic) – Horror Moscow (Russia) – Tehran (Iran) – Bogura
(Bangladesh) Mehdi Fard Ghaderi Published; Criminal Novel “A man no woman loved” (2021)
Yalkin Tuychiev, Uzbekistan
scriptwriter, film director
Education
1999 – Faculty of TV Directing. M.Uyghur Institute of Arts, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
2002 – Faculty of Scriptwriting (Workshop of L.V. Golubkina and O. Dorman). The
Higher Courses for Screenwriters and Film Directors, Moscow, Russia.
Filmography
1999 – Diploma work “February”
‣ Prize for The Best Female Role” at the International Youth Film Festival
“Watch the new”, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
2003 – “Tulip in the Snow” (Qor qo!ynida lola). Co-directed with A.
Shahobiddinov. The film is based on the novel by A. Chulpan.
‣ Grand Prix of the Youth Film Festival “Creative Flight”, Tashkent,
Uzbekistan.
‣ 2004 – Participation in “Cinema de Sud” at the International Film Festival
in Cannes, France.
2004 – “Teenager” (Orzu ortida) (Format: 35 millimetre colour tape)
‣ 2005 – Participation in the International Film Festival “Three Continents” in
Nantes, France.
‣ 2006 – Prize for “The best visual solution” at the 2d Youth Film Festival
“Creative Flight”, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
‣ 2006 – The prize “The best feature film” at the International Film Festival
“Shaken Stars”, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
‣ 2006 – Grand Prix and the prize of distributors at the International Film
Festival in Obirvelie, France.
2006 – “The Source” (“Chashma”) (Format: 35 millimetre colour tape)
‣ Grand Prix of the competition “Perspective” at the 28th Moscow
International Film Festival, Russia.
‣ 2006 – Special Jury prize “For Originality” at the International Film Festival
in Vesoul, France.
2008 – “Silence” (“Sukunat”) (Format: 35 millimetre colour tape)
‣ Participation in the 30th Moscow International Film Festival, Russia.
2009 – “P.S.” (Ilova) (Format: 35 millimetre colour tape)
‣ Participation in the International Festival of the festival in Tokyo, Japan.
‣ Grand Prix of the 17th Asian Film Festival in Vesoul, France.
‣ Prize “Netpak” to promote Asian cinema in Europe.
‣ Prize of the The Guimet Museum, Paris, France.
2011 – “Not home of mine (“Afghon”) (Format: DCP)
‣ Prize for The Best Director, M&TVA, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
2014 – “In life” (“Hayotda”) (Format: DCP)
‣ Nomination for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA)
2016 – “House for mermaids” (Format: DCP)
‣ Participant of the Berlinare, Berlin, Germany.
‣ Prize for The Best Asian film, International Film Festival in Kyrgyzstan.
2017 – “Woman from the Heaven” (“Masuma”)
‣ Nominee at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA)
‣ Prize for The Best Female Role, International Film Festival in Kyrgyzstan.
2020 – “Two Thousand Songs of Farida” (“Faridaning Ikki Ming Qo’shig’i”)
‣ Participation in the 25th BUSAN International Film Festival (BIFF), South
Korea
‣ Contestant at the 2020 Adelaide Film Festival, Australia
‣ Longlist of the Golden Globe Awards 2021, USA
‣ Moscow Premiere Festival Grand Prix 2021, Russia
‣ Snow Leopard Audience Award at the Asian World Film Festival, Los
Angeles, USA
‣ Participant of the goEast Film Festival 2021, Wiesbaden, Germany
‣ Participant of the 6th Ulju Mountain Film Festival, South Korea
Erke Dzhumakmatova, Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek city (Frunze). More than 20 years of experience in the film industry of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, as a TV presenter, actress, executive, creative and line producer, screenwriter for doc, feature and advertising films and videos and manager of international projects.
Participant international workshops for producers and screenwriters
in Germany, France, Estonia, South Korea, Lithuania and Russia.
Vice Chairman of the Union of Cinematographers KG.
Chairman of Board of the Kyrgyz Association of the film producer.
Filmography:
2020 – The Lake
2013 – Beyond
2011-2012 – Kyrgyzstan I love you
Sandra Engler, Spain
Sandra Engler majored in Film, Theatre and Media Studies at University of Vienna, Austria. During her studies, she was a part of various theatre productions, street happenings, and essay compilations. She has contributed to the festival circuit in many different positions: at Miami Film Festival, San Sebastián Film Festival, Sevilla Film Festival, and flimmern&rauschen, among others, she has been a guest manager, industry liaison, jury member, moderator, and usher. Currently, she lives in Munich, Germany, where she works at FILMFEST MÜNCHEN and FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH as a program manager.
Daniyar Alshinov
Daniyar Alshinov is a Kazakh actor and producer.
Before starting acting career Daniyar worked as an aerospace engineer. International career took off in 2019 after the premiere of “A dark dark man” at San Sebastian film festival (movie now streaming in U.S. on MHz). Daniyar is a winner of several international acting awards. His latest work “Goliath” was premiered at Venice Film Festival, where Daniyar won a “BISATO D’ORO 2022” Independent Critics Award. Another achievement this year is the lead role in CANALPLUS and STUDIOCANAL’s big hit “INFINITI” (6ep series) premiered at CANNESERIES festival.
Sergey Stanoyovskiy, Germany
He studied documentary film and directing at the Film Academy FAMU (Prague / Czech Republic). His student film “Nevena” received the “Pavel Juracek Film Award” of the Film Academy FAMU. During his professional career he worked as a director, producer, cinematographer, editor, writer, festival founder, producer and jury member atinternational film festivals. His first feature length film “Kontakt” (financed by Eurimages,Macedonian Ministry of Culture, NRW Filmstiftung, ARTE / ZDF, Kuratorium Junger deutscher Film) was shown at about 60 int. Film festivals, won awards and was an official Oscar candidate for Macedonia. After a series of short films and works for the LAB2010 platform, a
project of RUHR2010, he launched and produced “Avvantura Film Festival & Matchmakingforum”, an international film festival and matchmaking platform focusing on European co-productions. In collaboration with French label Eye On Films, the festival launched the first Eastern European online film festival initiative “Sunday Avvantura”, presenting arthouse films and emerging talents on
the online platform. He has been an international jury member at numerous film festivals (Haifa, Bitola, Mallorca, Barcelona, Minsk, Pune, Bari…)
Zhunusova Aigerim, Kyrgyzstan.
I, Zhunusova Aigerim Kamaldinovna was born on January 26, 2000 in the city Ozgon of the Osh region. I live in Bishkek.
Graduated from a special secondary educational music school named after Mukash Abdraev, in piano studies in 2018.
I am studying the 4th year in the Department of Radio, Television and Cinema at the Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University.
I have been working as a content maker, journalist and data journalist in the Bashtan Bashta civil movement since November 2021 till now.
Ayan Sadymanov, Kazakhstan.
In 2020, graduated from Turan University with a degree in Directing.
During his studies, he took many courses and trainings, also participated in competitions and pitchings. In 2016, together with the team, took second place in the competition from Altyn Bank for shooting social advertising.
Passed a master class at the Stalker School on the basics of directing.
Participated with the team in the pitching of film projects of Eurasia International Film Festival.
Took a course on creating screenlife films from Timur Bekmambetov’s Bazelevs studio.
Worked for the El Arna TV channel. Was the Kinokafe TV program administrator.
Was one of the organizers of the Baikonur Short Film Festival 2018.
He has written about 10 scripts of short films.
Tasbolat Kanagat, Kazakhstan.
Date of birth: 02/27/1998. He was born in Zhezkazgan city. He graduated from college with a degree in Drama Theater Actor. Currently he is a 5th year student of KazNAI named after T.K.Zhurgenov, specialty Directing of Feature Films. Screenwriter, editor of television projects, series, feature films.
Author, screenwriter, director of BOSS PRODUCTION
Author, screenwriter, director of HAZ MEDIA GROUP
Author, screenwriter of ERTAL FILM
Tsengel Davaasambuu, Mongolia
Producer
Tsengel Davaasambuu (PhD) is Mongolian film producer and professor of Mongolian National University of Arts and Culture. She has been a member of NETPAC since 2016 and served on juries for Busan International Film Festival, South Korea 2022 Busan Children and Youth Film Festival, South Korea 2022, Hanoi International film festival, Hanoi, Vietnam 2018, Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival in South Korea 2017 and others.
Keoprasith SOUVANNAVONG, France
Film critic, journalist
Radio, TV and written press journalist. Since 1993 he works at Radio France Internationale (RFI). After having written and presented newscast and features and having reported on political and cultural events (such as film festivals) for 14 years, he is now chief editor at the Internet Service of RFI, which website is one of the world’s most visited French-speaking news site. Fond of cinema, he also acted in the feature film THE SCENT OF GREEN PAPAYA, which received the “Caméra d’or” and “Prix de la jeunesse” awards at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1993, as well as the “César” award in Paris as the best first feature film, and which was later nominated for an Oscar as the best foreign film. Based in Paris, he has also been a jury member and president of various juries at different film festivals in the world. He is also a member of the Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema (NETPAC).
Asel Sherniazova, Kyrgyzstan
Producer
Asel Sherniyazova serves as the Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Asian World Film Festival in Los Angeles, shaping its narrative and promoting cultural exchange. As a first member of the Golden Globe Association from Central Asia, she contributes to the industry’s recognition and excellence. Actively involved in championing Asian cinema, Asel is a member of NETPAC. Additionally, she lends her expertise as an advisory board member of the Cinema Heritage Film Festival, furthering her commitment to preserving and celebrating cinematic heritage on the global stage.