FIVE CONTINENTS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Elham Madani
Producer CEO of WIND arts and Film Academy WIND International Film Festival
Emine Dursun
Festival Director of the NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY AWARDS (USA)
Oscar Pozzoli
Director of Festival de Cine Estudiantil (FENACIES-Uruguay)
Joseph Caristena
Director of Social Machinery Film Festival (Italy)
Raj Rohit Reddy
Director and founder of Aarkyub Films
(USA)
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Elham Madani
Dr. Elham Madani is an acclaimed film director, producer CEO of WIND arts and Film Academy, WIND International Film Festival, Mighty Vision Pictures ,film studio Founder and CEO of GOLDEN GLOBAL PAGEANT www.goldenglobalpageant.com
She has directed and produced over 50 films, has won over 38 beauty contest, has received title of best filmmaker of the year in 2015 by Royal family of Indonesia, best film producer of the year 2016 from World Humanitarian Peace organization, best documentarian filmmaker of the year 2016 by Sony pictures for her anti war documentary, ISIS Crisis.
She is a world wide humanitarian filmmaker and ambassador of peace. Recently received accolade award by king of Africa as Divine Goddess for her inner and our beauty. She was entitled Queen of Empowerment and inspiration by Hollywood WIND of Fame organizations
Emine Dursun
Festival Director of the NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY AWARDS (USA)
Emine Dursun is the founder and the managing director of New York International Screenplay Awards -NYISA.
She is Sundance-Alumni screenwriter, script doctor.
She has 8 awards and had been the finalist several times in USA and Europe.
She is the first person who won an international screenplay award in Turkey, that is one of the reasons she has founded NYISA, to help the screenwriters to create their path in International area.
Emine is selectively doing script doctoring and script analysis for the special projects.
She is one of the jury of the Princeton Independent Film Festival and she is leading the workshops named “ How To Write An award Winning Screenplay” in New York, via online as well.
Oscar Pozzoli
Director of Festival de Cine Estudiantil (FENACIES-Uruguay)
He was awarded a Carlos Gardel Prize for his contribution to culture by introducing audiovisual education in Tacuarembó.
Creator and director of PEALC (Program of Audiovisual Education and Cinematographic Language).
He has given countless film workshops.
His filmography includes: -Feature films as Director, Production Manager, Photography Director, Electrical.
-Short films as: Production chief. -TV shows like: Director, Photography and Camera Director, Camera Assistant, editing
-Internet TV Shows. -Documentaries: Director, Production Manager, Camera Assistant, Photography, Camera, Edition.
-Commercial Campaign -Videos for internet, Videos cast in press, Videos Clips and Advertising Campaigns.
Joseph Caristena
Director of Social Machinery Film Festival (Italy)
2010: Production Manager in the Film Commission of the Region Calabria - Italy.
2012: Berlin (Germany) Joseph Caristena becomes a member of the Team Premiere at the Academy of the Arts, Berlin (Akademie der Künste) for the first screening of Natasa's Von Kopp film called "Future Works".
2015: The European Commission. DG (Near) Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations selected Joseph Caristena as expert.
2016: Podgorica - Montenegro. Expert of European Commission. DG NEAR - EU's Neighbourhood and Enlargement Policies. Expert Mission at the Ministry of Innovation & Information Society.
Raj Rohit Reddy
Director and founder of Aarkyub Films
Raj Rohit Reddy is an award-winning screenwriter, director and founder of Aarkyub Films. www.aarkyubfilms.com.
His scripts have won awards at several international film festivals including Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival, Canadian Diversity Film Festival and 12Month Film Festival of Romania.
His short films have been telecasted by major television channels and screened at the famous TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, attended by guests like Ruth E. Carter (Academy Award Winner) and Robi Reed (Emmy Award Winner).
