-Born
on the 14th of Aug. in Shaanxi, China.
Welcome to the 18th
Cairo International Film Festival for Children.
International Jury Long & Short Feature Films
President:
Mr. Xie Fei - Professor and Film Director -People's Republic of China
Members:
2. Dr. Abla Hanafi Osman - Professor of Art Psychology Helwan University Egypt
3.Ms. Kirsten Schneid - Festival Coordinator Prix jeunesse International - Germany
4.Ms. Maria Hatzimichali-Papaliou -Film Producer and Director - Greece
5. Ms. Diana Fares -Director and Writer-Syria
6. Ms. Monique Ruinen -Television programmer and Project Manager International Cine kid Festival -The Netherlands
7.Ms. Basak Emre- Director of festival on Wheels-Turkey
8.Mr. Edward Foster-Director-UK
9.Mr. Bill J. Gottlieb -Writer/Producer/Director - USA
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Professor and Film Director
President of Jury for long & Short Feature Films
People's republic of China
-Born
on the 14th of Aug. in Shaanxi, China.
Filmography
- Our Farmland - Feature 1983: director & scriptwriter.
- A Girl from Hunan - Feature 1986: director.
Don Quixote award in San Sabastian film festival –Spain 1988.
Golden Banda award at Montpellier FF- France 1988.
Showed at Certain Regard of Cannes IFF 1987.
* Black Snow – Feature 1989: Director.
Silver Bear award at Berlin FF 1990.
Hundred Flowers award as the best film, China 1990.
Woman from the Lake of Scented Souls – Feature 1992: Director& Scriptwriter.
The Golden Bear award at Berlin FF 1993.
Outstanding film award of Chinese Government, 1993.
Best Screenplay of the Beijing Film Academy Awards. 1993.
A Mongolian Tale – Feature 1995: Director.
Jury special award of China University Student FF 1995.
Best Director award and Music Artistic Award at Montreal FF – Canada 1995.
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Professor of Art Psychology Helwan University
Member
of Jury for long & Short Feature Films
Egypt
* Full-time Professor in Art Psychology
* She has obtained a Bachelor Degree in Art Education (1965). She also holds
a Master’s Degree (1973) and a PhD in Child Drawing Psychology (1979).
* Former Vice President of Helwan University.
* Former Dean of the Art Education Faculty at Helwan University.
* Comity President for the Specified Pedagogy and House Education Sector
the Higher Council of Universities.
* Reporter for the Child’s Culture Comity at the Higher Council for Culture.
* Former Reporter for the Permanent Scientific Comity for Promotions in the
Arts’ field.
* Jury Member in the Suzanne Moubarak Award for Children’s Books.
* Former Member of the Counselling Comity at the Childhood and Motherhood
National Council.
* She has published around twenty essays on national and international scientific matters.
* She has also participated with her research in numerous international scientific
Conferences. She has supervised 27 PhD theses and 53 Masters’ degrees.
* Among her most important scientific works:
* Art within Innocent Eyes (1979)
* Art Psychology (1999)
* Individual Differences and Psychological measurement.
* Member of the International Comity for Education through Art.
* She has received numerous awards and honorary diplomas, among which:
* The National Award for Outstanding achievement in the Social Sciences’ field
(2007).
* The Helwan University Social Science Honorary Award (2007).
* The Suzanne Moubarak Special Award for the Children’s Books jury.
* The British Council Middle East Award (1985).
* First prize for the Glories of the Revolution’s competition organisation (1965).
* She has received countless honorary diplomas from: Helwan University, the
Ministry of Youth, the Ministry of Culture, Rotary Wheels, diverse Egyptian associations.
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Festival Coordinator
PRIX JEUNESSE INTERNATIONAL
Member of Jury for long & Short Feature Films
Germany
* Has studied Political Science in Munich.
* Was a trainee in print and television media at the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation, Munich, Spinger News Service, New York and Lancit Media, New York.
* Joined the Prix JEUNESSE International Foundation in 1994, first as a free lancer, then as personal assistance of the secretary general.
* 1998 became Prix JEUNESSE’s organization manager.
* Since 2006 is the festival coordinator.
Over the last years has conducted many Prix JEUNESSE Suitcase workshops, introducing children’s television producers in all parts of the world to the festival for selection of quality programmes
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SCRIPTWRITER AND DIRECTOR
STUDIES
Diana Adnan Fares has graduated in
Arabic Literature from Damascus University. She also obtained a BA in Directing
from the Radio and Television Training Department at the Union of Arab Radios in
2003.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
-President of the Children's Texts department at the Film General Institute.
-She has written the scenario for an animated feature film called The Thread of Life. It has won the Golden Award from the Cairo International ChildrenFestival as well as the international jury award in 2007.
-She has written the scenario for the TV series A Warm Heart in 1999.
-A Tableau called Baby Sitter in the TV series titled Mirror Stories in 2000.
-Two Tableaux titled Out of Coverage and O Pharmacist in the TV series Mirrors (2000).
-She has wriiten the scenario for the Tv series A Woman in the Shadow (2003).
-A Children's TV series titled From Another World - 30 episodes.
-She has written the scenario for the TV feature For every Night.
-She has worked as assistant director in the following films: O The Sea (1993), Rain Rising (1994), Soul Breeze, A dream Vision and End of Life (2006).
-Scenario for a pending animated feature film with the temporary title Doves Journey.
-She has directed video clips, advertisments, patriot and women rights clips for television.
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Film Producer and Director
Member of Jury for long & Short Feature Films
Greece
* Born in Athens.
* Member of Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO.
* Artistic Director of the International Documentary Festival on Disability Emotion Pictures since 2007.
* Directed many documentaries and television series.
* Received many awards at home as the Academy of Athens award.
* Got prizes from abroad as the FIPRESCI Award, and Henry Ford Award.
* Her works have been screened in international festivals and museums.
* More than 500 university library in USA and Europe have got her documentaries.
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Director of Festival of European Films
Member of Jury for long & Short Feature Films
Turkey
* Vice President of Ankara Cinema Association
* Born in Ankara in 1972.
* Studied business administration.
* Executive Board member and Coordinator of the Short Film Section at Ankara
International Film Festival.
* Production coordinator in Zeki Demirkubuz feature film “Confession “.
* Currently, producing a feature film “Kars Tales”.
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Director
Member of Jury for long & Short Feature Films
England
* Studied at Wrexham School of Art and Design where he was awarded a First Class National Diploma.
* Received a First Class BA (HONS) degree in graphic design (animation) at the University of Licolnshire and Humberside.
* Studied animation direction at the National Film and Television School 2001-2003.
* "Pensioner Penny" was his first project, which won best student animation in the National Royal Television Awards and the best animation at the Reel to Reel festival in Glasgow.
* Was an artworker on the children's pilot for EBB& FLO and ST Denis, a cathedral animation project in the year 1999.
* Animation assistant on "Joseph", the 2D Dream Works animated feature in 2000, on the "Smiths Crisps" series in 2001 and the "Irish Jobs" advert, both produced at NFTS.
* Directed "Disco Pansy Scream"(30sec MTV Sting), "Cat Music" (1min 20 sec MTV ident), "Harold& Mabel" (1 min model animation) and "Willows", a commissioned title sequence for School Documentary.
* Completed "Anna Spud" (10 min 2D animation), as a director, animator and co writer 2003.
* Directed the animation series pilot "The Village People", produced by The Illuminated Film Company 2003.
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Writer-Producer-Director
Member of Jury for long & Short Feature Films
USA
* Worked for 20 years in commercial writing and producing, after which he entered the world of film
* Has a post facility and Ad company, creating programming material and promotional campaigns for
ABC Television, CBS Television, ABC Cable Networks Group, Toon Diseny, Jetix, Aptiv Digital, Buena Vista Television, the Carsey-Werner Company, Fox, Warner Bros, and many others.
* Founded an advertising agency, Bill& Ted's Excellent Ad Ventures, Inc.1995.
* Wrote and produced On-Air promotional campaigns for; Cosby-Roseanne, The Wire, High School Musical, and That 70's Show.
* In 1999 founded Gorilla Pictures to develop feature films for the domestic and international markets.
* Founded the Golden Rule Entertainment, as a family brand for quality kids programming in 2007.
* His recent works include, "The Legend of Sasquatch ", 2007, won "Best Animation Feature" award at the 2007, International Family Festival and received the prestigious Dove Foundation Seal of Family
Approval in USA./ "Soft Target", released by Lions Gate Entertainment 2007./"The Last Sentinel" showed on Sci-Fi Networks-NBC Universal in 2007./ "Sci-Fighter" in 2004.
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Television Programmer and Project
Manager International Cinekid Festival
Member of Jury for long & Short Feature Films
The Netherlands
* Project manager international and Programmer for Cine kid, the Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children in Amsterda.
* Advisor for The Dutch Cultural Broadcasting Fund and the Dutch Film Fund.
* Assistant director, producer and creative producer for Dutch public broadcasting companies and production companies.
* Freelance script editor, lecturer, and coach for writers.
* Script editor for AVRO public broadcast company 2001-2005.
* Advisor for Dutch Film Fund 2000-2005.
* Creative and executive producer at AVRO public broadcast company 1998-2001.
* Creative producer at the Youth department of AVRO 1996-1998.
* Co-author of Film Yearbook 1991-1995.
* Producer for Shooting Star Film Co. 1995-1996.
* Founder and Board member of Theatre company Artefact 1989-1995.
* General employee for Amsterdam International Documentary Festival 1993.
* General assistant for the director of Holland Media 1992.
* Public worker for Nickelodeon Cinema, USA, 1991-1992.