…including TorinoFilmLab, Doha Film Institute, The Film Prize of the Robert Bosch Stiftung, International Marrakesh Film Festival Atlas Workshop and The Royal Film Commission of Jordan. 

In 2016, he implemented MAHD Film Lab, a Cairo-based script development programme open to filmmakers working on Arab film projects and Arab-European co-production. As a producer, his latest work includes the short fiction, Fakh, selected for the official competition of Semaine de la Critique at Cannes Film Festival 2019 and the feature documentary Happily Ever After, which premiered at IDFA 2016.

…for many years before giving in to her passion and attending Film Studies in Paris. 
She worked for years with Brazilian director José Padilha and his Rio de Janeiro-based production company Zazen, where she managed the private funding and independent distribution of the Brazilian all-time box office record, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2010). In 2014, Helen was hired as CEO of The Bergman Center Foundation and festival director of the Bergman Week, both based on the island of Fårö (Sweden). where she also acted. Back to Brazil in 2018, Helen served as editor for the country’s largest newspaper, Folha de São Paulo. Presently, her main focus is storytelling in fiction features and series, mostly in Brazil, the USA and Europe, where she has taken part in the TFL Script Lab and is currently a mentor in programs such as the Full Circle Lab and the Pop Up Film Residency. Her most recent works include the adaptation of Leonardo Padura’s The Man Who Loved Dogs, the Amazon series 5X Comedy and the reworking of Michelangelo Antonioni’s legendary script, Technically Sweet.

Lately factual credits include the feature-length debut Sole by Carlo Sironi an italian- polish coproduction handled by Luxbox. He is a member of Eave, Eurodoc, Producers’s Network and Berlinale Talents. He shares his expertise teaching production at IED in Rome and tutoring project in development workshop such Full Circle Lab.

Roles that have harnessed her love for story and helping writers find their voice as storytellers. Her catalogue of work, as a script consultant, ranges from novel adaptations to politically potent films brought to life through titles such Kalushi: The Solomon Mahlangu Story and the sequel to Happiness is a Four Letter Word – Happiness Ever After. Mmabatho’s creative flair has also been injected outside South Africa as a consultant on the award-winning Lesotho based film This is not a Burial, it’s a Resurrection (Venice Biennale College Cinema 2019, Visionary Award winner Sundance 2019).

In 2017 Mmabatho was invited to co-mentor in REALNESS, a Pan-African writing residency. Beyond Realness; she has mentored on the Canal+  Poland Series Lab (2021), The Philippines (Full Circle Lab 2019 and 2020), Maisha Producers Lab (Uganda 2019), Jumpstart PRODUIRE AU SUD (South Africa 2019 and 2020), For Film’s Sake- Attagirl Lab (Australia 2020), The Pro Series Lab (Kenya 2020), BoostNL (Netherlands Film Festival/IFFR 2020), Dramatic Producer’s Lab (Ethiopia 2019). In addition to being a mentor, she has had the honour of being invited to participate in The Torino Script Lab (2018), EAVE (European Audio Visual Entrepreneurs 2020) and The Rotterdam Producer’s Lab (2020).

…winners of numerous awards, distributed in multiple territories earning the love of the audience and critics alike. In 2018, Naomi co-founded the Berlin based Electric Sheep GmbH focusing on socially related content. 
Known for her customized approach and engagement in every aspect of film making, Naomi established herself as a sought-after lecturer and mentor.

In 2016, she opened her own company Harine Films. Izabela collaborates also with Best Film – Polish distributor focusing on independent and arthouse cinema (Loveling, Sofia, Angel, Amanda, Another Round, Gagarin).
Her first feature, Floating Skyscrapers directed by Tomasz Wasilewski premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and went on to win the top prize in the East of the West competition at the Karlovy Vary IFF, as well as a number of awards for best film, best director and best actor at film festivals in Poland and abroad. She is coproducing Pierce – Singaporean-Taiwanese-Polish debut film by Nelicia Low.
Izabela also serves as a trainer for several institutions: Story Lab, Wajda School, Łodź Film School.

Together with Matthieu Darras, she runs Full Circle Lab Philippines.

He shifted towards producing films and in 2016 his co-produced animated short film Superbia (2016) by Luca Tóth competed at Semaine de la Critique in Cannes. As a creative producer he currently works on several animated, feature length and documentary films, such as the Eurimages supported 2D/3D animated feature film for adults White Plastic Sky (in production) by Tibor Bánóczki & Sarolta Szabó and animated stop-motion feature film for children Of Unwanted Things and People (in production), winner of the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at Cartoon Movie 2019. Juraj is an EAVE alumni and head of studies of the CEE Animation Workshop.

…Meteora by Spiros Stathoulopoulos, 40 Days Of Silence by Saodat Ismailova, Dau by Ilya Khrzhanovski, Deadweight by Axel Koenzen, The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers by Ben Rivers, Together Forever by Lina Luzyte and Rey by Niles Atallah, premiering in international festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Locarno, Rotterdam and Karlovy Vary.
Since 2015, he runs First Cut Lab together with Matthieu Darras.
In 2017, he developed and served as tutor for the Trailer Workshop in Istanbul.
In 2018, he was editing tutor for 5 projects in QUMRA (Doha Film Institute), a workshop dedicated to films in postproduction. He was part of the selection committee for Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes in 2010 and 2011.
He also collaborated with CPH:DOX Copenhagen Documentary Film Festival programming team in 2011.

She studied History and the Theory of Film at the University of Łódź and Film editing at Łódź Film School. In 2015, she was awarded „Best editing” at the Polish Film Festival for 11 Minutes by Jerzy Skolimowski and The Here After by Magnus von Horn. In the same year she was nominated for Polish Academy Award for „Best editing for Jeziorak by Michał Otłowski. In 2016, she was awarded Polish Academy Award for Best editing of 11 Minutes by Jerzy Skolimowski.
In 2017 her work on the documentary film Communion by Anna Zamecka, culminated in a Best European Documentary award, which lead to a shortlist for the Oscars. This in the light of being named as candidates for All That I Love, 11 Minutes and Difret in the category of Best Foreign Feature Film.
Agnieszka’s last work – Sweat directed by Magnus von Horn was selected to Cannes Film Festival 2020.

As a producer, Bertolin has worked on films like:

2016 – A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery, by Lav Diaz
An epic eight-hour black-and-white drama, which was screened in competition at Berlin and won the Alfred Bauer Award.

2015 – Vietnam-made Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories, by Phan Dang Di’s
The film was also screened in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival.

...and is the founder/ Head of Festival Management for the International Film Festival & Awards Macao.
Selected filmography includes The Beautiful Washing Machine, Rain Dogs, Crazy Stone, Love Story, My Mother is a Bellydancer, The Shoe Fairy, At the End of Daybreak, Lover’s Discourse, Come Rain, Come Shine, Postcards from the Zoo and Mrs K. She is developing film projects in Asia with her production company Paperheart, mentors/ lectures with film training programmes/ labs and consulting with various international film institutions and film funds.

…international critics and viewers. She has been invited as a jury member for many film festivals and won the Silpathorn Award in 2009, granted by the Ministry of Culture in Thailand.
Her new film The Island Funeral (2015) also received an award in the Asian Future category at the Tokyo International Film Festival.

Previously he was international programmer for Toronto International Film Festival as well as Programme Consultant for Hong Kong International Film Festival and Programme Delegate at Cannes Critics’ Week. Prior to that, he was Director of Marketing & Special Projects (Acquisitions) for sales agent Fortissimo Films. He acted as Reading Committee Member for Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) and was advisory member of the Asian Film Awards (AFA). He was jury member at festivals such as Berlinale, Sarajevo, Vladivostok, Seattle, Antalya, Jecheon and others. His producing credits include Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s Samui Song and Headshot, Boo Junfeng’s Apprentice, Josh Kim’s How to Win at Checkers (Every Time), Pang Ho-Cheung’s Dream Home, the upcoming 13 Lives by Ron Howard, among others.
He was named Future Leaders: Producers in 2013 by Screen International and was awarded Producer of the Year in 2017 by Asian Film Commission in Busan.

Being praised for his diversity and distinguished eyes to spot new talents, Huang’s films span from narrative feature, documentaries, animation, short to drama series. All of them were selected by renowned film festivals worldwide and released globally. With great knowledge and experience for the international market, Huang always focuses on international co-production between east and west and has extensive skills on structuring film finance combining soft money and private funds. Huang’s latest film Moneyboys, an official selection of 2021 Cannes Un Certain Regard, is a co-production among Austria, France, Taiwan, and Belgium. Pierce, a Singapore/Taiwan/Poland co-production, is in pre-production to be shot entirely in Taiwan. Several co-productions with different partners from France, India, Bangladesh, Mainland China, and Czech Republic are in the advanced development stage and scheduled to go into production next year. 

Huang is also a veteran film distributor, and often being a mentor or a guest speaker in filmmakers’ workshops or conferences such as Producers Network, Ties that Bind, CineMart, EFM Producers Hub, Produire au sud Taipei, Busan Asian Film School, When East Meets West, Sino-European Project Lab of Bridging the Dragon, FDCP Film Industry Conference and Project Market in Philippine, and TAICCA School run by Taiwan Creative Content Agency. Huang often serves as a jury or project selector for festivals, funding programs, screenplay competition and project markets such as Shanghai International Film Festival, Taipei Film Festival, YGIFF in Wuhan, Supporting Funds from BAMID of Taiwan Ministry of Culture, Taipei Film Commission, HAF, CNEX Chinese Doc Forum, TAICCA School x MPA Script to Screen Film Workshop and Pitching Session, and the Project Market at the One International Women’s Film Festival in Chengdu China. HUANG also works as a festival programmer occasionally.

Filmography as a Producer 

2022 – Pierce (Singapore/Taiwan/Poland) – Pre-production; family drama

2022 – 96 Minutes, (Taiwan/China) – Pre-production; action thriller

2021 – In the Morning of Le Petit Morte, (Taiwan) – Pre-production; erotic drama 

2021 – As River Goes By, (China), Pre-production; fantasy coming-of-age

2021 – Moneyboys, Cannes Un Certain Regard

2020 – Blessed Winter, (Austria/France/Taiwan/Belgium), China 86358 Short Film Festival – Best Film 

2020 – Alikis, Osaka Asian Film Festival – Spotlight

2018 – A First Farewell, Berlinale Generation Kplus – Grand Prix of International Jury, Tokyo International Film Festival Asian Future – Best Film, Hong Kong International Film Festival – Firebird Best Chinese Film, Best Director, Hainan International Film Festival  

2018 – Suburban Birds, New Directors New Films, FIRST International Film Festival – Best Narrative Feature, Locarno Film Festival – Filmmakers of the present Competition, Macao International Film Festival – NETPAC Award

2018 – An Impossibly Small Object, IFFR – Big Screen Competition, DC Chinese Film Festival – Best Narrative Feature, Rome Film Festival, Shanghai International Film Festival 

2018 – Mama Pingpong Social Club, PiFan – Puchon Choice Competition, DC Chinese Film Festival – Best Narrative Short  

2016 – The Road to Mandalay, Venice Film Festival – FEDEORA Award for Best Film

2014 – Ice Poison, Berlinale – Panorama, Taiwan entry for Oscars’ Best Foreign Language film

2013 – Amour et Patisserie, Film France – Producer of the Year Award, 3 Golden Bell Award nomination (Drama Series, Actress, Screenplay)

2011 – Return to Burma, IFFR – Tiger Competition

2009 – Baseball Boys, (Feature Documentary), Vision du Reel – Competition

2006 – Eternal Sunshine, BIFF – New Currents Competition

2005 – A Fish with a Smile, Berlinale Generation Kplus – Best Short Film Awards

2003 – My Wedding, 6 Golden Bell Award nomination (TV Film, Directing, Actress, Supporting Actress, Screenplay, Cinematography)