Atom Egoyan

Canadian of Armenian descent, Atom Egoyan was born in Cairo in 1960 and grew up in Canada. He studied at the University of Toronto and began his career in theater. He made ​​several short films before making his first feature film, Speaking Parts in 1989. He directed then Family Viewing, presented at 12^nd Mostra; The Adjuster (1991), presented at 16^th Mostra; Calendar (1993, 17th Mostra);Exotica (1994, 18^th Mostra), winner of the Critic’s Prize at Cannes; The Sweet Hereafter (1997, 21^st Mostra), Grand Prize of the Jury at Cannes; Felicia’s Journey (1999, 25^th Mostra); Ararat(2002, 26^th Mostra); Where the Truth Lies (2005, 29^th Mostra); and Adoration (2008, 32^nd Mostra). He is also the author of one of the segments of Invisible World, a selection of short films produced and organized by Mostra. He will receive the Humanity Prize, awarded by the 35^th Mostra.

 
Elisabeth Perceval

French scriptwriter, producer, actress and director, she stared in her husband’s Nicholas Klotz first feature length film, The Bengali Night (1988). She has written the screenplay for all of Klotz’ subsequent features, including La Nuit Sacrée (1993, 18^th Mostra), as well as the films of the Trilogy of Modern Times: Paria (2000, 24^th Mostra), The Wound (2004, 28^th Mostra), presented at the Director’s Fortnight in Cannes; and Heartbeat Detector (2007, 31^st Mostra), awarded with the Critics Prize at the 31^st Mostra. Elisabeth is also the script writer of Héléna Klotz’ short film Le Léopard ne se Déplace Jamais sans ses Taches (2004). Her most recent film, Low Life, co-directed with Klotz, is in the selection of the 35^th Mostra.

 
Frédéric Boyer

French writer born in 1961. Among his best known works is La Traduction de la Bible. He created in 1994 Videosphère, the biggest video store in Europe dedicated to art house cinema. In 2010, he became director of Directors’ Fortnight, an independent event simultaneous to Cannes Film Festival, after having served for ten years as a member of the selection committee of the event. He is artistic director of European Film Festival, annual event taking place every December in Les Arcs, France.

He was born in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1959. Filmmaker of a generation that emerged in the south of Brazil in the 80’s, Furtado is a renowned director of short films, including O Dia em que Dorival Encarou a Guarda (1986), co-directed with Pedro Goulart; Barbosa (1988), made in partnership with Ana Luiza Azevedo; Island of Flowers, awarded with the Silver Bear at the Berlinale; Esta Não é a sua Vida (1991, 15^th Mostra); and A Matadeira (1994, 18^th Mostra). In the late ’80s, he founded with other filmmakers of his generation the producing company Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre. Furtado has written many scripts for TV, including for the series Memorial de Maria Moura (1994) and A Invenção do Brasil (2000), and has also directed TV series such as Decameron (2009). He made his feature debut with Two Summers (2002), followed by The Man Who Copied (2003), Meu Tio Matou um Cara (2005) and Saneamento Básico – O Filme (2007). He has co-written Is one of the screenplay of several features, including Carlos Gerbase’s Tolerance (2000, 24^th Mostra), Ana Luiza Azevedo’s Miss Cristina Lost Her Memory (2002, 26^th Mostra), Monique Gardenberg’s Benjamim (2003, 27^thMostra) and Guel Arraes’ Romance (2008, 32^nd Mostra). Also a writer, he is the author of the short stories book Meu Tio Matou um Cara e Outras Histórias (2002) as well as the romance Trabalhos de Amor Perdidos (2006).