Patricia Beckmann Wells studied cinema and animation at the University of Southern California. After the graduation she worked at Philips Media and Warner Digital as an animator. For many years  she’s been working as a manager companies like Film Roman and DreamWorks as Head of Training and Development and chair of new department at the Savannah College of Art and Design. She is the author of three Animation textbooks on Maya for Modelling and Animation.
Currently Patricia is responsible for all global school and outreach relations for the Walt Disney Animation Studios and also  travelling the world to visit film festivals and schools in search of the best artistic talents.

After traveling the globe for many years, Kees Brienen started studying filmmaking at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. At the same time he started organizing film-events focussing on new developments in the language of moving images. After his graduation he continued organizing film-festivals and film-events for many different organizations but mainly at poptempel Paradiso in Amsterdam, where he has also been responsible for programs related to the visual arts, electronic music and new media for 6 years. For a number of years he has been selecting films for the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam and he has been working as a program curator for the International Film Festival Rotterdam for 3 years. Currently he is working as an amateur but passionate filmmaker on his first featurefilm...

Ümit Ünal is a film director, screenwriter and author. Born in 1965 in Turkey and graduated from 9 Eylul University, TV-Cinema Department in 1985. He is the scriptwriter for eight Turkish feature films including Teyzem (My Aunt) (1986), Hayallerim, Askim ve Sen (My Dreams, My Love and You) (1987), Berlin in Berlin (1993). He has published one book of stories and two novels. He has been working as a TV commercials director since 1996. His first feature film as a director is 9 (2002) which won many awards in various film festivals and was the Official Turkish Entry for the 2003 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He wrote Anlat İstanbul and directed with other 4 director in 2004. Currently he wrote  and direct Ara in 2007 and Gölgesizler in 2008. 

Originally trained as a classical musician Amyra Bunyard has always had a passion for performing and visual arts. She attended the Central School of Speech and Drama, before going back to Cornwall to gain a broadcasting degree at Falmouth College of Art and Design. 10 years of working extensively in film and television, having made pop promos, documentaries, dramas and commercials for the likes of Disney and HSI London.
In 2007 she set up her own company with her musician partner, creating their first commercial project for celebrated fashion designer Aitor Throup & Showstudio, complete with an original soundtrack recorded at Abbey Road Studios.
Amyra is currently working as a producer for a leading digital out of home network, while producing her first feature.

Ivan has worked at Kinetic since October 2005.  In that time he has established Kinetic’s credentials as a key player in digital Out-of-Home, and has carried out ground-breaking research into the effectiveness and best use of the medium.  
He is also responsible for advising Kinetic clients on best practice in creativity and how to use new and innovative technologies to enhance their out-of-home campaigns.
He has also spent five years at Optimad Media Systems and completed a ten year stint at MediaCom. During a break from adland he spent two years producing comedy and theatrical shows on the fringe circuit, including the Edinburgh festival.