Olimpia Pont Cháfer is a Spanish film consultant based in Berlin. She has experience in several fields like film programming, distribution and sales. She collaborates with several festivals including the Seville European Film Festival, where she is Festival delegate, and for the Sarajevo Film Festival as member of the Work in Progress Committee. Between 2008 and 2016 she worked for the sales company Coproduction Office heading the sales department during 7 years.

In 2017 she was appointed project manager of European Arthouse Cinema Day, role that she is still carrying out. As film consultant, she is regularly invited to different panels and committees and collaborates with the German distributor Piffl Medien for the international acquisitions.

Since 2020 she is Partnerships Manager at the TorinoFilmLab.

Born in Genova, she graduated in Philosophy and completed the first year of Master in Aesthetics at the University of Pennsylvania.

After returning to Italy, she became Head of the Press and Communication Office of the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, where she was also in charge of the Educational Department.

In the same years she founded Scuola Holden in Torino together with Alessandro Baricco. She is Director of Scuola Holden’s Master in Narration Techniques, and she supervises all the school activities, focusing on the international contacts.

In the last ten years she has written articles and interviews on narration and classical music, book reviews and film reviews for Italian and international newspapers. She has ideated and directed Script&Pitch Workshops since 2005, and TorinoFilmLab since 2008 where she currently acts as Strategic Consultant. She is also Head of Programme of Biennale College – Cinema.
 

Amra Bakšić Čamo is one of the founders of SCCA/pro.ba, an independent production company from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She has produced and coproduced award-winning shorts, documentaries, TV programs and feature films.

Since 2003 she is the Head of the CineLink, a regional co-production market, work in progress and project development workshop at the Sarajevo Film Festival and one of the curators of TorinoFilmLab. She is a member of the European Film Academy as well as ACE and EAVE producer networks. She has been a longtime collaborator of Berlinale Coproduction Market and Biennale College. Amra teaches Producing at the Academy of Preforming Arts in Sarajevo.

She produced many projects such as the fiction feature the FULL MOON by Nermin Hamzagić, (Bosnia and Herzegovina), premiered at Cottbus FF19, Ecumenical prize for Best Film, Best Actor; SEE FACTORY (13 countries, 10 directors, 5 shorts, 1 feature), premiered at Cannes 2019 / Directors Fortnight; the fiction feature NOTHING BUT THE WIND by Timur Makarević, premiered at Raindance 2017; DEATH IN SARAJEVO by Danis Tanović, premiered at Berlinale 2016, Jury Grand Prix; ALL THE CITIES OF THE NORTH by Dane Komljen, premiered at Locarno 2016; WITH MUM by Faruk Lončarević (2013), premiered at Sarajevo Film Festival 2013 and AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF AN IRON PICKER by Danis Tanović (2013), premiered at Berlinale 2013, Jury Grand Prix, Best Actor, short listed for Oscar.

She also co-produced HEROES DON'T DIE by Aude Lea Rapin, which premiered at Cannes 2019 Semaine de la Critique; STITCHES by Miroslav, premiered at Berlin Film Festival 2019 / Panorama, Europa Cinemas Label Award, 2nd Place Panorama Audience Award; the documentary feature THE SIEGE by Remy Ourdan, FIPA d'Or in 2016 and NIGHTLIFE by Damjan Kozole, premiered at Karlovy Vary 2016, Cristal Globus for Best Director.

Furthermore Amra worked as associate producer in the feature film TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NICE by Ena Sendijarevic, premiered at FF Rotterdam 2019, Bright Future, Tiger Competition - Special Jury Award.

He was born in Venice and has lived in Berlin since 1988. After graduating in literature, art history and film at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, he initially worked as a journalist and film critic for Italian and Swiss media. He has written regularly for newspapers and magazines, notably "Corriere della Sera" as well as "Manifesto" and "Ciak".

In addition, he has worked for TV broadcasters including Arte, ZDF, Tele+ and Sky Italia as writer and director of numerous reports and documentaries on cinema and other cultural topics, and has been an advisor and curator for several international film festivals. From 2006 to 2009, he was a member of the programming committee at Locarno Film Festival and head of its Open Door section. He has also regularly contributed to various film festivals as a jury member or panelist, as well as being a consultant for international cinema and cultural institutions.

Since 2001, Vincenzo Bugno has worked at the Berlin International Film Festival in various capacities. He is head of, one of the initiators, and jury member of the World Cinema Fund, founded in 2004 with the objective of supporting film production in regions and countries lacking a structurally strong film industry.

Founder and producer at Ruda Cine, a film production company based in Buenos Aires and dedicated to author- driven films. Ruda Cine catalogue includes, among others, the following recent films: Too Late to Die Young, by Dominga Sotomayor (2018); The Human Surge, by Eduardo Williams (2016); The Idea of a Lake by Milagros Mumenthaler (2016) and Two Shot Fired by Martín Rejtman (2015). Program Consultant at Venice International Film Festival and Venice Production Bridge. Advistor at NYFF. Selection Committee at Visions du Réel (Nyon). FeatureLab Head of Studies at Torino Film Lab.

Since graduating as a theatre producer from the National Theatre School of Canada, Eva has worked in theatre, film and television, primarily in Europe. She studied Screenwriting at the Binger Film Institute in Amsterdam, has a BA in Theatre Studies from Stockholm University, and an MSc in Organisational Psychology from INSEAD Business School.

Eva spent nearly 15 years as producer and development executive for Sweden's national broadcaster, SVT. Some of the projects Eva has been involved in include Creative Producer for 52 part children's series "The Roofters", script and story consultant for Emmy Award winning "The Millennium Trilogy", based on the novels by Stieg Larsson including "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" feature film, and Executive Script Editor on the six feature film adaptations of novels by Liza Marklund.

Eva has held master classes on screenwriting, script consulting and the role of the creative producer for organizations such as Berghs School of Communication Stockholm, Danish Film School, Short Film Forum Moscow and Scuola Holden in Torino. She is a script tutor on Cinekid Script Lab and Off Camera Industry Days in Cracow and has tutored for TorinoFilmLab since 2012. At present, Eva is Head of Studies for TorinoFilmLab's program ScriptLab.

Nicola Lusuardi has been working as scriptwriter, story editor and producer for several broadcasters and production companies. Since 2013 to 2019, he has been story editor and creative producer for original contents produced by Sky Italy. He teaches dramaturgy for TV series at Serial Eyes in Berlin and holds masterclasses and workshops in different countries. He wrote the essay La Rivoluzione Seriale (Dino Audino Editore, Roma, 2010). Since 2020, he is Head of Development for the production company The Apartment Pictures.

Tony Grisoni worked in many different areas of film making before turning to screenwriting. QUEEN OF HEARTS, 1989 was his award winning first feature directed by Jon Amiel. He has worked closely with a number of directors including Michael Winterbottom, John Boorman, Sean Durkin and Marc Munden, and has co-written with Terry Gilliam (FEAR & LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, 1998 TIDELAND, 2005 and that ship of fools - THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE, 2018.) In 2001, Tony made the trek along the people smugglers' route from the Pakistan/Afghan border, through Iran and Turkey to Europe with the director, Michael Winterbottom. The resulting film, IN THIS WORLD, won the 2002 Berlinale Golden Bear. He has also written and directed a number of short films including the BAFTA nominated KINGSLAND #1 The Dreamer, 2008, SYNCING featuring Peter Capaldi, 2009, the award winning THE PIZZA MIRACLE, 2010 and THE SANDS OF VENUS, 2019.

Eilon Ratzkovsky has produced feature films and TV series over the past 25 years, as chief producer and CEO of July August Productions, an Israeli production company which he created in 2003.

He has produced over 20 feature films amongst which are "The Band's Visit" by Eran Kolirin, "Mountain" by Yaelle Kayam, "Zero Motivation" by Talya Lavie, "Beyond the Mountains and Hills" by Eran Kolirin, "Funeral at Noon" by Adam Sanderson, "The Exchange" by Eran Kolirin, "Seven Days" by Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz, all of which participated and won prizes in major film festivals. .

He produced more than 12 TV series in Israel, some of which have been remade into local versions around the world. Among his TV productions are "Yellow Peppers" by Karen Margalit (also known as "The A Word" at BBC), "Mermaids" by Shachar Magen and Adam Sanderson, "Milk & Honey" by Dani Rosenberg and Tom Shoval and many more.

In the last couple of years, he has been tutoring for TorinoFilmLab and the Biennale College Cinema. He is the head of QUIDDITY, a content company specializing in developing high quality TV dramas for European networks and Head of Studies for TFL Extended. He currently lives in Turin, Italy.

Eilon's profile on IMDB: https://tinyurl.com/mfc5heq

Francesco Giai Via is a festival director, programmer and film critic based in Turin, Italy.

He is festival director of Annecy Cinéma Italien (France) and Carbonia Film Festival in Sardinia (Italy), as well as programming consultant of the Venice Film Festival and collaborator of the Venice Production Bridge.

He started his collaboration with TorinoFilmLab in 2015 as a scout, trainer, reader, and member of the selection committee.

Giovanni has a background in filmmaking and media studies. After his degree in visual communication, he started working on developing and producing documentaries in Italy and UK.
He took over as head of Kino Produzioni in 2012, since then Kino is working to develop a new generation of emerging talents and is often coproducing with international companies. His latest productions by were presented at A-List film festivals. Among those Carla Simòn’s ALCARRÀS, winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlinale 2022, and SOLE by Carlo Sironi, awarded as Best First Feature at the European Film Awards 2020.

He is regularly teaching film production and holding lectures on international co-production and project development for different Film Commissions, Funds and Festivals. He has also been consulting projects at Alpi Film Lab, First Cut Lab, Full Circle Lab and other regional development initiatives. He is Head of Studies of the Green Film Lab and teaches production at the Anica Academy.

Giovanni is member of Ace, Eave, Berlinale Talents, Eurodoc and TFL Alumni.

He has been involved in Fair Trade and NGO’s and thanks to that he always promote green set policy and CSR. After playing rugby for 15 years he is convinced of the importance of teamwork.

Daniele Segre has a degree in Political Science. He has twelve years of experience (2003-2015) of working in the production department of institutional cinema, as head of production at the Film Commission Torino Piemonte.
He is founder and owner of REDIBIS FILM (www.redibisfilm.it), a production company based in Turin that produces short films, documentaries and feature films, as well as executive production for international projects.
He is also a project analyst for FIP – Fondo Investimenti Piemonte regarding national and international feature films.

Creative Producer and Scriptwriter Valeria Richter works internationally and writes, develops, coaches and consults in the areas of feature film, TV series, workshop innovation, pitching and script development since 1997; she consults for various funds, festivals and film institutes in the areas of project selection, assessment, and tailored labs. She has developed several concepts, recently Nordic Genre Boost for Nordisk Film & TV Fond, POWR for Baltic Event, Engage with CTIFMF, and she works for TorinoFilmLab since 2008.

Since 2004 she works in her own companies, Pebble and Nordic Factory Copenhagen, and has co-produced features and documentaries, such as “Granny’s Dancing on the Table”, “The Feminist” (Sweden), “Cora” (Brazil), “Alien Food” (Italy). Currently she showruns a fiction TV series in collaboration with Bufo, Helsinki. In 2014, she premiered (as producer) 4 short films at Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes FF at a special event screening. One of the films, “Listen”, won Best Narrative Short 2015, Tribeca FF, was nominated as EFA Best European Short, and has won 50+ awards at over 150 festivals; it is available online via Staff Pick on Vimeo.

Valeria taught Film Adaptation at the University of Cph. and holds an MA in Film & Media Science; she has a background in distribution, festivals, and production, is a graduate producer of the Danish Super16 film-collective and since 2009, member of the European Film Academy.