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master of shari'a and law master of international law PhD of strategic studies and diplomacy

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Juan David Romero is a Paris-based filmmaker, journalist, and multimedia professional with a focus on human rights. He directed Unbroken Paradise, An Iraqi Belly Dancer, and Black in Ukraine, documentaries showcased at global festivals like the Global Impact Film Festival, Amnesty International's Human Rights Film Festival, and Tunisia's Mawjoudin Queer Film Festival, the only LGBT festival in North Africa. Currently, he leads multimedia operations at That’s Y Media and serves as lead video editor for the Civil Liberties Union for Europe. His past roles include video work with Médecins Sans Frontières and the United Nations Office of the Victims' Rights Advocate. Romero’s background includes journalism and video production with Brut, refugee aid in Europe, and work with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. A University of Central Florida alumnus, he holds a B.A. in English Literature with a minor in Film and has published poetry in several literary magazines.

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I am a versatile correspondent who has worked with global media brands for over five years. My reporting is engaging, concise, and always thought-provoking. I have a comprehensive grasp of international politics, business and finance which I cover from across Europe for North American TV networks (Newsy, NEWSnet, CBC Canada, and more.) Based in Paris, I wear multiple hats, overseeing the evolution of stories from the pitching process to the final edit as I balance day-of deliverables with long-form features. I am involved in all aspects of TV news production: scripting, filming, and editing. Further professional highlights: • Experience in pitching, commissioning and producing long-form and feature programming • Ability to create programs aimed at a multi-platform audience (online, social media, linear television) • Proven success rate in obtaining high-level news-makers, and in maintaining contacts in government and business • Track record in maintaining budgets and managing personnel and crews

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As a documentary filmmaker, I produce and direct compelling stories that explore the complex realities and challenges of our world. I have worked on the ground from Sudan, Ethiopia, Bangladesh, DRC, Libya, Chad, Cameroon, Morocco, Tunisia, the Gaza Strip, and a rescue ship in the Mediterranean, often in hostile locations and on sensitive content. I shoot on a wide variety of cameras (C70/C300/FS5/ FS7/ FX6) and I have a strong cinematic sensibility and an intimate documentary approach. Ethics of representation and informed consent are key to my work and I am hostile environment trained. I work extensively using open-source investigation techniques and I offer trainings at Al Jazeera Media Institute. My latest data-driven investigation produced for the BBC’s Africa Eye 'death on the Border' documents with exceptional and forensic detail the deaths at the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla. In addition to my filmmaking, I hold a PhD in Political Communication, International Relations, and Human Rights at Dublin City University, where I have been awarded a Marie Sklodowska Curie fellowship to conduct research at the Institute for Future Media, Democracy and Society. My scholarly work focuses on the intersection of technology, transitional justice, human rights law, and fundamental freedoms. I am a member of the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland, the International Federation of Journalists, and the National Union of Journalists for the UK and Ireland. I am passionate about using my skills and knowledge to create impactful and meaningful media that informs, engages, and inspires audiences.

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I am 25 years old, and I live in Paris. I graduated from Sciences-Po (B.A political sciences) and La Sorbonne (B.A philosophy), and I am currently in my final year of study at La Fémis (M.A directing), the national film school of France. Over the past few years, I directed several feature documentaries, on issues such as migration, african football, and french suburbs. They were shown in film festivals worldwide. Besides, I also made (wrote, shot, edited) two short reports (5min) for Canal + and a series of 7 portraits for the french media L'Express. Eventually, I also make all the video content (interviews, freestyles, short docs) of Grünt (http://www.gruntmag.com/), which is a well-known french online media dedicated to rap music. In the future, I intend to keep direct feature films for cinema, and also to make short reports for different medias. I have my own shooting equipment (5D mark II; shoulder-rig; Schoeps MK41 external mic) and editing suite.

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Freelance journalist, I work for print and radio in French and English, on documentary projects and sometimes for TV, on international news and cultural stories. Currently with the BBC World Service and Deutsche Welle. I've worked with the BBC, Radio France Internationale, France24, TV5, le Figaro, Reuters, Think Africa Press and more. Travel-lover, passionate about Africa, Europe, literature, music, arts. Born in Paris, I lived in Miami, US, Prague, London, and in Africa: Bangui (CAR) last year, Kenya in 2010-12 from where I travelled to Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia. I also travelled to India, Italy, the Balkans, Caucasus, Tunisia, Liberia, South Africa, Senegal, Mexico, Niger. I like issues of human interests, reporting, and to share news, texts, cultural discoveries between Africa, Europe and the rest of the world. I'm based in Paris and often in London, Bristol, Brussels, and other places in Europe and North Africa.

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Her ambition led her to attend the ESRA International Film School where she learned the art of composition and developed her skills to seek out the perfect photo in every situation. She was drawn into the world of cinematography; worked as a director of lighting for Dinosysia, Kadi Love, the feature film Neiges d’Automne, cultural program Entrée Libre / France 5 after having participated in several shoots as a camera operator. She shooted a short movie 364 Days. But... When she discovered the existence of the Calais Jungle, and documented the unworthy conditions of migrants in France, she decided to change the job and she found her voice. She published in Libération, Le Monde, ELLE, Les Inrocks, Le Temps, La Vie, Le Vif, Le Parisien Weekend, Le Figaro, Monthly Thyhms, NEON and worked wth MSF (Doctors Without Borders and OXFAM.) Actually she's represented by Le Pictorium, french press agency. Exhibitions: 2018: Selected to the list 30 Women Photographers Under 30 2018: Maison de La Photographie à Lille 2018: Galerie Claude Samuel à Paris 2018: début d'une collaboration avec Les Femmes Photographes 2019: LE 61 - Projection des photos du Venezuela 2019: Selected for "What is Family? by National Geographic 2019: StoryPhotos of the Week, May 31, 2019 by National geographic 2019: MOTHER UNTIL BIRTH (Surrogate mothers in Ukraine) exhibited in Berlin during the next Photographic Exploration Project exhibition 2019: Ballerinas under Fire No. 6 exhibited in PH21 Gallery in Budapest in August. Juror's choice and the honourable mentions. 2019: Exhibited in MÉDIATHÈQUE EDMOND ROSTAND in Paris with the collective Femmes Photographes 2019: Selected for a NIKON NOOR workshop in Barcelona She continues to explore the world’s social issues with an eye of a journalist and a cinematographer.

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I am Romanian and French, graduated in Journalism at the West University of Timisoara, Romania and Political Science in Toulouse, France. In my previous position as Video and Photography Team Leader at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC, I was leading the Feature Video and Photography team. My career began in Romania in 1993, as a journalist-correspondent in Timisoara for different newspapers. In 1996 I moved to France where, after an internship at France Press Agency in Paris, I started working for Reuters Television as a freelance TV Producer . I also collaborated on different projects with CNN in Paris, ABC Australia "Foreign Correspondent", BBC Scotland and ITN. In 2007, I moved to Morocco where I produced news and feature stories for APTN news and feature magazine Horizon as well as for other TV channels like Al Jazeera English, TV magazine 48, BBC Scotland in Westerna Sahara and ITN.

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Arturo Valentino, nacido en Zacatecas en 1979. Licenciado en comunicación y periodismo, inicia la fotografía en 2000. Colaborador de Amnesty International México antes de ser co-fundador de la empresa editorial, tallerARTEFACTO. Su primera exposición individual titulada « Ficción » tiene lugar en Zacatecas en 2009, y en Guadalajara el mismo año. En 2010 y 2011, participa en varios proyectos colectivos, en Zacatecas y Guadalajara. En marzo 2012, presenta de forma individual su trabajo documental sobre la Procesión del Silencio, celebración tradicional de los Días Santos en Zacatecas, en la Casa de México, en París. En mayo 2012, regresa a Europa (Berna, Suiza) con una nueva exhibición individual sobre el contexto geo-cultural de los Indígenas Tarahumaras en Chihuahua. En marzo 2013, presenta en Zacatecas la exposición « Memory », reflexión estética sobre el tiempo y la ausencia. Trabajó en un proyecto documental sobre el tema de la migración en México y actualmente, bajo el mismo te

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My name is Jules I'm 28 years old and I was born and raised in Paris, France. I have a bachelor degree in Cinema studies from la Sorbonne University (Paris, France) I Also studied Audiovisual communication at Carlos III University (Madrid, Spain) and Cinema Studies at IAD (Institut des arts de diffusion) in Brussels, Belgium. After my studies, I worked as an assistant at Chaï Chaï Films, a production company specializing in transmedia documentary and creative communication where I could put into practice what I’ve learned in class, such as, filming, editing, assisting on movie sets and much more… After a year I’ve decided to work as a freelancer. Since 2016, I have been working as a videographer and editor for AKADEM (intellectual and cultural digital platform) , House of Latin America in Paris, making video portraits and short docs about cultural events of interest to these institutions. I have also been working as an Assistant Camera and as a 2nd Cameraman for The Culture Trip (English media). Since 2019 I work as a parliamentary assistant in communication at the French Senat. I make movies, edits, photos, and take care of the website of David Assouline, Vice President of the Senate and Senator of Paris. Showreel 2019 : https://vimeo.com/278644011?fbclid=IwAR2wVia637XyjAki3poq7_JVVSaqaBxKW--3qpJzWfInt8HVvjvO4DDdRN0 (Password : showreel)

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I have been working as a photojournalist for over two decades. First settled in Jerusalem, covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during the first intifada. Straying from my daily trips to the Gaza strip, I flew to Somalia during the 1992 great famine. After a two-year stretch in Hong Kong for Agence France-Presse (AFP) in the lead up to the handover of the territory to China, I was sent to Jakarta where riots erupted in the aftermath of the 1997 economic crisis. From there I also witnessed the birth of a new country: East Timor. In 2002 I was awarded the John Knight Fellowship for Journalists at Stanford University. I am now based in Paris and continue to work as a writer and a photographer both for corporate and news events. I am currently training at documentary filmmaking. Education: Masters from Columbia Journalism University Graduate School of Journalism. Masters of Neurobiology from the University of Paris

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Catherine Field is an award winning journalist whose expertise covers radio, television and print media. Catherine has lived in France since 1999. Prior to that she was based in Hong Kong, where she was China Correspondent for The Observer newspaper. From 1986 until 1993 she was the Berlin correspondent for The Observer. Catherine was awarded a silver medal at the New York International Festival of Radio for her reporting of the lead up to and the eventual fall of the Berlin Wall; she was runner-up in the New Zealand Canon Media Awards 2015 in the category 'best innovation in storytelling' for coverage of the anniversary of ‘The Rainbow Warrior’ attack, published in June 2015; also runner-up in the New Zealand Radio Awards 2015 in 'best coverage of a news story' for 'The Paris Attacks,' 13 November 2105. She began her career with the BBC in London; firstly with BBC World Service news and then BBC-2 TV current affairs 'Newsnight' programme. She covered the handover of Hong Kong, fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union. She has travelled on numerous occasions to North Korea, Burma, Tibet and Albania. She is a frequent contributor to French, Canadian and American television.

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I am a quadrilingual (Russian, Mandarin, French, English) freelance reporter and broadcast journalist with an interest in China, Russia, international affairs, investigative journalism and the arts. I am currently working at France 24 as a field reporter and news package producer, as well as AFP global news agency as a video producer and video journalist. I have covered such events as the Ukraine/Russia war from Moscow, the anti-pension reform protests and youth riots in France, mass exodus of Nagorno-Karabakh population, Afghan girls schools and the FIFA World Cup 2022. Alongside news I have also produced and reported in a documentary series on Sino-British history and cultural ties, and have filmed and produced a documentary on UK universities' financial dependence on Chinese students. I am proficient in Avid, Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe Audition. I script, edit and shoot news reports on industry-standard cameras and frequently go out in the field to do live reports. I am a quick learner with a good worth ethic and deliver high-quality work on time. My academic background have given me profound knowledge in both Asian and European politics and cultures.

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A journalist and editor based in Paris, I'm a contributing editor to Publishing Perspectives, and write for various newspapers and magazines including the International New York Times and CNN. I was books editor for Harper’s Bazaar Art until 2013. A former commissioning editor at Saqi Books I was also executive editor of Alef, a London-based culture, lifestyle and fashion magazine about the Middle East. I've reported for Beirut’s Daily Star from London and Paris since 2001. I was editor-in-chief of World Media in Paris, where I put together a magazine published by a group of twenty-six newspapers worldwide, and was a staff member at both Vanity Fair and CBC/Radio Canada in New York. Random House published my translation of Lamia Ziadé’s Bye Bye Babylon in 2011, I've written several books on Paris published by Dorling Kindersley and Flammarion. Editions Textuel (France) and Saqi Books (London) published Keep Your Eye on the Wall: : Palestinian Landscapes, which I co-edited, in 2013.

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Kyle G. Brown is a journalist who has reported, written and commentated for a number of media outlets, including the BBC, France Télévisions, France 24, CBC, The Globe and Mail and Toronto Star. Kyle did a series of reports for TV, radio and print on illegal, industrial fishing across African waters. He has unearthed stories of Mexican migrant workers lured to promising pastures in Canada only to find low pay, high rent and the economic misery they had tried to escape; street children in South Africa who are swept out of cities by the authorities and subjected to physical and sexual abuse; elderly Canadians whose adult children appropriate their assets and clean them out; a village of squatters in Denmark who have fought the government for decades to remain independent – in the middle of Copenhagen, and more.

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As a documentary filmmaker, I produce and direct compelling stories that explore the complex realities and challenges of our world. I combine journalistic rigour, cinematic sensibility and compelling narrative structure to create work that is both accessible and in-depth. I've undertaken projects on the ground in diverse locations, including Sudan, Ethiopia, Egypt, Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, Chad, Cameroon, Morocco, Tunisia, the Gaza Strip, and aboard a rescue ship in the Mediterranean. I leverage an array of cameras, including the C70, C300, FS5, FS7, and FX6, demonstrating a profound cinematic and aesthetic sensibility while embracing an intimate documentary style. My work has been featured on Al Jazeera, Arte, BBC, NRK, RAI, RTS, SVT, The New York Times, ZDF, and more.

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I am a multimedia producer who have been working for a number of media (print, radio, television and web) channels, in order to try new formats and understand better digital storytelling. I have been in charge of the video department of Courrier International (a weekly magazine owned by Le Monde) since 2014. With my team, I produce videos designed for the web, animated infographics with motion design and conduct live interviews on social media, to analyse international news and get the insights from the international media. I also teach digital storytelling in various journalist schools in France. Previously I have been part of the video team of Le Monde where I published videos, articles, long-forms and a web-documentary on Russian activists, which helped me win the Monde Academie prize. I also used to work as a Digital Producer at Discovery Channel in London.

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Shafi Karimi is an award-winning multimedia journalist and writer who has been covering Afghanistan for the past 8 years, including reporting on the 2021 Taliban takeover. He is now based in France, and works for a range of international outlets, including France24 Television, Vice news, Mail Online, Nikkei Asia and UAE-based Akhbar Alaan. Shafi was previously based in Kabul where he reported for RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi on television and radio, as well as TOLO News and Ariana News. He has covered the conflict in Afghanistan, the 2020 US withdrawal agreement, women’s rights and the threat from the Islamic State. Recent stories he has covered include the secret life of women soldiers and how lesbians are surviving Taliban rule, and he contributes regularly to Afghan social media forums.

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