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Valentin Thurn 1963-ban született Stuttgartban, jelenleg házas és három gyermek apukája. Thurn szellemi atyja és rendezője számtalan televíziós dokumentumfilmnek, amelyek a következő csatornákon futottak: a német ARD és ZDF, a francia-német Arte, a Deutsche Welle TV, a Transtel, a Swiss Television DRS, valamint helyi csatornákon, mint a SWR, WDR, NDR, BR, ORB és a HR. 2003-ban megalapította filmprodukciós cégét, a THURN FILM-et, amelynek központja a németországi Kölnben található. Thurn szerzőként publikált a Die Woche, a Die Zeit, a Natur & Kosmos és a Merian magazinok hasábjaira, illetve rádióadásoknak is a szellemi atyja. Különböző témákban írt könyveket, publikált az elsivatagosodásról WüstenErde címmel, a kelet-európai környezeti kérdésekről Klessenfeind Natur címmel, illetve nevéhez fűződik a Directory of Environmental NGO’s in Central and Eastern Europe című munka. A következő nemzetközi konferenciákon és workshopokon találkozhatunk vele oktatóként: a Goethe Intézetben Mumbaiban, a Miguel Alemán Alapítvány keretében Mexikóvárosban, az Ökoturizmus kongresszuson Johannesburgban, a Guayaquilon Ecuadorban, az RTL Journalistenschule-on Németországban, Ecopresscenter keretében Macedóniában, Third World Journalists Networkön és a The Ethics in Economy Networkön Németországban, a Fachhochschule-on Kölnben és az International Congress of Investigative Journalists konferecián a 2008-as lillehammeri események helyszínén Norvégiában. Thorn tagja az International Federation of Environmental Journalists alapítóbizottságának, és általános titkári pozíciót is ellátott a szervezetnél 1993-tól 2001-ig. Ezenfelül tagja a Reporters without bordersnek, a Netzwerk Recherche-nek (nyomozói tudósító hálózat) és az AGDOK-nak (német dokumentumfilmes egyesület).

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Alexander Kvatashidze was born in 1977 in Tbilisi, Georgia. In 1996 he graduated from Nikoladze Art College with a qualification as a sculptor. In 2001 he earned his BA degree in Art and Humanities at Tbilisi State University. In 2005-2006, Kvatashidze studied at the film department of California State University in San Jose. Since 2006 Alexander has worked as a director, DoP or producer on various projects, most of which were documentaries. He founded Lokokina Studio in 2009.

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Valentin Thurn was born in 1963 in Stuttgart, Germany. He is married and has three children. Thurn has directed and authored television documentaries for the national German channels ARD and ZDF, the French-German channel Arte, the international channels Deutsche Welle TV and Transtel, the regional channels SWR, WDR, NDR, BR, ORB and HR, and the Swiss Television, DRS. In 2003 he founded the film production company, THURN FILM, in Cologne, Germany. Thurn has written radio features and articles for magazines such as Die Woche, Die Zeit, Natur & Kosmos, and Merian. He has also published the books WüstenErde on desertification, Klassenfeind Natur on environment in Eastern Europe, and the Directory of Environmental NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe. He has taught at international congresses and workshops including: the Goethe Institute in Bombay, India; Foundation Miguel Alemán in Mexico City; Ecotourism congresses in Johannesburg, South Africa; Guayaquil, Ecuador; RTL Journalistenschule in Germany; Ecopresscenter in Macedonia; Third World Journalists Network in Germany; The Ethics in Economy Network of Germany; Fachhochschule Köln (University Cologne, Germany); and the 2008 International Congress of Investigative Journalists in Lillehammer, Norway. Thurn has served as a member of the founding board of the International Federation of Environmental Journalists (IFEJ), and Secretary General from 1993 until 2001. He is also a member of Reporters Without Borders, Netzwerk Recherche (investigative reporter’s network), and AGDOK (the German association of documentary filmmakers).

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Yossi Aviram, born in Jerusalem in 1971, is an Israeli writer and director. A graduate from the Sam Spiegel Film & Television School of Jerusalem, Yossi Aviram splits his career between his work as a director of photography and his own films. In 1998, the Year of Israel in France, he participated in a cultural exchange with the well-known French film school, La fémis. He directed his second short film, ANNA during the four weeks he spent in Paris. His first feature, The Dune, won Best First Feature Film Award at Haifa Film Festival, and has also been selected for San Sebastian, San Francisco and other film festivals.

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