FLORENTINA CIUVERCĂ Florentina Ciuvercă is a Journalism graduate of „Al.I.Cuza“ University in Iasi and she has attended the Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal, during a Socrate-Erasmus Scholarship in Cinema Studies. She has four years experience in cultural journalism, contributing to Evenimentul zilei magazine, and she is a founder and editor of the online publication filmreporter.ro. As a correspondent from Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival and TIFF, she has interviewed famous personalities, such as Francis Ford Coppola, Emir Kusturica, Guillaume Depardieu, Salman Rushdie, Philippe Claudel or Dennis Hopper. Florentina Ciuvercă a absolvit jurnalismul la Universitatea „Al.I.Cuza“ din Iaşi, a studiat filmologia la Universidade da Beira Interior din Portugalia, în timpul unei burse Socrate-Erasmus, are experienţă de patru ani în domeniul cultural, scriind pentru Evenimentul zilei, şi este de asemenea fondator şi editor al publicaţiei online de cinema filmreporter.ro. Corespondentă la Festivalul de la Cannes, la Festivalul de la Veneţia şi la TIFF, este autoare a unor interviuri cu Francis Ford Coppola, Emir Kusturica, Guillaume Depardieu, Salman Rushdie, Philippe Claudel sau Dennis Hopper.
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DAVID COLLINS David Collins runs Samson Films, one of Ireland’s leading independent film companies. Notable recent credits include the Oscarwinning musical Once (2006) and Eden (2007), which won Eileen Walsh the best actress award at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2007. Through his television company Accomplice TV, David has produced the multiple award-winning television drama series Bachelors Walk and Pure Mule and the comedy diary Dan and Becs for RTE Television. Samson Films productions have been presented and received awards at numerous important film festivals. David is a board member of Screen Producers Ireland and a founding director of the Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin. He is also a member of the European Film Academy. David Collins este directorul renumitei companii de producţie independente Samson Films, din Irlanda. Palmaresul producţiilor recente include musicalul Once (2006), premiat cu Oscar, şi Eden (2007), cu care Eileen Walsh a câştigat premiul pentru Cea mai bună actriţă la Festivalul de Film Tribeca în 2007. Împreună cu compania sa de televiziune Accomplice TV, David a produs multipremiatele seriale Bachelors Walk şi Pure Mule şi serialul de comedie Dan and Becs, difuzat de RTE. Producţiile Samson Films au fost premiate la numeroase festivaluri de film importante. David este membru al Producătorilor Irlandezi de Film, director fondator al Lighthouse Cinema din Dublin şi membru al Academiei Europene de Film.
ANDREI CREŢULESCU Andrei Creţulescu was born in 1974. A Foreign Languages graduate, he contributed to several of the best-known Romanian magazines as a film and music critic – Re:publik, Esquire, Time Out. He began working for HBO Romania in 1999, he became Senior Writer/Producer in 2004, since 2006 he is consultant for the acquisition of Romanian films and in 2009 he was appointed Creative Manager. He produced În derivă, HBO Romania’s first original series and 7 original HBO documentaries, including The World according to Ion B. – the 2010 International Emmy Award winner for Best Arts Programming. Besides his jury duty in various film festivals, since 2005 he is a jury member of the HBO/TIFF National Script Contest and since 2008 is the Artistic Director of the Bucharest International Film Festival. Andrei Creţulescu s-a născut în 1974. Absolvent al Facultăţii de Limbi Străine, a scris critică de film şi muzică pentru câteva dintre cele mai cunoscute publicaţii româneşti – Re:publik, Esquire, Time Out. Din 1999 lucrează la HBO România ca Writer/Producer, din 2004 ca Senior Writer/Producer, din 2006 este consultant în materie de achiziţii filme româneşti, iar în 2009 a devenit Creative Manager. A produs În derivă, primul serial original HBO România, şi şapte documentare originale HBO, între care Lumea văzută de Ion B. – premiul Emmy International 2010 la categoria Arts Programming. Pe lângă prezenţa în juriile diverselor festivaluri de film, din 2005 face parte din juriul anual al Concursului Naţional de Scenarii HBO/ TIFF, iar din 2008 este director artistic al Festivalului Internaţional de Film Bucureşti (BUCHAREST IFF).