BOYD VAN HOEIJ Boyd van Hoeij is a freelance film writer. He is a contributing critic for U.S. trade paper Variety, the film editor of Winq (Netherlands) and Mate (UK/US) and a correspondent for European cinema portal cineuropa.org. He also regularly contributes to International Film Guide (UK), Filmkrant (Netherlands) and indieWIRE (US). His work has been published in ten languages including Romanian. His book 10/10, about ten contemporary Francophone Belgian directors, came out in September 2010. Boyd van Hoeij este critic de film freelance. Scrie pentru revista americană Variety, Winq (din Olanda) şi Mate (din Marea Britanie şi Statele Unite) şi este de asemenea corespondent al portalul european de cinema cineuropa.org. Colaborează regulat cu International Film Guide (UK), Filmkrant (Olanda) şi indieWIRE (SUA). Lucrările sale au fost traduse în zece limbi, inclusiv română. Cartea sa 10/10, despre zece regizori contemporani francofoni din Belgia a apărut în septembrie 2010.
RICHARD KWIETNIOWSKI Richard Kwietniowski is a writer-director, born in London. He studied literature (BA) and film (PhD) at the University of Kent at Canterbury, then became the first Visiting Research Scholar in Film at the University of California at Berkeley. His debut feature-film Love and Death on Long Island with John Hurt and Jason Priestley premiered in official selection at the Cannes Film Festival, and Owning Mahowny with Philip Seymour Hoffman and Minnie Driver at Sundance and Berlin Festivals. He has contributed to many European initiatives in screenwriting, he served on juries at the Ibiza Film Festival, Rodos Eco Festival, and has also attended the Balkan Fund jury at the Thessaloniki Film Festival since 2007. Richard Kwietniowski este scenarist şi regizor, născut în Londra. A studiat literatură şi film la University of Kent, Canterbury, şi a fost primul doctorand invitat la University of California, Berkeley, cu o bursă de cercetare în cinematografie. Primul său lungmetraj Love and Death on Long Island, cu John Hurt şi Jason Priestley, a avut premiera la Festivalul de Film de la Cannes, iar filmul Owning Mahowny, cu Philip Seymour Hoffman şi Minnie Driver, a fost prezentat la Sundance şi Berlin. Richard Kwietniowski a contribuit la programe de scenaristică europeană, a fost membru al juriilor la Festivalul de Film Ibiza, Rodos Eco Festival şi este membru al comisiei pentru Fondul Balcanic al Festivalului de Film de la Salonic din 2007.
ALEXANDRA OLIVOTTO Alexandra Olivotto is senior editor and film critic for the Evenimentul zilei daily newspaper. She has been a film critic for Cotidianul newspaper for five years, the last three of which she has also taken on the additional position of chief editor for the Culture department. For a short while she has been coordinating editor for GQ. She has been a contributing writer for several of the most important Romanian magazines, such as România literară, where she contributed both film and book reviews, Dilema veche, Adevărul, Ziarul de duminică and Observator cultural. She is a graduate in Philology of the Bucharest University, she followed History and English studies at Centre Universitaire de Luxembourg and postgraduate studies at Central European University. Alexandra Olivotto este senior editor şi critic de film la cotidianul Evenimentul zilei. A lucrat ca editor coordonator la GQ pentru scurt timp şi a fost vreme de cinci ani critic de film la Cotidianul, dintre care trei a fost şi şefa departamentului de cultură. A publicat în România literară (unde a deţinut câţiva ani rubrica dedicată cronicii de film, dar a contribuit şi cu recenzii de cărţi), Dilema veche, Adevărul, Ziarul de duminică şi Observator cultural. Alexandra a absolvit studiile Universităţii din Bucureşti, secţia de filologie, a urmat cursuri de istorie şi engleză la Centre Universitaire de Luxembourg şi cursuri postuniversitare la Central European University.
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