Denise Jabbour is a Creative Producer from Beirut, Lebanon.
She started her career as the agency producer at TBWA/RAAD Dubai, United Arab Emirates, handling print, radio, and TVC productions for many prestigious brands.
After a few years, she moved back to Lebanon to work on storytelling.
She worked with Batoota Films and the BBC Trust Fund on Arabic web-drama series:
‘Shankaboot’ - It won the Reflet d’Or for Best Web Series at the Geneva International Film Festival in 2010 and the International Emmy Award in Cannes 2011.
‘Fasateen’ - It won The Grand Prix Du Jury at Marseille Film Festival.
Since 2009, she has been handling Middle East productions for “Visionaire Media” and “Layalina Productions”, working on projects such as "American Caravan", "Injaz", "Trading Places" and "On the Road in America".
In 2014, she created and produced "Zyara the Documentary Series", as the first creation of her humanitarian arts association “Home of Cine-Jam”, which she set up together with Muriel Aboulrouss.
Zyara won 45 international awards so far and a new season of 12 episodes will be produced every year.
Currently she is running the MENA Media Fund for “Visionaire Media” as the head of production and development in the Middle East. 2020 projects include: ‘Confessions of a Runner’, ‘Daughters of Darkness’, ‘Confessions from the War’ and ‘Project Soar’.
Through it all, she has been enjoying life fully, learning from every adventure she embarks on, working with amazing partners, surrounded by a passionate film crew, and most of all – at the end of each journey – delivering a beautiful story to audiences across the world.

Mehdi Hmili is a Tunisian director, screenwriter and producer. He studied cinema in Paris. He directed three short films in France about love and exile, X-Moment, Li-La and The Night of Badr. In 2016 he released his first feature film Thala Mon Amour, a love story that takes place during the Tunisian revolution. He co-founded Yol Film House with Moufida Fedhila in Tunis and produced several award-winning fiction films and documentaries in several international festivals. In 2019 he participated in La Fabrique of Cinémas du Monde at Cannes Film Festival with the feature documentary Fouledh. His second feature film Streams was selected in official competition and world premiere at the 74th Locarno Film Festival. The film won several awards such as, the Best Acting Performance at the 43rd Cairo International Film Festival, Special Jury Award at the 27th Kolkata International Film Festival and the Best Actress Award and Best Actor Award at the 38th Vues d’Afrique International Film Festival and Best Director Award at the 12th Malmö Arab Film Festival. Mehdi Hmili is part of the new wave of young Tunisian filmmakers and he is a major figure in the current Tunisian cinematographic landscape. His production company "Yol Film House'' plays an active role in supporting Tunisian talent and its productions have strong potential for co-production and international distribution. Mehdi Hmili is a Torino Film Lab Alumni and Film Independent Alumni. He lives and works between Tunis and Paris.

Nada Doumani has been working in media and communication for over three decades. She holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from the American University in Beirut. From 1992 to 1999, she worked as a print and radio journalist in Switzerland, reporting mainly on Middle Eastern issues. From 1999 to 2007, she was a Spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva, as well as in many conflict areas, including Iraq, Burundi and Kosovo. Doumani was a Board member at the Jordan Media Institute from 2009 until 2020. From 2008 to 2023, Doumani was the Communication and Cultural Programming Manager at the Royal Film Commission – Jordan (RFC) in Amman and still works at the RFC as an Advisor. She has done two short documentaries and edited a book. She served in several Juries in Arab and international film festivals.   Nada Doumani has co-founded the Amman International Film Festival – Awal Film and has been heading it since its first edition in 2020.