The Wanted 18

In his 40-year career as a filmmaker, Paul Cowan has never been one to shy away from controversy. He’s chronicled the rise and fall of renegade billionaire Robert Campeau (Double or Nothing), followed Dr. Henry Morgentaler on his controversial abortion crusade (Democracy on Trial), dramatized wrongly-convicted murderer Donald Marshall’s landmark battle against Nova Scotia’s justice system (Justice Denied), and stirred up a storm of controversy in the Canadian Senate with a hotly-contested docudrama about First World War flying ace Billy Bishop (The Kid Who Couldn’t Miss).

Natalie Cloutier has worked consecutively with three NFB teams: Studio A, the international co-production unit and the Quebec Studio’s French program. After completing production studies in the documentary program at INIS (Institut national de l’image et du son), she joined the team working on GDP – Measuring the human side of the Canadian economic crisis, a documentary website dealing with the many repercussions of the economic crisis. A producer with NFB’s French Program since November 2010, she has produced interactive works as well as documentaries.

Amer Shomali uses fine art, digital media and technology as sociopolitical tools for change. After studying at the Van Art School in Canada, he completed an MFA in Animation at Bournemouth, UK. One of the founders of Zan Studios in Ramallah, Amer works as an animator and illustrator of children’s books, posters, and multimedia productions. His work has been exhibited in galleries across the Middle East and Europe. Amer’s short film "Dying of the Light" was screened in the UK, Belgium, Lebanon, and Palestine.

Dar Films · Ramallah, Palestine

Dominique Barneaud has been producing television and theatrical films for 20 years. As a producer, he created Kalamazoo Films, a Paris-based production company in 1992. He joined AGAT Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo in 2000, where he produced many feature films, TV dramas and documentaries. He joined Bellota Films, a company he created in 2009 with partner Hind Saih, to produce new television and theatrical films. Dominique’s films have played in major international festivals including Cannes, Toronto and Locarno.

For more than 25 years, Ina Fichman has been producing award-winning documentaries, fiction films, youth series, and is one of Canada's pioneers in cross-platform media projects. In collaboration with partners worldwide, Ina has co-produced films which have been premiered at international festivals, distributed in theatres in Canada and the United States, and broadcast on major networks including CBC/Radio-Canada, Arte, Canal Plus and PBS.