Born in Istanbul, Arpiar has enjoyed a long and successful career in electrical engineering and construction in New York City— but his true passions have always included cinema, art, history, human rights and environmental conservation. He currently lives in Huntington, New York.  

Christopher Wheatley is a former executive in international banking, whose career spanned in New York, Europe and the Middle East.  His first passion was in film and theater.  He is a graduate of Brandeis University, where he initially trained in directing, gaining an early experience acting/directing Off-Off Broadway in association with the playwright Israel Horovitz, and working as an assistant producer to Otto Preminger in New York.  In later years, he collaborated with theater companies as well as Jack Garfein and the late John Berry on various studio and production projects in Paris.

Writer, actor and Visiting Fellow at Southampton Solent University, United Kingdom.Member Crime Writers Association, U.K. and Mystery Writers of America U.S.A.

Elda Khanamirian Awad is an award winning Producer with twenty years experience working in advertising and television content for broadcasters and production companies trained in London and worked in Europe and the Middle East. A graduate in Film, she is passionate about making Media a force of good. She is currently living and working in Dubai, UAE.

Born and raised in Egypt to Egyptian parents and lived in New York for 5 years during the 80’s.  Currently, teaching Community Psychology at the American University in Cairo (AUC).  Naela’s whole career developed around social and community development in Egypt, strengthened by her background in Social Psychology and a deep understanding of cultural and social issues advancing civic and citizen engagement.  Well-versed in both the Northern and Southern cultures, her insights and inherent artistic passion drive her outlook on current global transformation.   

Documentary filmdirector Sonia Herman Dolz (Madrid 1962) has been living in The Netherlands since 1965. In 1993 her first feature length documentary 'Romance de Valentía', about the art of bullfighting, received several awards at international film festivals. ‘Lágrimas Negras’, (1997) about the senior Cuban musical band ‘La Vieja Trova Santiaguera’ touring through Europe, became an internationally acclaimed hit.Since then Sonia directs a new documentary every two years, mostly about Arts and Culture. Sonia has been a jurymember at many International Film festivals.  Retrospectives: 2005 at the International Film Festival of Seville, 2007 at Documenta Madrid, 2008 at l’ Alternativa, Independent Film Festival Barcelona.