2019

Samir Hulileh born in Kuwait in 1957, is considered one of Palestine's leading business people and is the Ex-Chief Executive Officer of Palestine Development and Investment Ltd. (PADICO). He represents PADICO HOLDING on several boards of subsidiary companies, including Palestine Telecommunications Group (PALTEL), Palestine Securities Exchange (PSE), Palestine Real Estate Investment Company (PRICO), and Palestine Mortgage and Housing Corporation (PMHC). He is also Chairman of Jericho Gate Real Estate Investment. 

Hani Kort holds a BA in Civil Engineering & Architecture and a Masters in Management from the USA. He’s currently the elected Chairman of the Palestinian Shipper’s Council and member of the  Palestinian Private Sector Coordination Council. Mr. Kort is the founder and Managing Director of DARB Ltd. Group of Companies specializing in the supply of engineering equipment that serves the water and sanitation infrastructure in both Palestine and Jordan.In 2000 he established with filmmaker Najwa Najjar Ustura Films Ltd.

Hussein Owda is a Palestinian film producer. He has extensive experience in Multimedia project management and is a former CEO for Zaitoon for Animation and Video Games. He and teaches multi-media at university level. Hussein hopes that GazaGraph will encourage dialogue and foster community links through giving insight into the ways in which Gaza has been documented across the decades.

Ahmad Junaid Sorosh-Wali is Officer-in-Charge and Head of Office at the UNESCO National Office for Palestine, where he was the Head of Culture Unit since 2013. In 2005, he was appointed as Focal Point for Western, Nordic, Baltic and South-East Mediterranean Europe at World Heritage Centre before joining UNESCO Ramallah Office. Ahmad holds a master’s degree in Architecture (DPLG) and another in Heritage Conservation and Management in the Middle East and Maghreb.

Jennifer Kushner is the Director of Artist Development at Film Independent, a leading nonprofit arts organization based in Los Angeles. Jennifer oversees Labs for writers, directors, producers, and documentary filmmakers; Film Independent’s signature mentorship program, Project Involve; and the Fiscal Sponsorship and Grants programs. She was instrumental in designing Global Media Makers, a cultural exchange program that fosters relationships between American and international film professionals, in which she oversaw initiatives across the Arab World and Turkey.

Lina Bokhary is the Head of the Cinema Department at the Palestinian Ministry of Culture since 2015. She manages and supports ongoing programs to develop and create a platform for a film industry in Palestine. As the director of the Cinema Department she seeks to revive the film culture in the Palestinian community through working with cooperating partners and the private sector. 

Reem has been managing The Jordan Film Fund since late 2017 organized through the Royal Film Commission, further to her work as a consultant to two regional training programs; Rawi and Med Film Factory. In addition to engaging in multiple film schemes as an expert, jury and panelist.
Earlier, Bader was the Director of the non-for-profit Creative Documentary Platform and Minaa Scheme 2014-2018. Being a visual artist, Bader is an advocate for inventive arts and film and their ability to endure not only individuals’ but also collective progressive impact to the world we live in.

Born in  Munich, Germany. After  concluding  studies  of   Sociology and Communication Sciences in Munich  and Berlin  University she worked  as  a journalist for several newspapers in Germany  and  for  the US radical magazine  “Ramparts”. Monica is an independent filmmakers ever since the 60s and between  1977 and 1982 she made films in cooperation with the Palestinian Cinema Institution and the Information Dept.of the PRCS.

Legal Advisor and Head of the Legal Department in Nablus, she’s a founding member of the Women's Coalition for Justice and Equality (Iradah). Represented several human rights and women's organizations in several international conferences, and a member of the Higher Advisory Committee for the Safe Homes in the West Bank.