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Azza El-Hassan

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Azza El-Hassan is a winner of various film international awards such as, The ALEPH DOCUMENTARY AWARD, LUCHINO VISCONTI AWARD, JAZEERA JURY AWARD and the prestigious GRIERSON AWARD. Her work usually centers around narratives in the middle East with a special focus on the Palestinian war. Azza has a special interest in the use of visual archive, in films by nations who’s archive, has been destroyed or abducted. In 2019, she founded THE VOID PROJECT, a multi media art project, that aims to restore archival films, curate exhibitions and produce narratives that centres around archive and the effect of their abduction on narratives.
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Murray Cook

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Murray James Cook AM (born 30 June 1960 in Cowra, New South Wales) is an Australian vocalist, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as one of the founding members of the children's band The Wiggles. Cook is also a regular guest on the Australian TV show Spicks and Specks, with his good friend, host Adam Hills. As a member of the Wiggles, Cook wears a red shirt and serves as an instrumentalist and vocalist. He is considered the intellectual and analytical member of the group (something referred to in several episodes of their TV show), so he acts as mediator for their group decisions. When The Wiggles received honorary degrees from the Australian Catholic University, Cook gave the commencement speech to the graduates. Cook played the guitar in the late '80s bands Transistor and Finger Guns before joining the Sydney-based band Bang Shang a Lang. (He continued to play for this band in Sydney, when not on tour with The Wiggles.) When things did not work out in the music field for him, he returned to college and studied early childhood education at Macquarie University, where he met Anthony Field and Greg Page and formed The Wiggles in 1991. Cook's schtick in The Wiggles is an obsession with playing the guitar. He was conscious that he was probably the first guitarist children would see, and said, "I always think that if it inspires kids to play guitar later on that would be great. I think it would be really nice if in 15 years I read that somebody got into guitar playing because of the Wiggles. I know that would be fantastic." When asked what his favorite Wiggles song was, he stated, "'Play your guitar with Murray,' of course. When we play that song live I get to play like a rock 'n roll star." Cook's major musical influences are The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, and Eric Clapton. In 2008, Cook was named "the sixth best guitarist in Australia". Cook owns a collection of thirty vintage guitars. Onstage, he uses the Australian made Maton Mastersound 500 guitar. He also plays a '53 Gibson Les Paul gold top, '64 Fender Strat, James Burton Fender Telecaster, Maton Mastersound 500 and a more recent Les Paul at home or in the studio. The amplifiers he uses are the Marshall Head and Box Combo, the Fender Twin and a Bad Cat, which he bought while in the U.S. and said had a "great sound." Cook, whose nickname is "Muzz", or "Muzza", came up with The Wiggles' signature index finger-wagging move after watching professional bowlers do the move on television. Cook was made a Member of the Order of Australia on 26 January 2010 for service to the arts, particularly children's entertainment, and to the community as a benefactor and supporter of a range of charities. Description above from the Wikipedia article Murray Cook,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Rhianne Barreto

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Rhianne Gabrielle H. Barreto (born c. 1998) is a British actress. Her work includes the film Share (2019), the ITV drama Honour (2020), and as Rani Rekowski in the BBC One and Amazon Prime Video series The Outlaws (2021–). Rhianne Gabrielle H. Barreto was born in Kensington and Chelsea, one of nine children to mother Tracey Barreto, who is British, and father Ramsey Barreto, who was born in Iraq and is of Indian and Portuguese heritage. She attended Bishop Ramsey School, the National Youth Theatre and the BRIT School. In 2018, Barreto was named as one of the Screen International Stars of Tomorrow. She appeared in the 2019 Amazon Prime Video action drama series Hanna (2019) and won the Breakthrough Performance award at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival for her role in Share. Barreto co-starred alongside Keeley Hawes in the 2020 ITV drama series Honour, in which she played the sister of real-life murder victim Banaz Mahmod. She is one of the seven members of the ensemble cast in the comic crime thriller series The Outlaws, which premiered on BBC One and Amazon Prime Video in 2021. A second series, filmed concurrently, was released in June 2022, with a third series on 30 May 2024.
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Q052

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Q052 is the stage name of Quentin Condo, a Mi'kmaq rapper from Gesgapegiag, Quebec. He is most noted as a Felix Award nominee for Indigenous Artist of the Year at the 43rd Félix Awards in 2021. His stage name is derived from his first initial and the government bureaucratic code for Gesgapegiag. He released his debut album, Rez Life, in 2018, and followed up in 2019 with Qama'si. He released several singles in 2020 and 2021 before releasing three full-length albums, ImagiNation, The Storm, and The Calm, in 2022. ImagiNation received a nomination for Best Rap/Hip Hop Album at the 2022 GAMIQ Awards.
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Henry Jones

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Henry Burk Jones (August 1, 1912 – May 17, 1999) was an American actor of stage, film and television. Jones was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Helen (née Burk) and John Francis Xavier Jones. He was the grandson of Pennsylvania Representative Henry Burk. He attended the Jesuit-run Saint Joseph's Preparatory School. Jones is remembered for his role as handyman Leroy Jessup in the movie The Bad Seed (1956), a role he originated on Broadway. Other theatre credits included My Sister Eileen, Hamlet, The Time of Your Life, They Knew What They Wanted, The Solid Gold Cadillac, and Sunrise at Campobello, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play, and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Performance in a Drama. Jones appeared in more than 180 movies and television shows. His screen credits included The Girl Can't Help It, 3:10 to Yuma, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, Vertigo, Cash McCall, The Bramble Bush, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Dirty Dingus Magee, Support Your Local Gunfighter, and Arachnophobia. On television, Jones appeared in Appointment with Adventure, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Eleventh Hour, Channing, Phyllis, Night Gallery, Emergency!, Gunsmoke, The Twilight Zone, and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. He played Dr. Smith's cousin in a 1966 episode of Lost In Space, "Curse Of Cousin Smith," great acting by Henry, and R.J. Hoferkamp in the 1968 made-for-television western movie Something for a Lonely Man. Jones died in Los Angeles, California, at age 86, from complications from injuries suffered in a fall. Description above from the Wikipedia article Henry Jones (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Anish Jung Thapa

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Anish Jung Thapa is a multifaceted filmmaker, director, and content creator who has significantly shaped the digital storytelling landscape in Nepal. As the co-founder of Fun Revolution TV, he has been instrumental in creating a popular platform for short films and comedic content, often collaborating on projects that blend entertainment with social commentary. His work frequently features him in front of the camera as an actor while also managing the technical and creative direction behind the scenes. With a focus on visual storytelling that resonates with a younger audience, he has built a substantial presence as a digital influencer and director, contributing to the evolution of contemporary Nepali media through innovative web-based cinema and episodic series.
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Sean Connery

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Sir Thomas Sean Connery (August 25, 1930 – October 31, 2020) was a Scottish actor and producer. He won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award), and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films (every film from Dr. No to You Only Live Twice, plus Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again), between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables. His films also include Marnie (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Highlander (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000). Connery was polled in a 2004 The Sunday Herald as "The Greatest Living Scot" and in a 2011 EuroMillions survey as "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". He was voted by People magazine as both the “Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989 and the "Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999. He received a lifetime achievement award in the United States with a Kennedy Center Honor in 1999. Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama. On October 31, 2020, Connery died at the age of 90.
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Jena Malone

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Jena Malone (born November 21, 1984) is an American actress, musician, and photographer. She made her film debut in Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) and has appeared in films including Ellen Foster (1997), Contact (1997), Stepmom (1998), For Love of the Game (1999), Donnie Darko (2001), Life as a House (2001), Saved! (2004), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Into the Wild (2007), The Ruins (2008), Sucker Punch (2011), The Hunger Games film series (2013–15), The Neon Demon (2016), Nocturnal Animals (2016), and Antebellum (2020). Malone is also an indie pop musician who has released music both under her own name (as "Jena Malone and Her Bloodstains") and as one-half of the duo The Shoe.
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Maria Bakalova

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Maria Valcheva Bakalova (/bəˈkɑːləvə/ bə-KAH-lə-və; born 4 June 1996) is a Bulgarian actress. She has received various accolades, including a Critics' Choice Movie Award and nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe Award.  Born and raised in Burgas, Bakalova began her career in Bulgarian cinema while attending the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts. She mostly portrayed dramatic roles in films such as Transgression (2017), The Father (2019), Last Call (2020), and Women Do Cry (2021). She rose to prominence after starring in the 2020 mockumentary film Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.  Bakalova has since starred in films of various genres, including Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) and The Apprentice (2024). She has also had voice roles, including in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) as Cosmo the Spacedog and in the DC Universe series Creature Commandos (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Maria Bakalova, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Bálint Kenyeres

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Filmmaker born in 1976 in Budapest. After studying philosophy, film history, and film theory, he graduated as a film director from the Budapest Film and Theatre Academy in 2006. Since then, he has been a member of the European Film Academy. His film Closing Time premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was selected for more than 30 other festivals. His short Before Dawn was in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005, won a Jury Prize at Sundance, and received the European Film Academy Prix UIP for Best European Short in 2006. His third short, The History of Aviation, premiered at Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes in 2009 and was selected for 50 film festivals. Bálint’s first feature Hier, a European co-production, premiered in Competition at the Locarno Film Festival in 2018.
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