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Mercedes Cabral
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Mercedes Cabral (born August 10, 1986) is a Filipino actress. She is best known for starring in Philippine arthouse and independent films, notably those by Brillante Mendoza such as Serbis, Kinatay, Captive, and Thy Womb. She also appeared in the South Korean film Thirst directed by Park Chan-wook. In 2021, she appeared in Huwag Kang Mangamba. She played the main antagonist role Agatha, a wicked stepmother of Joy, which is played by Francine Diaz. In 2016, she appeared in a Phil Giordano's award winning short film SUPOT.
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Maxim Khalil
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Maxim Khalil is a professional award-winning Syrian actor who has achieved considerable stardom in Syria and the rest of the Arab World. At a very young age, he was one of the first male ballet dancers in Syria. In his early 20's, he started his acting career, and within a few years, he was chosen by prominent directors in leading roles. Alongside his work in film and theatre, Maxim Khalil acted in more than 70 TV series, including the Emmy Award-winning Al-Ijtiyah (The Invasion), and appearing in 1,000+ episodes. After he was compelled to leave his home in Damascus in 2011, he started performing leading roles in pan-Arab TV series, expanding his stardom to Egypt, Lebanon, and the UAE, among others.
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Thodoris Papadimitriou
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He was born in Thessaloniki in 1978. He graduated with honors from the Department of Music Studies of the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and holds a Master of Music - MMus with specialization in Music Performance - Orchestra Conducting from the University of Hull, United Kingdom (class Dr Lee Tsang). He holds a diploma in Orchestra Conducting (Thessaloniki State Conservatory, Vladimir Symeonides class), a Cello diploma (Music College Conservatory, Michalis Liatsou class) and a Piano degree (Filippos Nakas Conservatory, Thanasis Bilili class). He also holds degrees in Fugue (Filippos Nakas Conservatory, Evangelia Kikos class), Counterpoint (Filippos Nakas Conservatory, Evangelia Kikos class) and Harmony (Music College Conservatory, Ioannis Barouta class). He has attended conducting seminars with Dominique Rouits, Manuel Hernández-Silva and Michael Dittrich and has conducted concerts in Greece and the United Kingdom.
He has composed original music for feature and short films, documentaries and commercials. He has co-written the composition of film music with Christos Gousios and also with the musical group The Prefabricated Quartet, with whom they have also accompanied live silent films with their own original music. He has composed music for a number of theatrical performances, having also undertaken the live performance of the music for some of them. His compositional work also includes educational works for children's and youth symphony orchestras.
He is the conductor of MOYSA, the Youth Symphony Orchestra of the Thessaloniki Music Hall, which he has conducted in numerous concerts, performances and also film music recordings. He directs the orchestras of the New Conservatory of Thessaloniki and has taken over the teaching and direction of the Choir of the Israelite Community of Thessaloniki.
As a cellist, he has numerous appearances in concerts, performances and shows. His discography includes the participation in the creation and performance of music for the two records of The Prefabricated Quartet as well as the participation as a performer in numerous recordings of other forms and creators.
From The School of Film of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
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Qays Sheikh Najib
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Qays Sheikh Najib is a Syrian actor who was born on June 15, 1977 in Damascus. His father was the actor Mohamed El Sheikh Najib, and his mother was a dancer in one of the popular arts troupes. He graduated from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1988, and appeared in a number of important dramas, including “Ayam Shamiya” (Levantine Days) in 1992, “El Teyr” (The Bird) in 1998, “Salah Eddine El Ayoubi” in 2001, “El Taghreeba El Filistiniya” (Palestinian Emigration) in 2004, “Ma Malakat Aymanukum” (The Harem) in 2010, “Zaman El Barghout” (Time of the Flea) in 2012, and “El Ikhwa” (The Brotherhood) in 2014.
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Wael Ramadan
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Wael Ramadan is a Syrian actor and director of Kurdish origin. He was born in Zabadani, Syria, on January 7, 1972. His parents died when he was young, and he was raised by his aunt and his three brothers. He studied law, but he did not complete and studied theatrical arts at Al-Hali Institute, and graduated in 1996. He starred in many roles such as in The Camel, Secrets of the City, The Last Flower, and Tomorrow Is Better. He is known for his love for music, as he plays 12 musical instruments. Wael recently turned to directing, where he directed a variety of series for the Kuwaiti Al-Watan TV.
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Franssou Prenant
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Franssou Prenant (born 8 November 1952 in Paris) is a French filmmaker, screenwriter, editor, actress and camera operator.
Prenant studied at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC). In 1974, she played a young Native American woman in Marco Ferreri's Don't Touch the White Woman!. Her first short film, Paradis perdu, was released in 1975. In 1977 she served as script supervisor on Robert Bresson's The Devil, Probably. From 1982 onwards, she worked as an editor for Raymond Depardon, notably on Faits divers, a documentary for which she received a nomination for the César Award for Best Editing.
Her own films have been selected at numerous festivals in France and abroad, including IndieLisboa (Portugal), the Viennale (Austria), the IFFR (Netherlands), EntreVues - Festival du film de Belfort, Côté court, and Visions du Réel (Switzerland).
Her most recent film, De la conquête, was selected in 2022 at the Rencontres du cinéma documentaire de Montreuil, the États généraux du film documentaire de Lussas, and FIDMarseille.
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Iyad Abu Al-Shamat
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A Syrian actor, born in Damascus. He graduated from the acting department at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus in 1996. He made his debut in the series A Nautical Kind of Love (1997), after which he participated in a large number of series such as Family Girls (2012), Under the Home Country's Sky (2013), and Omar ( 2012). He also has many contributions to dubbing and theater. Then, he turned to writing and wrote the series We Shall Meet Tomorrow (2015), which was a great success.
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Nadine Tahseeine Bek
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A Syrian actress who studied French literature at the University of Damascus. She is the daughter of Hossam Tahseen Baik and the sister of Rakan Tahseen Baik. Her mother is Romanian. She began acting in the series Levantine Days when she was eleven years old. Among her credits are Soft Thorns, Deer in the Forest of Wolves, and Medium Sugar. Her first directing experience was in 2014 through the short film Roznama, within the framework of her project to support youth cinema. The film won the Special Jury Prize at the Almuthanna Days for Arab Short Film Festival in Iraq. She married Syrian violinist Wassim Al Imam.
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Wafik Al Zaeem
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Wafik Al Zaeem is a Syrian actor from the city of Hammah, born in 1960. Throughout his career, Al Zaeem has worked mainly in television and radio series, including An Alley that Time Forgot, Algury's Alley. Wafik's breakthrough role was of Abu Hatim in the first five seasons of the famous Syrian television series The Alley Gate. Due to suffering from cancer, Wafik wasn't able to continue shooting his scenes in the rest of the series' seasons. Al Zaeem also wrote for television once in the series The Leader in 2011. He died of liver cancer on the 15th of March, 2014 at the age of 59.
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Barbara Palvin
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Palvin was born in Budapest. At an early age, Palvin took up football and singing, considering them her favorite hobbies. She was discovered on the streets of Budapest in 2006, at the age of 13. She shot her first editorial in the same year for Spur Magazine. Since, she's graced the covers of L'Officiel, Vogue Russia, and Glamour Hungary. Barbara made her runway debut as an exclusive for Prada during Milan Fashion Week in February 2010.She's modeled for Armani Exchange, H&M, Victoria's Secret, and in February 2012, she became an ambassador for L'Oreal Paris.
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