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The advisors for 2013 edition are:  | Chinlin Hsieh
Advisor for Asian projects | Originating from Taiwan Chinlin Hsieh immigrated to France in 1988. Chinlin was first involved in filmmaking as assistant director for directors such as Hou Hsiao Hsien. She subsequently worked in production, acquisitions and sales for distinctive art house outfits such as Arena Films, The Coproduction Office, Celluloid Dreams and Soudaine Compagnie. Chinlin is currently a board member of the Hong Kong Asian Film Financing Forum and the Torino Film Fund. As a programmer at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, she is part of the Tiger Awards Competition selection committee.
 |  | Lucie Kalmar
Advisor for South American projects | Before getting into Wild Bunch Lucie Kalmar worked at Toronto Int Film Festival. Through her work at Wild Bunch, 2002-09, Lucie was in charge of the correspondence with festivals and markets and worked closely on over 200 films with programmers from major film festivals, producers and filmmakers. In between she created the production company MÔMERADE in 2005 and through this produced two short films and offered post-production services to producers as well as consulting to the European Film Market (Berlin) and the Marché du Film (Cannes). Lucie is currently attending Binger Filmlab with her first feature project as a producer, REY, by Niles Atallah.
 |  | Irit Neidhardt
Advisor for Middle Eastern projects | Irit Neidhardt is running mec film, a distribution company for films from the Middle East. She is world sales agent for films like The Shooter by Ihab Jadallah, Diary of a Male Whore by Tawfik Abu Wael, The One Man Village by Simon El Habre, or My Name is Not Ali by Viola Shafik. Irit is also European distributor of Like Twenty Impossibles by Annemarie Jacir, Make a Wish by Cherien Dabis and handles the German rights of Rana's Wedding by Hany Abu Assad and Tawfik Abu Wael's Atash, amongst others. She is the co-producer of The One Man Village and Gate #5 by Simon El Habre, Fidai by Damien Ounouri, associate producer of Recycle by Mahmoud Massad as well as Kamal Aljafari's Port of Memory. Irit Neidhardt is researching on cinema co-production between Europe and the Arab Middle East and published various articles on the related subjects. For DOCmed she compiled the Funding Guide for Arab Documentary Producers. |  |  |  |
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