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Luis Ortega

Born in 1980, in Buenos Aires. At the age of three, his family moved to the United States. He returned to Buenos Aires at the age of 15, at that time that he also became interested in film and theatre. He studied philosophy, screenwriting and went to film school. At the age of 19, he started writing the screenplay for Black Box. Also works for the advertising market.

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Apitchatpong Weerasethakul

JoeBorn in 1970, Bangkok. He grew up in Khon Kaen, a small city in the northeast of Thailand. He has a degree in Architecture from Khon Kaen University and an M.F.A. in Filmmaking from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has been making films and videos since the early 90s. He is one of the few filmmakers in Thailand who has worked outside the strict Thai studio system.

Asa Mader

Asa mader - lepiBorn in the USA in 1975. Graduated from the Brown University where he created an independent degree of studies in Visual and Digital Media. In 1997, he co-founded a New York-based design studio specializing in digital and interactive design for fashion and luxury companies. Since 2002, he has been working independently as a filmmaker, sharing his time between New York and Paris. The Malady of Death is his first narrative film.

Takeshi Kitano

Takeshi KitanoBorn in 1947, Tokyo. He was attracted to theatre in the early '70s, he is still referred to by his stage name 'Beat Takeshi' and is known as one of the leading comedians in Japan. An eclectic character: anchor man, sports commentator, critic, novelist and songwriter.

Girish Kasaravalli

Girish KasaravalliBorn in1947 in Malnad, province Kamtaka, in South India. His mother tongue is minority Kannadian. As a boy he acquainted himself with film through the touring cinema, which occasionaly stopped in their village. When his uncle gave him books on Indian cinema and when he saw a landmark film Samskara (1970), directed by P. R. Reddy, he decided to study film. He registered as a student at the Film and Televison Istitute of India in the year 1972.

Ali-Reza Amini

aminiBorn 1970, in Tehran, Iran. Ali Reza Amini holds a degree in theater directing and also has experience as an actor. He made his first steps into the film industry in the early 90s. Avid for new experiences, he works on 8mm, 35mm and video. He worked as assistant director on two films by Bahman Ghobadi, Living in the Mist (1999) and Time of Drunken Horses (2000). He directed 20 short and documentary films which have been screened and won awards at international festivals.

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More information on the upcoming 3rd edition of the Isola Cinema Film Festival, which will take place in Izola, Slovenija between May 26th - May 31st 2006, will be available in spring 2006. In the meantime, you are kindly invited to check our festival archives and photo galleries to get a taste of what went on!

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