Amit Khanna is a triple National Film Award of India winning film lyricist-producer. A core member of Dev Anand’s production house, he has served as the executive producer of seven Hindi movies under its banner in the 70s and 80s. As a lyricist he has penned over 400 songs. He has co-authored several books including Encyclopædia Britannica’s Encyclopedia of Bollywood, and is now documenting the History of Indian Media & Entertainment. He has been named by ‘Time’, ‘Newsweek’, ‘Hollywood Reporter’, and ‘Variety’ as one of the global leaders of TV and film, and is credited with coining the term “Bollywood”.

Monita Borgohain is the festival director of the Guwahati International Film Festival; director of the Bhupen Hazarika Regional Government Film and Television Institute; secretary of the Jyoti Chitraban Film Studio, Govt. of Assam; and joint secretary to the Govt. of Assam (cultural affairs dept.). Additionally, she is a film producer. She has served on the jury of the Chalachitram National Film Festival and the Kautik International Film Festival.

Shalini Shah is the CEO of Akriti Productions & a National Award winner. She assisted Saeed Akhtar Mirza on his National Film Award of India winning film ‘Naseem’ and has done newsreels such as Uchalia Tribe for Films Division. She has served on the jury of IFFI and the National Film Awards of India. And is the artistic director of the Kautik International Film Festival.

Rajesh Shah is an FTII product in cinematography with degrees in science and law & an MBA. He has been the chief assistant cameraman of Naseem, Kabhi Pass Kabhi Fail, Choo Lenge Akash, Foto, Ek Hasina Thi, Johnny Gaddar, Naina, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, 3 Idiots, & Ek Choti Si Love Story. He is the festival director of the Kautik International Film Festival.

Judy Gladstone is the founder /executive director of the Ageless Film Festival, & has served as the Cultural Attaché at the Embassy of Canada in Israel /Palestinian Territories. She is the recipient of a Crystal Award, & a Maverick Award from the Female Eye Film Festival. Works she commissioned were acknowledged with a Prix de Jury de Cannes & an Oscar nomination.

Simone Mariani is an actor-writer-director-producer. Awards received: Best Italian Docu at Roma CineDoc for ‘A Journey on the Tabla’, and Critics Prize at Akab Film Festival 2006 for ‘Iram, The city by the High Columns’. He acted in the Hollywood film “Inferno” directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks.

Charlotte Summers, an AGT quarter-finalist, is the recipient of the following awards — Ganadora Big Talent , Malaga 2016; Mejor canción original – EuroKids 2017; Best Junior Singer – EuroKids 2017; Best Future Prospect at Eurokids 2017; Best International Singer (Junior) Orfeum 2017; and Japan’s No.1 Vs World’s No. 1, 2019. She has also featured in the Top 100 list of “Global Child Prodigy Awards 2020.”

Aleksandra Biernacka is a film curator /editor /journalist, presently associated too with the Gdynia Film School. She has served on several international film juries such as the Seattle International Film Festival, and has over two decades with a TV channel collaborating with the greatest Polish film directors including Andrzej Wajda, and introducing films to the Venice Film Festival, Berlinale, and the Oscars.

Tim Bragg, an Englishman living in France, is a writer-musician and the founder of two prominent organisations—the (now-ceased) cultural publication, ‘Steadfast’, and the environmental campaign group, ‘English Green’. He is the author-editor of a number of books. And a singer-songwriter who plays a variety of musical instruments. He specialises in the jazz drums. He is also the recipient of an Akademia Award for Best Rock/R&B Song.

Monjurul Islam Megh is a Bangladesh Government’s feature film fund winning screenwriter; poet; author /researcher; film curator; book house owner; founder /executive director of the Moral Education for the Growth of Humanity Foundation; and festival director of the Cinemaking International Film Festival. He writes for a variety of Bangladeshi papers, and has served on juries in the Philippines, South Korea, and Italy.