Kouross Esmail
Iranian-born
Kouross has been a member of the Big Noise Films Collective since 2007.
His international and domestic news
dispatches and documentary work have appeared on MTV, Current TV, Al Jazeera
and Democracy Now, among others. A
board member of the Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association, his
co-production of the documentary on Iraq for MTV's True Life won the RTNDA’s Edward L. Murrow Prize for Best
Television Documentary in 2005. Kouross’ last production with Big
Noise, Yo Soy el Army:
America’s New Military Caste, details the heightened recruitment of
Latinos by the U.S. military. It debuts next month. Kouross is currently
finishing his doctorate in media studies at New York University.
Omar
Hakim
Omar has worked in both commercial and independent film development. He was most recently part of the film financing team at the Doha Film Institute, awarding grants to filmmakers from the Middle East and North Africa region. Previously, Omar worked in literary development for New Regency Productions and in the story department at Paramount Pictures. Omar received a BFA in documentary film from UCLA.
Omar has worked in both commercial and independent film development. He was most recently part of the film financing team at the Doha Film Institute, awarding grants to filmmakers from the Middle East and North Africa region. Previously, Omar worked in literary development for New Regency Productions and in the story department at Paramount Pictures. Omar received a BFA in documentary film from UCLA.
Suha Araj
Artist and
filmmaker Suha Araj is often found overhearing, watching, or telling a story.
Her work explores the displacement of immigrant communities and her passion
lies in bridging cultures. Her short film, I am Palestine screened at
festivals internationally and is used as an educational tool. She served as a
story advisor to the Sundance selection, Slingshot HipHop and produced
the narrative short, Fruition. Installation art (Displacement, Inshallah
Falasteen, Buried in Michigan) and acting (Chocolate in Heat, Suitcase) have
inspired her storytelling in new mediums. Her latest feature script, Khsara explores
the humor created from the contrast of cultural expectations. Khsara has
been developed with RAWI and the Sundance Screenwriters Lab, Torino Film
Lab, Dubai Film Connection, EAVE, and IFP No Borders 2011. Khsara was
also selected for the inaugural Emerging Visionaries program from IFP,
the Lincoln Center and the Royal Bank of Canada. This February participated in
the Berlinale Talent market and Talent Campus. For seven
years Suha was part of the film selection committee of the Arab Film Festival
in San Francisco and has also served on the LunaFest Board of Advisors. She is
a cofounder of DivineCaroline.com, a publishing platform for women to tell
their stories.
Ariana Allensworth is from Northern California. She attended Fordham University graduating in 2009. She was accepted into an AmeriCorps program and placed at New Design High School. She was hired after her internship by Urban Arts Partnership to develop a new program at the school that targets low attendance and low overall school engagement through counseling, academic advisement, art classes and family involvement. Her work ranges from classroom media instruction and one-on-one student advisement to after-school programming. Her advice, “Never underestimate the power of human connections!”
Ariana Allensworth is from Northern California. She attended Fordham University graduating in 2009. She was accepted into an AmeriCorps program and placed at New Design High School. She was hired after her internship by Urban Arts Partnership to develop a new program at the school that targets low attendance and low overall school engagement through counseling, academic advisement, art classes and family involvement. Her work ranges from classroom media instruction and one-on-one student advisement to after-school programming. Her advice, “Never underestimate the power of human connections!”
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