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Marcel Bersuder is the co-founder of docudays: Beirut International Documentary Festival. After finishing a degree in History of Societies (Lyon University) he received a diploma in Social Sciences (l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes) in Paris.

In 1976, He return to Beirut where he founded “Arab World Horizons) servicing several Arab and North-African governments in the documentary field.

As a photojournalist he reported the war in Lebanon for various European and American Televisions in addition to agencies such as: SIPA-Press.

In 1996 he covered the first gulf war.

Since then he has been involved in the production and distribution of documentary films.

Mr. Bersuder is now developing a Beirut based mega-project in the audio-visual field.

Kevin Toolis is a writer, filmmaker and the founder of manyriversfilms. Toolis is the author of a classic account of the Irish Troubles Rebel Hearts: Journeys Within the IRA’s Soul, a study of the IRA. Born in Edinburgh to Irish parents Toolis has lived and worked in the United States and Namibia and reported from all over the world. He also wrote screenplays for Universal Pictures. For a decade he worked as a magazine writer for the Guardian newspaper in London but also wrote for the New York Times Magazine and The Observer.

Toolis is an acknowledged terrorism expert and has studied and reported on conflicts in Africa, Ireland and the Middle East.

Toolis began making documentary films in the mid-nineties. His reporting and producing credits include Getting Away With Murder, The Devil Amongst Us, Circus Days, Circus Nights, Africa’s Schindler’s List, Anatomy of Attack, Cult of the Suicide Bomber, Car Bomb and The Big Heist.

His book “Rebel Hearts” is a detailed and revealing account of the psychological underworld of Irish Republicanism. Kevin Toolis has investigated the lives of men and women who, for the 25 years of the IRA’s war with Britain formed the backbone of its effort.

Habib Hammoud is the chairman and CEO of Fujeirah Media Inc. and CEO of Creative City at Fujeirah Media City. He graduated from Institute of Fine Arts/ Lebanese University in 1981, and began a career that influenced Arab media.

He acted in various theater plays directed by prominent directors in Lebanon, then moved on to act main roles in various International films ( Hors la Vie, Le Ballon d’Or, YOL- Der Weg ), and plays in France ( Cirque De Soleil under Peter Brook).

He is founder of Radio de Soleil and co-founder of Radio Orient. He also worked in Radio France and Radio Monte Carlo for a decade. Later he worked as Programs Development Manager at ART( Arab Radio & Television), Head of Programs at Abu Dhabi TV, established the first Communication Arts school in the UAE and launched the Doha Channel in Qatar for the Commemoration of The National Qatari Day.