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Ricky Sutton is a career journalist who made a move into digital early. He has now spent 15 years working with and for leading media companies in Australia, the US and the UK including News Corp, Fairfax Media, Microsoft and others. Four years ago, he founded Fairfax's video on demand network smh.tv and has since worked in the forefront of the VOD industry. .tv is now one of Australia and New Zealand's largest VOD destinations, available on 16 devices enjoying rights deals with more than 100 content providers including the BBC, Endemol, Fremantle, CNN right down to individual film makers.

Miriama BONO is in charge of the organization of the FIFO ( documentary film festival in Tahiti) since 2011. She is also a painter , an architect , and she is involved in cultural events in French Polynesia.

Jeni McMahon joined Film Victoria as Development and Investment Manager in July 2013. Prior to this she was Managing Director of Rebel Films where she produced a diverse range of highly successful, award winning documentaries with a uniquely Australian focus.  Jeni has worked with several of Australia’ s most established documentary filmmakers as well as nurturing several award winning emerging directors.

Recent  credits include  "Then the Wind Changed" winner of the 2013 AACTA Award for Best Documentary under one hour and the 2012 Walkley award for Documentary and Coniston, winner of the 2012 ATOM award for best dramatised documentary. 

films and casting TEMPLE pty ltd Producer/Director appointed as an Australia Day Ambassador and nominated as one of the 50 most powerful & influential film professionals in Australia, Anupam Sharma is a film maker, author, reality TV judge, and Australian consultant on Indian cinema. Recently appointed as the head of Australia India Film Fund, Anupam holds a Bachelor's and Master's degrees in film, TV, & Theatre from UWS and UNSW along with a thesis on Bollywood. He was the main judge and advisor of Australia's first India centric reality show Bollywood Star on SBS and commissioned to make the documentary Indian Aussies for Australian National Maritime Museum. Apart from developing his own documentary & feature film projects, Anupam is also co producing Australian features with Bill Bennett and John Winter, is a speaker on India Australia film/media links, and advisor to a number of government and private organisations on issues related to Indian cinema.

Beginning at Film Australia in 1989, Fiona built strong relationships with the independent production sector and content buyers. As Content Sales Manager at SBS, Fiona worked with producers to sell completed programs and helped secure presales and other market interest. Establishing her consultancy business Fi‚'sAbility in 2009, Fiona worked with producers to maximise the commercial opportunities for their content and explore new business opportunities. Now working as the Content Sales and Acquisitions Manager at Flame Distribution, Fiona and her team represent factual content from independent producers into all markets worldwide.

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Born in China. After graduating from a university in Japan, Cui joined Fuji Television, the largest commercial broadcaster in Japan. At Fuji TV, Cui worked at the News department as a reporter and covered numerous national issues and news for 12 years. Cui took on a new position in the International Department last year. Since then she has been immersing herself in the field of co-production which she finds very exciting and rewarding. Blessed with many encounters with the industry’s experts and professionals at the international documentary festivals and with her Chinese-language ability, Cui recently completed a documentary co-production with a Taiwanese partner. The program was aired just this past summer. She hopes to meet more new friends and continue working on more international co-production projects.