Arturo Uslar Pietri was a Venezuelan intellectual, historian, writer, television producer, and politician.
The IMO International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) was established in 1988 under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations. Its mission is to train specialists in maritime law. The Institute is currently headquartered in Malta, on the campus of the University of Malta.
Giulio Base is an Italian film director. He has received two doctorates, one in Literature and Philosophy and another in Theology, and has been a member of Mensa International since 1996.
Ruben Maria Soriquez is an Italian film actor, director and producer.
George Chiang is a Canadian writer, composer, producer, and actor. He is best known for creating the internationally acclaimed musical and film Golden Lotus. He has also authored several children's books, including The Railroad Adventures of Chen Sing, The Pioneer Adventures of Chen Sing, and The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey, which he co-authored. In addition to his literary endeavors, Chiang wrote and produced the album and music videos for A World Away.
Julio Chavezmontes is a renowned Mexican producer and screenwriter, winner of the Best Screenplay award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018 and twice nominated for the AMACC Ariel Award. He has produced more than 20 films, many of which have been screened at the world's leading film festivals, including Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, Venice, and Toronto, among others. His productions have received multiple accolades, most recently the Best Director Award (“Annette”) and the Jury Prize (“Memoria”) at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
Rodrigo Sorogoyen del Amo is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. His solo directorial debut Stockholm earned him a nomination for the Goya Award for Best New Director in 2014. For his short film Mother, Sorogoyen won the Goya Award for Best Fictional Short Film in 2018 and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film at the 91st Academy Awards. In 2019, Sorogoyen won the Goya Awards for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for The Realm, a feat he repeated in 2023 with The Beasts, which won a total of 9 awards at the 37th Goya Awards, including Best Film. The Beasts also won him the César Award for Best Foreign Film. He often works in tandem with Isabel Peña.
Caupolicán Ylich Ovalles Sequera,, is a Venezuelan film director, producer and screenwriter. He was president of the Venezuelan Chamber of Feature Film Producers, being a member of the Board of Directors of the Premios Platino del Cine Iberoamericano, and Venezuela’s representative before the Ibero-American Federation of Film and Audiovisual Producers, between the years 2013 - 2018.
Two Autumns in París is a 2019 Venezuelan-Canadian drama film directed by Gibelys Coronado, based on a novel of the same name by writer Francisco Villarroel.
Martyr is the second feature film by Lebanese writer and director Mazen Khaled. The film was selected for screening at the 74th Venice International Film Festival in the Biennale College - Cinema section, where it was nominated for the Queer Lion award, and at the 2018 SXSW in the Global section. Martyr was produced by Diala Kachmar of Artrip Production and is distributed in North America by Breaking Glass Pictures and in the UK by Peccadillo Pictures. Martyr was described by Indiewire as "One of the most under-appreciated films of 2018". It features a large ensemble cast led by Carol Abboud, Hamza Mekdad, and Moustafa Fahs.
Tamara is a 2016 Venezuelan film directed by Elia Schneider. The film is about a successful lawyer who takes the decision to start a gender transition. It is inspired by the life of Tamara Adrián, the first transgender person elected to the National Assembly of Venezuela and the second transgender member of a national legislature in the Americas. It became the highest-grossing film in Venezuela in 2016.
Opposite Direction is an Italian-Venezuelan film released in 2020, directed by Alejandro Bellame Palacios and starring Claudia Rojas, Christian González and Erick Palacios. It is based on the novel Blue Label by Eduardo Sánchez Rugeles. In the film "Eugenia, 30, is torn between fulfilling or not a promise she made 13 years ago to Luis, her brief and tragic adolescent love."
Martha Luna Medina is a Venezuelan fashion designer, stylist and television host. Her designs have been shown twice at the New York Fashion Week and she has hosted shows on Mira TV, Telemundo and DirecTV.
The Crossing is a 2020 documentary film directed by Colombian filmmaker Juliana Peñaranda-Loftus. The documentary focuses on the Venezuelan refugee crisis, particularly at the Colombia-Venezuela border and in Cúcuta.
La Soledad is a 2016 drama film and the directorial debut of Venezuelan filmmaker Jorge Thielen Armand. It premiered in the 73rd Venice International Film Festival. The production received the financial support of The Venice Biennale College and it is a co-production between Venezuela, Canada and Italy.
Jorge Thielen Armand is a film director, screenwriter and producer. He studied communications at Concordia University in Montreal, and later, with Rodrigo Michelangeli, founded the Canadian-Venezuelan film production company La Faena Films. He has directed two feature films, La Soledad and La Fortaleza, and the short film Flor de la Mar. All three films have received positive reviews from critics.
La Faena Films is a film production company founded in 2015, by the Venezuelan filmmakers Jorge Thielen Armand and Rodrigo Michelangeli. It operates both in Toronto and Caracas.
José Antonio Quintero Oliveros is a publicist, former professional soccer referee and sports executive. He is currently vice president of the Federación Venezolana de Fútbol (FVF).
Tango Bar is a 2024 film by Venezuelan director Gibelys Coronado, based on a novel of the same name by Francisco Villarroel, with cinematography by César Bolívar.
