Three times Oscar® nominee Debra Winger made her feature film debut in THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY. It was her stunning breakthrough performance opposite John Travolta in URBAN COWBOY that then brought her to the world's attention. She received her first Oscar® nomination for her performance opposite Richard Gere in AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN. The second came for her funny and heartbreaking portrayal of ‘Emma' in TERMS OF ENDEARMENT. She starred alongside many of the industry's top talent including John Malkovich, Steve Martin, Billy Crystal, Arliss Howard and Dennis Quaid. Winger received a Golden Globe nomination for her role in A DANGEROUS WOMAN and her third Oscar nomination for her performance in Richard Attenborough's SHADOWLANDS opposite Anthony Hopkins. Most recently, Winger received critical acclaim and an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her pivotal role in Jonathan Demme's drama RACHEL GETTING MARRIED and recently published her debut book undiscovered, a collection of deeply personal essays reflecting on life.

Randal Kleiser, born 1946 in Philadelphia, studied at the University of Southern California and received international recognition through the most successful musical film of all time: GREASE (1978). This was followed by such films as The BLUE LAGOON (1980), FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR (1986), HONEY, I BLEW UP THE KID (1992) and the film adaptation of Jack London's novel WHITE FANG (1991). Of particular personal significance was his AIDS themed film drama IT'S MY PARTY (1996). He won an Emmy Award for his TV film THE GATHERING in 1977. Made in 3D, his film HONEY, I SHRUNK THE AUDIENCE (1994) ran for more than ten years in the Anaheim, Orlando, Tokyo and Paris Disney resorts.

Born in 1952, the US American Dale Launer is a director, producer and one of Hollywood's best-paid screenplay writers. He first attracted world attention to his comedic talent with his screenplay for the film RUTHLESS PEOPLE (1986). He celebrated his own directing debut in 1992 with the romantic comedy LOVE POTION No 9. He also wrote and co-produced the witty courtroom comedy MY COUSIN VINNY (1992), which brought Marisa Tomei an Oscar® for Best Supporting Actress. Following a long break, Launer directed, produced and wrote the screenplay for TOM'S NU HEAVEN (2005), which won Best Film at the Monaco Film Festival.

Pawel Pawlikowski was born 1957 in Warsaw. He lived in Germany, Italy and England where he studied literature and philosophy. Following several prize-winning documentaries, including FROM MOSCOW TO PIETUSHKI (1990) and SERBIAN EPICS (1992), he conquered the feature film scene with LAST RESORT in 2000. This drama was crowned Best Film at the Edinburgh, Thessaloniki, Gijón and Motovun Festivals and won the BAFTA Best Newcomer Award. He also won several awards with MY SUMMER OF LOVE (2004), which was declared Best British Film 2005 by the British Film Academy. Pawlikowski is about to begin directing a film about the early life of Stalin.

Anahí Berneri was born 1975 in Buenos Aires. She took a foothold in various sectors of the film industry after completing her film studies in Argentina and France. She won the Teddy Award at the 2005 Berlinale and the FIPRESCI Award at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival for her first feature length film A YEAR WITHOUT LOVE, for which she also wrote the screenplay. ENCARNACION, her second work, received the 2007 Toronto Film Festival's Artistic Innovation Award and the San Sebastian FIPRESCI Award. Still in production, her latest film IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT once again sees her take the role of both director and screenplay writer.