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S. Chakaveh. (Director & Producer)
Having gained his degree in engineering from university of Nottingham and business management masters from London University, he entered the commercial world of construction, property and investment in his early twenties. Since then he has developed a number of successful enterprises, including international property development and construction companies operated from UK and Spain. He has been chairman and managing director of a number of television and technology companies, member of "BBC film network" as well as developing venture capital projects for film and stage performance projects.

Anthony Brooker (Company Secretary)
Senior Partner in the UK law Firm and an appointed Notary Public, Tony has had over 20 years of experience in legal aspects of commercial and business administration activities. His attention to detail and determination to achieve high standards, has gained him a place as a top commercial administrator and lawyer.

Boyd Skinner (Technical Executive)
HNC Electrical Engineering, CEI Pt.II and University of Kent: Electrical Engineering.
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Background in multimedia, film animation, and film & cable TV production, Boyd has been a Freelance lighting cameraman and editor, since 1995. Clients have included Disney Channel/BBC/NTL, and independent producers. Awarded Best Cinematography prize (FESTIVAL DU CINEMA DE BRUXELLES - Palmares 2004). Also designed/compiled the short film web-database on www.filmcentre.co.uk .

David Cairns (Head of I.T)
David, also the Technical Director of Speedster-IT, with his team are supporting the festival in a number of ways; SEO (search engine optimization), managing the link building, constructing the sites page ranking and also hosting the website and managing mass emails and promotional emailing.

Liz Rodriguez (Events organiser)
Liz has worked in Marbella on the Costa del Sol for many years building up her reputation as an international PR to celebrity and sports stars from overseas. She has a lot of experience in working with movie companies and over the last few years has attended the Cannes Film Festival representing production houses for sales and acquisition. With so many contacts, Liz has gone on to develop her own businesses with Club Concierge Europe and a local directory named Who What Where Marbella, as well as dedicating her time and efforts to benefit many local charities in Andalucía. Liz is very excited about being involved with the Marbella Film Festival.

Maria Ferrer ( Producer)
Maria, a graduate of the New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida, and Royal Academy of Music in London, is our representative in the USA. She has been with us since the inauguration of the festival, and oversees the American events and marketing.

Saira O'Mallie ( Assistant Producer)
Saira worked in the arts since graduating in 2003 with a BA (hons) in English Literature and Film Studies. She has organised a range of fundraising, promotional and educational events, and recently assisted at the Mirage Film Festival in Birmingham.

Will Phillips. (Commercial Sales)
Will, having graduated from university of Leeds with an honours degree, has taken on varied roles for companies within the film and television industry in Production and Distribution for many years which included Head of Operations for "New light films", London, Acquisitions Executive for "Success Entertainment", and now joined "New world" to take on a fresh challenge in Sales and Marketing and develop opportunities in generating the market place for Marbella Film Festival.

Daniel Sanchez (Design & Marketing)
Daniel has worked for International Film Guide, Variety magazine, The British Pavilion, Cannes Film Festival and joined the New World Team to develop the Festival brand and its Marketing objectives www.sanchezdesign.co.uk.

Tracy Christmas (PR Executive)
After gaining a BA honors in Film Production, Tracy is working as a production assistant on various Film and TV projects. She has joined the Marbella Film Festival to assist with publications and PR.

Betsy Lewis-Holmes (Press officer)
Having obtained BA (Honours) from University of London, and obtaining an art foundation BTEC from Kingston University, she has joined the New World Team as the press Officer. She has varied experience with the media and moving image ranges from creating and producing stop frame 2D films to combining films and animation.

A.Dee. (Graphic Design)
With Over 10 years experience as a graphic designer with clients such as; Arts Council, BAA, BBC, Channel 4, EastPak USA, Hewland International, LA Gear Sportswear, MECCA USA, MTV Europe, Saatch & Saatchi, The South Bank Show (LTW), The Sunday Times, among many other names, A.Dee is responsible for creating the artistic materials for print and marketing for the festival.

Mark Mocahbee, (USA operation)
A talented film maker and currently an MFA screenwriting candidate at The University of Miami, with many years of experiences in the film industry. Mark heads the American operations of New World, this includes representing the Marbella International film festival to all commercial, educational and government levels, as well as running the festival support team in USA.

 
 
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