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The Festival is supported by an Honour Committee comprising the following personalities of the world of arts and culture:

Siddik Barmak
Film Director (Afghanistan)

Tahar Ben Jelloun
Writer (Morocco)

Bernardo Bertolucci
Film Director (Italy)

Emma Bonino
Minister for International Trade and European Affairs (Italy)

Souleymane Cissé
Film Director (Mali)

Gabriel García Márquez
Writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (Colombia)

Gilberto Passos Gil Moreira
Minister of Culture of Brazil, and Musician (Brazil)

Amitav Ghosh
Writer (India)

Abbas Kiarostami
Film Director (Iran)

Pietro Laureano
UNESCO and UNCCD Advisor (Italy)

Richard Peña
Program Director of the New York Film Festival (United States)

Fulco Pratesi
Founder and President of WWF Italy (Italy)

Sebastião Salgado
Photographer (Brazil)

Paolo Soleri
Architect, Founder of Arcosanti (Italy)

Wole Soyinka
Writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (Nigeria)

Vittorio Storaro
Cinematographer (Italy)

Jeremy Thomas
Film Producer (United Kingdom)

Lia van Leer
Founder and Director of the Jerusalem Film Center (Israel)

Wim Wenders
Film Director (Germany)