The Management
Chairman's Office
- Aliaa Zaky - Head of Legal & Chairman's Office
- Amrita Sihra - Chairman’s Office Manager
International Programme
- Sheila Whitaker - Director - Biography
- Myrna Maakaron - Programmer , Cinema for Children
Arab Programme
- Erfan Rashid - Director - Biography
- Antonia Carver - Programmer - Arabian Nights
- Antoine Khalife
- Iman Al-Omrani
- Khalid Al Mahmoud
- Saad Hindawi
- Saeed Al Daheri
- Salah Sermini
- Zeina Sfeir
Asia Africa Programme
- Nashen Moodley - Director - Biography
- Philip Cheah - Consultant ,Asia Africa
- Dorothee Wenner - Consultant, Subcontinent
- Bina Venu Gopal
- Fujiako Asako
- Hiromi Aihara
- Isabella Ho
- Meenakshi Shedde
- Sheldon Kraicer
- Suhasini Mani Ratnam
- Teng Jimeng
Program Administration & Film Services
- Delphine Garde-Mroueh - Head of Programme Administration & Film Services
- Mahmoud Abu Eida - Submissions Executive
- Mohammed Qaddura - Content Coordinator
Marketing & Events
- Muaid M. Khaiti - Head of Advertising & Publications
- Yousef Abu-Higleh - Digital Communications Executive
- Mohammed Al Azzam - Marketing Executive
- Heba Afyouni - Sponsorship Manager
- Christina Nawab - Marketing & Events Coordinator
- Georgina O’Hara - Special Events Manager
- Zeina Sfeir - Arabic Communications and Film Talent Manager
Dubai Film Market
- Jane Williams - Director - Film Connection & Film Forum - Biography
- Samr Al Marzooqi - Dubai Film Market Manager
- Ayesha Chagla - Assistant Manager Film Connection & Film Forum
- Antoine Khalife - Manager International Relations
- Vida Rizq - Dubai Film Market Consultant
- Lucas Rosant - Manager Dubai Film Connection
Guest Relations & Hospitality
- Maria Herman - Head of Guest Relations & Hospitality
- Sara Bari - Senior Guest Liaison
- Nada Al Outaibi - Senior Guest Liaison
- Hussein Al Najjar - Senior Guest Liaison
- Celine Azzam - Senior Guest Liaison
Festival Operations
- Dan Butkovich - Director of Festival Development
Human Resources & Administration
- Moidunny Purakkal - Administrator
- Mohammed Alhousani - Senior Manager Human Resources & Administration
- Kanwal Fatima - Festival Administration Manager
- Eric D’souza - Festival Coordinator
- Ali Khamis - Government Relations Coordinator
- Mirela Stoica - Executive Assistant to Managing Director
