Chris was born in London and raised in Australia, where he spent much of his youth surfing along the coastline of the island continent. He finally decided that he needed to do more with his life and went to art school to study photography, painting and, later, graphic design. However, his gypsy blood wouldn't let him settle down and he headed off to India, his spiritual home, before ending up back in London.

After spending five years in Milan working on magazines (including the launch of the popular FilmTV) and more than a decade of working in advertising and design studios around Soho and Covent Garden, the opportunity to write a book presented itself, so he gave up the security of a salary to become an author. He now has five internationally published books on animation, filmmaking and comic book art to his credit, if nothing else.

Chris's love of genre film lead to becoming online editor for SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival's website, which he still does. He joined Film & Festivals magazine after the first issue, initially as a writer, before taking over design duties as well. He is also designer and a contributing writer for movieScope magazine.

He is still trying to find a way to spend some time behind his still and movie cameras, and satisfy his wanderlust.

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Leigh Singer is a freelance film journalist, filmmaker and screenwriter. He has regularly written about film for, among others, Empire, The Times, The Independent, The Guardian, The London Paper, The Big Issue, I-D and Channel 4 online. Leigh has appeared as a film critic on television and radio and is a regular film reviewer for BBC Asian Network. He was formerly the editor of Raindance Film (nee Reelscene) magazine.

Leigh graduated with a 1st Class degree in Film and Literature from Warwick University, where he directed and adapted the world stage premiere of Steven Soderbergh’s ‘sex, lies and videotape’. He started out in television working as an Assistant Producer for This Morning before moving on to the BBC and directing and editing short films and teaching English in Switzerland. He has also run Television Presenting training courses and ran Raindance’s DV Filmmaking workshop. 

Leigh has recently moved into writing feature radio and screenplays and is represented by Alan Brodie Representation. In the meantime, that Nicolas Cage / Charlie Kaufman monologue in ADAPTATION pretty much sums up his daily working routine. When Leigh grows up, he wants to be Paul Newman. For more info on Leigh’s work, please visit www.singer-leisinger.com.

Sandy Mandelberger is the founder of International Media Resources (IMR), a marketing, promotion and editorial services company based in New York City. IMR works with independent filmmakers, distributors, international sales agents and film festival clients to promote their films and services. In addition, IMR provides original editorial content on the film, new media and entertainment industries to a host of syndication clients, including the websites internationalfilmguide.com, filmfestivals.com, fest21.com, cineuropa.org, filmfestivaltoday.com, filmandfestivals.com and several others. IMR works with a number of international film festivals, curating and coordinating programs of American and Canadian independent film, and converesely, works with a number of U.S. film festivals as an international liaison with international filmmakers, distributors and sales agents. IMR is also working with a number of emerging online VOD platforms to acquire and promote independent and international titles on their services.

Mandelberger studied film at New York University and worked in his early career as a documentary filmmaker. He has worked with a number of distribution companies and film festivals/trade shows before establishing IMR in 1992.

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