Film Director Mentor - Cinematic Experience

Let International Masters Advise on Your Film

Jointly overseen by international film festival jurors and veteran film masters, we systematically refine your narrative structure, editing rhythm, and audiovisual expression. This helps your film break through selection bottlenecks and boosts its overall competitiveness for awards and market distribution at major international film festivals.

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What is Master-Guided Film Revision?

Master-Guided Film Revision can be compared to the recent ‘Zac Snyder Cut’ of the Justice League film: our Masters will help you to overhaul your film completely through re-editing, audio-visual enhancements and narrative structure to enhance your vision and make the film the best it can be.

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Why choose Master-Guided Film Revision?

If your film has consistently failed to be shortlisted for international film festivals, or has been shortlisted many times but fails to actually win awards then Master-Guided Film Revision may be for you. The advice of our experts (who know what the festival jurors are looking for) can increase the probability of award winning at an international level. Winning awards and being screened at major festivals can also help the film commercially- streaming services and other distributors will pay attention to such films and can reshape your position in the international film market. The guidance of the Master can also help to empower your movie: you can use the name of the Master in your credits and promotion and the Master will directly recommend his works to international festival jurors around the world.

Thom Palmen

Thom Palmen

Famous producer, curator, judge
  • He has been invited as a jury member to numerous film Festivals, notably in Berlin, Sofia, Regensburg, Cottbus, Aix-en-Provence, Indie-Lisboa, Poznan, Bratislava, Hamburg, Setubal, Cork, Kinochock (Anapa), Tampere, Puchon (Korea), FESPACO (Burkina Faso), 2Annas, Riga, Vision Youth Award (Beijing) and many more.

    Award-winning representative works.
  • His first film as producer, In the Theme (director Olga Popova, Russia) was selected and awarded at the Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale) Shorts in 2008.
  • 2011: Birthday Director Jenifer Malmqvist) Screened at Sundance and around 120 festivals world wide.
  • 2013: Undress Me (Director Victor Lindgren) Premiered at Berlinale where is received the Teddy Award.
  • 2018: Prisoner of Society, Georgia/Latvia, 2018, short documentary (Best Documentary Tampere, 2018, EFA nomination, Tampere, 2018 and many more. Shortlisted for the Academy Award)

    Career Experience.
  • Founded the Umeå International Film Festival in 1986. Since 1996 Artistic Director until 2007.
  • General Secretary of the European Coordination of Film Festivals (ECFF) 1999-2002.
  • President of the European Coordination of Film Festivals (ECFF) 2002-2004. And for a second period 2006 - 2007
  • Member of the pre-selection committee for the Swedish National Film Prize for Shorts & Documentaries (Golden Bug) 2003-2007
  • Voting member of the European Film Academy.
  • Since 2018 General Manager of the Tampere BootCamp, an international training course for young filmmakers.
Daniel Elliot

Daniel Elliot

International jury member of many European film festivals
  • JADE:
  • Winner – Silver Berlin Bear – 59th Berlin International Film Festival
  • Nominated – Golden Bear – 59th Berlin International Film Festival
  • Nominated – Best Short Film – BAFTA
  • Nominated – Best Short Film – 7th London International Short Film Festival
  • THE MAKING OF PARTS
  • World Premier – 63th Venice International Film Festival
  • Winner – Best European Short Film –63th Venice International Film Festival
  • FENDER BENDER
  • Award-winning representative works
  • 2017-2018 Mentor – Random Acts – Arts Council/Channel 4
  • 2017 Script Editor – Short film commission – Arts Council/Tyneside Cinema
  • 2016 Speaker – ishorts Short Film Scheme – BFI/Creative England
  • 2016 Mentor – Lambing Season short film – BFI/Creative England
  • 2016 Script Editor – Howls short film – Dir. Catriona Mckinnes
  • 2015 International Jury Member – Dresden International Film Festival
  • 2013 Torino Film Lab Framework Participant – Russia, Italy
  • 2013 International Jury Member – Go Shorts Int. Film Festival, Netherlands
  • 2012Torino Film Lab Script & Pitch Participant – Sweden, France, Italy
  • 2011International Jury Member –Regensburg International Short Film Festival
  • 2010International Jury Member –Unlimited International Film Festival, Cologne
  • 2005International Jury Member –Dresden International Film Festival
Shafik Obrai

Shafik Obrai

Master of Fine Arts and Film Director, University of Edinburgh
  • Master of Arts in Media Production, University of Sunderland, UK
  • (The highest degree in arts, equivalent to other professional doctorate)
  • Graduate School of Media Management, University of Stirling, UK
  • Bachelor of Film and Television Production, Guildford College of Art, UK
  • JADE:
  • "Just Another Missing Kid" the Best Documentary at the 56th Academy Awards,CBC
  • Award-winning representative works
  • 2013-PresentVisiting Professor of Choreography and Directing Department of Sichuan University
  • 2013-Present Senior Lecturer, University of Sunderland, UK
  • 2006-Present Creative Director, Bridge and Tunnel Productions, Newcastle, UK
  • 2002-2003 Associate Professor of Film Making and Editing at Concordia University, Quebec, Canada
  • 1999-2002 Independent producer and project developer
  • 1999 Producer of the TV series THE FERRET at HTV Welsh
  • 1997-1999 Planning and producer of Moving On at CBC (The program won the Gemini Award, It’s analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States and the BAFTA Television Awards in the United Kingdom.)
  • 1993-1997 Producer of 50/UP at CBC(The program won the Gemini Award three times in a row)
  • 1990-1993 Producer of LIFE: THE PROGRAMME(which has won many international awards) at CBC, director of FASHION FILE at CBC, and director of FASHION TELEVISION at Toronto City TV
  • 1998 Director of MAN ALIVE at CBC
  • 1975-1988 Editorial staff of THE FIFTH ESTATEatCBC(It has won many international awards, including Oscar Award)
张一凡

Zhang Yifan

A renowned film editor and director
  • Member of the Chinese Film Editing Society
  • Graduated from the Fine Arts Department of the Liberation Army Art Academy and the Directing Department of the Beijing Film Academy. He has collaborated with many famous Chinese directors such as Jiang Wen, Lu Chuan, Zhang Yibai, Ning Hao, Xu Jinglei, and Zhang Jiarui.
  • Representative works in film editing:
  • "Devils on the Doorstep" "The Missing Gun" "Gone With The Bullets" "Letter From an Unknown Woman" "The Sun Also Rises" "Crazy Racer" "Lost,Found" "Send Me to the Clouds" "knock knock" "Embrace Again" "Flaming Cloud" "Curiosity Kills the Cat" "The Longest Night in Shanghai" "THE WINGS OF SONGS" "Dwelling by the West Lake" “The Cord of Life” "Where the Wind Blows" and more.
  • Awards and Honors:
  • Honored as the "Best New Editing Talent" at the 4th Chinese Youth Image Forum
  • Won the Best Editing Award at the 44th Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan for "The Sun Also Rises";
  • Nominated for the Best Editing Award at the 46th Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan for "Crazy Racer";
  • Nominated for the Best Editing Award at the 4th Asian Film Awards;
  • Nominated for the Best Editing Award at the 17th China Changchun Film Festival "Golden Deer Awards" for "Embrace Again ";
  • Nominated for the Best Editing at the 35th China Film Golden Rooster Awards.
霍建起

Huo Jianqi

Huo Jianqi is a representative of China\s fifth generation of directors, a national first-class director, a national outstanding film artist, a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and a member of the Cultural, Historical and Learning Committee. He graduated from the Fine Arts Department of the Beijing Film Academy and served as a judge at the Tokyo International Film Festival, the Shanghai International Film Festival and other A-level film festivals.
  • "Winner", "Postmen In The Mountains", "A Love of Blueness", "Nuan", "Life Show", " A Time To Love", "The Seal of Love", "Snowfall In Taipei", "Falling Flowers", " Xuan Zang", " Lost In Love", etc.;
  • "Horse Thief", "After Separation", "Ocean Flame", "A Mysterious Couple", etc.
  • 31st Indian International Film Festival Jury Award Golden Peacock Award;
  • 16th Tokyo International Film Festival Golden Kylin Award;
  • 6th Shanghai International Film Festival Main Competition Unit Golden Goblet Award;
  • 21st China Film Golden Rooster Award for Best Director;
  • 10th China Film Huabiao Award for Outstanding Director;
  • 7th China Film Huabiao Award for Outstanding Director;
  • 18th Beijing University Student Film Festival for Best Director;
  • 16th China Film Golden Rooster Award for Best Director Debut;
  • 26th Beijing University Student Film Festival for Most Popular Director, etc.
尤卡-佩卡·拉克索

Jukka-Pekka Laakso

Jukka-Pekka Laakso is the director of the Tampere Film Festival. Since 2000, he has been involved in film selection and program planning for the festival.
  • As the director, he is jointly responsible for strategic planning and program arrangement with the festival other co-director.
  • He has served as a jury member for over 50 different film festivals.
  • Lakso is also the executive director of the Pylkama Film Center, a local film center in Tampere.
  • The film center is a non-profit organization that operates an art cinema, distributes films in Finland, and actively conducts media education work.
  • Laxo is a member of the European Film Academy.
安妮·加舒茨

Anne Garschütz

Anne Garschütz is a film festival organizer and programmer.
  • She joined the Dresden Film Festival in 2013 as a member of the selection committee and became the co-director of the festival in July 2020.
  • In 2021, she joined the selection committee for the Tomorrow Leopards section of the Locarno Film Festival.
  • She is also one of the founders of Talking Shorts, an online platform dedicated to short film criticism.
  • García is a member of the European Film Academy.

Successful Cases

Pricing Reference

Types Film review rating and report Second Creation
Feature film
3980 yuan
300 / minute
Short film
1980 yuan
300 / minute
Feature Film Script
3980 yuan
27000 / More than 40 pages
Short Film Script
1980 yuan
9000 / Within 40 pages