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Aida Begić

Aida Begić is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter. She completed a degree in Film and Theater Directing at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo in 2000. Her graduation film “The First Death Experience” was screened at more than 20 international film festivals, including the 54th Cannes Film Festival, where it was part of the Cinéfondation’s Selection. Aida Begić is an assistant professor in directing at her alma mater in Sarajevo. In 2004, she and Elma Tataragic founded the production company MAMAFILM. Her 2017 film Never Leave Me (Turkish: Beni Bırakma) was selected as the Bosnian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. Her 2012 film Children of Sarajevo (Bosnian: Djeca) competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Special Distinction award; it was also chosen as the Bosnian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards,

Ludmilla Chiriaeff

Ludmilla Chiriaeff CC GOQ was a Latvian-Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, and company director, who created more than 300 ballets for television and stage. She founded Les Ballets Chiriaeff and its affiliated school in 1952; the company was renamed Les Grands Ballets Canadiens in 1957. At the request of the Ministère des Affaires Culturelles du Québec, she established the first fully professional ballet school in the province, the Académie des Grands Ballets Canadiens, which in 1976 became the École Supérieure de Danse des Grands Ballets Canadiens. She also introduced intensive ballet programs into all levels of Montréal’s educational system, and is known as “la mère de la danse au Québec” (“the mother of dance in Quebec”).