Hussain Currimbhoy is a filmmaker and film curator with 20 years of film industry experience. Born in Canada, Hussain has lived and worked in the USA, UK, Australia, The Netherlands, the Middle East, Japan and Sweden. Hussain worked with the Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide Film Festivals before taking over as Director of Programming at the Sheffield Doc/Fest. Seven years later he became a programmer for documentary and VR at the Sundance Film Festival, and was guest programmer for Nordisk Panorma. As Artistic Director of the Red Sea International Film Festival Hussain spearheaded the creation of one of the biggest international film events in the region, securing dozens of filmmakers and industry professionals to attend.

Alan Lightman, who worked for many years as a theoretical physicist— is the author of six novels, including the international best seller Einstein’s Dreams, and The Diagnosis, a finalist for the National Book Award. He is also the author of a memoir, three collections of essays, and several books on science. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Harper’s Magazine, The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, among other publications. He has taught at Harvard and at MIT.