THE THIRD WAVE - Festival de Cannes

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He continues to document various stories and plans to make a Documentary about a brave teenage boy who is in a need of continual medical attention after a tragic accident.
Alison Thompson - Director Alison Thompson was born in the outskirts of Sydney in the Australian bush. Raised a preacher's daughter, she has lived and shot in over 30 countries. A former medic and mathematics teacher, Alison moved to New York and enrolled at NYU film school. Three weeks out of film school she Directed and Exec. Produced her first Feature Comedy called High Times’ Potluck which won nine film festival awards Including ‘Best Directorial Debut’ and ‘Best Screenplay’ written by ‘Summer of Sam’ writer Victor Collichio. High Times’ Potluck was released theatrically in the U.S.A and Canada in 2003. On September 11, 2001 Alison, rollerbladed to the World Trade Center with her medical kit and became a first responder rescue worker. For nine months, she stayed on and worked as a volunteer at Ground Zero where Her 'Potluck' film Investor and many of her friends were among those killed in the WTC attacks. That experience changed her life as a volunteer and also the direction of her filmmaking, with a focus now on stories with more meaningful messages to the world. She is the Creator and Founder of the first Tsunami Early-warning Center in Sri Lanka called CTEC. The Tsunami Center is still the only one in Sri Lanka today. THE THIRD WAVE is her second feature film. Oscar Gubernati - Producer Oscar Gubernati was born and raised in Palermo, Italy and moved to Los Angeles in 1990 to attend film studies at UCLA. After his graduation he became the Executive Vice President of Stone Canyon Entertainment, a production company based at MGM studios in Los Angeles. He has worked as an independent feature producer including: Tecknolust; Golf Punks; I Woke up Early the Day I Died; Woundings; South of Heaven West of Hell; and Welcome to Hollywood. In 2002 Oscar moved to NYC to establish Ozone Pictures Inc., a production company specializing in Film Financing and International Co-productions. He also served as Co-Executive Director of IHAF International Humanitarian Artist Foundation, a charitable organization whom awarded artists for their humanitarian efforts. He is the founder of Football Without Boundaries, an organization with the focus of promoting Peace through Sports. In 2005 Oscar successfully negotiated and organized a football/soccer match between two ethnicities who have been at civil war for 40 years, the Sinhalese Vs. the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka. THE THIRD WAVE is his first documentary.
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