Congratulations to SALEM MIKHAEL on being selected to act in the short film, Passed By Censor, which is a collaborative effort being produced by Film Independent and the U.S. State Department under the banner of Global Media Makers, a new international film exchange program. Global Media Makers is an innovative mentoring initiative that will connect visual storytellers from around the world with leading U.S. entertainment professionals through specially tailored mentorships, workshops and master classes.

Program mentors include Effie Brown (Dear White People, Project Greenlight, EVP of Production and Development at Lee Daniels Entertainment), Kirby Dick (The Invisible War, The Hunting Ground, This Film Is Not Yet Rated), Jay Duplass (Transparent, The Puffy Chair, Cyrus), Ava DuVernay (Middle of Nowhere, Selma), Rodrigo Garcia (Mother and Child, In Treatment, Carnivale), Matthew Greenfield, EVP Production Fox Searchlight, Kelly Kulchak, Head of Current Programing, DreamWorks Animation TV,Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Head of Creative Affairs, Broad Green Pictures, Jeremy Podeswa (Game of Thrones, The Newsroom, Boardwalk Empire), Alan Poul (The Newsroom, Six Feet Under, Swingtown), Mary Sweeney (The Straight Story, Mulholland Drive) Robin Swicord (Little Women, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) and Nancy Utley, President, Fox Searchlight.