The first Festival Cinema Invisible was launched in 2012, thanks to the collaborative efforts of its two co-founders.

Mahmood Karimi-Hakak, Artistic Director of MAHAK International Artists Inc. and President of Festival Cinema Invisible is a poet, theatre director, filmmaker and Professor of Creative Arts at Siena College.
www.mahmoodkarimihakak.org

Khosro Shemiranie, Founder and President of Chacavak Cultural Center, is the Editor in Chief of HAFTEH, a Persian weekly publication dedicated to professional, legal, and cultural concerns of the Iranian and Afghan Community in Montreal.