Jean-Claude Rousseau, born in Paris, lived in New York in the 1970s. There he discovered avant-garde cinema at the same time as the films of Ozu. In 1980 he finished writing a screenplay, Le Concert champêtre, and directed his first films. After Les Antiquités de Rome, La Vallée close is his second feature film. Selected …
Pierre Bal-Blanc is an independent curator and essayist based in Athens and Paris. Born in a working-class environment in Ugine, Savoie France, his destiny changed at the age of 17 following his meeting with Johan van der Keuken with whom he co-directed Le Résistant (1983), a collective short film in Annecy coordinated by Thierry Nouel. …
Arnaud Dezoteux, a 2011 graduate of the Beaux-Arts de Paris, makes films and installations focused on reality TV, seduction coaching or body-building and often use the green screen studio as the place for an atypical confrontation with the actors, bringing together backstage, improvisation and spectacular effect. After a solo exhibition at the Edouard Manet gallery …
Yamina Zoutat, Algerian-Italian, born in Yverdon, Switzerland, first worked for more than ten years as a court reporter in Paris. The criminal court was her “film school”. Awarded by the Prix de la Création for her first film Les Lessiveuses (2010), then the Silver Sesterce for her first feature film Retour au Palais (2017) at …
Anastasia Shubina is a visual artist from Saint Petersburg, currently based in San Francisco. She studied philosophy at Saint Petersburg State University, photography at Docdocdoc School of Modern Photography and film directing at St. Petersburg School of New Cinema. In her personal projects, Anastasia explores the themes of mythology, anthropology and historical trauma.
Timofey Glinin is a multidisciplinary artist form Saint Petersburg, currently based in San Francisco. He studied biology at Saint Petersburg State University and film directing at Saint Petersburg School of New Cinema. He is an independent filmmaker, photographer and lecturer. In his personal projects, Timofey explores the themes of cultural practices, ethnography and modern science.
Blake Williams is an artist and filmmaker based in Toronto, where he also writes film criticism publications such as Cinema Scope and Filmmaker magazines. His 3D films have screened internationally, including venues such as the Toronto International Film Festival, Berlinale, New York Film Festival, Locarno Festival, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. …
Francisco Rodríguez Teare is an artist and filmmaker living between Chile and France with a moving image practice working predominantly with video and installation. Since 2015 he has been creating film and video works and exhibiting them internationally both in film festival circuits and contemporary art contexts. His work explores the flow of power within …
Coco Tassel graduated from the ENSAD in Paris (École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs) and has a Master’s degree in Art History. She began her journey in the world of images as illustrator, art director, and editor of some fifteen books. She also collaborated with the Japanese publisher Sazady and participated in several exhibitions. She …
Pedro de Filippis is a filmmaker from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Rejeito is his debut feature and underlines his research on post-colonialism. He graduated from the European MFA program DocNomads, for which he directed short documentaries in Portugal, Hungary, and Belgium. Pedro is an alumnus of the Points North Fellowship (2019), where Rejeito won the Special …