Biographies
Jean Eustache
Jean Eustache Born in 1938, Jean Eustache became close to the directors of the Nouvelle Vague in the early 1960s and began writing film reviews. Eustache alternated between documentary and fiction. Writer on the fringes of the formal canons, he worked to invent new gestures.
Mattia Colombo
The documentary Alberi Che Camminano, written with Erri De Luca and distributed by Feltrinelli, was in competition at the Festival dei Popoli, Sundance and the Trento Film Festival. I Want To Sleep With You, an Italian-French production, won the Corso Salani Award. Il Passo produced by RAI Cinema was in competition at Visions du Réel. …
Francesco Clerici
Il Gesto delle mani, his feature-length documentary, was presented at the Berlinale 2015, FORUM section, winning the FIPRESCI international critics award. His works include AR works, short films, books, experimental films and documentaries, they have been presented at festivals all over the world (London Film Festival, Busan IFF, Viennale, RIDM Montreal, Dok.fest, Leipzig, Sarajevo film …
Wang Bing
WANG Bing Born in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, in 1967. He studied photography at the Lu XunAcademy of Fine Arts in Shenyang, an industrial city where, years later, he would film West of theTracks. From there he moved on to the Beijing Film Academy, where he discovered the work ofAntonioni, Bergman and Pasolini. He especially admires …
Simone Bitton
Simone Bitton French and Moroccan, she has written and directed several documentary films that have contributed to increased understanding of the current events, history and cultures of the MENA region. Her commitment to formal rigor and attention to artistic demands has resulted in her films being selected for many prestigious festivals, where they have won …
Denis Côté
Denis Côté Born in 1973 in New Brunswick, Canada he produced and directed 15 independent short films while working as a journalist and film critic from 1995 until 2005. His first feature film Les États Nordiques (2005) was awarded the video Golden Leopard in Locarno International Film Festival. Vic+Flo Saw A Bear won the Silver …
Franziska von Stenglin
Franziska von Stenglin She is an artist and filmmaker. She was born in Munich and grew up in the Czech Republic, Senegal, India and Germany. In her work she links aspects of her own biography with local myths, people who she encounters on her travels and artist residencies. She lives and works in Berlin.
Phuong Thao Nguyen
Phuong Thao Nguyen An artist and filmmaker, born 2000 in Hanoi. She works in France, Vietnam and Germany, following the trails of people, stories, and objects through cultural and political borders, forming up until now a series of portraits situating each one in the current of history. She’s experimented with non-fiction in many forms: documentaries, …
Rostislav Kirpičenko
Rostislav Kirpičenko Rostislav was born in Lithuania. As a child, he returns to Ukraine with his family. There he began a career as a professional footballer, which took him first to Czech Republic and then to Germany. In 2016, Rostislav abandoned his footballer career and moved to Paris, where he studied modern literature before integrating …
Marie Valentine Regan
Marie Valentine Regan She is a filmmaker and writer who was born in California, and lived and worked in New York before moving to Paris ten years ago. She got her start in film at American Zoetrope, studying experimental film at the San Francisco Art Institute then moving to New York for her MFA in …
Elisabeth Subrin
Elisabeth Subrin Her award-winning films and installations have been presented widely in North America, Europe, South America and Asia. Her solo presentations include The Museum of Modern Art, NY, Film Society of Lincoln Center, The Vienna Viennale. Subrin’s 2022 film Maria Schneider, 1983 premiered at Cannes in Director’s Fortnight and received a 2023 César for …