Ico Costa He is a Portuguese film director and producer, who works between Portugal and Mozambique. Among other works he directed the short films Four Hours Barefoot (Rome, 2012), Nyo Vweta Nafta (Cinéma du réel/Rotterdam, 2017), Timkat (Visions du Réel, 2021) and Domy+Ailucha: Ket Stuff! (Cinéma du réel, 2022), the documentaries Uproar, Eclipse (Doclisboa, 2017, …
Gilles Vandaele Born in Flanders and living in Brussels, Gilles Vandaele studied Speculative Storytelling at l’école de recherche graphique and cinema at LUCA School of Arts. Having been active in different social struggles since a young age, Gilles Vandaele looks for ways in which cinema might represent and strenghten such movements. They attempt to make …
Martijn De Meuleneire He concluded his bachelor photography in 2021 and his master visual arts in 2024 at KASK, School of Arts, Ghent. Having participated in numerous actions of civil disobedience, Martijn De Meuleneire’s work originates out of his experiences as an activist. For his artistic practice, De Meuleneire uses a variety of media, ranging …
Julia Loktev She was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, and immigrated to the U.S. at age 9. She has made both fiction and documentary. Alongside her film work, she is also the author of multi-screen video installations, and has exhibited her work in some of the world’s leading institutions.
Maxence Vassilyevitch After getting a master’s degree from The London Film School, Maxence Vassilyevitch directed his first short film with Le G.R.E.C., Je suis Présent [Sunny Star]. In 2017, he directed Saranac Lake, and in 2021, Planète X, a medium length film . Three films that form a trilogy exploring the question of the group …
Clara Jeany Clara Jeany was born in 1999 and holds a master’s degree in gender studies and francophone literature. In 2024, she made her first film as part of the Master Empreintes du Réel at the Université de Picardie – Jules Verne. Her work focuses on issues of exile and sexuality.
Maxime Garault Maxime Garault studied literature, then editing at La Fémis. Sa rafale is his debut documentary.
Elsa Brès Filmmaker and artist, she graduated from Le Fresnoy – Studio national d’arts contemporains and from the Paris-Belleville School of Architecture, where she taught architecture and landscape theory.Her films and installations focus on forces of resistance in spaces on the margins, on the edges or under the ground. After three short films revolving around alternative narratives …
Luna Mahoux A Belgian artist whose work explores overlooked Afro-diasporic narratives through a blend of music, documentary, and archives. She graduated in Painting from La Cambre and joined Le Fresnoy-Studio national des arts contemporains in 2023. While traveling in the United States, she deepened her research on music as a living archive and the complexity …
Svetlana Rodina and Laurent Stoop Svetlana Rodina graduated in Russian literature, philology and in film directing in Moscow.Laurent Stoop has a degree in literature and photography. As DOP he shot various television and feature documentaries.
Laurent Stoop has a degree in literature and photography. As DOP he shot various television and feature documentaries, including the award-winning and critically acclaimed CITIZEN KHODORKOVSKY (2016).
Mathilde Girard Born in Paris in 1979, she is a psychoanalyst, writer and film-maker. With a doctorate in philosophy, she has published several works on the notion of community in contemporary thought (by Georges Bataille and Jean-Luc Nancy) and recently a work of prose, Les Indications pour le corps. For several years now, she has …