Armel Hostiou studied cinema at the Fémis where his graduation film, SoloS, won awards in various festivals. He then started directing and shot several short films but also video installations and numerous music videos. In 2008 he co-founded the production company Bocalupo Films with which he directed his first feature film, Rives (Cannes 2011). In 2015 he released …
Fern Silva (b. 1982, USA/Portugal), is an artist who began working as an editor and cameraman in New York. While his early films addressed his relationship with Portugal, he later broadened his focus to highlight the influence of industry on culture and the environment on a global level. For more than a decade, his 16mm …
Jean-Charles Hue has notably directed La BM du Seigneur (2010) and Mange tes morts (2014), a film awarded the Jean Vigo Prize and the France Culture Prize. In parallel to his French films, he has been working for several years on the city of Tijuana, which takes different forms: short film with Tijuana Tales (2017), …
Mehran Tamadon was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1972. He first studied architecture in Paris before turning to filmmaking. He directed his first documentary, Behesht zahra, in 2004. In 2010, he made Bassidji in which he documented his attempts to enter into a dialogue with the Basij militia whose members have dedicated their lives to …
Luis López Carrasco is a filmmaker, a writer and a visual artist. In 2008 he co-founded Los Hijos, an experimental cinema and documentary collective. Their work has been shown in numerous international film festivals and contemporary art centers. Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Distrital Film Festival, Lima Independiente Film Festival, CGAI and Arteleku dedicated …
Maher Abi Samra was born in Beirut in 1965. He studied drama arts and worked as photojournalist for the Lebanese press, before doing audiovisual studies. Since 1995, he has written and directed several documentaries.
Jacquelyn Mills is a filmmaker based in Montréal. Her works are immersive and sensorial, often exploring an intimate and healing connection to the natural world. Her award-winning documentary In the Waves (60’, 2017) premiered at Visions du Réel. Geographies of Solitude (103’, 2022) premiered at the Berlinale Forum winning three awards, and has since garnered …