Phil Collins is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Berlin and Wuppertal. He is Professor of Video and Performance at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. Previous films include Ceremony (2018), Delete Beach (2016), Tomorrow Is Always Too Long (2014), The Meaning of Style (2011), Marxism Today (prologue) (2010), Soy mi madre (2008), Zašto ne …
Alice Lenay is a researcher-artist. She publishes, and creates performances and video installations, often collaboratively, which question our desire to meet others. After studying cinema and philosophy, she presented a PhD creation-research thesis in 2020 on communication with on-screen faces. Dear Hacker is her first film.
Riar Rizaldi works as an artist and filmmaker. Born in Indonesia and currently based in Hong Kong. His main focus is on the relationship between capital and technology, extractivism, and theoretical fiction. His works have been shown internationally at Locarno Film Festival, BFI Southbank London, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Times Museum Guangzhou, Asian Film Archive …
Film director, editor colourist and musician, Antoine Polin is a multitasker, dividing his time between concerts, cinema and teaching. Living with Imperfection is his first documentary film project.
Since 2001, Virgil Vernier’s films have intersected fiction, documentary and mythology. Among them are Thermidor (2009), Pandore (2010), Orléans (2012), Mercuriales (2014), and Sophia Antipolis (2018). His films have been selected at numerous international festivals including Cannes, Locarno and Berlin. © Simon Apostolou
Since 2001, Virgil Vernier’s films have blended fiction, documentary and mythology. They include Thermidor (2009), Pandore (2010), Orléans (2012), Mercuriales (2014), and Sophia Antipolis (2018). His films have been screened in many international festivals such as Cannes, Locarno and Berlin. © Simon Apostolou
Laetitia Farkas grew up in Paris. A graduate from Fémis film school’s production department, she has worked as a producer, scriptwriter or assistant director. She soon began to run video workshops for people far-removed from the cultural world: people with mental disorders or teenagers in rehabilitation centres. It is out of these human and professional …
Originally from Japan, Daïchi Saïto is a filmmaker based in Montreal, where he co-founded the artist film collective Double Negative. His film Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis (2009) was named one of the “150 Essential Works in Canadian Cinema History” by Toronto International Film Festival in 2016. With Engram of Returning (2015), Saïto won a …
Marc Isaacs has made over twenty films for the BBC, Channel 4 and cinema. He has won BAFTA’s, Royal Television Society and Grierson awards and numerous festival prizes. Isaacs’ has had retrospectives in France, Israel and the UK. Isaacs has recently been appointed as an Associate Professor to run the Masters in Ethnographic and Documentary …