Peter Nestler Peter Nestler, born in Freiburg im Breisgau on 1 June 1937, is one of the most unique and important documentary filmmakers to emerge from post-war Germany. In the early 1960s, Nestler made a series of poetic films about the changing realities of rural, industrial and working-class communities, mostly in Germany but also in …
Willem Thijssen A young Belgian woman is in search of her past and that of her parents, and revisits the social revolution in Catalonia, in 1936, followed by the Spanish Civil War. Through a subjective journey, the memoirs of anarcho-syndicalist Juan Garcia Oliver, fictionalized scenes, archival footage, and documentary images, the hopes for a better …
Linda Van Tulden Linda Van Tulden (Belgium, 1952) went to Barcelona after Franco’s death. Meeting old anarchists led to The Future of ’36, made i.c.w. Thijssen. She became specialized in animation production, receiving an Oscar for A Greek Tragedy (1985, dir. Van Goethem). She now works on an animation series, The Dune Philosophers, i.c.w. Geert …
Fernando Matos Silva Fernando Matos Silva weaves together images captured in Guinea-Bissau (1969–1970) during the colonial war and in the Lisbon suburbs (1975–1976) amid the revolutionary period, incorporating allegorical elements. This essay-film interrogates the colonization process in what was then Portuguese Guinea, deconstructing dominant narratives and building a critical reflection on history and power. This …
Paul Carpita The son of a docker, Paul Carpita (1922-2009) was involved in working-class struggles from his childhood in Marseille. He made his film debut with a small camera during the Occupation. After the Liberation, he set up the Cinépax company, with the aim of producing documentaries and newsreels free from censorship, while continuing his …
Elsa Brès Elsa Brès was born in 1985 and lives in Bréau, in the Cévennes. She graduated from Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains in 2017 and from the Paris-Belleville school of architecture in 2012. Her films and installations focus on forces of resistance in contemporary socio-natural landscapes. Combining research, narratives and experimentation, …
Marie Losier Marie Losier is a director who has worked in New York for 23 years. She began by directing numerous avant-garde portraits of filmmakers and musicians such as Guy Maddin, Richard Foreman, Tony Conrad… Her first feature film The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye is a portrait of Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and his …
Jessica Sarah Rinland JESSICA SARAH RINLAND is an Argentine-British filmmaker. She is a recipient of numerous prizes including Special Mention at Locarno Film Festival, Best Film at DocumentaMadrid, Primer Premio at BIM – Bienale de Imagen en Movimiento, Arts + Science Award at Ann Arbor Film Festival, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Schnitzer prize for …
Sylvie Ballyot After having gratuated from the Fémis film school, Sylvie Ballyot went on exploring a variety of cinematographic forms: diaries, creative documentaries, short and medium-length fictions. Her latest film, Green Line, is the culmination of the process of exploration, both in its formal structure as well as in its theme and territory which she …
Camilo Restrepo Born in Medellín (Colombia) in 1975, he lives and works in France. After studying visual arts at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he turned to cinema. He is a member of L’Abominable, an artist-run film laboratory. His films have been selected in major festivals such as Director’s Fortnight in Cannes, Toronto and …
Marie Valentine Regan Marie Valentine Regan is an American filmmaker based in France. She got her start in film at Coppola’s American Zoetrope, studied experimental film a the San Francisco Art Institute and earned her MFA at Columbia. A MacDowell Colony fellow, her work has screened and won prizes at festivals including Zinebi Bilbao, São …