Emma Benestan
France
Project Petite sauvage !
Production Apaches films
Born in Montpellier, Emma Benestan spent her childhood and her teenage years in the South of France. She went to La fémis, in the editing department. She then studied anthropology at Paris 8 University. She's also been running workshops with teenagers, in the South of France and in the Parisian suburb, being especially involved this year with the French association "Mille Visages". In 2015 and for a couple of months, she participated in an artist-in-residence program, working around the dream. These workshops nourished her writing. Her movies deal with the question of immigration, of dual culture and social relationships, especially during the delicate teenage years. She directed two short films: Touch the Horizon, and Beautiful Mouth, both selected at the Angers First Film Festival. Petite Sauvage! is produced by Apaches Films.
Wouter Bouvijn
Belgique
Project (V)lucht
Production Eyeworks NV
WOUTERBOUVIJN (born in 1987, Ghent Belgium) graduated from the Rits film school inBrussels in 2012 with great honors. Tweesprong (Crossroads) was his graduationshort film that have won several international awards, among the Grand JuryPrice at the Premiers Plans Film Festival in 2013. Next to writing anddirecting he is also active as an editor. He was the editor of the documentaryMiles Away by Daniel Dumitrescu, Bram Mervillie and photographer Titus Simoensand he's doing all kinds of video work such as music videos, commercials,etc... He shot television documentaries as well and directed this year twoepisodes of the popular Flemish television series Vermist, a fictional seriesabout the missing persons unit of the Belgian federal police. He is currentlywriting his first feature film (V)Lucht based on true events together with thescreenwriter Wouter Van Haver. (V)Lucht is produced by Eyeworks NV (Belgium).
WOUTER VANHAVER graduated as Master in audiovisual arts from the Rits film school in Brusselsin 2009. After his studies he teamed up with director Jonas Baeckeland for theshort movie La Proie (The Prey), which was shown on L.A. Shorts Fest andRaindance. In 2011 his idea for a feature film De Bende van de Vosse (The Gangof Vosse) was selected by the Flemish Film Fund VAF for their screenplayworkshop. In 2012 he earned his place in the writer's room of the tv-drama DeRidder for public broadcaster VRT, about a young Belgian prosecutor. Herecently worked on two scripts for short animated films, De Droom van deSteenhouwer (The Stone Cutter's Dream) and Een Knotsgekke Fabel (An IncredibleFable) for the Ghentian animation studio De Doos... Producties, while scriptdoctoring a third: De Wind in het Riet(The Wind in the Reed). He is currently developingthe feature film screenplay (V)lucht (Flight), with director Wouter Bouvijn.
Hubert Charuel
France
Project Petit paysan (ex Bloody Milk)
Production Domino Films
Born in 1985, Hubert Charuel grew up on a dairy farm. After stumbling into literature studies he was passed the entrance exams for La fémis, graduating in production in 2011. His graduation film, Diagonaledu vide, was selected for several festivals. His first short film, K-Nada, was awarded this year in Angers. He is currently developing his first feature. Bloody Milk is produced by Domino Films.
Basile Doganis
Grèce - France
Project 14 juillet
Production Elzévir Films
After studying philosophy Basile Doganis made a documentary on Japan (Kami Hito E - On The Edge(2008)) and worked as first assistant director for Jean-Pierre Limosin on his film Young Yakuza (Cannes 2007). He was for a time a script doctor for Celluloid Dreams and wrote the screenplay of his first fiction feature, Entre les lignes, which was selected for the Talent Project Market of the 2010 Berlinale 2010. He won the Script Development Fund from the Amiens Film Festival in the same year. After a residency at the Binger Filmlab in 2011, he wrote and directed a fiction short, Le Gardien de son frère (2011), followed by a second in 2014, Journée d'appel, both selected in Angers. 14 juillet is produced by Elzévir Films.
Marie Monge
France
Project Les Joueurs
Production The Film
Marie Monge was born in Paris, in 1987. She graduated in cinema studies at La Sorbonne Nouvelle University in Paris. Along with other fellow students and young artists, she founded Novocaine in 2006, a creative collective through which she wrote and directed two short films: Les Ombres bossues (2008) and Mia (2009). Her subsequent film, Marseille la nuit, a medium-length film produced by 10 :15 productions, got nominated in many festivals in France as well as Belgium, and competed for the best short film at 2014 César. One of the two lead roles, Karim Leklou, was awarded twice as best actor, notably in Angers. She is currently writing and developing her first feature, Les Joueurs (The Lucky Ones), produced by The Film.
Karim Moussaoui
Algérie - France
Project En attendant les hirondelles
Production Les Films Pelléas
Born in 1975, Karim Moussaoui is an active member in one of Algeria most important independent film associations, Chrysalide, an Algerian cultural association created in 2000 to promote films. Karim Moussaoui worked on a number of plays and films including Délice Paloma by Nadir Moknèche. In 2003, he made his first short, Breakfast, Ce qu'on doit faire ("What We Must Do"), based on a Charles Bukowsky's short story. In 2006, his feature film script En attendant les hirondelles was selected for the Méditalents writing workshop, where he met Virginie Legeay, with whom he has co-written Les Jours d'avant (2013), selected and awarded in Angers in 2014. En attendant les hirondelles is produced by Les Films Pelléas.
Antoine Russbach
Suisse
Project Ceux qui travaillent
Production Box Productions
Of Swiss and South African parentage, Antoine Russbach was born and lived in Geneva until he was 20. He was involved in theatre for 8 years alongside attending regular school, then studied scriptwriting and directing in Belgium at IAD (Institut des Arts de Diffusion de Louvain-La-Neuve). In 2008, he co-directedMichel with Emmanuel Marre; the film won numerous awards and was selected for many festivals, including Teheran, Angers and Brussels. In 2009 he directed his graduation film Les Bons Garçons, which was selected at the Angers, Clermont Ferrand and Soleure Festivals. He then worked as a scriptwriter across a range of TV formats, short and feature films and has been involved in several collective projects and workshops as a scriptwriter. He lives and works in Switzerland since 2014. Ceux qui travaillent (Those Who Work) is produced by Box Productions (Switzerland).
Carla Simón
Espagne
Project Été 93
Production Inicia Films et Avalon
Carla Simón was born in a small Catalan village in 1986. Being part of an extensive family that is a bottomless pit of stories, she chose film to portray the complexity of the human condition and family relationships in particular. Carla graduated in audiovisual communication in Barcelona after an exchange year at the University of California where she directed the experimental films Womenand Lovers. Awarded with la Caixa scholarships, she studied at the London Film School where she directed Born Positive and Lipstick, both screening at numerous international film festivals. Las pequeñas cosas,selected this year in Angers, is her graduation film for which she received a Distinction. She is currently developing Summer 1993, her first feature film. The project is now participating in numerous development workshops, including the Berlinale Script Station where she also participated in the Talent Campus. She currently works as a film teacher for children and teenagers. Summer 1993 is produced by Inicia Films and Avalon(Spain).
