Romain Cogitore Romain Cogitore is an author and filmmaker born in 1985, he lives and works in Paris. He quickly established himself as a notable filmmaker, by shooting his first feature, Fifteen Lads, at the age of 25. His work questions our contemporary loves, grasping the question of the romance and its actualisation. It also challenges our relationship with nature, exploring the tensions of our
Šarūnas Bartas One of the most prominent Lithuanian film directors internationally from the late 20th century. His 2015 film Peace to Us in Our Dreams was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography Features 2015: Peace to Us in Our Dreams 2010: Eastern Drift 2005: Seven Invisible Men 2004: Children Lose Nothing 2000: Freedom 1997: The House 1996: Few of Us 1994: The
Stephen Dwoskin January 15, 1939 – June 28, 2012, was an accomplished experimental filmmaker whose work had a decisive effect on the British film theorists of the early 1970s. His films are held at the BFI and distributed by LUX. His archive is held at The University of Reading. Filmography Features 2007: The Sun and the Moon 2005: Oblivion 1994: Trying to Kiss the Moon 1992: Face of Our Fear 1988: Further and
Antoine Barraud A French film director. He directed his first medium-length film, Song (with Nathalie Boutefeu) in 2007 , but it was mainly his second experimental film Les Gouffres (with Mathieu Amalric and Nathalie Boutefeu) which was noticed by critics during his presentation at festivals in Switzerland and France. Filmography Features In development: Le Lit de la Rivière 2021: Madeleine Collins 2014: Portrait of the Artist 2012:
Johnny Ma Born in Shanghai, Immigrated to Canada at the age of ten years old. After working in both the finance and fashion industry, he attended Columbia University Master of Fine Arts as Director/ Screenwriter in 2010. Since 2020, Johnny resides in between Vancouver and San Sebastian Del Oeste, Mexico. Johnny Ma is a film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his debut
Alireza Khatami Worked in the Iranian film Industry before going into exile in Malaysia where he then worked as a Visual Effects Supervisor. Currently he lives in the USA and studies Master of Fine Arts in Film Production. His debut film, Oblivion Verses, was selected for the Script Station of 62nd Berlinale Talent Campus and received the Hubert Bals Fund from the International Film Festival
João Rui Guerra da Mata João Rui Guerra da Mata was born in Lourenço Marques, Mozambique. He spent his formative years in Macao, China, then a Portuguese colony. He studied and trained in Graphic Design and Typography in Lisbon, Portugal, where he is currently based. Since 1995, he has been working in cinema as art director, production designer, costume designer, make-up artist, actor, assistant director,
João Pedro Rodrigues João Pedro Rodrigues is a Portuguese film director whose activity started in 1997. He is considered to be part of The School of Reis film family. Having studied at the School of Theatre and Cinema of Portugal, João Pedro Rodrigues started his career as an assistant director and editor in several features, directed, for example, by Alberto Seixas Santos and Teresa Villaverde, among others. In 1997 João Pedro Rodrigues directs his first film.
Midi Z Midi Z is a Myanmar-born Taiwanese film director. He studied Film Directing in Taiwan. In 2009, he was named one of the most prominent directors by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Academy. Return to Burma, his debut feature, was selected for the Tiger Awards Competition in 2012 and The Palace on the Sea led to a Tiger Award nomination in 2014. Midi Z's Ice Poison (2014) won Best Film in Edinburgh
Pengfei Song Pengfei Song was born in a family of Peking Opera performers in Beijing. Under the influence of his family, he developed a strong passion for the arts. After graduating from high school, he went to Paris to study film at L’Institute International Image et du Son and majored in film directing. After 7 years of immersion in European culture, which transformed his personality
Qiu Yang Qiu grew up in Changzhou before studying painting and film at the Victorian College of the Arts in Australia. In 2017, he was the first-ever Chinese director to win a Golden Palm at the Cannes film festival, he then came back to his hometown with She Runs, awarded the Leitz Cine Discovery Prize during the 58th edition of La Semaine de la Critique.
Tsai Ming-Liang Tsai Ming Liang is a Malaysian Chinese filmmaker. He has written and directed 10 feature films and has also directed many short films and television films. Tsai is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese cinema. His films have been acclaimed worldwide and have won numerous film festival awards. Filmography Features 2025: Back Home 2024: Abiding Nowhere 2022: He Chu 2020:
Wang Bing Wang Bing was born in 1967 in Xi'an. He studied photography at the Beaux Arts in Sheyang. After the Beaux Arts, he was admitted to the Film Academy; he discovered the cinema of Antonioni, Bergman, Pasolini. In 2002, he directed West of the tracks, nine-hour documentary on the end of a huge industrial area of China. A first version of five hours is shown at the Berlin