Franck Marchand 

“Lou” : Zoe Chazal

Written & Directed by : Franck Marchand
Producer : Les Casquettes Films

I am a cinematographer interested in unearthing unique narratives that explore the human condition through the power of documentaries that have special access to their subjects. I am keen to help those without a voice to tell their stories.

Directed by : Owen Cant
Producer : Alex Taylor

Shant Salkhorian

Shant Salkhorian: A recent graduate of Woodbury University with a BFA in Film, Shant has worked on several productions at Warner Bros., including CONAN, ELLEN, GREASE LIVE! and THE REAL. His previous short film MISTAKES, which he directed, wrote and produced. MISTAKES has won several awards from film festivals including LA Shorts, Top Indie Film Awards, SoCal CIFF, LA CineFest and LA Indie Film Awards. As a Producing Fellow at The American Film Institute Conservatory, Shant produced 4 short films and wrote a feature screenplay.

Daugther : Alyssa Latson
Mother : Jhey Castles
Key cast : Joshua Mchua
Key cast : Andrea K. Torres

Directed by : Shant Salkhorian
Written : Chris Kingsleigh
Producer : Shant Salkhorian
Cinematography : András Roder

Werner Vivier

Werner Vivier (b.1996, South Africa) is a South African/Swiss filmmaker and visual artist. After graduating from Ithaca College (US) in film & photography, he moved to London, where he currently works freelance as a Treatment Designer and Creative Researcher for various international production companies.

Wayne : Buddy Skelton
Nathalie : Angie Adler

Written and Directed by : Werner Vivier
Producer : Costanza Rendini Manzoni
Director of Photography : Lorena Pages

Dekel Berenson

Dekel Berenson is a writer, director, activist and graphic designer. Drawing inspiration from traveling to more than sixty countries, Dekel explores real-world social and humanitarian issues. His second short film, “Ashmina” won several prizes, including Best Short Film award at the 59th Krakow Film Festival and Best Live Action Short at the 36th Jerusalem Film Festival, qualifying the film for Academy Awards consideration. His third film, “Anna”, premiered as Official Selection in Competition at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival and won the Best British Short Film award at the 22nd BIFA awards.

Anna : Svetlana Barandich
Alina : Anastasia Vyazovskaya
Eric : Eric R. Gilliatt
Translator : Alina Chornogub
Party Organiser : Liana Khobelia
Ian : Istan Rozumny
Drunk Man : Pavel Levitsky

Written and Directed by : Dekel Berenson
Producer : Dekel Berenson, Merlin Merton, Olga Beskhmelnytsina

Anastasija Lazarova Pilling is born in Skopje, North Macedonia. She graduated at the University of Audiovisual Arts ESRA in Skopje. Her graduation short film “Raspberry” was supported by the North Macedonia Film Agency. The film premiered at the ICFF “Manaki Brothers” in Bitola. She is currently in pre-production for her new documentary short film, which also recieved a grant from the Film Agency in North Macedonia.

Andrea : Ivana Pavlakovikj
Dona : Sara Klimoska
Аndrea’s Mother : Amernis Nokshiqi
Аndrea’s Brother : Stefan Spasov
Viktor : Bojan Kirkovski

Written and Directed by : Аnastasija Lazarova Pilling
Producer : Nikola Madic

He was born in Sakarya, in 1990. He completed his primary and middle school education in Ahmet Akkoç, then he went to Ada Bilim Koleji for his highschool education. He graduated from Yeni Yüzyıl University Public Relations and Advertising department in 2010. He worked a short term for Alametifarika as an intern in 2013 summer. He then went to Istanbul Ticaret University for his masters degree in Advertising and Strategic Brand Communication.

Brother : Şakir Shakar ALGABOORE
Child : Yunus Emre ALBUYUR
Key cast : Osama ALYAHYA

Written and Directed by : Ahmet Sami KURİŞ
Producer : Ahmet Sami KURİŞ

Michael Guillod

Michael’s background is a mix of creativity and filmmaking combined with several years of solid experience in the digital world.

Having started a career as a Visual Arts Designer, he managed to follow his passion for technology by working at Apple in Geneva/Switzerland and later on in Cupertino/California, as a Creative Instructor.

From 2011 he managed to participate in numerous projects, within the film industry, starting as a Cameraman, 1st AD and Production Assistant.

While pursuing his own projects, Michael co-founded in 2017, CORNLAND STUDIO, a film production company based in Switzerland.

Elisabeth : Nathalie Sabato
James : Yann Philipona

Written and Directed by : Michael Guillod
Producer : Cornland Studio Sàrl
Cinematography : Benoit Perret-Gentil
Editing : Pierre Belli
Original music by : Michael Boga

Born in Moscow, Russia, in 1988. Graduated from Moscow State University and Moscow School of New Cinema. Interested in creating feature films and documentaries. Working as a cretive director in video production studio WinterFilm. Shorts “My brother” and “Third door to the left” were screeed at several Russian festivals and European ones. Working on a documentary project now.

Mother : Natalia Volova
Daughter : Tatiana Volova
Girl from the garage : Ekaterina Volkova
Daughter’s friend : Olesya Jouravleva
Eugine Malakhov : real estate agent

Written and Directed by : Nina Volova
Producer : Maxim Ladnushkin

Raúl Gutiérrez

Raúl Gutiérrez was born in 1987 in Colombia. He studied audiovisual arts in Bucaramanga and graduated with a Master in Cinema from La Sorbonne Paris 1. He made several short films that participated in different film festivals around the world. His short films have been always related with the role of the woman in Colombian society. “El Paseo” (13’, 2011) was financed by two different founds and “Mi Primer Amor” (11’, 2012) was produced by Spanish actor Antonio Banderas. Its premiere was in México D.F. It was distributed by Agencia Freak from Spain and participated in film festivals in countries like Italy, USA, Puerto Rico, Portugal and Colombia. He has been a direction assistant from the international series project “Sitiados II” for Fox Telecolombia in 2017, and “Jugar con Fuego” for Telemundo in 2018. Currently he is directing “Inmigrantes”, a TV series in Cúcuta about Venezuelan immigrants entering to Colombia.

Carmen : Mónica Chávez
Comandante : Weimar Delgado
Julián : Jose Gutiérrez

 

Written and Directed by : Raúl Gutiérrez
Produced by : Raúl Gutiérrez