Born in Athens in 1992, Olia Verriopoulou lives and works between Athens and Paris, where she studied cinema (Paris VII-Diderot, École des Gobelins). In 2021, she directed Sacralisons, her first short film. In 2025, she completed La Première Image, a short fiction film, and Histoires d'un mensonge, a feature-length documentary that premiered at IDFA. For the past ten years, she has been involved in programming and organizing film festivals.
La Danse immerses its audience in the backstage world of the Paris Opera Ballet, offering a glimpse into the logistical and economic machinery that keeps it running. Dancers, choreographers, and ballet masters are men and women who inhabit a space where grace and power intertwine and merge. A single demand guides their commitment and precision: to continuously discover and rediscover the most beautiful things a body can do.
Frederick Wiseman was born on January 1, 1930 in Boston (Massachusetts, USA). After studying art at Williams College and law at Yale Law School, he was appointed Professor of Law at Boston University in 1956 and at Harvard University in 1959. Despite this brilliant career, Wiseman soon turned his back on his academic career, producing several films.
Following the mysterious death of her neighbour, a young woman is consumed by guilt. She gets involved in organising the funeral and takes care of the two dogs left behind by their owner; yet the disappearance continues to haunt her.
Cécilia and Ludo are a young couple who love to stroll through their village's annual funfairs, escaping from their daily routine. But an unexpected opportunity will put their relationship to the test. A young couple fan of the funfair in their village will see their relationship being questioned after an unexpected opportunity.
Paola Valentin is a French artist, actress, and director born in Perche in 1994. She graduated from the Beaux-Arts in Paris and then trained as an actress in the free class at the Cours Florent, before joining the École du Nord under the direction of Christophe Rauck. She has performed in several major plays, including Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, directed by Pauline Baille at the Théâtre Public de Montreuil, and the role of La Marquise in La Seconde surprise de l'amour, directed by Cécile Garcia Fogel. Alongside her acting career, she has organized several exhibitions at L'étoile du Nord in Paris and at the Maison Folle in Lille. After appearing in several short and feature films, she star her directorial career in 2022 with Trois Mots de rien, which was selected for the Premier Plan Festival in Angers and the Champ Élysée Film Festival.
Ada lives alone in her house in the countryside. As her mind is meeting the effects of age, she receives recurring visits from a young man dressed in black with a pale face. Without uttering a word, he plunges her back into her past, her memories, and her questions about her roots and her country of origin: Turkey.
Born in Turkey, Atuğ Kaan Paçaci is a film director and a screenwriter based in Paris. After working for the Ankara International Film Festival, he began a career as a film critic for the Turkish magazine Sekans, where he was editor-in-chief between 2015 and 2016. With a master's degree from EICAR (the International Film and Television School), he directed his first short film, Past Mortem, in 2025.
In 1939, a soldier meets a young woman. A love story begins, but the soldier is called to the front, and the war dissolves their idyll. During a long interview, this woman, now 91 years old, reveals the secrets of a forgotten era. What remains of a love story after three-quarters of a century and a world war?
Bogdan Stamatin is a Romanian director working between France and Romania. In 2018, he directed Une Semaine maximum deux, which screened at numerous international festivals, including the Aubagne International Film Festival. He is also the founder and organizer of the Campulung Film Fest in his hometown.
