21e édition : Du 30 mars au 13 avril 2026

Screenwriters

Guoju Wang

Born into a family of actors in Jinhua in 1998, Guoju Wang is a young director who graduated from the London Film School. He studied music and philosophy before turning to filmmaking. His work focuses on Chinese society, its history, and its relationship with Buddhism. In 2021, he directed River of Crystals before directing Letter From Ruin, which will be screened at the Shanghai Youth Film Festival. In 2024, he directed his film A Winter Mirage, which was selected for the 14th edition of the Beijing International Film Festival ReelFocus Workshop.

2026-02-28T17:44:04+01:0028 Feb 2026|

Jiajie Yu Yan

Jiajie Yu Yan graduated in Audiovisual Communication from Ramón Llull University and earned a master's degree in Screenwriting and Film Directing at the Bande à Part film school. In 2020 he was nominated for the Spanish Film Academy's Goya Award for Best Fiction Short Film for Xiao Xian. In 2023 he got his second nomination as producer of the short film Chaval (2021). He is currently developing his first feature film, San Dai Shi Guang, which has participated in the Residencies of the Spanish Film Academy, Ventana CineMad, Bridging the Dragon Sino-European Lab and the Torino Film Lab, among other laboratories.

2026-02-28T16:39:40+01:0028 Feb 2026|

Oliver Würffell

Oliver Würffell is an award-winning director based in New York. His work, which ranges from award-winning advertising campaigns to deeply personal films, reveals a filmmaker driven by empathy and a commitment to visual quality. His short film The Letter premiered on the opening night of LA Shorts and won the Best Documentary award at the New York Shorts International Film Festival in 2025.

2026-03-14T11:14:52+01:0028 Feb 2026|

Nikola Lorenzin

Based in Rome, Nikola Lorenzin is a director and cinematographer, as well as a renewable energy engineer. Co-founder of the Santabelva collective, he gained recognition with his debut feature documentary, Corpo dei Giorni, which won Best Film at the 2022 Turin Film Festival. That same year, his film La Sal Negra, for which he handled both direction and cinematography, received the Lo Scrittoio Subtitles Award at the Visioni dal Mondo Festival. His cinema is characterized by a rigorous visual approach, shaped by his dual technical and artistic expertise.

2026-03-02T16:05:37+01:0017 Feb 2026|

Giacomo Scoditti

Born in Bari in 1994, Giacomo Scoditti holds a law degree specializing in film financing. He refined his craft at the Luchino Visconti Civic School and later specialized in directing at the CSC (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia) in Milan. After establishing himself in music videos, corporate communication, and as an assistant director, he transitioned into filmmaking. Son, produced by Nichel Film, is his second short film—a work that explores the persistence of memory within physical spaces.

2026-03-01T18:25:09+01:0017 Feb 2026|

Carles Bover

Carles Bover is a filmmaker born in 1991 in Mallorca. He holds a degree in Audiovisual Communication from CESAG and specializes in social documentary and audiovisual distribution. He has been directing and producing his own projects since 2014, including Gaza (2019), winner of the Goya Award, Destrucció creativa d'una ciutat (2020), Benín, infància robada (2023), and Hijos de África (2023), winner of the Fugaz Award.

2026-03-01T18:13:22+01:0017 Feb 2026|

Teo Baehler

After studying art at the CSIA in Lugano, Switzerland and architecture in Netherland, Teo Baehler decided to focus on his art production. In 2025, at 66, he launched his now multi-awarded-winning project DYNAMICS first started in 2009. Raised in Switzerland, Baehler takes inspiration from these landscapes. Nature and organic matters are both used as a medium and a creative resource for his sculptures, stop motion films and land art.

2026-03-19T11:01:08+01:0017 Feb 2026|

Adam Selo

Born in Naples in 1979, Adam Selo is a director, producer, and distributor. As the founder of Elenfant Film (2004) and Sayonara Film (2016), he has spent fifteen years on the international circuit, earning recognition at prestigious festivals including Venice (Critics' Week), Clermont-Ferrand, Oberhausen, Giffoni, and TIFF (Toronto). Alongside his creative practice, he shares his expertise as a professor of filmmaking at the University of Bologna.

2026-02-28T17:03:31+01:0017 Feb 2026|

Barbara Peikert

Swiss filmmaker and visual artist Barbara Peikert has nurtured a fascination for fictional worlds from an early age, decorating her bedroom with moving figures. 1000 O and The Cormorant's Shadow are her latest experimental films, singular and eccentric, reflecting her artistic research into abstract fictional behaviors, explored through movement, cinematic light and action.

2026-03-19T10:54:54+01:0013 Feb 2026|

Mia Engberg

Mia Engberg is a filmmaker and researcher based in Stockholm. She has directed a number of documentaries, fiction- and experimental films and was the producer behind the feminist project Dirty Diaries – 12 shorts of feminist porn. His film Belleville Baby premiered at the 2013 Berlinale and received a Guldbagge the same year. Her previous feature film, Hypermoon, was made in 2023 and won the Prix Sauvage at the L’Europe autour de l’Europe festival in 2024.

2026-03-24T22:03:11+01:0016 Oct 2025|
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