FULL CIRCLE LAB
NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE
HESSEN 2025
Full Circle Lab Nouvelle-Aquitaine Hessen is a capacity building international training program, which aims at supporting and accompanying the writing, development and post-production of 10 feature films closely connected to the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region in France and Hessen Region in Germany.
The lab is addressed to both emerging and more experienced filmmakers, French, German and international projects.
It relies on the local cinema ecosystem of festivals’ initiatives, and residencies such as the clos-FIFIB, the Biarritz Bal Lab, the Poitiers Film Festival and fosters synergies with filmmakers and producers active in the region.
The program is financially supported by Alca Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Hessen Film & Medien, the Lot-et-Garonne Department and takes the form of residential and online workshops.
> Accompanying projects closely connected to the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region in France and Hessen Region in Germany, and supporting their feasibility, and international potential in a tailor-made way.
> Supporting the whole cinema ecosystem in Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Hessen Regions in an integrated manner and accompanying 6 projects at scriptwriting stage (the Development Lab) and 4 projects in editing phase (the First Cut Lab).
Aims
of the program
1st module
Development Lab
During the 7 months of the Lab, the six selected projects focus on script & project development.
Module & structure
The Development Lab selects 6 projects, which will have the chance to attend two residential workshops, each lasting four working days, and 1 industry event.
Full Circle Lab Nouvelle-Aquitaine Hessen is open to teams of scriptwriter/director and producer. Both of them will attend the workshops. A film project with no producer attached is not eligible.
An individual follow-up
During the last months of the program, projects are followed individually.
According to their needs, a participation to a specific co-production forum or film industry event will be suggested and facilitated, either in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine or Hessen Regions, in France or internationally.
Three on-site sessions
The first workshop takes place in La Maison Forte in Monbalen, on June 11th-15th 2025, and offers analysis of the treatment together with main rewriting axes, consultancy on overall production plan and markets and festivals strategy.
The second workshop takes place at Schloss Biebrich in Wiesbaden, on September 22nd – 26th 2025, and offers analysis of the script and consultancy on the full presentation, the financial elements, distribution and sales.
The third phase takes place in Poitiers during the Poitiers Film Festival where the participants pitch their projects at the TAP – Théâtre Auditorium on December 5th, 2025 and meet sales agents and distributors.
A great flexibility
The limited number of participants & projects will allow great flexibility in the agenda, moving between plenary and group sessions, and individual consultations when needed.
Module & structure
The First Cut Lab is open to the filmmaker, producer and editor of the project and it takes place online.
The exact dates of the workshop are chosen in agreement with the selected teams to best answer the needs of their films. The workshop takes place during the period from April 29th to October 31st 2025.
Each film is accompanied by First Cut Lab for a period of roughly 3 weeks, even though the core of the Lab takes place over two consecutive days.
Tools provided for future
After the workshop, the film team receives a memo of the discussions and all suggestions, to serve as a road map in the further editing.
Tailor-made chosen advisors
The core is an in-depth discussion where the filmmakers get to test their questions and dilemmas with carefully chosen film industry experts.
An editor consultant helps the teams throughout the whole process with preparatory and follow-up meetings.
For more details
First Cut Lab is an international initiative, regularly joining Full Circle Lab for unique collaborations.
To know more about this module, discover all the information here.
2nd module
First Cut
Lab
This second module selects 4 feature films in the editing phase, supported by the Nouvelle-Aquitaine and the Hessen Region for their production.
Development Lab
projects
SMECHERIA
(1st feature, animated docu-fiction) by Antoine Fontaine, produced by Lucie Rego (Hutong Productions) – France / Romania / Belgium
Synopsis: MARYAM, a 22-year-old Iranian student, lives with her father HOSSEIN (50) and her little sister near the Pakistani border. Her world changes when Hossein suddenly disappears and Maryam finds out that he is involved in fuel smuggling. Determined to find out the whereabouts of her father she disguises herself as a man and joins the smugglers on a dangerous journey, where Maryam learns shocking truths about her father’s double life and his suspected murder.
Biographies
Antoine Fontaine : writer/director
Antoine Fontaine is an independent director based in Paris and Brussels, who also works as a film editor and director of photography for creative documentaries. He earned a double bachelor’s degree in philosophy and film at Paris I Sorbonne, continued his studies at the FAMU in the Czech Republic, and then joined DocNomads, a European master’s program. His film Insectopedia premiered in DOKleipzig in 2019 and received the WildCard award at Leuven festival. His first feature film, Smecheria, currently in development has received support from the CNC, the Île-de-France region, and the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.
Lucie Rego: producer
Lucie Rego co-founded Hutong Productions in 2018 with Pauline Tran Van Lieu to support bold, diverse cinematic voices from around the world. She previously worked for CNC’s Aide aux Cinémas du Monde and at the French Embassy in China. As delegate producer, she worked on The Watchman (Best Documentary, Tallinn Black Nights), and as co-producer on Intercepted (Ecumenical Jury Prize, Berlinale; Audience Award, Premiers Plans Angers). Her films are screened at major international festivals such as Berlinale, Rotterdam, Thessaloniki, and at institutions like MoMA, Centre Pompidou, or on broadcasters such as Arte and France TV.
CEUX QUI PARTENT
(1st feature, drama) by Hefse Guiro, co-written with Violette Garcia, produced by Yannick Beauquis and Quentin Brayer (Don Quichotte Films) – France / Senegal
Synopsis: To escape an impossible life and love, Mbaye, a young taxi driver from Dakar, plans to make a clandestine journey to Europe with Nima, the woman he loves. Their departure is thrown into doubt by the disappearance of his brother, who left before them and hasn’t been heard from in weeks. As they wait, their mother begins to unravel, withdrawing into silence. Torn between his longing for freedom and his growing responsibilities, Mbaye faces an impossible choice yet must find his own path.
Biographies
Hefse Guiro – writer / director
French and Senegalese screenwriter and director, Hefse Guiro began his career as a journalist, reporting widely across African countries from Dakar for French public television. After moving to Canada, he began developing his documentary project Fragments: The War Thirty Years Later, while producing award-winning work exploring the social and political tensions of the American heartland. Back in France, he directed his first short fiction film, Beyond the Mountains, and is now focused on writing Those Who Leave, his first feature film.
Violette Garcia – co-writer
After studying literature and geography, Violette joined the screenwriting department at La Fémis, graduating in 2019. Since then she has co-written several short films as well as Pierre Schoeller’s upcoming feature film Rembrandt alongside Anne-Louise Trividic, Deauville Green Award winner documentary movie Homo Animalis by Jacques Mitsch and was script consultant for Davy Chou’s Return to Seoul selected in Cannes – Un Certain Regard 2022
Yannick Beauquis & Quentin Brayer – Producers
After studying literature and cinema theory respectively, Yannick Beauquis and Quentin Brayer both joined the production department at La Fémis, where they met and decided to create Don Quichotte Films.
Since its founding, their production company has produced more than twenty short films and two feature films, spanning a wide range of genres—from author-driven fiction and documentaries to experimental cinema. Their films have been selected in over 400 film festivals worldwide, winning more than 80 awards, and have screened at prestigious festivals such as Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight and the Berlinale.
Today, with their short film activity at its peak, Don Quichotte Films is turning its focus increasingly toward the development and production of feature films.
NAJMA ET SALOMÉ
(1st feature, eco-thriller) by Anne Zinn-Justin, produced by Clémentine Mourão-Ferreira (So-Cle Production) – France
Synopsis: Salomé, a nurse in her forties, lives alone with her 8-year-old daughter Emma in a rural town. One of her patients, Marthe, a winegrower suffering from pulmonary disease, dies accidentally during a burglary. Authorities conclude that it was an accidental fall, but Marthe’s daughter Najma refuses to accept her mother’s death. In search of answers, the two women will uncover pollution that local economic players are trying to hide, awakening opposition that they were unprepared to face…
Biographies
Anne Zinn-Justin – writer/director
Writer-director of 5 short films, among which Bestiary, a rural survival, premiered at Clermont-Ferrand IFF 2025 and was broadcasted on Pay TV channel OCS Ciné +. Anne also directed a play by Slawomir Mrozek, writes theater plays, and works as a script doctor and as a writing and acting coach. She initially studied engineering and began her career as a researcher in human genetics. She trained as a screenwriter at La FÉMIS.
Clémentine Mourão-Ferreira – producer
Born and raised in Paris, she worked in development/financing of 40+ films. A former programmer at IndieLisboa IFF, she worked as a script analyst for funding institutions. In 2020 she founded SO-CLE, favoring French, European and Latin-American filmmakers who create authentic worlds, where imagination and nature prevail. Her filmography includes critically acclaimed, The Flame of a Candle, André Gil Mata’s 3rd feature (Best Film at Sevilla FF and Mannheim Arts and FF) which was released in French and Portuguese theaters in Spring 2025 and documentary feature Free Party, the 3rd feature of director Fabianny Deschamps which premiered at Doxa Vancouver FF 2025.
AVANT QUE LA MER NE FERME LES CHEMINS
(2nd feature, drama) by Camila Beltran, produced by Lionel Massol (Films Grand Huit) and David Hurst (Dublin Films) – France / Colombia
Synopsis: After the loss of his son Gabriel, Pablo sinks into alcoholism and depression. His wife Irene decides to take him to the Caribbean coast to investigate the young man’s death, as she discovers that it may not have been an accident. Pablo’s madness seems exacerbated by his return to the seaside. Memories of the past return: Gabriel’s childhood and the underwater world. For Irene, it’s the beginning of an extra-sensory, irrational and inexplicable experience. Each time she dives into the sea, Gabriel’s past comes back to life, as if in a dream. The journey, which forces Irene to face the abyss of the sea, will reveal to her another world.
Biographies
Camila Beltrán – writer/director
Camila Beltrán is a Colombian filmmaker and producer based in France. She has made a name for herself in contemporary Latin American auteur cinema. Mi Bestia, her first feature film, had its world premiere at ACID part of Cannes Film Festival. In 2024, it was released in theaters in France and Colombia. The film screened at international festivals, including Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival, where it won the “Blood Window” award for best Latin American film. Her short films have been presented at international festivals and in research programs in Europe, China, and at the MOMA in New York. Her last short, Pacífico Oscuro, was part of the official selection for Pardi di domani at the 2020 Locarno Film Festival, among some 25 international festivals.
Lionel Massol – producer
Lionel founded Films Grand Huit in 2015 with Pauline Seigland. They have produced around twenty short films, selected at major international festivals and won three Cesar, a European Film Award and a shortlist at the Oscars. They are now working with these filmmakers on feature films: DISCO BOY by Giacomo Abbruzzese (Silver Bear, Berlinale 2023), LES FANTÔMES by Jonathan Millet (Critics’ Week 2024), MI BESTIA by Camila Beltrán (ACID Cannes 2024), RABIA by Mareike Engelhardt (Prix d’Ornano-Valenti 2024), etc.
Lionel was Berlinale Talents in 2018, and took part in EAVE Puentes in 2021 and ACE in 2023. He is a member of the European Film Academy. He is ‘Producer on the move’ at the Cannes Film Festival in 2025.
David Hurst – producer
David Hurst is the manager and producer of Dublin Films, founded in 2006 and based in Bordeaux, France. He carries fictions and documentaries, for cinema and television, that defend the singular points of view of their authors. He dedicates himself to an editorial line focused on cultural, societal and political issues, and is passionate in supporting emerging talents and independent cinema throughout the world, especially in Latin America. In 2023, David was invited to preside over the jury of the “Horizontes Latinos” section in San Sebastian Film Festival. His latest production, The Black Snake, is selected in Acid Cannes 2025.
TAPED LOVE
(1st feature, dramedy) by Aria Azizi, produced by Niklas Seehausen (YAL Filmproduktion) – Germany / Afghanistan
Synopsis: In a hopeless village under the occupation of Islamist troops (Taliban) in Afghanistan, where adults fight for their existence, 10-year-old Ahmad falls in love with a girl. The love between the two leads to an unexpected battle and liberation from the Taliban.
Biographies
Aria Azizi – writer/director
Aria Azizi, born in Afghanistan, studied Persian art in Herat before moving to Germany, where he completed his Master’s degree in Film Directing in 2021. He is the co-founder of YAL Filmproduktion, an independent production company based in Kassel that focuses on the development and production of documentaries and feature films. In 2022, he received the HessenFilm and Media STEP scholarship, and in 2023 his graduation film was nominated for the Hessian Short Film Award. Azizi has been a jury member at various film festivals and is an alumnus of the Berlinale EFM ToolBox 2024, First Cut Lab 2024 and Cutting Edge Talent Camp 2024.
Niklas Seehausen – producer
Niklas Seehausen, was born in Kassel in 1996. He is Co- Founder of YAL Filmproduction. He received a HAB-Hessen Graduation Grant as well as a Hessenfilm und Medien GmbH Graduation Grant. In 2022 he completed his Studies with a Master in Film and worked as an assistant at University. He is an alumni of EURODOC 2022, First Cut Lab 2024 and Cutting Edge 2024
MONIKA, A WOMAN IN FRAGMENTS
(1st feature, drama/thriller) by Adriana Montenegro, produced by Philipp Goeser (Schiwago Film) and Camila Molina Wiethutcher (OMM Cine) – Germany / Bolivia
Synopsis:
Monika, A Woman in Fragments is an intimate drama and political thriller charting three moments in the radical transformation of Monika Ertl—a German-Bolivian woman torn between her father’s fascist past and her own awakening conscience. In 1953, teenage Monika joins her father, Nazi cameraman Hans Ertl, on an expedition into the Amazon. Amid the beauty and danger of the jungle, she uncovers his betrayal and true identity—marking the birth of her conscience. Years later, trapped in a privileged marriage built on the secrets of Nazi ratlines, she uncovers the truth about “Uncle Klaus”—war criminal Klaus Barbie. Refusing silence, Monika walks away from complicity and into revolution. By 1971, Monika operates under aliases executing missions for the guerrilla movement. When she targets Barbie, memory and vengeance collide in a final ambush. Monika’s journey is an intimate exploration of the tension between complicity and rebellion, justice and violence, past and present.
Biographies
Adriana Montenegro – writer/director
Adriana Montenegro is a Bolivian writer, director, and producer. A Fulbright scholar with a Master’s degree in Directing from UCLA, she has screened work at renowned international film festivals and on major television networks. Her writing and directing have earned awards from the Director’s Guild of America, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, among others. She founded Indómita in Bolivia and later Omm Films in Germany, creating award-winning campaigns, documentaries, and fiction. Currently based in Frankfurt, she is in development of film and television projects. Raised in Japan and seasoned in Los Angeles, her career reflects a global creative vision.
Philipp Goeser – producer
Philipp Goeser is a German film producer, content developer and author. He currently works as a producer at the Berlin-based production company Schiwago Film GmbH, which is renowned for its high-quality German film and TV productions. He studied philosophy and film studies at the Free University in Berlin. After graduation he quickly shifted his focus towards filmmaking and has since then worked on a variety of projects for cinema and television.
First Cut Lab Projects –
Projects in the post-production phase
J’AI L’HONNEUR DE VOUS RENDRE COMPTE
(1st Feature, Documentary) by Jérémie Gaulin, produced by Lucie Rego and Pauline Tran Van Lieu (Hutong Productions) – France
Synopsis:
Not long ago, Sony was a Chief Corporal in the Marine Troops. He had wanted to become a man by taking up arms under the French flag. But after six years of boredom and a traumatic episode in the Malian desert, he would leave the army without looking back. This film tells the story of a metamorphosis, a transition between two worlds: art and the military, civilian and soldier. Through skin and speech, it unfolds as a film about coming of age, the fight for recognition, and the healing of psychological wounds.
Biographies
Jérémie Gaulin – director
Jérémie Gaulin was born in 1985. He lives and works in Paris. He is a visual artist and film-maker. His work combines theoretical research, curatorial work, magazine editions, installations and videos. He began his studies at the Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux and completed them at the HEAD in Geneva in 2013. Following on from his artistic practice, and after a spell at the Ateliers Varan, he began his cinematographic research with the development of his first feature-length documentary, produced by Hutong Productions.
Nicolas Bancilhon – editor
Nicolas Bancilhon began editing in 1998 after studying for an audiovisual diploma in Bayonne. He had a decisive encounter with Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche, and was editor and assistant director on his first 4 feature films. At the same time, he alternated between editing documentaries and teaching editing at the Ateliers Varan. In 2021, he moved to Nouvelle-Aquitaine in France, where he focused his practice on films by various authors such as La photo retrouvée by Pierre Primetens, Ma, Cry of Silence by The Maw Naing, Knit’s Island by Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse and Quentin L’Helgoualc’h, Un pays en flammes by Mona Convert.
Lucie Rego & Pauline Tran Van Lieu – producers
Committed to giving visibility to a wide variety of cinematographic genres and directors from all countries. We produce feature-length films, documentaries and fiction, including many first films, with a strong taste for documentary and its creative freedom. Our films are released on TV and in theaters and screened at international festivals, in museums and on SVOD platforms. We act as main producers (The Watchman – Black Nights Tallinn, The Documentary Journey of Madame Anita Conti – Visions du Réel ; Acts of Love – Hot Docs Toronto), co-producers (Intercepted – Berlinale ; The Day Today – IFFR Rotterdam, Thessaloniki IFF), or in the development phase (The Mother of All Lies – Cannes Un Certain Regard 2023, Best Director Award and Golden Eye for Best Documentary).
FITNESS AND DESPAIR
(1st Feature, Drama/Political Romance) by Moritz Geiser, produced by Margarita Armineva-Jester (Voices Film) – Germany
Synopsis
Fitness and Despair (WT) is a genre-crossing love-story about Berlin-based local politicians Wanda and Faraz. It is about a relationship in its durational state and the troublesome small-scale negotiations, that both love and democracy boil down to. But what happens to a contemporary, egalitarian relationship when one partner’s career is taking off while the other’s is not? Can love as a communist island, essentially unselfish and irrational, survive in a free-market environment based on self-interest and economic rationality?
Biographies
Moritz Geiser – Writer/Director/Editor
Moritz Geiser is a director of films and radio plays, currently graduating from the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB). His award-winning short Why Does Helen Koch Commit Serious Vehicle Theft? screened at over 30 festivals and was part of the short film showcase Short Export by German Films in Clermont-Ferrand. Moritz also works as a film editor and previously studied psychology and neuroscience.
He is completing two new shorts—Issues and Regenfilm. Fitness and Despair is his first full-length feature film.
Producers
Margarita Amineva-Jester is the founder of Voices Films, a Berlin-based production company she has run since 2022. A DFFB graduate with experience at Columbia University and Autlook Filmsales, she focuses on director-driven fiction and documentaries. Margarita is an alumna of MIDPOINT, Full Circle, Cutting Edge, and other talent programs. Her credits include eight shorts, such as Land of Glory (German Short Film Award) and I Want to Return Return Return (Cannes Award).
Daria Wichmann is a Berlin-based producer. She was involved in several productions for Komplizen Film: Toni Erdmann as an intern, Giraffe and Gut gegen Nordwind as production manager and AEIOU as line producer. She took over as production manager and junior producer for Red Stars upon the field and Julian Radlmaier’s Sehnsucht in Sangerhausen. Her shorts have been shown at various festivals, including Palm Springs, Sapporo, Hofer Filmtage and many more. She is a 2022 Berlinale Talent and co-produced The Origin of the World by Borbála Nagy.
Mixtape
(4th Feature, Psychological Drama) by Piotr J. Lewandowski, produced by Oli Becker & Frank Vogt (COP Film & United Creative Studio eG, in cooperation with CIARA Filmproduction) – Germany
Synopsis
26-year-old Hannes, a young man from urban Austria, visits a provincial German town for the first time — the place where his boyfriend Charlie grew up and tragically died. Convinced he is to blame, Hannes arrives to say a quiet goodbye, but stays after meeting Charlie’s grieving mother. As he investigates Charlie’s death, tensions in the town rise. When Hannes discovers a cassette labeled Mixtape, a chain of mysterious events unfolds — challenging his sense of identity and altering the lives of those around him.
Biographies
Piotr J. Lewandowski – director, producer
Piotr J. Lewandowski is a Warsaw-born screenwriter, director, producer, and painter. Educated at renowned art and film schools in Poland and Germany, he brings a distinctive visual sensibility to his storytelling, blending cinematic language with the texture of painting. His short and feature films have been celebrated with nearly 200 awards worldwide and screened at major international festivals. His film Jonathan was shortlisted among Germany’s top ten submissions for the Academy Awards in 2018. His latest feature, Mixtape continues his exploration of human fragility, memory, and resilience.
Dan Olteanu – editor
Dan Olteanu is a versatile film editor whose work blends emotional sensitivity with bold cinematic language. A graduate of the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Offenbach, he focuses on character-driven narratives across fiction, documentary, and hybrid formats. His editing style is marked by strong visual intuition, precise timing, and an ability to weave psychological nuance into the storytelling. Originally from Romania, he collaborates internationally and has worked with Piotr J. Lewandowski on award-winning films such as Jonathan, King of Ravens and Unspoken.
Oli Becker – producer
Oli Becker is a German producer, director, writer, and cultural educator working at the intersection of art, education, and social discourse. A Certified Theatre Educator, he creates cross-disciplinary projects that explore identity, marginalization, and social norms. In film and television, he co-produced Unspoken (2022) and Run (2021), directed the satirical music video Frankfurter Kranz, and created the infotainment series Dr. Zimmermann. On stage, his productions blend performative activism, humor, and critical inquiry. Founder of the Open Mind Ensemble, Oli uses culture as a tool for dialogue and transformation, with a particular commitment to queer visibility and inclusion.
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SLEEP
(2nd Feature, Experimental Drama) by Jonas Bak, Produced by Charlotte Lelong & Jasper Wiedhöft (Trance Films & Reynard Films) – Germany/France
Synopsis: Anke is about to leave her small German town in the Black Forest region, while Lisa finds it hard to feel at home there. They meet by chance on a cold, grey autumn day. This unexpected encounter gives new perspective and energy to their respective paths.
Biographies
Jonas Bak – Director and editor
Jonas Bak is a German writer-director. He studied filmmaking at the Royal College of Art in Edinburgh, Scotland. He has directed two short films Wanderdrachen (2017) and One and Many (2018). His first feature Wood and Water (2021) premiered at the Berlinale.
Charlotte Lelong – Producer
Charlotte Lelong is a producer and the founder of Trance Films, based in Bordeaux, focused on international co-productions. Wood and Water, her latest feature film, won the Compass-Perspektive Award Special Mention at the Berlinale in 2021. She is a member of the European Film Academy, ECOPROD, and alumni of EAVE and Berlinale Talents.
Jasper Wiedhöft – producer
Jasper Wiedhöft studied film in Frankfurt and is a producer at Reynard Films. The company’s recent titles include the stop-motion short REST IN PIECE, which premiered at the Palm Springs International ShortFest, and DANCING ON THE EDGE OF A VOLCANO which won the Special Jury Mention at the Karlovy Vary IFF.
Calendar
in 5 steps
Timeline
1 – March 31st, 2025 – Deadline for application.
2 – April 30th & May 2nd, 2025 – Preselection Interviews
3 – May 18th, 2025 – Announcement of selected participants & projects at Cannes Film Festival.
4 – June 11th – 15th, 2025 – First Development Lab residential workshop in La Maison Forte, Monbalen.
5 – September 22nd – 26th, 2025 – Second Development Lab residential workshop in Schloss Biebrich, Wiesbaden.
6 – December 4th-5th, 2025 – Pitch Training + Industry Day during the Poitiers Film Festival in Poitiers.
Tutors
& mentors
Matthieu Darras
CEO of Tatino Films
Matthieu Darras designs and leads several programs of film/talent development and consultancy that are active worldwide: the First Cut Lab, the Pop Up Film Residency, and the Full Circle Lab. Previously, he founded and directed the European Network of Young Cinema NISI MASA, wrote for the film magazine Positif, and was the artistic director of the TorinoFilmLab.
He also worked for major film festivals in Europe: as a programmer for the Cannes Critics’ Week, as a consultant for the Venice Film Festival, and as a delegate for the San Sebastian Film Festival.
He also directed the Bratislava Film Festival.
Myriam Sassine
Head of the program and Producer Consultant
Myriam Sassine joined Abbout Productions producing several features and documentaries such as Costa Brava, Lebanon by Mounia Akl (Venice Film Festival Official Selection / TIFF 2021), 1982 by Oualid Mouaness (TIFF 2019) and Panoptic by Rana Eid (Locarno 2017).
From 2016 to 2020, she was the COO of Schortcut Films dedicated to co-producing international films. In 2016, she cofounded Maskoon Fantastic Film Festival, the first and only genre film festival in the Middle East.
Since 2021, she’s the project manager of Aflamuna Connection, Aflamuna’s coproduction platform. Myriam is an alumni of EAVE Producer’s Workshop (2019) and Film Independent Producing Lab (2019).
Yemi Chabi
Program Manager
After earning a Film Studies degree, Yemi Chabi worked as a Marketing and Acquisitions Coordinator at Coproduction Office, curating the pressbook for Il Buco (Venice – Special Jury Prize, 2021) and developing its classics acquisitions project.
She freelanced as a Story Editor and Copywriter on award-winning films like Striding into the Wind (Cannes, 2020) and Club Zero (Cannes, 2023). In 2021, she pursued studies in narrative techniques at Scuola Holden.
She is now a Development Executive at Kometa Films and Program Manager for various labs at Tatino Films. In 2024, she was selected as a Story Editor Trainee in the TFL NEXT Screens of Tomorrow programme.
Philippe Barrière
Script Consultant
Born in 1978, Philippe Barrière has a Masters in philosophy and formal logic at La Sorbonne University.
Script consulting is way for him to combine his interest for analysis and his passion for cinema.
Over the past years, Philippe Barrière has had several relevant experiences in the field of script consulting such as head of the development for Mille et une Productions or, since 2010, as an independent script consultant.
He is notably the co-author with Rubaiyat Hossain of Made in Bangladesh (Toronto 2019). He teaches scriptwriting in different film schools in Paris, and works on several script development workshops, such as La Scénaristerie, Cannes Talent Unlimited and Le Groupe Ouest.
Britta Krause
Script Consultant
After having studied at NYU’s Film & TV programme and her graduation from the London Film School with a distinction in script-writing, Britta worked internationally as a writer/director/editor on short and TV-films and made a career directing commercials. Since 2012 she has been working as a scriptwriting tutor for institutions like the Doha Film Institute, European Short Pitch, Torino Film Lab, Nipkow Programm, Attagirl (BFI), Semaine de la Critique’s Next Step workshop and Full Circle Lab. She is currently a mentor for the Netflix Accelerator workshop and teaches at Filmakademie Ludwigsburg and ifs Cologne besides working as a freelance script consultant with writer-directors from all over the world.
Antonia Girardi
Script Consultant
Antonia Girardi is a Chilean film programmer and screenwriter, based in France. Since 2019, she has been the Director of FIDOCS, the Santiago International Documentary Film Festival. She is also the Managing Director of Pop Up Film Residency, supporting international filmmakers in the development of their projects. She holds a master’s degree in Latin American Cultural Studies and is an alumna of SPEAP, the Experimental Program in Arts and Politics founded by Bruno Latour. As screenwriter she co-wrote Los Colonos (2023), directed by Felipe Gálvez.
Alexis Hofmann
Industry consultant
Alexis Hofmann is graduate in Modern Literature and in Distribution at La Fémis.
After working for Centre National de la Cinematographie (CNC), he joined HAUT ET COURT, and then MEMENTO FILMS, working in the booking and marketing departments for each.
He joined BAC FILMS in 2006, as a booker and then became marketing project manager for the company.
Alexis now oversees acquisitions for BAC FILMS.
Edyta Janczak-Hiriart
Producer Consultant
Edyta Janczak-Hiriart is a French producer of Polish descent. A graduate of the Lodz Film School, she’s also a member of EAVE, ACE Producers Series Special, and Producers To Watch at MipTV. In 2008, she founded Kometa Films, a company based in Paris and Orléans, specializing in producing films and series through international co-productions. Among her recent productions are “Anatomia” by Ola Jankowska, presented at the Venice Film Festival in 2021, and “By Flavio” by Pedro Cabeleira, presented in Berlinale’s short film competition in 2022.
Partners
& financial
support
Alca, the cultural agency for publishing and cinema in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Region, supports creation and production of fiction, animation and documentary films through fundings, artists-in-residence program, partnerships with Labs and international market and a regional film commission.
It also stands by film professionals from the region for national and international film festivals, coproduction events and to support distribution and promotion.
Hessen Film & Medien is the first point of contact for film funding in Hesse, Germany, and strengthens the regional film and media industry. It supports film and media professionals and those who want to shoot and produce in Hesse while planning and shooting their projects. Hessen Film & Medien promotes both the artistic and commercial quality of film and series productions and offers support throughout all production stages from treatment to shooting and distribution. Its goal is to pave the way for artistic daring and it stands for the promotion of young talent, diversity, social and environmental sustainability as well as transparent structures.
The Lot-et-Garonne Department Council is active in the cinema industry, specifically through the action of the BAT47 Filming Office, the main actor of the Department’s cinema and audiovisual policy.
In collaboration with
