Ludivine Saës approaches cinema through editing. This third writing leads her to Denmark alongside Thomas Vinterberg and Per Fly.Back in France she discovers the serial universe which completes her relationship to fiction. As the editing process progressed, she felt the need to approach storytelling through the script. In 2018, she joined emergence, to co-develop with Marguerite Didierjean, the digital series Toute la misère du monde. And benefits from THE 2018 Talents SELECTION of the GAN Foundation for the development of Dis-leur que je reste, her first feature film.

Pharmacist from an Algerian province, Suzanne does not take the measure of what her pied-noire community still calls the 'events'.

But facing a daily life that is disrupted every day by an Algerian entourage that is regaining its freedom, Suzanne decides to collaborate with each side in order not to leave her native land. Not hesitating to disavow her deepest convictions.

Antoine Capliez is an author-director of documentaries and fiction ("Tallula"; "The Night Boy"), as well as TV series. His work takes a look at societal issues that challenge, such as: homophobia (documentary series "Plus rose ma ville"), unemployment (TV series "le destin extraordinaire de Kevin Martin"), parenthood and precariousness (documentary "Le temps d'échanges"), drugs (TV series "Les bas côtés") or the journey of an HIV positive woman (documentary "Mes cicatrices"). In his work as a screenwriter, marginality and the position of each person in relation to society are among his recurring themes. He often approaches these subjects in a very personal way, in a form that is similar to "poetic realism". Today, he co-wrote A Porta Gayola, his first feature film, with Louise de Prémonville.

When Keryann, as a boy, sees his father, Bachir, let himself be humiliated without reacting, his world collapses. In his low-income neighborhood of Arles, his future seems closed, until he crosses paths with Luis, a charismatic trainer at the bullfighting school.

After studying ethnology and a stint in a professional dance company, she worked in editing, mainly documentary (MK2, Arte, France 2, France 5...) for 8 years. At the same time, she started directing short films (documentary and fiction) including "Les bourreaux", "Cabossés", "Les insouciants", "Le corps des vieux" selected in festivals (Palm Springs, Aspen, Clermont-Ferrand, Aubagne, Ebensee, Seoul...) and broadcasted on national and international channels She is currently developing several documentary projects and is writing A Porta Gayola, her first feature film, with Antoine Capliez.

When Keryann, as a boy, sees his father, Bachir, let himself be humiliated without reacting, his world collapses. In his low-income neighborhood of Arles, his future seems closed, until he crosses paths with Luis, a charismatic trainer at the bullfighting school.

Antonello Faretta, a native of Potenza, Italy, has directed numerous documentary, experimental and fiction films selected in many international festivals -Cannes Film Festival, Rotterdam Film Festival, Hot Docs Toronto, New York Pen World Voices Festival-, museums -Centre Pompidou, Museum of Contemporary Art Barcelona- and art galleries -Galerie du Jour Agnes B-, including: Lei lo Sa, Da Dove Vengono le Storie, Il Vento, la Terra, Il Grasso sulle Mani, Nine Poems in Basilicata, Transiti, The Garden of Hope .... Montedoro is his first feature film.He is developing his second feature film fiction project, Albula.

An African teenager lives illegally without papers with his blind mother in an abandoned barge on the banks of the Tiber River in the heart of Rome. He will put this precarious and fragile life at risk to save a young Italian girl from the waters of the river. Hoping for a miracle for his mother's health, he tries to contact the Pope, but will only result in deep disillusionment, the loss of his innocence, but perhaps also a new life...

Halima is a Swiss-Moroccan filmmaker who works between Canada, Morocco and Switzerland. She received a B.A. in Political Science and a B.F.A. in Film Production from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal. Her first film Mokhtar, shot in Super 16mm, was very well received in hundreds of international festivals such as Toronto, Berlin, Rotterdam and Dubai, before being broadcasted on France 3, CBC and TSR. The film has won numerous awards, including two Best Direction Awards and five Best Film Awards. Shot in a small village in southern Morocco, the film features the villagers, many goats and an owl. Of all the performers, only the owl is a professional actor. Today, Halima is moving on to features with Nico, an initiation story inspired by her experience as a bodyguard in Geneva, her hometown, and with the development of the screenplay for The Camel Driving School.

Raised the hard way by her older brother Salim, Raïa, 21, longs for freedom. An unexpected offer from her brother changes her destiny when she agrees to become the bodyguard of Manal, a flamboyant Arab princess on summer vacation in Geneva. Trained on the job, armed with a pistol, Raïa becomes Nico, a pseudonym that opens the doors of this ruthless world to her...

Photographer, Latifa directed a first short documentary, Au revoir les enfants (Atelier FranceDoc) in 2011, then a P.O.M. (small multimedia object), Douce France, in 2012. After winning the 1st Prize of the Sirar Scholarship in Aubagne with her screenplay, she directed in 2016 the short film Jours intranquilles, produced by Le Grec and awarded in several festivals. In 2017, she directed a second short, Terrain Vague shot in 35 mm (Saudade Productions, Bando à Parte), presented in world premiere at the Vila do Conde festival.

Zina, who lives in Marseille with her son, learns that the Algerian government is going to compensate women who were raped during the civil war. Her entire past resurfaces. She must make a choice: stay and continue to live as if nothing had happened or leave and claim her compensation. After much hesitation and fear, she decides to go to Algeria but returning to the traces of her past is not so simple.

A 2009 graduate of the Toronto Film School where she wrote and directed two short films as part of her graduation project, Zain Duraie joined Philistine Films in 2010 as an intern with director Annemarie Jacir and producer Ossama Bawardi. There she worked from pre-production to post-production on various films, including When I Saw You, The Rendezvous and Thank You for Bombing.She also worked on several local and international productions in multiple capacities.Philistine Films produced Horizon, her first short film as a professional writer-director.

The film follows a middle-class family in Amman, Jordan, whose life is going on with apparent normality as the eldest son, Basil, in his last year at school, suffers from an unsuspected mental illness. The symptoms begin to reveal themselves, disrupting family life more and more dramatically. The family then faces enormous stress, as well as the pressure of a highly coded society.

Born in Casablanca, Sofia spent her childhood between Morocco and China. She directs short documentaries and fiction films broadcast on France 3, TV5, OCS.Her latest documentary The Waves or Nothing was a great success in Morocco and her latest fiction Qu'importe si les bêtes meurent shot in Morocco, won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2020 Sundance Festival.Sofia's ambition is a cinema that flirts with cinematic genres. In parallel to writing her feature film she is writing a series produced by Barney Production.

In a village where foreign surfers and local Berbers rub shoulders, 17-year-old Khadija has total admiration for her brother, a young Moroccan surfing prodigy who is preparing for international competitions. But one day, while the waves are breaking, her brother dies suddenly, leaving behind many debts...

Tamer Ashry has been a director, film and television writer in Egypt and the Middle East for 15 years. He is the founder and CEO of BEE Media, one of the leading production companies in Egypt. He is passionate about creating with social impact, and his work has been screened in many international festivals.Most recently, Tamer Ashry produced his first feature film drama, Photocopy.He was also the producer of Nawara which was awarded at the Dubai Film Festival, and was 1st assistant director on The Blue Elephant which topped the Egyptian Box Office in 2015.He is developing his second feature film drama project, Zaidan with Anna Elliot as co-writer.

A young Egyptian professional soccer player arrives clandestinely in Marseille to fulfill his dream of being hired at OM. During his journey, he will meet people who will participate in his adventure, each for very personal reasons.