List of Filmmakers

Athina Rachel Tsangari is a Greek filmmaker. Some of her most notable works include her feature films, The Slow Business of Going (2000), Attenberg (2010) and Chevalier (2015) as well as the co-production of Yorgos Lanthimos films Kinetta (2005), Dogtooth (2009), and Alps (2011). In her versatile work for cinema, she has also founded and been director of the Cinematexas International Short Film Festival. In 2014-2015, she was invited to Harvard University’s Visual and Environmental Studies department as a Visiting Lecturer on Art, Film, and Visual Studies.

Laís Bodanzky is a Brazilian film director. She is best known for Brainstorm, a film about the situation in mental institutions in Brazil.

Houda Benyamina is a French director and screenwriter. She won the Cannes Film Festival Camera d'Or and César Award for Best First Feature Film for her 2016 film Divines.

Nicolas Vanier is a French adventurist, writer and director.

Agnès Merlet is a French film director who is known for directing Son of the Shark, Artemisia and Dorothy Mills. Recently she directed the Irish/French/Swedish co-production Hideaways starring Rachel Hurd-Wood and Harry Treadaway.

Manuel Martín Cuenca is a Spanish film director. He directed more than ten films since 1990.

Jasmila Žbanić is a Bosnian film director, screenwriter and producer, known for writing and directing award winning Bosnian films Grbavica, On the Path and Quo Vadis, Aida?.

Benito Zambrano, is an awarded Spanish screenwriter and film director. His film Habana Blues was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. He studied at Escuela Internacional de Cine y Television in San Antonio de Los Baños, Cuba.