A graduate of La Fémis (Directing department), Maud Ameline collaborated with the director Eric FORESTIER to write the scenarios and short films L’Age tendre and Seule, Maman a les yeux bleus (The Cinéfondation Prize) and the feature-length film Les Animaux domestiques. In addition, she selects films for “La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs” and teaches film in secondary schools.

Sergio Basso began his career as a theater director before turning to film. He was assistant director to Gianni Amelio and has made several short films and documentaries. For a time, he lived in China in order to specialize in Oriental Art. He currently works in the Oriental Studies Department at La Sapienza University in Rome. Sergio Basso was recently awarded his diploma from the Directing Department of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. His film 30 febbraio was awarded a prize at the 2006 Rencontres Internationales Henri Langlois. His latest productions, Dora and Le Voyage de Jesus, were presented at the 2007 Locarno Festival.

An actrice for Olivier ASSAYAS (Fin août, début septembre and Les Destinées sentimentales), Mia HANSEN-LØVE was admitted to the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in the 20th arrondissement of Paris in 2001. She left the Conservatory in 2003 to write for Cahiers du Cinéma, which she continued doing until 2005 while, in parallel, directing several short films. Her first feature-length film, Tout est pardonné, was presented at the “Quinzaine des Réalisateurs” at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.

Ludovic HENRY produces short films for the company “Les films au long cours.” After having worked as a general assistant director, then as a production director on feature films, he decided to dedicate himself to producing short films to discover new talent and to accompany these individuals during the creation process. Philippe LARUE’s Tea Time received the Grand Prize at Cognac’s 2001 Festival du Film Policier (detective films festival). L’Etoile de mer, by Caroline DERUAS, competed in the “Qunizaine des Réalisateurs” at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Olivier HEMS’ Résistance aux tremblements competed in the 2007 Cannes Official Competition and is a pre-selection for the 2008 César awards. Ludovic HENRY presides the short film section for the Independent Producers’ Union.

Anne Théron writes book, screenplays and plays. She is both a film and stage director. Of her films, we particularly remember Ce qu’ils imaginent (2004), a feature-length film with Marie TRINTIGNANT, Julie GAYET, Aurore CLEMENT, Didier BEZACE; and the short film starring Marie TRINTIGNANT, Elle grandit si vite (1999), which was selected at several festivals. Anne THERON co-writes scenarios for various film and television directors. For theater, she has written and staged Antigone, hors-la-loi, based on SOPHOCLES and DIDEROT’s La Religieuse. Her works include Faux papiers (1987), Les Plaisirs et les corps (1983), and Figures (1983), which was selected for the Médicis Prize.