Born in 1976, Savina Dellicour went to Belgium’s Institut des Arts de Diffusion in Louvain-la-Neuve straight out of high school in 1994 and graduated with honors in 1998. Her graduation film On/Off won the Grand Jury Prize at the Brussels Festival of Independent Films in 1998. Savina worked at various TV production companies in Brussels as first assistant director before going to study at NFTS in London. Strange Little Girls, her first short film since leaving school had been selected in the Premiers Plans film Festival in 2005
FRANCE
ROLAND EDZARD Born in 1980, Roland Edzard lived in Tamanrasset, Algeria from 1980 to 1988. He studied at the National Studio of Contemporary Art in Strasbourg from 1998 to 2003, then at Fresnoy from 2004 to 2005. He lives and works in Paris. La Plaine, short film directed in 2005 and selected at the Premiers Plans film Festival en 2006, was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for the European student films.
LITHUANIA
DOVILE GASIUNAITE
Born in 1972, she studied acting in Vilnius Musical Academy and film directing in a foreign class at FAMU, Prague. Since 2001, she has worked as a casting director and an assistant director in Lithuanian film productions. She directed several short films: Orange Day (1996), I, You, He, She, (1997) Who Sleeps Beside You (2003) and a documentary Northern Spring (2005).
SLOVENIA BLAZ KUTIN
Born in 1970. He graduated in Ethnology and Sociology of Culture from the University of Ljubljana. During his studies, he directed radio commercials and wrote for radio and various magazines. In 1995 he published his book "The Land of White Doves" from the journals of his travels to Bosnia during the war. He makes his living as a translator. For his feature film script Lara, he wins the "Media New Talent of the European Union Award 2006" which was presented to him at Cannes Film Festival.
FRANCE CHRISTOPHE LE MASNE
For years he worked as a stage, film and television actor with the likes of Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Thomas Gilou, Emanuelle Bercot, Nina Companeez, before making his first short film, Les Inevitables, in 2000. The film was presented and awarded at the 2001 Premiers Plans Film Festival. After attending the Emergence Summer University he made a second short, Naturellement. Health problems prevented him from working on his craft for three years, but he has recently returned with a new short: Et alors.
SWITZERLAND / ARGENTINA
MILAGROS MUMENTHALER
Born of Swiss parents in Argentina, she studied film at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires. She has made several short films, all Swiss-Argentine co-productions, including Amançay (2005), El patio (2003), and Cap Code (2003). She has also worked as assistant director on publicity films, video clips, and shorts.
NORVEGE / ROYAUME-UNI JAKOB RORVIK
Born in 1980 Jakob Rørvik recently graduated as a director from the National Film and Television School in London. He has written and directed a number of shorts: Vanilla Song (2005) selected at the Cannes Cinefondation 2005, In Machina (2003), the rockumentary The Big Singalong (2002) and Lunch (2001). He also worked as a director assistant. His graduation film Willow Drive had been selected at the Festival Premiers Plans 2006.
FRANCE
EMMANUEL SAGET
Born in 1970, he got a BA in French from the Fine Arts Academy in Lyon before going on to get a Masters in film from the Toulouse University Film School (ESAV).. He also directed a documentary in 2004: Seuil. He participated to the last Emergences Workshops edition. After various self-produced works (S8 and 16mm) such as Haud-Fond (1996) and Ventre (2003), he filmed Jèsu Dolar, his first short fiction in 35mm, selected at the Festival Premiers Plans in 2006.
