Masa Hilcisin Dervisevic is a documentary filmmaker from Bosnia currently living in Prague. She has been involved in a number of cultural and film projects in the region of former Yugoslavia. Her interests include documentary film with emphasis on social issues and different aspects of violation of human rights. Her documentary films have been screened at various film festivals around the world including International LGBTI Film Festival in Mumbai, Frameline in San Francisco, Berlinale in Berlin, MIX in NYC, International Women’s Film Festival Dortmund|Cologne, Anemic in Prague, Filmmor in Istanbul, Viscult in Joensuu, Festival of Visual Culture in Tartu, Beijing Queer Film Festival, Rdece Zore in Ljubljana, Femfest in Zagreb, EcoVision in Palermo, and others.
Masa holds a PhD in Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture from the Masaryk University.
Heiny Srour
REALISTRICE PRESENTE ESPRIT-NL 2014, REALISTRICE TOUS-NL 2014Born in Lebanon in 1945, she is the first Arab woman filmmaker to have one of her films, HOURS OF LIBERATION, selected for the Cannes Festival. In her films, she focused on examining the role of Arab women in revolutions.
Antje Van Wichelen
REALISTRICE PRESENTE-NL 2014, REALISTRICE TOUS-NL 2014Filmmaker and textile artist, Antje Van Wichelen seeks metaphorical forms to express ideas. She has worked in radio and television programs and as a scriptwriter.
Abel, Gordon + Romy
REALISTRICE PRESENTE ESPRIT-NL 2014, REALISTRICE TOUS-NL 2014Dominique Abel, born in Belgium and Canadian, Fiona Gordon, form an inseparable comic duo. Since 2006, they have collaborated on different films with Bruno Romy.
DAMES DRAAIEN AFBEELDINGEN + LOGOS
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REALISTRICE PRESENTE ESPRIT-NL 2014, REALISTRICE TOUS-NL 2014Born in 1985, in Tolbuhin, Bulgaria, Sevda Doğan studied photography and video at Yıldız Technical University. Today, she works as a free-lance photographer and keeps on making documentaries
Masa Hilcisin Dervisevic
REALISTRICE PRESENTE-NL 2014, REALISTRICE TOUS-NL 2014Masa Hilcisin Dervisevic is a documentary filmmaker from Bosnia currently living in Prague. She has been involved in a number of cultural and film projects in the region of former Yugoslavia. Her interests include documentary film with emphasis on social issues and different aspects of violation of human rights. Her documentary films have been screened at various film festivals around the world including International LGBTI Film Festival in Mumbai, Frameline in San Francisco, Berlinale in Berlin, MIX in NYC, International Women’s Film Festival Dortmund|Cologne, Anemic in Prague, Filmmor in Istanbul, Viscult in Joensuu, Festival of Visual Culture in Tartu, Beijing Queer Film Festival, Rdece Zore in Ljubljana, Femfest in Zagreb, EcoVision in Palermo, and others.
Masa holds a PhD in Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture from the Masaryk University.
Vanessa Rousselot
REALISTRICE PRESENTE-NL 2014, REALISTRICE TOUS-NL 2014Cineast member of the Académie de France in Madrid in 2012-13, Vanessa Rousselot directed the documentary ‘Blague à part’, which is about a quest for Palestinian humour through Cisjordan, and won several awards. She also directed the web-documentary ‘Drawing the Revolution’ about some of the greatest arab cartoonists, for The Guardian, and ‘Pionnières’ for France 24. She studied History of the contemporary arab world at La Sorbonne and classical arab the university of Oriental Languages (INALCO), before studying documentary-directing at the Ateliers Varan in Paris.
Anneta Papathanassiou
REALISTRICE PRESENTE-NL 2014, REALISTRICE TOUS-NL 2014Anneta Papathanassiou has a bachelor ́s Degree in Economics, University of Athens and a diploma from E.Hatzikou, Drama & Cinema School. She studied theatre in HB Studio and New York University. She has been acting on Stage and Television for over 20 years.
She is teaching drama courses at the American College of Greece – Deree and “Theatro ton Allagon” and she has published two books about theatre. In 2010, she established an independent theater in the heart of Athens.
Pascale Obolo
REALISTRICE PRESENTE-NL 2014, REALISTRICE TOUS-NL 2014Born in 1967 in Cameroon, Pascale Obolo arrived in France when she was 6. After studying directing at the ‘Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français (CLCF), she obtained a master in Experimental Cinéma from the University Paris 8.
2005: La naissance du cinéma africain
2005: Calypso @ Dirty Jim’s
2003: Roots de Guyane
2002: La rue plutôt qu’un taudis
2002: Expo graffitti
2002: 3 Canal
2001: Manu Chao
2001: Mungal
2000: Les Nubiennes
1999: Yaoundé à l’heure des cybercafés
1998: Xuly Bët le créateur
1997: Défilés du salon du prêt à porter
1995: Graff’ Mouve
Dimitra Nikolopoulou
REALISTRICE PRESENTE ESPRIT-NL 2014, REALISTRICE TOUS-NL 2014Dimitra Nikilopoulou was born in 1968 in Argos, Greece and she studied Geology at Athens University and Film at Paris III University. She works as a first assistant director on films, advertisements and televisions series. Running Dry is her fourth short film.”