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Dave Lojek loves filmmaking and belongs to the most prolific and most often selected directors with over 1162 screenings at international film festivals worldwide. His favorite genres are comedy, parody, fantasy, romance, poetry and experiment. Dave also directs documentaries, dramas, portraits, commercials, and music videos. His works won 141 film awards. Dave Lojek graduated with an MA in English / American and Cultural Studies from Humboldt-University in his hometown Berlin. As independent producer, he created 171 movies in 25 cities in 14 European countries by 2018. Mr. Lojek hosts monthly open cinema screenings in Germany’s oldest cinema and annual film workshops called KinoKabarets with his initiative KinoBerlino. Dave works as film distributor and president of a Film Association. The productions of APEIRON FILMS and KinoBerlino have been broadcast weekly since 2008 (ca. 10.000 times) on German TV and viewed online over 2 million times. Check out his filmography, film portfolio and imdb page.
Yves Samuel Bouzaglo is a Swiss Film Producer based in Geneva (Switzerland) and New York. One of his Production Satán recently got awarded at prestigious (Academy Award qualifying film festival) ‘Palm Springs International Shortfest 2018’ as ‘Best Student Live Action Short Over 15 min’. As a very dedicated producer, Yves believes movie sets are the perfect place to make new friends. This puts his crew at ease while working with him and gives them enough creative freedom to bring the best out of them. Yves has been active in the film industry of Switzerland and USA for past 15 years in various roles. A strong love and good taste for a good story made Yves produce films that got appreciated at various film festivals across the globe. Projects of his company Lunica Productions got supported by several funding authorities of Switzerland including the Federal Office of Culture (BAK) , the Romandie Film Foundation (CINEFOROM), the TV Production Fund (FPT), the Engelberts Foundation and Swiss National TV (RTS/SRG). Having lived in various countries and open-mindedness towards different cultures, he is very open to collaborations and international co-productions through his company. You can check his website and IMDb page for further details.
Floriane N'Guyen Van Méo has been working as a cinematographer since 2008 after her diploma in audiovisual technical studies in Cannes, France. Believing in camera’s power in telling stories, she made further progress by studying script writing with Paris Ateliers and is now part of the collective “Write spirit”. She has an experience of filming short reports for both France and Belgium TV, Parisian Museum and art gallery and horse racings, corporate and events films, street interviews, live recording for concert or theatre, as well as videos for web communication. She is equipped with a Sony FS5 movie camera. For more details, please check on her website , showreel 1 and showreel 2.
Emma ChaÏbedra has several roles in European film industry. As a French Actress, she has done her Drama Major in the Parisian drama school’s L’Entrée des Artistes directed by Olivier BELMONDO and is trained by Ilia VOLOK from The Lee Strasberg Institute. Appearing in several French TV Shows, short movies, advertisements and some feature films, her acting also covers many countries in Europe including France, Germany, Finland, Hungary, England and so on. Her acting works can be checked here: Acting Showreel and IMDb . For 3 years, she has developed her interest as a director for short movies, music video, TV/web series and musical short videos. Her works are selected and won awards at International Film Festivals. For more details, please refer to her music video Eternal Summer and Elle est Belle . Find and follow her on Facebook and instagram .
Greg Stern has worked as a Freelancer motion designer since 2009 with the specialization of character animation. Along with special effects, he also has experiences and techniques of all kind of videos and movies, including live action movies, commercials, abstract videos, and 360 videos. Furthermore, he has an expertise in writing, editing and VFX which are required to turn an idea into an onscreen-reality. Greg is based in Paris, but also willing to work remotely for any European projects. For more information, please check his personal website and his showreel.
Clarisse Charrier is a documentary filmmaker. Graduated from the National Audiovisual Institute in Paris, she was taught filmmaking by Carmen Castillo. The course gave her the opportunity to work on projects for the French TV channels Public Sénat and Spicee. While working for the production company InFocus, she is now helping young documentary authors in the writing of their film projects. She has also started to collaborate with the Festival du Réel or the record label Chanteloup Musique as an independent filmmaker. In order to experiment with her own projects and fulfill her dream to meet people around the globe, she has recently taken parts in several video workshops in Longzhou (China), Budapest (Hungary) or Helsinki (Finland). For more information, check out her vimeo channel or follow her on facebook or instagram.
Sowgandhika Krishnan is a trained dancer, choreographer, and actor based in Zurich, Switzerland. She scripts and directs her dance theatre productions. Sowgandhika has an MBA from France's number 1 business school HEC Paris. She runs an entertainment company in Zurich and they produce dance theatre shows, organize theatre and music events and conduct theatre based corporate training. She is trained in two Indian classical dance forms Bharatanatyam and Odissi (the Indian equivalent of the Ballet) and conversant with European forms like Ballet and Tango. Check out her tango choreography for the short film Speechless produced by Falling Frames. Find and follow her on Facebook.
Andrew McCargar is a DOP, writer and director based in Berlin. A lifelong student of cinema, Andrew only started making films by accident in 2011, where much to his own surprise his first film won both the Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the Shoot & Run 48 hour film festival. Based in Berlin, Andrew works as a DOP and camera operator on commercials, documentaries, live events, short films and web series all over Europe. Recently, he collaborated with Falling Frames as a DOP and Colorist of the short film Speechless. Andrew loves the creative process and collaborating with new people. He speaks fluent German and English as well as conversational Russian and Spanish and can work anywhere in Europe or the US. He can be contacted via his facebook profile.
Nisant, also known as Nishant G K Ranjan, has been a visionary director. Right from his school days he has always been innovative and creative, with a dream to become a good filmmaker. Nisant moved on and completed his diploma in filmmaking. With the urge to learn and the need to lay down a strong foundation, he started his career in directing theatre plays adapted from famous novels. Benefiting from his talent and dedication, Nisant was offered a opportunity by Indian televisions to write and direct television series, which made a benchmark and revolutionized Indian television industry to different level. His style is still followed by aspiring Indian television directors. An immense experience of more than 20 years in writing and directing, strong ability of multitasking, confidence in leading project and team from the front, and working dedicatedly under pressure and proficiency at managing creative projects independently support Nishant to stand strong as a creative, talented, well trained and dedicated filmmaker.