Gwenaëlle is an artist and a filmmaker constituted of two halves: one is from New York, the other from Brittany, France. She creates comics and experimental films that explore communication, belonging and the concept of Other. She experiments with form and medium - drawing inspiration from Art, Film, Theatre and Graphic Design - to fabricate surreal narratives.

Gwenaëlle's comic series 'The Diary of Stephanie and Stephanie', was the genesis for her 35mm cut-out animation 'The Old Noise'. Most recently, she authored a series of mini comics including: 'Invent New Sexual Positions', 'Gwenaëlle's Little Book of Recipes: Chicken Marinated in Beer' and 'Island Bestiary' which she sells on Etsy.

Gwenaëlle's work has been published and shown internationally, notably in Swindle and Swingset Magazines, Subliminal Projects Gallery, IniVia, the Substation Gallery, the Danger Museum, Film Forum's First Sight Scene Festival, and at The Silent Movie Theatre in LA.

She earned a Master's degree in Experimental Animation at CalArts and Bachelor's of Fine Arts at Bard.

She currently works in Los Angeles. see her work at gounie.com

Originally from the island of Northern Cyprus, Chidem began as a television and radio news anchor, and a producer and host of programs at the local TV station.

She later moved to New York where she was programming manager at docfest, while also working in film publicity. After this, she relocated to Los Angeles to continue her film career in Hollywood.

Chidem is presently in the development stage of an experimental hybrid documentary project that explores love in the 21st century.

She believes in the power of quality storytelling regardless of form —some are best told as a documentary, others as fiction . She wants to experience working in all mediums and also mixing them up if it works better.

Chidem currently resides in Los Angeles.

Filmmaker Mirabelle Ang’s interest in social, cultural and political affairs has led her to work in documentaries that explore the cities she resides in.

Born and raised in Singapore, her documentary, Match Made, has screened at festivals and museums such as the Viennale, Cinéma du Réel, Mar del Plata, Full Frame and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

She received her MFA in Film and Video at California Institute of the Arts in 2006 and is currently based in Los Angeles.

Warsaw University of Technology graduate and Budapest’s Central European University George Scholarship recipient, Kinga Orlikowska Brooks has dedicated 10 years to environmental education.

She has worked professionally and voluntarily for non-governmental organizations and governmental agencies in Europe. In 2002, Kinga moved to California, USA, to pursue her other passion: film editing, and since 2004 she works as a professional editor. Her work includes experimental shorts, commercial pieces, TV series and two festival-awarded features,that are being distributed internationally.

Gudrun Cram-Drach is an animator, illustrator and writer, whose films include Prudence (2002), Hope on the Horizon (Black Chopstix, 2006), and supplementary work on the documentaries The Archduke and Herbert Hinkel (Christine Beebe, 2008) and Playground (Libby Spears/Smokehouse, 2008), as well as the animated shorts In the Woods (Paul Vester, 2006) and Drawing Lessons (Maureen Selwood, 2005).

Her most recent film One Skin (2007) is currently screening in festivals, including Slamdance, Taiwan International Animation Festival, and the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.

Her illustrations have been seen in major publications in New York and in a new edition of the 1856 book Forest and Shore.