Alexander Grozev
Bulgaria - Film Critic, Film Festival President
He is a very well-known film critic from Bulgaria. PhD in the Theory of Cinema, Professor of Film History at the South-West Uni¬versity, lecturer for film critic at the National Academy of Film.
Jury member at many international film festivals. Member of the Bulgar¬ian Filmmakers’ Association and member in the publishing board of Kino magazine, as well.
Founder and Director of LOVE IS FOLLY - Film Festival in Varna, counting for 31 editions.
Alexander Grozev was Manager of the National Film Center of Bulgaria, rep¬resenting member of Bulgaria in the European Association for Me¬dia Programs. He published 16 books dedicated to film theory and history and wrote many reviews in publications from U.K., Germa¬ny, Russia.
Bronte Stahl
U.S.A - Producer, Co-writer, Director
Bronte Stahl (1993) is a filmmaker from Westerly, RI, USA. He graduated Magna cum laude from the European itinerant MFA program DocNomads and is an alumnus of the Flaherty Seminar Fellowship, IDFA Project Space, Eurodoc and Points North Institute.
The films he directs including Puiet (2022), Terril (2019) and Lungs (2017) have premiered at festivals such as Venice Critics Week (Best Short Film), Rotterdam and DocLisboa.
As a producer, he is compelled to elevate emerging international voices in non-fiction cinema. This work has been supported by the Sundance Documentary Fund, DocSociety US, British Film Institute, Arte and LEF Foundation, among others. Currently he holds a Fulbright scholarship to Romania in the field of filmmaking.
Zareva Vessela
Bulgaria – Film Critic, Filmmaker
Vessela Zareva is a well known Bulgarian film maker. She graduated from PSWFiT (Lodz, Poland) and from VGIK (Moscow, Russia) specializing in Film directing.
Her filmography consists of more than 50 documentary films, some of which have been selected in numerous International and National Film Festivals, winning a number of prizes.
Vessela Zareva is a member of the Bulgarian Union of Film Makers.
Dune Dupuy
France - Director
Dune Dupuy is a 40 years old director. She studied cinema at ENSAV (Ecole Nationale Superieure de Audio-Visuel) in Toulouse.
”The seed, the particles and the Moon” is his first feature-documentary film, co-produced by two young companies based in the South West of France: l'Argent and Embrassez-vous.
Her work is part of a trans-disciplinary approach to reality, motivated by the absolute need to change our link with other living beings, non-humans.
Filmography :
Jacqueline, 52’, DV, 2007; Rincon y Mexico, 39’, DV, 2010; The seed, the particles and the Moon, 78’, HD, 2021
Ana Sany
France - Sound Recorder , Producer, Assistant Director
I have always been very touched by nature and the plant world in particular. Within KOVisuel, I have the chance to develop a production activity that makes sense and to be at the service of creation, particularly in terms of sound. Always called by this link to nature, I aspire to question it through sound and accompany a creation in a sensitive way.
Since 2019, I have participated in the production of Des Couacs et des Poètes, Jacob Redman's first feature film, a sensitive film which evokes the importance of social bonds in our society through music and celebration. With the Pais de flors project, an ode to the Pyrenean flora, I was able to get closer to my passion and develop my creativity in a natural environment.
Recently, I accompanied the production and sound creation of several portraits, such as Le temps d/une Estive ( awarded with1st. documentary prize at the Røde Reel festival - Australia).