ANTONIO HENS  (DOORS CUT DOWN)

After graduating with a degree in English Philology, filmmaker Antonio Hens worked as a set designer before being promoted to "Director of Religious Programs, Lottery (!) Shows, Soap Operas and News Bulletins" for a Spanish TV Network. During this time, he started shooting short films on Super 8mm, then graduated to such 35mm efforts as Clean Time (1991), A Small Love Story in Three Acts (1997) and Goodbye, Eva, I Love You (1999). He presently directs commercials and trailers for his own production company. In that regard, he has been instrumental in launching the careers of such other directors as Salvador Perpina, Tacho Gonzalez, Santiago Amodeo and Alberto Rodríguez. Doors Cut Down, his most recent effort, has won numerous awards in film festivals throughout the world.

 
BARRY DIGNAM  (CHICKEN)

After studying drama at Trinity College, Dublin, Barry Dignam took time out to direct a number of stage plays. He returned to college to study for a degree in film, and while there, produced four shorts, directed a music video, and worked on the films of 16 graduate students. In 1999, Barry directed Dream Kitchen, which played at over 80 festivals worldwide, and which won all kinds of awards, including: Best Irish Short Film @ Galway, Audience Award for Best Short @ NY Independent Film Festival. The film was released theatrically in many territories and was acquired by numerous TV networks

 
GUILLEM MORALES  (BACKROOM)

Born in Barcelona in 1973, Morales studied Art History and worked as an illustrator before taking a professional course in Film and Video Production and Directing. Between 1994 and 1998, he studied Film Direction at the Catalanan Film School of the University of Barcelona, where he directed his first short in beta video: Iceberg, which was bought by the Spanish TV Channel TVE, and his first 16mm effort I Can’t Stop To Say Goodbye, which screened at the 31st International Film Festival of Sitges. Lately, he has been writing several shorts and a feature film.

 
ALEXANDER PFEUFFER  (BREAKFAST?)

After graduating high school in Dachau, Germany, filmmaker Alexander Pfeuffer studied physics and philosophy in college before specializing in dramatic writing at the Academy of Arts in Berlin and in screenwriting/film production at the University of Southern California. He works as a screenwriter for various German production companies and his screenplay Love Acts was produced by noted German Production company X-Filme Creative Pool ("Run Lola Run"). His other directorial efforts include Tender Tentacles, Final Exam and Todora and David.

 

JEREMY PODESWA  (TOUCH)

Toronto-based Jeremy Podeswa is the writer, director and co-producer of two critically acclaimed films: The Five Senses and Eclipse. The former premiered at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival in the prestigious Director’s Fortnight section. It won several Canadian Film Awards and also screened in Edinburgh and San Sebastian Film Festivals. Eclipse screened in Berlin, Sundance and Toronto Film Festivals among many others. Both films received notable theatrical releases around the world. Podeswa also directed the CTV movie After the Harvest starring Sam Shepard (which was nominated for 8 Gemini Awards including Best Director) as well as numerous episodes of Six Feet Under, Queer as Folk, Traders and North of 60. Additionally, he has directed numerous music videos and performing arts specials for television. Podeswa’s other shorts include: The Susan Smith Tapes, 24 fps, Nion, and David Roche Talks To You About Love. He is a graduate of the American Film Institute’s Centre for Advanced Film Studies in Los Angeles

 
JEAN-FRANCOIS MONETTE  (TAKE-OUT)

Montreal-based filmmaker Jean-Francois Monette has produced and directed several award-winning films. His work has been broadcast on PBS, The Discovery Channel, and The History Channel and has screened in such major film festivals as Berlin (Panorama 1996) and Toronto (Perspective Canada 1999, 2000). His film Where Lies the Homo?, an experimental documentary about gay representation, was awarded the Best Lesbian and Gay Film Award at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. His other work includes: Anatomy of Desire, a documentary dealing with biodeterminism and homosexuality; and René Richard: Painter of the North, a documentary biography about the acclaimed Quebecois painter of the same name. Take-Out is Monette’s first work of fiction.