SHORT FILMS

JURY

Marine D. - Make up SFX

During her college years—and particularly during her master’s program—Marine D. focused on horror films, especially French ones. She had the opportunity to do an internship at Atelier 69, where she has been ever since. Now a special effects makeup artist, she has worked on productions such as Alpha, Sous la Seine 2, Mangeurs d’âmes, Yoroi, Animal and The Substance at another studio, Pop Fx. She also lends her talents to music videos and the fashion industry.

Meryl Franck - Artistic Director

A graduate of Gobelins, Meryl Franck specializes in design and visual creation for French and international animation studios, working on films and series (Le Sommet des Dieux, Klaus, Lastman, The Angry Birds Movie, Zombillenium...). After moving on to create and direct a pilot for an erotic animated series (Bambi Fontaine’s Midnight Stories), she became an art director on music videos (Hades II, AFK Arena...) while also contributing to animated productions (Captain Laserhawk, Splinter Cell: Deathwatch...). She has also collaborated with big names in fantasy cinema such as Alexandre Aja and Jérémy Clapin.

Grégory Morin - Director, screenwriter

A voracious film buff since childhood, Grégory Morin is just as much a fan of Asian cinema as he is of horror films. His meeting with screenwriter David Neiss would prove decisive. Together, they collaborated on three short films—Belle Ordure (2003), Dernier Cri (2005), and Paris by Night of the Living Dead (2009)—each as biting as they are trashy. In 2025, Flush, their first feature film, marked the logical culmination of this close collaboration. A comedy as dark as it is wild, reminiscent of Álex de la Iglesia at his best or the excesses of Takashi Miike. The film won the Audience Award at Fantasia in Montreal and at Sitges.

Benjamin Rocher - Director, screenwriter

Benjamin Rocher founded the production company Empreinte Digitale in 2003 with his brother Raphaël. In 2009, he co-directed his first feature film, La Horde, with Yannick Dahan—an action film blending horror and crime genres. He returned four years later, this time on his own, with the first part of the Goal of the Dead diptych. In 2015, he directed Antigang, an action film paying homage to crime thrillers from the 1980s and 1990s. He worked on several feature films (L’Intervention, Let’s Dance) and TV series (T.A.N.K. Seasons 1 & 2 and Marianne—Netflix). In 2020, he co-created and directed the series MOAH, then, in 2023, he directed three episodes of the fantasy series Para//èles as well as Antigang: The Next Generation. In 2026, he directed the series Lucky Luke.

Talal Selhami - Director, screenwriter

A Franco-Moroccan filmmaker, Talal Selhami cut his teeth with acclaimed short films, including Sinistra, which was selected for Sitges, Fantasia, and Screamfest. His debut feature, Mirages—a psychological thriller shot in the Moroccan desert—screened at Marrakech, Gérardmer, and the BIFFF, where it received a Special Mention from the jury. With Achoura (2020), he directed his first creature feature drawing on Moroccan mythology. The film received a Special Mention at Sitges and the Best Film Award at the Hardline Festival. He is currently working on Haven, a drama bordering on the fantastical that has been selected for Fantastic 7 (Cannes), the Ateliers de l’Atlas (Marrakech), and the Frontières Co-Production Market.