Villy Goussiou is a visual artist and director who lives and works in Thessaloniki. Her artistic practice includes sculpture, painting, installations, performance and moving image. Her work explores the relationship between form, space and memory, often creating situations in which the body, the environment and human participation become active elements of the artwork. Education • 2023 — Master's Degree, Visual Arts and Landscape: Approaches to Natural and Urban Space, direction: Visual Art Practices, University of Western Macedonia, School of Fine Arts, Florina. • 2021 — Diploma of Visual and Applied Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (A.P.Th.), grade 8.74 — Excellent. • 1999–2002 — École des Beaux-Arts de Saint-Étienne, France. Supervising professor of sculpture: Marc Charpin. Scholarship by École des Beaux-Arts de Saint-Étienne. • 1997–1999 — École des Beaux-Arts de Saint-Étienne, France. Supervising professor of sculpture: Marc Charpin. Diploma grade: avec Félicitation — Excellent. • 1994–1997 — Diplôme National d'Arts Plastiques, École des Beaux-Arts de Saint-Étienne, France. Diploma grade: avec Mention — Very good. Selected Exhibitions & Projects • 2024 — ΦΥΣΗθιοθεσία, Archaeological Museum of Florina. • 2014 — Group exhibition, Stratopedo Kodra. • Solo exhibitions and artistic projects in France. • Installations in public and natural spaces, performances involving human participation, and video/visual media projects.

Arman S. Haghi is an Iranian-born Australian filmmaker. Arman works as a writer, director and producer. His films fuse experimental A/V art with a more mainstream cinematic language to explore themes such as social connection, belonging, trauma, and the search for identity.

Jocelyn Robert is a multidisciplinary artist from Quebec. He works in music, audio art, computer art, performance, installation, video and writing. His visual and video work has been shown internationally and his sound works have been published on more than 40 albums. Many texts have been written on his art, and two solo catalogues have been published, one by Galerie de l’UQAM and one by Centre Vox. He is involved in art activism at different levels. Amongst other undertakings, he founded that audio and electronic arts centre Avatar and took part in the foundation of the Meduse cooperative. He taught at Mills College (Oakland, California), at Université du Québec à Montréal and at École d’art de l’Université Laval, where he has been director from 2012 to 2017.

Born in 1997 in Moscow. Studied at a sports pedagogical college and then in 2016 entered VGIK, into V.I. Romanov's screenwriting workshop. In 2020, he graduated, having several short directorial works to his name. Continued to work as a director and screenwriter. In 2024, he directed the pilot for the series “Field” for the START platform and successfully toured with it at a number of major Russian festivals. Lives and works in Moscow.

Christoph Janetzko’s influences stem from different places all over the world. His formal education: at the Brunswick University of Arts in West-Germany, studying ’Film as Art’. He followed later a scholarship at ‚Graduate Department for Film and Television - New York University‘. Beside his own artistic projects he is working in the industry in different capacities and isn’t even afraid to tackle commercials. Over time, several awards helped balancing his income as lecturer at arts and media colleges in the US, Thailand, the Philippines, Brazil and Germany. His numerous festival participations stretch from China to the US, from Brasil to France. Currently, Janetzko is a resident of Berlin. His films are available at: re:voir

Creating "BLISS" was crucial because it speaks to a fundamental human need: finding hope and community after trauma. The story explores how women, when faced with an existential crisis, can build a new world rooted in strength and ancient myths. The final film closely aligns with our artistic vision. We aimed to create a surreal, timeless world that feels both familiar and distant, using symbolic imagery like the "caryatid" to convey resilience and the search for grace. The experience of making this film, especially the scenes shot just days before a devastating real-world event, highlighted the prophetic power of art. It solidified our belief in the importance of storytelling as a way to process, heal, and find meaning in a fractured reality.

Visual artist. She uses her body as the main means to investigate the themes of metamorphosis, memory and body memory; exploring psychology, the unconscious and hypnagogic images. She has exhibited in numerous festivals, solo and group in Italy and abroad. Lives and works in Turin (Italy).

Neil Kendricks, Writer-Director-Co-Producer 

 Neil Kendricks is a filmmaker, artist, photographer, writer, educator and the former Film Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD). Kendricks earned a Master’s degree in Television, Film and New Media from San Diego State University in 2006. His award-winning short films like 2002's "Loop" have screened at numerous international film festivals including the Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, the Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival, the 2002 Havana Film Festival, and a special short-film screening at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival’s American Pavilion. 

 Kendricks' photography has also been exhibited at the San Diego Museum of Art, the African-American Museum of Fine Arts, London's Royal College of Art, and many other venues. His first solo photography exhibition, "Bruised Eye Candy" was shown at San Diego’s now-defunct Spacecraft gallery in February 2008. Kendricks also produced, production designed and storyboarded media theorist Jordan Crandall’s film, "Heatseeking," which was shown at inSITE 2000 and exhibited in the Whitney Museum of American Art’s "BitStream" exhibition, the first digital-arts exhibition shown at a major American art museum. 

Kendricks’ 2008 short, "Beholder" (co-directed with artist Jim Cavolt) screened at the 2009 San Diego Latino Film Festival and the Athens International Film & Video Festival. Kendricks is currently in production on the documentary-in-progress "Comics Are Everywhere!" and he was among the curators of 2014’s inaugural Filmatic Festival. 

An early version of Kendricks' 2015 experimental short film "Memory Lines" was originally commissioned as an outdoor video installation for the 2015 Filmatic Festival at the University of California, San Diego. In 2015, Kendricks also collaborated with filmmaker and editor Carlos Pelayo on the experimental video "Wounded Sky," which premiered as a video installation at San Diego's Not an Exit gallery. Their collaboration was featured in San Diego CityBeat: 

 http://sdcitybeat.com/article-14289-neil-kendricks-and-carlos-pelayo-screen-their-collaborative-video-art-installation-'wounded-sky'-at-not-an-exit-gallery.html 

 “Suspension” is a short film in Kendricks’ ongoing collaboration with Pelayo on a series of video-artworks titled “Elemental Magic.” Kendricks’ select photography, drawings, and short films can be viewed on his Web site: 

https://neilkendricks.wordpress.com/ 
 Kendricks and his friend and frequent collaborator, composer Mike Mare continue to work on their interdisciplinary art-and-music project "Temple of Story," which was shown at the Oceanside Museum of Art from October 2021 to February 2022. The latest pieces in their "Temple of Story" project will be shown at the Lowe Mills Art Center in Huntsville, Alabama in June 2026.

Diana Chem is an award-winning experimental filmmaker for her films "Letter" and "Regression". Diana's other interests are writing short stories on her website, as she has published her first book, "Crazy but Ok." Her interest in filmmaking has given her the opportunity to take part as a judge at various film festivals and participate in many as a creator, receiving recognition and honorable mentions. She has also built a strong modeling career and followed the fashion industry globally. She now lives between Athens and Paris.

Tom was born and raised in the Astoria section of Queens in New York City in 1957. From there he commuted by subway to attended The Bronx High School of Science. Tom studied mathematics and electrical engineering at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. While attending the Engineering School, he took advantage of Art School classes, focusing on film theory and studying experimental filmmaking with Robert Breer. In the late 1970s, he started photographing the downtown music scene. His photographs have appeared on dozens of records as well as in films, books, magazines, and newspapers. Tom Bessoir’s experimental films often use mathematics and randomness to explore perception and the structure of cinema. In the arts, Tom Bessoir is best known for Microfilm (1979), Digits of Pi (2019), and his photography documenting downtown NYC.

Artist and independent curator based in Moscow, RussiaGraduated from Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics, Free Workshops School of Contemporary Art of Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Prague School Media.Founding director and curator of International Video Art Festival Now&After

Meirav Heiman (1972, Jerusalem) is a multimedia artist. She holds a B.F.A. (cum laude) in Photography from the Bezalel Academy and is finishing an M.F.A. in Film. Heiman has exhibited at the – Herzliya Museum of Contemporary art, Haifa Museum of Art, Tel Aviv Museum, Petah Tikva Museum, the Israel Museum Jerusalem, and The Bass, Miami Beach. Heiman has also shown video and multimedia works at festivals and biennales overseas.

Elpiniki Voutsa Rentzepopoulou is a self-taught film director and editor. Her first feature film, “Who Will Be Eaten” (2020), participated in the Thessaloniki International Film Festival and received the FIPRESCI “Theodoros Angelopoulos” Award at the 33rd Panorama of European Cinema (2020). In co-direction with Maria Pentari, she received the Audience Award for the documentary “Tell Me the Secret” at the Chania Film Festival (2024). She was a member of the Paola Team Documentaries for seven years, working as a co-director, cinematographer, and editor. Notable works include “Kaliarda” (2015), which participated in the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival and the Athens International Film Festival, and “Οrleanders” (2021), which was screened and awarded at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, and also participated in the Griechische Filmwoche (Munich), the Merlinka Festival (Belgrade), and the Athens International Film Festival. She worked as a researcher for the Istorima digital oral history archive (2021) and was the editor of four episodes of the ERT series “The Secrets of Music” (2016–2017), directed by Nikos Kypourgos. Her latest short film, “The Garden with the Roses”, participated in several festivals, including the MPart Festival (Larissa, 2025), where it received the Audience Award. She lives and works in Chania and is a member of the Chania Film Festival team.

Juan Pablo Polanco Fuentes (Santiago, Chile) developed a connection with photography at an early age. He completed his professional studies at the ARCOS Institute, specializing in experimental and fine art photography, and has participated in various national and international collective exhibitions. Captivated by moving images, he later decided to study cinematography and color post-production at the Argentine Film Industry Union (SICA) to fully immerse himself in the audiovisual world.

Brief CV Education: Degree in Economics, University of Macedonia. Music Studies / Seminars: Classical guitar and music's theory at the Municipal Conservatory of Xanthi. In 2012 I attended the summer school organized by the Ionian University, Department of Music Studies entitled "Electronic music and sound interaction", with professors Andrew Mniestris, Theodore Lotis, Giannis Zanos and Filippos Theocharidis. In 2015 I participated in the experimental music improvisation workshop organized by the composer and improviser PhD Alexis Porfiriadis. In 2016 I participated in the seminar entitled "Music in between", organized by the associate professor of the Department of Music Studies, AUTh. Danae Stefanou at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall. Since 2015 I participate in the music improvisation ensemble "6daexit" which deals with free and controlled improvisation (performance of graphic and verbal scores of experimental music composers of the 20th and 21st century). In the following years, 2016 until today, I participated with the group in a series of festivals (Dimitria 2017, Multeece 2017, Openday May'68, “Music Bridge” an association program of the Onassis stegi Foundation and Panteion University Vol.4, European Music Day 2019 - Enclosures-Pass-Throughs / T.C.H. , Openday 2020 - Music ecologies. http://www.tch.gr/default.aspx?lang=el-GR&page=3&tcheid=2450 An experimental animation movie "cinesthesia" selected by international animation festival Icona 2021.

Marina Koulouri has worked in costume departments mainly on Greek, but also European, T.V and film productions, as well as theatrical productions, with the majority of them for the National Theatre of Greece. Her recent film credits also include working as a daily costumer on Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. She holds a degree in German Language and Literature from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and has undertaken training in Costume and Production Design at Vakalo Art & Design College. She has recently extended her artistic practice into filmmaking, creating her first independent experimental short film. In October 2026, she will begin her MA in Cinema in Education: Theory and Creative Practice at the Department of Digital Arts and Cinema of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Peter Brinson has taught game design at the University of Southern California for more than twenty years. Working alongside the film school, he often contemplated making a dramatic film. With Model Professor, he collaborated with some of his students, who taught him the cinematic storytelling needed to express his perspective on education, technology, and culture today.

Ioulia Lymperopoulou is a Greek Italian writer, filmmaker, illustrator and art performer born in Athens, in 1978. She graduated from the Historical-Archaeological Faculty, Majoring in History, and attended a 2 year postgraduate study, in "Modern and Contemporanean Greek and European History", with a thesis on German-language interwar literature, at the University of Ioannina. Worked on research projects, historical archives. Was involved in theatre, television, short film productions. She writes prose in Greek and poetry in Greek and in English. Online Magazines (2011-2015) Also was the chief editor and editor of the CMOM CityMag-online magazine, editing, interviews, video creation. She also wrote the magazine "The Crazy Piñata". Wrote for MusicHeaven, Eupolis. Press Publications in: Klepsydra, Mandragora, Farfoulas, The Books' Journal. Online international literary and poetry magazine publications in: Mediterranean Poetry, Aloka Magazine, e-revista EgoPHobia, Nokturno, Suburban Witchcraft Magazine, Lit Magazine, Fresh Words. Participation in International Poetry Festivals: 1) ABCDETC 1st Poetry International Festival, online event on June 19th 2025, 19:00 (EEST), organised and supported by Wallachia International Film Festival and the Publishing House 2B.com3 (To Become Free) based in Bucharest, Romania. 2) ABCDETC 2st Poetry International Festival, live event on December 7th 2025. Organised and supported by Wallachia International Film Festival and the Publishing House 2B.com3 (To Become Free), based in Bucharest, Romania. Participation in International Art Festivals: Artworks: “Angel’s Eyes” (Mixed Media, 2025) και με την Trilogy “F r a g m e n t e d” (“Spacewalk”, “A Good Wish” & “Dive in the Dark”, Mixed Media, 2025) in The Art Tunnel Expo metro Barcelona, 16-29 June 2025. Artwork: “The Witch” (Mixed Media, 2022) in The Art Tunnel Expo metro Rome 24-25 January 2026. Artwork: "Cell_Re-cycling" (Mixed Media, Collage, Digitally Hand Drawn & Photography, 2026) in Expo Metro Madrid 20-21 June 2026. Languages Greek, Italian, English, French. Filmography: 1) “F r a g m e n t e d” (Art Experimental Short, 2023) 2) “13 Strokes...” (Art Experimental Short, 2023) 3) “Life Path” (Video Poetry Experimental Short, 2025) 4) “POETRIX” (Art Experimental Short, 2026) 5) "The Patch" (Short art animation, 2026)

Giorgos Chamoxaras is an emerging filmmaker from Greece, who just finished studies in Topography Engineering in AUTH. His artistic practice has developed through experimental filmmaking, analog photography and personal film essays. His work explores in-between states, transitions and relationship between people, places and memory.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland (USA) in 1948, and growing up in and around Cape Cod Massachusetts, Ellis is a self-taught artist, photographer and film-maker. His most formative experience came when he travelled to New York City in 1966, and at just 18 years old, rented a one room studio on the 9th floor of The Chelsea Hotel and, purchasing paints and canvases, began fulfilling his dream to live and paint as the beat generation of artists and writers had done in this famous Hotel. There, he met and was invited to work as an assistant by fashion great Charles James, who lived and designed in the Chelsea at that time. He began working on James’ “Sound of Shape and Design” Project, created by James and partially funded by The Art Students League. There, he created project sketches, in this very abstract project that explored the movement of the human figure and the space surrounding it for James. It was here that he discovered the concept of negative space, and associated with other writers and artists in the Chelsea, friends of Charles James, such as Larry Rivers and writer, Charles Jackson.Warhol was busy filming Chelsea Girls and the hotel was bustling with all sorts of characters! This experience ignited his creative passion and imagination and set in motion a lifelong path of creative curiosity and self-learning through exploration and experimentation and the pushing of creative boundaries. He created his first experimental film in 1966 on single 8mm film. Other experimental films followed in the early 1970’s. SELECTED FILM SCREENINGS AND AWARDS 2025 - Fotofilm Festival, Istanbul - Finalist - Best Experimental Shorts - NO SIGNAL 2023 - JÁ FEST International Poetry Film Competition - Lisbon - Long Departure 2022 - AIDFF Athens Int. Digital Film Festival -Long Departure 2021 - OneTakeFilmFestival, Zagreb, Croatia 2021 - Suspaustas Laikas, Vilnius, LT - NO SIGNAL 2019 - New Filmmakers NY - Lamentation For Lost Dreams - 3 Études 2018 - VIFF Vienna Independent Film Festival - Lamentation For Lost Dreams 2018 - SENE Film Festival - Providence, RI - Time Retrograde 2017 - SENE Film Festival - Providence, RI - Long Departure 2017 - Open Air Film Festival, Minsk, Belarus - Long Departure 2017 - London International Short Film Festival - Time Retrograde 2017 - Girona Film Festival,SP - Time Retrograde 2017 - Prague Independent Film Festival - Time Retrograde - Best Experimental Film 2017 - Vienna Independent Film Festival - Long Departure & Time-Retrograde 2017 - US Super8 Film & Video Festival - Long Departure - Winner Best Film 2016 - PIFF Prague Independent Film Festival - NO SIGNAL - Best Experimental Short 2016 - Boston Short Film Festival, MA - Long Departure - Winner Best Experimental Short 2016 - Dallas VideoFest, Dallas, TX - Long Departure 2016 - VIDEOMEDEJA, Novi Sad, Serbia - Long Departure 2016 - Cannes Short Film Festival, Nice, FR- NO SIGNAL 2016 - Blow-Up Arthouse Film Festival, Chicago - UHF 2016 - Experimental Superstars Film Festival, Novi Sad,Serbia - XdubX 2016 - SENE Film Festival, Providence,RI,USA - NO SIGNAL - Audience Award 2016 - U.S. Super 8 Film & Video Festival - NO SIGNAL - Honorable Mention 2016 - Manchester International Film Festival,UK - XdubX 2015 - 401 Film Festival, Providence, RI - UHF 2015 - New Jersey International Film Festival - U H F- Honorable Mention 2015 - Festival Parachute Light Zero, Paris, France - U H F 2015 - HANGAR Centre de Producció, Barcelona,SP - Solo screening 2014 - LIVEMEDIA- Webcast interview & screening - Palabras Perdidas - Barcelona, SP 2014 - HANGAR Centre de Producció, Barcelona - Awarded 3 month filmmaker residency. 2014 - VIDEOFORMES International Digital Film Festival,Clermont-Ferrand, FR - U H F 2013 - RhodyWood Indie Film Makers, Providence, RI 2012 - Indie Film Makers Screening, Brooklyn Coffee House, Providence, RI 2012 - Gallery Eva, Provincetown, MA. - Selected Short Films