La Cabina

A French actress trained in classical and contemporary theatre, with a long career. She is currently on stage in Paris with The Loop, written and directed by Robin Goupil, winner of the 2025 Molière Award for Best Comedy. On television she has appeared in series such as Les Combattantes, by Alexandre Laurent, and Bardot, by Danièle and Christopher Thompson. In cinema she has worked under numerous directors, including Coline Serreau, Jan Kounen, Eric Lartigau and Xabi Molia. She is also part of the cast of Two People Exchanging Saliva, directed by Natalie Musteata and Alexander Singh, winner of the Academy Award for Best Short Film in 2026 and selected in the La Cabina section in the last edition.

Programmer and cultural manager specialising in film festivals. He has worked at the Seville European Film Festival, El Americana Film Fest and La Mostra FIRE!! in Barcelona, where he is a programmer and co-directs the FIRE!! LAB. He also currently directs ANIMALCOI, the Alcoi International Animation Festival, and is head of Industry and programming at the South International Series Festival in Cádiz.

Nour Akiki is a Lebanese filmmaker with over a decade of experience across fiction, series and television production in Lebanon and the MENA region. She holds a BA in Filmmaking and Performing Arts from the Lebanese German University and has worked across producing, directing, casting and the development of cinematic initiatives.

In 2018 she co-founded Beirut Film Institute, an independent film production institution, and became the producer of the 48 Hour Film Project in Beirut, now in its 12th edition, supporting emerging filmmakers and independent filmmaking in Lebanon.

In 2020 she participated in COVISION, a global filmmaking initiative for young filmmakers, with the resulting work later exhibited at Doc Edge in 2021. She recently directed the short film Suspension, currently touring festivals across the region and Europe.