Lauriane Almeda

The Boy and the Poster

Lauriane Almeda is a creative director, producer, and filmmaker with seven years of experience. Her first film, Na Zongi, completed a year ago, achieved international success — selected for 12 international festivals, earning three nominations, and winning one award. This journey revealed the wealth of untold stories waiting to be shared and the audiences eager to hear them. As a writer, producer, and director, Lauriane develops her projects from concept to filming, often taking on multiple roles to bring these stories to life.

Directors Village Project - The Boy and the Poster

When the 11 y.o. Luke decides to sell a poster he won at school strange things start to happen. His life changes when he finds out that the poster is an ancient family artefact that slowly uncovers his hidden identity. Hunted by strange symbols he embarks on a life changing journey to find the poster back before he runs out of time. 

Niall McRae

BRÀIGH

Niall McRae is a Scottish-Thai filmmaker whose unique island upbringing shapes his distinctive worldview. His work explores themes of identity, rural decay, and time, blending award-winning cinematography with intimate storytelling. Niall’s short documentary And So It Was received a UK Royal Television Society Student Award nomination for Best Factual, premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, and won Best Documentary at St Andrew’s Film Festival, becoming both BAFTA and BIFA qualifying through its successful festival run. His portfolio includes collaborations on Screen Scotland-funded films and producing the short documentary, Katya, with Grierson Doc Lab alumni Dhillon Clarke. Now, Niall is returning to fiction, stepping into the writer-director’s seat to craft deeply emotional and authentic scripted narratives that reflect and twist his verité sensibilities.

Directors Village Project | BRÀIGH

A young mixed-race man, struggling to vacate his late mother’s home for good, is stranded on a remote island by a fierce snowstorm. Forced to spend one more night in their empty house, he’s confronted by an echo of the past that allows him to confront his loss, and the subsequent fear of losing his identity.

Vilde Stokke

Om jeg går / If I leave

Vilde Stokke was born and raised on the island of Bømlo in Western Norway. She has been very involved in most cultural events there from a young age, be it dance, theater, singing or music. She was educated in languages and literature at the University of Bergen. Vilde works with both copywriting and translation. She also works as an actor and in recent years has developed as a screenwriter through various talent development programs. Vilde is now working to complete her new short film which is being produced by Snowfall Cinema.

Directors Village Project | Om jeg går / If I leave

A young woman is starting to realise that the relationship she is in is constantly taking turnes in a darker direction. But will she manage to leave?

Phoebe Ammon

This Day is Ours

Phoebe Ammon is a director and writer from Northern Germany. She studied film at the Merz Academy in Stuttgart, where she developed her voice as a filmmaker. During her studies, Phoebe gained valuable experience as a directing intern at the State Theatres Stuttgart and at Letterbox Filmproduktion in Hamburg, working on a television series. After her graduation in 2019, she further explored directing in both the advertising industry and the independent film scene.

At the 2024 Blaue Blume Awards, held during the Berlinale, Phoebe won both the Best Film and Best Director awards for her short film LONG NIGHT STAND (2023, 34 min.). With THIS DAY IS OURS, she achieved further recognition, winning the Schleswig-Holstein Screenplay Award twice, earning both the Jury and Audience Awards.

Directors Village Project | This Day is Ours

When her cancer-stricken mother wishes to die, Enisa must face their unresolved war traumas.

Anne Saabye

Vennesorg

Bio following soon. 

Directors Village Project | Vennesorg

Hannah can't bring herself to put flowers on her recently deceased friend's grave, until her friend Luna shows up and pressures her to let go.

Perla Heiefort

Ramp Tramp

Perla Heiefort is a screenwriter trained at YRGO University of Applied Sciences, graduating in 2023. She has worked as an assistant director to Sanna Lenken on Smärtpunkten (SVT, 2024) and previously attended the film program at Katrineberg Folk High School. Her debut short film Fruktkött won Best Film (middleweight) at Frame Film Festival 2021 and Silver at the November Festival. She received Best Director at the Swedish Short Film Festival two years in a row for Tårtkalas (2022) and Lika Olika (2023), with Lika Olika also earning the WIFT Sweden Director's Prize and a national cinema release on Kortfilmsdagen 2023. Erla currently teaches film at Kungälv's cultural school, bringing valuable experience to her work with young actors.

Directors Village Project | Ramp Tramp

Annelie is 25 years old and sick of the teenage boys who skate where she lives. One day she has enough and confronts the skaters and their nonchalant attitude to the outside world  but things don't play out as she thought it would...

Svante Håkansson

Den morgonen

Bio following soon.

Directors Village Project | Den morgonen

After a classmate’s sudden death, a crisis counselor arrives at the school. Soon, a shy girl is accused by her teacher of bullying the boy. The girl faces the dilemma of telling the truth or playing along with the adults' game.

Kate Haley

Oyster

Kate Haley, an award-winning writer and director from Co. Donegal, Ireland, is known for her acclaimed short films. A Death in the Family won Best Irish Short at the Disappear Here Film Festival and Best Cinematography at the WFT Short Film Showcase, with a screening at the
CIACLA Irish Short Reels Series in Los Angeles. Splash! received a Red Dot Award for Sound Design and earned nominations at the NATAS Southeast Student Emmys. A Fairytale Romance, produced with the executive producers of Netflix’s MerPeople, won Best Student Short at the Kerry International Film Festival.

Directors Village Project |  Oyster

In a small Irish coastal town, a teenage girl dreams of escaping her stifling reality, but when a summer night spirals out of control, she discovers the cost of her choices.

Martin Strange-Hansen

Director

Martin Strange-Hansen is a Danish director and scriptwriter, deeply involved in talent-development in Denmark as a returning Commisioning editor at Filmworkshop Copenhagen, Århus and Odense and by educational efforts at filmschools like The National Danish Filmschool, Station Next, Potemkin Film, Panorama Academy, Filmmaskinen & European Film College. A Graduate from The National Danish Film school. Former president & Vice president of the association of Danish Filmdirectors & Head of Programme at OFF Odense Filmfestival. Oscar winner in 2003 with the short film This Charming Man and Oscar nominee in 2022 with the short film On my mind. 

Janneke van Heesch

Director

Janneke van Heesch holds a Master’s in Film Studies from the University of Amsterdam and graduated as a film director from the Netherlands Film Academy. She has since directed commercials, short films, TV series, and feature films, spanning experimental, art house, comedy, and children’s genres. Her films have screened at international festivals and aired in several European countries. She also works as a directing coach at the Netherlands Film Academy, specialising in script development and directing actors.