Aaron Wilson - President

Aaron was born in rural Australia and has lived and worked in and around his neighbouring South-East Asian region. He works as a director and writer across film, VR, multi-platform and installation. He is drawn to narratives that explore human vulnerability, and connection between peoples across neighbouring country and cultural divides. In 2006, he was selected to take part in a filmmaker residency program with The Objectifs Centre for Filmmaking and Photography in Singapore where he developed the script for his debut feature, Canopy (TIFF 2013). Canopy was awarded by the jury head by Fred Schepisi Best film at the 2014 Saint-Tropez Antipodes Film Festival. Little Tornadoes is his second feature.

Michaël Cohen

Michaël Cohen is an actor, writer and director. He started at the Cours Florent at the age of 15. His first film appearance was in Operation Corned Beef alongside Christian Clavier and Jean Reno, the beginnings of a rich career. In 2003, he turns alongside Nathalie Baye and Patrick Bruel in Une vie à t'attendre by Thierry Klifa who will direct him again in Le Héros de la famille and Tout nous sépare. He also played in several films by Emmanuel Mouret (Un baiser, s'il vous plaît, L'Art d'aimer, Caprice). After having been given several roles in cinema, television (Sa raison d'être, Maison Close, La Loi, Astride et Raphaelle) but also in theater, Michaël wrote several books including Les Abîmés and Le Sacrifice du Cheval, and directed two films, Ça commence par la fin and L'Invitation. More recently, he was in the play Elephant Man alongside Béatrice Dalle and Joey Starr, and in the film La Belle Époque by Nicolas Bedos. He has just finished shooting in the next film by Jean-Marc Mineo, Sacred Bones.

Photo : David Zagdoun

Sandrine Quétier

She started in television in 1994 on France 3 and then moved to M6 where she hosted Politiquement Rock as well as special programs of Culture Pub but also Grand écran, Ciné 6 and every Wednesday she presents a column on the cinema releases of the week in Morning Live. We find her from 2004 to 2012, on TF1 with Christophe Dechavanne for Les 100 plus grands... and from 2006 to 2017 she hosts 50 minutes Inside, every Saturday night with Nikos Aliagas. On the Hollywood channel on Canal Sat, she presents live major film and television ceremonies (Oscars, Golden Globes, Deauville American Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival ...), as well as special programs. From 2011, she also hosts Danse avec les stars.  
In 2017, she left TV animation to devote herself to comedy and music. From 2010 to 2019 she is the singer of the rock band The Jokers which will play on more than 80 stages. In 2020, her passion for rock makes her take the step to create a new musical project Molly Pepper whose 1st EP is on all platforms while waiting for the release of the album in 2023. In parallel, she played in the series Crimes Parfaits, Camping Paradis, Léo Mattei and in Meurtres dans le jura. In 2022 she is in the theater in Sans dessus de sous by Didier Caron and will be in 2023 at the Tête d'Or theater in 2 jours pour rompre. She also produces projects that she is passionate about, podcasts, short programs but also a documentary, La Course au climat, played by the cyclist Christophe Santini who will take up a challenge in Australia.

 Photo : Simon Larvaron

Nathalie Semon

Nathalie Semon is the initiator of many of ARTE's events in the city. She has developed multiple and often unprecedented collaborations with actors in the cultural and creative sectors, involving both the circulation of audiovisual works, mainly documentaries, and meetings with filmmakers. These events contribute to the influence of the European cultural channel ARTE on all audiences.
After studying comparative literature, she trained in the film and audiovisual production sector. With a degree from Sciences Po, she is an expert in cultural public policy and trained in private fundraising at the Essec Philanthropy Chair in Paris.
If culture is above all this experience that puts us intimately in touch with the world and ourselves, her encounters make her always look for ways to give shape to new projects, in an approach of transmission and openness to works. She is in charge of development and cultural partnerships at ARTE France.

Photo : Patrice Terraz