Sophie Erbs is a French producer working with her Paris-based independent company Gaijin. She belongs to a generation of producers, who are dedicated to building creative bridges between talents from all countries.
She is a member of both EAVE and ACE and has produced and co-produced 25 feature films with Gaijin and Cinéma Defacto, of which she was a partner for many years.
Films such as Los Perros de Marcela Said (Cannes 2017), Costa Brava, Lebanon by Mounia Akl (Venice Orizzonti Special 2021), Milla by Valérie Massadian (Prix Spécial du Jury, Locarno 2017), The Harvesters by Etienne Kallos (Un Certain Regard 2018), The Load by Ognjen Glavonic (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs 2018), Apprentice by Boo Junfeng (Cannes 2016), or The Here After by Magnus von Horn (Cannes 2015).
Valerie Massadian, a Franco-Armenian photographer and filmmaker, is known for her work exploring female characters and their connection to nature. Her unique cinematic style blurs the boundaries between fiction and reality, redefining the limits of storytelling.
Her first feature film, Nana (2010-2012), won several prestigious awards, including the Opera Prima/Best First Feature Film at the Locarno Film Festival and the Best International Film Award at the Valdivia International Film Festival. Her second film, Milla (2016-2017), won the Special Jury Prize and the Eurimages « Audentia » Best Director Award at the Locarno Film Festival, as well as the Grand Prix at DOCLISBOA.
Massadian has also directed short films and installations, such as America (2013), Ninouche (2013), Precious (2014), and Mamoushka (2014, 2018).
Her recent works include Ire (2021) and the installation Care (2023) for the REEL Art series by Core Dance and Villa Albertine.
In addition to her films, she has collaborated on various artistic projects, including with Nan Goldin, and was a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard, where she deepened her approach to visual storytelling.
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Timothée is an alumni of the Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris. He began his career in distribution, working for two years as an assistant at Under the Milky Way, with stints in both Paris and New York. He then transitioned into production at Indie Prod, the production arm of Indie Sales, where he supported the development and financing of projects including A Tale of Shemroon by Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi and Banel & Adama by Ramata Toulaye-Sy (Cannes Competition 2023).
His career then took him to Mexico City, where he joined the distribution team at Pimienta Films before collaborating with Amondo Cine on the production of several feature films such as Manto de Gemas by Natalia López (Silver Bear for Best Director, Berlinale 2022) and El Hoyo en la Cerca by Joaquín del Paso.
Before starting his collaboration with Gaïjin as a production coordinator in 2024, Timothée produced three short films: Cryptid by Amina Krami (M&C Marseille 2023, co-produced with Arte), Mauvais Coton by Nicolas Dumaret (Official Selection at La Cinef, Cannes 2024), and Arythmie by Yasmine Benaceur.
Baptiste Gourvennec is a production manager for cinema and advertising. He has worked on a number of short and feature films, including Guillaume Canet’s Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom, Fabien Beillevaire’s La bête de Grand Lieu and Hélène Rosselet Ruiz’s Pas l’coeur assez grand.
He was also assistant stage manager on Pascal Elbé’s La bonne étoile. A graduate in Production and Cinema and Audiovisual Studies, he continued his training in 2024 at Dirprod Formation in Paris.
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GAÏJIN is a French feature film production company dedicated to the emergence of talents, and of new forms of cinematographic proposals.
GAÏJIN is a French feature film production company dedicated to the emergence of talents, and of new forms of cinematographic proposals.
It was created in 2009 by Valerie Massadian, director, and Sophie Erbs, producer. Since 2023, Sophie Erbs dedicates her work fully to GAIJIN, after having produced some 25 feature films, all of them selected in A-Class festivals.
The track-record of the team includes titles such as Nana and Milla by Valérie Massadian (Best First Film and Jury Prize at Locarno), Costa Brava, Lebanon by Mounia Akl (Venice Orrizonti 2021), Los Perros by Marcela Said, The Load by Ogjnen Glavonic, and Familiar, by Calin Peter Netzer.
The development slates include features, coproductions, and series, projects by Pia Marais, Adina Pintilie, Ogjnen Glavonic, Mounia Akl, Nathalie Álvarez Mensén, Boo Junfeng.
Sophie Erbs is a French producer working with her Paris-based independent company Gaijin. She belongs to a generation of producers, who are dedicated to building creative bridges between talents from all countries.
She is a member of both EAVE and ACE and has produced and co-produced 25 feature films with Gaijin and Cinéma Defacto, of which she was a partner for many years.
Films such as Los Perros de Marcela Said (Cannes 2017), Costa Brava, Lebanon by Mounia Akl (Venice Orizzonti Special 2021), Milla by Valérie Massadian (Prix Spécial du Jury, Locarno 2017), The Harvesters by Etienne Kallos (Un Certain Regard 2018), The Load by Ognjen Glavonic (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs 2018), Apprentice by Boo Junfeng (Cannes 2016), or The Here Afterby Magnus von Horn (Cannes 2015).
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén is a Costa Rican-Swedish screenwriter/director. Her debut feature film CLARA SOLA premiered in Cannes 2021 in the Directors’ Fortnight section.
She started her career in physical theater in Costa Rica before pursuing her B.F.A. degree in Mime Acting at the Stockholm University of the Arts in Sweden. Nathalie later graduated from Columbia University’s Graduate Film Program in NYC with an M.F.A. in Film Directing/Screenwriting.
An alumna of the Berlinale Talents, TIFF Filmmaker Lab and NYFF Artist Academy, Nathalie’s shorts have screened at film festivals all over the world. Her short, FILIP, won Best Film Under 15 Minutes at the 2016 Palm Springs Shortfest, and ASUNDER, screened at the 2016 Telluride Film Festival.
Nathalie also co-wrote ENTRE TÚ Y MILAGROS, winner of the Orizzonti Award for Best Short in the Venice Film Festival 2020 and she began developing her second feature, THE WOLF WILL TEAR YOUR IMMACULATE HANDS that won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at the Torino ScriptLab 2021. Recently, she directed an episode for Showtime’s “Three Women”, premiering the fall of 2024.
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén is a Costa Rican-Swedish screenwriter/director. Her debut feature film CLARA SOLA premiered in Cannes 2021 in the Directors’ Fortnight section.
She started her career in physical theater in Costa Rica before pursuing her B.F.A. degree in Mime Acting at the Stockholm University of the Arts in Sweden. Nathalie later graduated from Columbia University’s Graduate Film Program in NYC with an M.F.A. in Film Directing/Screenwriting.
An alumna of the Berlinale Talents, TIFF Filmmaker Lab and NYFF Artist Academy, Nathalie’s shorts have screened at film festivals all over the world. Her short, FILIP, won Best Film Under 15 Minutes at the 2016 Palm Springs Shortfest, and ASUNDER, screened at the 2016 Telluride Film Festival.
Nathalie also co-wrote ENTRE TÚ Y MILAGROS, winner of the Orizzonti Award for Best Short in the Venice Film Festival 2020 and she began developing her second feature, THE WOLF WILL TEAR YOUR IMMACULATE HANDS that won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at the Torino ScriptLab 2021. Recently, she directed an episode for Showtime’s “Three Women”, premiering the fall of 2024.
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén is a Costa Rican-Swedish screenwriter/director. Her debut feature film CLARA SOLA premiered in Cannes 2021 in the Directors’ Fortnight section.
She started her career in physical theater in Costa Rica before pursuing her B.F.A. degree in Mime Acting at the Stockholm University of the Arts in Sweden. Nathalie later graduated from Columbia University’s Graduate Film Program in NYC with an M.F.A. in Film Directing/Screenwriting.
An alumna of the Berlinale Talents, TIFF Filmmaker Lab and NYFF Artist Academy, Nathalie’s shorts have screened at film festivals all over the world. Her short, FILIP, won Best Film Under 15 Minutes at the 2016 Palm Springs Shortfest, and ASUNDER, screened at the 2016 Telluride Film Festival.
Nathalie also co-wrote ENTRE TÚ Y MILAGROS, winner of the Orizzonti Award for Best Short in the Venice Film Festival 2020 and she began developing her second feature, THE WOLF WILL TEAR YOUR IMMACULATE HANDS that won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at the Torino ScriptLab 2021. Recently, she directed an episode for Showtime’s “Three Women”, premiering the fall of 2024.
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén is a Costa Rican-Swedish screenwriter/director. Her debut feature film CLARA SOLA premiered in Cannes 2021 in the Directors’ Fortnight section.
She started her career in physical theater in Costa Rica before pursuing her B.F.A. degree in Mime Acting at the Stockholm University of the Arts in Sweden. Nathalie later graduated from Columbia University’s Graduate Film Program in NYC with an M.F.A. in Film Directing/Screenwriting.
An alumna of the Berlinale Talents, TIFF Filmmaker Lab and NYFF Artist Academy, Nathalie’s shorts have screened at film festivals all over the world. Her short, FILIP, won Best Film Under 15 Minutes at the 2016 Palm Springs Shortfest, and ASUNDER, screened at the 2016 Telluride Film Festival.
Nathalie also co-wrote ENTRE TÚ Y MILAGROS, winner of the Orizzonti Award for Best Short in the Venice Film Festival 2020 and she began developing her second feature, THE WOLF WILL TEAR YOUR IMMACULATE HANDS that won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at the Torino ScriptLab 2021. Recently, she directed an episode for Showtime’s “Three Women”, premiering the fall of 2024.
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén is a Costa Rican-Swedish screenwriter/director. Her debut feature film CLARA SOLA premiered in Cannes 2021 in the Directors’ Fortnight section.
She started her career in physical theater in Costa Rica before pursuing her B.F.A. degree in Mime Acting at the Stockholm University of the Arts in Sweden. Nathalie later graduated from Columbia University’s Graduate Film Program in NYC with an M.F.A. in Film Directing/Screenwriting.
An alumna of the Berlinale Talents, TIFF Filmmaker Lab and NYFF Artist Academy, Nathalie’s shorts have screened at film festivals all over the world. Her short, FILIP, won Best Film Under 15 Minutes at the 2016 Palm Springs Shortfest, and ASUNDER, screened at the 2016 Telluride Film Festival.
Nathalie also co-wrote ENTRE TÚ Y MILAGROS, winner of the Orizzonti Award for Best Short in the Venice Film Festival 2020 and she began developing her second feature, THE WOLF WILL TEAR YOUR IMMACULATE HANDS that won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at the Torino ScriptLab 2021. Recently, she directed an episode for Showtime’s “Three Women”, premiering the fall of 2024.
Sophie Erbs is a French producer working with her Paris-based independent company Gaijin. She belongs to a generation of producers, who are dedicated to building creative bridges between talents from all countries.
She is a member of both EAVE and ACE and has produced and co-produced 25 feature films with Gaijin and Cinéma Defacto, of which she was a partner for many years.
Films such as Los Perros de Marcela Said (Cannes 2017), Costa Brava, Lebanon by Mounia Akl (Venice Orizzonti Special 2021), Milla by Valérie Massadian (Prix Spécial du Jury, Locarno 2017), The Harvesters by Etienne Kallos (Un Certain Regard 2018), The Load by Ognjen Glavonic (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs 2018), Apprentice by Boo Junfeng (Cannes 2016), or The Here Afterby Magnus von Horn (Cannes 2015).
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén is a Costa Rican-Swedish screenwriter/director. Her debut feature film CLARA SOLA premiered in Cannes 2021 in the Directors’ Fortnight section.
She started her career in physical theater in Costa Rica before pursuing her B.F.A. degree in Mime Acting at the Stockholm University of the Arts in Sweden. Nathalie later graduated from Columbia University’s Graduate Film Program in NYC with an M.F.A. in Film Directing/Screenwriting.
An alumna of the Berlinale Talents, TIFF Filmmaker Lab and NYFF Artist Academy, Nathalie’s shorts have screened at film festivals all over the world. Her short, FILIP, won Best Film Under 15 Minutes at the 2016 Palm Springs Shortfest, and ASUNDER, screened at the 2016 Telluride Film Festival.
Nathalie also co-wrote ENTRE TÚ Y MILAGROS, winner of the Orizzonti Award for Best Short in the Venice Film Festival 2020 and she began developing her second feature, THE WOLF WILL TEAR YOUR IMMACULATE HANDS that won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at the Torino ScriptLab 2021. Recently, she directed an episode for Showtime’s “Three Women”, premiering the fall of 2024.
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén is a Costa Rican-Swedish screenwriter/director. Her debut feature film CLARA SOLA premiered in Cannes 2021 in the Directors’ Fortnight section.
She started her career in physical theater in Costa Rica before pursuing her B.F.A. degree in Mime Acting at the Stockholm University of the Arts in Sweden. Nathalie later graduated from Columbia University’s Graduate Film Program in NYC with an M.F.A. in Film Directing/Screenwriting.
An alumna of the Berlinale Talents, TIFF Filmmaker Lab and NYFF Artist Academy, Nathalie’s shorts have screened at film festivals all over the world. Her short, FILIP, won Best Film Under 15 Minutes at the 2016 Palm Springs Shortfest, and ASUNDER, screened at the 2016 Telluride Film Festival.
Nathalie also co-wrote ENTRE TÚ Y MILAGROS, winner of the Orizzonti Award for Best Short in the Venice Film Festival 2020 and she began developing her second feature, THE WOLF WILL TEAR YOUR IMMACULATE HANDS that won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at the Torino ScriptLab 2021. Recently, she directed an episode for Showtime’s “Three Women”, premiering the fall of 2024.
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén is a Costa Rican-Swedish screenwriter/director. Her debut feature film CLARA SOLA premiered in Cannes 2021 in the Directors’ Fortnight section.
She started her career in physical theater in Costa Rica before pursuing her B.F.A. degree in Mime Acting at the Stockholm University of the Arts in Sweden. Nathalie later graduated from Columbia University’s Graduate Film Program in NYC with an M.F.A. in Film Directing/Screenwriting.
An alumna of the Berlinale Talents, TIFF Filmmaker Lab and NYFF Artist Academy, Nathalie’s shorts have screened at film festivals all over the world. Her short, FILIP, won Best Film Under 15 Minutes at the 2016 Palm Springs Shortfest, and ASUNDER, screened at the 2016 Telluride Film Festival.
Nathalie also co-wrote ENTRE TÚ Y MILAGROS, winner of the Orizzonti Award for Best Short in the Venice Film Festival 2020 and she began developing her second feature, THE WOLF WILL TEAR YOUR IMMACULATE HANDS that won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at the Torino ScriptLab 2021. Recently, she directed an episode for Showtime’s “Three Women”, premiering the fall of 2024.
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén is a Costa Rican-Swedish screenwriter/director. Her debut feature film CLARA SOLA premiered in Cannes 2021 in the Directors’ Fortnight section.
She started her career in physical theater in Costa Rica before pursuing her B.F.A. degree in Mime Acting at the Stockholm University of the Arts in Sweden. Nathalie later graduated from Columbia University’s Graduate Film Program in NYC with an M.F.A. in Film Directing/Screenwriting.
An alumna of the Berlinale Talents, TIFF Filmmaker Lab and NYFF Artist Academy, Nathalie’s shorts have screened at film festivals all over the world. Her short, FILIP, won Best Film Under 15 Minutes at the 2016 Palm Springs Shortfest, and ASUNDER, screened at the 2016 Telluride Film Festival.
Nathalie also co-wrote ENTRE TÚ Y MILAGROS, winner of the Orizzonti Award for Best Short in the Venice Film Festival 2020 and she began developing her second feature, THE WOLF WILL TEAR YOUR IMMACULATE HANDS that won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at the Torino ScriptLab 2021. Recently, she directed an episode for Showtime’s “Three Women”, premiering the fall of 2024.
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén is a Costa Rican-Swedish screenwriter/director. Her debut feature film CLARA SOLA premiered in Cannes 2021 in the Directors’ Fortnight section.
She started her career in physical theater in Costa Rica before pursuing her B.F.A. degree in Mime Acting at the Stockholm University of the Arts in Sweden. Nathalie later graduated from Columbia University’s Graduate Film Program in NYC with an M.F.A. in Film Directing/Screenwriting.
An alumna of the Berlinale Talents, TIFF Filmmaker Lab and NYFF Artist Academy, Nathalie’s shorts have screened at film festivals all over the world. Her short, FILIP, won Best Film Under 15 Minutes at the 2016 Palm Springs Shortfest, and ASUNDER, screened at the 2016 Telluride Film Festival.
Nathalie also co-wrote ENTRE TÚ Y MILAGROS, winner of the Orizzonti Award for Best Short in the Venice Film Festival 2020 and she began developing her second feature, THE WOLF WILL TEAR YOUR IMMACULATE HANDS that won the Eurimages Co-production Development Award at the Torino ScriptLab 2021. Recently, she directed an episode for Showtime’s “Three Women”, premiering the fall of 2024.