. 2012
| Features | | |  | | Dario Argento (Italy, 1940)
MOTELx 2012 (6th edition) special guest; director, screenwriter, and producer; the italian master of giallo is the biggest name of horror in the old continent and author of the masterpiece «Suspiria» (Italy, 1977). BIOFILMOGRAPHY |  | | Jonathan Zarantonello (Italy)
Director of «The Butterfly Room»; for his directorial début, he assembles a cast with some of the most popular scream queens: P.J. Soles («Carrie»), Camille Keaton («I Spit on Your Grave»), Adrienne King («Friday the 13th»), Heather Lagenkamp («Nightmare on Elm Street»), and Erica Leerhsen («Texas Chainsaw Massacre» remake). |  | | Julien Maury (França, 1978)
Co-director of «Livid», second feature with Alexandre Bustillo; the return of the directorial team behind «Inside» (MOTELx 2008) is a dark tale that relies on style and atmosphere, eschewing conventional narrative structures. |  | | Pascal Laugier (França)
Director of «The Tall Man»; the french director of «Martyrs» (MOTELx 2009) returns in this Canadian co-production with Jessica Biel leading a cast that also includes Stephen McHattie («Pontypool», MOTELx 2009). |  | | Alex Chandon (Reino Unido, 1968)
Director of «Inbred», homage to crazy gore comedies of the 80s, such as «Evil Dead 2», «Bad Taste», and «Re-Animator», blending unbearable tension with typically British sense of humour. |  | | Pål Sletaune (Noruega, 1960)
Director of «Babycall», Grand Prix at Gérardmer and Best Actress Award at Rome for Nomi Rapace; in 1998, Variety pronounced him one of the world’s 10 most promising directors; his first feature, «Junk Mail» (1997), won the prestigious Cannes’ Critics Week; is a jury member of the MOTELx 2012 Award. |
| Short Films | | |  | | Aurélia Mengin (France)
Kick started her film directing career in 2006 with «Requiem pour un Artiste», which was followed by numerous other films, short movies and music videos. «Macadam Transferts» (2011) was selected at the Cannes Festival 2011 under the classified section, and most recently «Autopsy des Delices» and «Karma Koma» which was featured in the Tours Festival “Mauvais Genre”, the Bloody Weekend, the Brest International Film Festival, among others. |  | | Nicolas Luquet (France)
Is a post-production sound mixer and sound designer, who worked for CIMAX from 2001 to 2005 followed by TF1 from 2005 to 2008. Since then he has worked on various films such as «Aparte» (2008), «Macadam Transferts» (2010), «Karma Koma» (2011) and «Autopsy des delices» (2012). |  | | Franck Giordanengo (France)
Started his career as an actor, in 1986, having started in various plays and later on in Michel Boujenah’s feature film «Père et fils» (2002). «Premier Sang» (1998) was selected at the Junior Award co-organised by the French National Center of Cinematography for Best Screenplay, and in 2011 «Susan in Red». As a director, commenced with his original screenplay «La Nuit hallucinée», «The S.r.a.i.o.p.s» in 2003, a documentary on released prisoners. |
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