After­ studying­ film ­at ­the Belgian Film School ­IAD ­, ­Amélie ­worked ­as ­a casting director and­ assistant­ director with ­French director­­ Jacques­ Doillon­.­ In 2011 she­ directed ­and ­self-produced­ her ­first­ feature, ­HEADFIRST­, which screened in Cannes’ ACID section and won the main award in New York First Time Festival. There she met Martin Scorsese, who executive produced her second feature, THE ELEPHANT &­ THE­ BUTTERFLY­ (2017)­ which ­premiered at ­­Tribeca ­and­ won­ the ­Grand ­Prize ­at ­Heartland­ International Film Festival. Amélie codirected DREAMING WALLS with Maya Duverdier and is currently working on a new fiction feature, to be produced by Les films du Fleuve.

After a bachelor in arts in France, Maya Duverdier obtained her Master's degree in cinema at the Ecole Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne with her documentary JEANNE SANS ARC (2014). Next to her work as a director and writer for Cinema and Documentary, she’s also active within various positions of film, television and advertising production. DREAMING WALLS is Maya’s first feature documentary, which she codirected with Amélie van Elmbt.

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