Director, New York, USA

Born in 1950 and raised by exploitation cinema, Henenlotter did his film school by going to the 42nd street’s grindhouse theatres. In 1981, he directed Basket Case, which became a midnight classic praised by all sick film lovers and artists with fine taste such as The Ramones. Then came Brain Damage (1987), a monstrous allegory on drug addiction, Frankenhooker (1990) and its man-made whore from bits of exploded crack-addicted hookers, and two Basket Case sequels (1990-91). Since then, he is (re)discovering obscure films released through the label Something Weird Video. This year marks his return as a director with Bad Biology.

Producer, Lausanne, Switzerland

Caroline Velan is the producer and co-founder, with four young directors, of Le Flair Sàrl, a company which brings out fiction films, tv series, documentaries, commercials, and video clips. She studied Sociology and Anthropology and then worked as a researcher and scientific assistant at Lausanne University and for the Swiss Home Office before entering the world of cinema. She has since worked for Swiss and foreign production companies, on such projects as Syriana directed by Stephen Gahan, Paul S'en Va by Alain Tanner, Agents Secrets by Frederic Schoenenhoerffer, and Aime Ton Père by Jacob Berger among others.