Ufuk Emiroglu and Camille Briffod

Photo: Ufuk Emiroglu

Ufuk Emiroglu is a Turkish-Swiss scriptwriter and director who trained at HEAD (Geneva) and RTS. After several short fiction films, she made her first feature-length documentary, a hybrid of reality, fiction and animation in 2013, My Father, the Revolution and Me. The film was shown at a number of international festivals, including Locarno, Solothurn and FIPADOC. It won the Johan van der Keuken New Talent Award in Istanbul and was nominated one of the best documentaries at the Turkish Film Critics Association (SIYAD) Awards. Her first feature film, Sevda, was released in 2026. Alongside her work as a director and scriptwriter, she is training to write screenplays, has a Bachelor's degree in psychology and occasionally works as a "psynarist" consultant.

Photo: Elias Boetticher

Camille Briffod was born in 1993 in Vevey. She currently lives and works between Zurich and French-speaking Switzerland. After obtaining an initial bachelor’s degree in management in 2017, she worked for several years on cultural, social, and artistic projects in Switzerland and abroad. In 2019, she resumed her studies and in 2024 earned a bachelor’s degree in film from the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). There, she directed several short films, including her graduation film Passagères (2024), which was presented at the Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF). She is a partner at the Zurich-based production company Sabotage Kollektiv and is currently developing her first feature fiction film. She recently took part in the Next Feature programme of TorinoFilmLab.