Stéphanie Joalland

A Berlinale Talents and BIFA Springboard alumna, Stéphanie is writer-director and producer with a love of elevated genre, especially science-fiction and supernatural and psychological horror. She grew up in rural Brittany, France, studied filmmaking at UCLA and now lives in London where she co-founded Frenzy Films. Her sci-fi feature debut, The Quiet Hour, vied for Best British Film at Raindance Film Festival and the Grand Prix at Sofia International Film Festival. The Quiet Hour premiered on Sky Cinema and is now available on Netflix. She is developing a slate of film projects through Frenzy Films. Her projects, which often explore the uncanny, climate change and science, have received the support of Frontières, European Genre Forum, BiFan's NAFF, BIF Market, Sofia Meetings and the British Film Institute. Stéphanie is also a theatre director and directs at venues such as the Southwark Playhouse in London and Cambridge Junction.