Director: Mylène Sauloy

Born in: Marrakech, Morocco
Biography: Born and grown in Marrackech, she then graduated in architecture in Paris with thesis in Mexico, got a Ph.D in sociology in Paris with a thesis about Colombian mafia, and worked as a radio, magazine and TV journalist for years and years in South America and Europe. Camerawoman, author, director, she realized many reports, magazines and documentaries films for different European channels. Favorite topics being humanity, social relations and/or culture in conflict zones. She is also author/director of web-docs and wrote a few books. Mylène Sauloy is as well projects responsible in Marcho Doryila, cultural association organizing international solidarity operations. She lived and worked in Mexico and then Colombia for 20 years. She taught "citizen journalism" in Tunisia and South America, and teaches also in Journalism school in France. She now lives in Paris. A few films : Dirty war (1986, Colombia) ; Who benefits on cocaine ? (1992, shot in ten countries, 2x52) ; Wolf and Amazon (1996, Chechnya) ; Danse with ruins (2000, Chechnya) ; A torrent gave music to Uygurs (1998, Oriental Turkestan) ; When Songs go to war (2002, Kurdistan) ; The president's hostages (2008, Colombia) ; Who Killed Natasha ? (2011, Chechnya, Russia...) ; Kurdistan: Girls' War (2016, Turkey, Irak, Syria)