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Santa Monica native, 61-year-old Tony Alva, is an original Z-Boy (Venice Beach) and considered by many to be the godfather of modern day skateboarding. Alva’s brand of aggression and bravado in the ‘70s changed the way skateboarding would be forever defined. A true skate & surf living legend.

A native of Reunion Island, Justine Mauvin is an international longboard surfing champion, globe-trotter, documentary filmmaker and now a musician. She is preparing her first EP - a contemporary soul where tradition marries modernity.

A columnist for Radio Nova then a journalist, she directed Africa Riding (2017), a series of short documentaries filmed in Africa, the story of eight young riders participating locally to create a new social and cultural order.

Jonathan Paskowitz is the second oldest of nine from the legendary Paskowitz family. He has long been a part of the world surfing community, both as an experimented surfer and in the surf industry with brands like Black Flys and Lightning Bolt. He now lives in Paris.

Skateboarder enthousiast , emblematic figure of the electronic scene, has created Ed Banger records in 2003. In 2011, he has curated Public Domaine exhibition at Gaité Lyrique. In 2018, he turned to art direction and event design with his new structure Pedro’s Boutique.

Popular culture, film history or folklore are among his inspirations to develop a documentary narration he likes to call do it yourself mythology. Between workshops and professional works (fashion, art ...), he also makes films, like the one for the Paris Opera Giselle: The Walking Landscape.

Neels Castillon is a Paris based film director & photographer. Named one of the 2018 Young Guns by the ADC/One Club for Creativity, Neels’s style is a refreshing combination of strong visuals and pure storytelling. He has directed award-winning shorts films, music videos, feature documentaries and brought his love for creative challenges to top brands including Lacoste, National Geographic, Nikon or Puma. He also co-founded Motion Palace a creative studio, producing original content for brands, entertainment, arts & cultures. Neels is represented worldwide by the Ridley Scott Creative Group.

Over the past decade, award winning director Manu Cossu took the world by storm with his groundbreaking music videos (M83, Gesaffelstein, Drake…), short films and commercials (Nike, adidas Originals, Dior…). Manu has a striking ability to immerse his audience in deeply artistic mis-en-scènes by bridging conceptualism with forward thinking. He brings fresh and imaginative components to all of his projects.

Daughter of Californian surfing legend Tom Curren, Lee-Ann has found her place in global surfing over the years. Twice European champion and qualified on the World Tour at 19, she moved away from competition to indulge in free-surfing. Now a documentary co-director and musician, she released her debut EP ‘Shapes, Colors’ in February 2020, and her Izia opening act tour is expected to resume this fall.

Benjamin Deberdt, a 49-year-old photographer, has mostly traveled for and through skateboarding. Founder of Sugar, a French print magazine, in 1998, then co-founder of Kingpin magazine in 2000, he is still involved in the scene today, but in digital, via Live skateboard media, and above all in his photographic practice and subjects that he chooses to document. Among his numerous encounters, we find artists, and other characters such as Thomas Campbell, Mark Gonzales, Barry McGee or Jason Lee…

Recently associated with Carole Scotta in Haut Et Court after 15 years with her production company Petit Dragon (Danger Dave…), Emmanuelle Lepers produces documentaries. With a will to decrypt pop culture, she favors social themes and diversity in order to be able to engage in film and television projects of different genres and formats: feature films, unitaries, documentary series and web-series.