Manuel Billi (1979) lives and works in Paris. Film critic, producer and director, he has authored several essays on contemporary cinema. Since the year 2000 he has been collaborating with different Italian and French film magazines. In 2014 he directs his first experimental short film, "Battre, enlever". His first fiction short film " Les fantômes de la veille" (Ghosts of Yesterday) has been selected at 32 SIC (2017 Venice Film Festival).