Marine Vaillant studied history and the history of arts in Khâgne, France. After four years volunteering at the Sundance Film Festival, she worked as a line producer around the world. She then worked for Les Films des Tournelles on various feature-length filmss, such as Nadine Labaki’s WHERE DO WE GO NOW?, Rachid Djaidani’s RENGAINE, Riad Sattouf’s JACKY IN THE KINGDOM OF WOMEN, and Phillippe Le Guay’s RIDING WITH MOLIÈRE and NAKED IN NORMANDY. She sharpened her skills in producing, while at the same time developing her interest in fostering new talents. In 2020, she launched Dewberries Films. Her first release, ROADBLOCK, is a short film directed by Dahlia Nemlich, written by Pascale Seigneurie, and represented by Manifest. It won a Silver FIFOG at the International Oriental Film Festival of Geneva and the Khayrallah Prize from the US-based Khayrallah Centre for Lebanese Diaspora Studies. Her most recent release, Michelle and Noel Keserwany’s LES CHENILLES, was presented at the Biennale de Lyon in 2022, won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2023, and was selected as the Berlinale’s candidate for the European Film Awards. Vaillant has lived in Lebanon for over ten years and she maintains a deep link with Arab countries through the projects she produces. With Dewberries Films, she develops short films to encourage the emergence of new talents and, in 2023, she joined Special Touch Studios as a producer to develop feature-length fiction films and documentaries by directors from the MENA region. Her aim is to support projects marked by a strong mix of cultures—fruits of the encounter between East and West, like her career.