DIRECTORS

Raised in Paris, Ani Simon-Kennedy is a New York-based filmmaker. In 2011 she founded Bicephaly Pictures with cinematographer Cailin Yatsko. They have created original web series for James Franco TV, Glamour, and Dailymotion as winners of their MotionMaker Fund. Together, they are one of the rare female-led production companies in New York, having created 100+ videos to date. Her first feature film Days of Gray, a dystopian coming-of-age film shot in Iceland, has screened at film festivals worldwide, winning Best Emerging Narrative at the Oaxaca Film Festival 2014. Her second feature The Short History of the Long Road, currently in development, won the Dernsie Award for Screenwriting at the inaugural Bentonville Film Festival presented by Bruce Dern and Geena Davis. She has participated in the Cine Qua Non Lab International Screenwriter’s Workshop, Film Independent's Screenwriting Lab and RBC's Emerging Storytellers at the 2015 IFP Film Week with her script.