尼古拉斯·瓦迪莫夫 ，After studying film in Montreal, Nicolas Wadimoff presented his first short film The Bowl (1991) in Locarno. Guitarist in an alt-rock band, he co-founded L’Usine, an independent Genevan cultural center. In 1992, he directed The Golden Gloves of Akka, the portrait of a Palestinian boxer, and in 1997, with Denis Chouinard, Wadimoff directed his first narrative feature Clandestins. He founded Akka Films, a production company that has supported many Palestinian filmmakers, among others, in 2003. Aisheen (2010), a documentary shot in Gaza, had its world premiere at the Berlinale. The Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes hosted his return to fiction features with Operation Libertad (2012). Spartans (2015), portrait of an MMA coach in the northern parts of Marseille, won the Soleure Prize, and The Apollo of Gaza (2018) opened Locarno’s Critics’ Week. After a detour into teaching at HEAD – Genève (2019-2023), in 2025 he co-directed UNRWA, 75 Years of an Interim History with Lyana Saleh.