MENTORS OF CASA CINE 2026

Fernando Pérez

Fernando Pérez is a Cuban filmmaker, writer, and film critic. He studied Spanish Language and Literature at the University of Havana before beginning his career in film, first as a production assistant and then as assistant director to Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Manuel Octavio Gomez.

In the beginning of his career, he directed several documentaries that won awards at numerous festivals, and worked under Santiago Alvarez in the news department of the ICAIC. He wrote the book Corresponsales de Guerra, which received the Casa de Las Americas Award, and also taught courses in Film Criticism and History at the University of Havana and the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños.

In 1987, he released his first fiction feature film, Clandestinos. However, it was in 1994, with Madagascar, the film exploring the complexities of Cuban society in the post-revolutionary era, that Fernando Pérez received international recognition.

His films, notably La Vida es Silbar (1998) and Suite Habana (2003), are known for their lyrical beauty, meticulous mastery and unexpected melancholy. Throughout his career he has received numerous international awards, and was awarded the Premio Nacional de Cine in 2007.

In recent years, Pérez has made films that delve into the intricacies of Cuban society, such as Madrigal and Últimos Días en La Habana.

His most recent work, El Mundo de Nelsito is a melodrama with hints of black humor that depicts the dreamlike world of an autistic teenager, and had its European premiere at the Malaga Film Festival in 2023.

Pedro Pinho

Pedro Pinho is a Portuguese director, producer, and screenwriter. Deeply rooted in documentary filmmaking, his work is known for exploring political, social, and postcolonial themes. He advocates for socially conscious cinema as part of the Terratreme film production collective - one of the most prominent production houses in Portugal - serving as a writer-director and producer. He plays a central role within the collective and has made significant contributions in recent years to the production and emergence of a new generation of filmmakers in Portuguese cinema.

He studied cinema at the Lisbon School of Cinema and Theater and at the ENS - Louis Lumière in Paris. His first documentary, Bab Sebta (2008), co-directed with Frederico Lobo, premiered at FID Marseille, where it won the Marseille Esperance Award. It was also awarded Best Film at DocLisboa and Forum Doc BH (Brazil). The End of the World (2013), his first medium-length fiction film, was presented at the Berlinale, IndieLisboa and Festival do Rio, among others.

In 2014, he co-directed the documentary As Cidades e as Trocas with Luisa Homem, which was screened at FID Marseille and DocLisboa. In 2017, he directed his first feature-length fiction film, The Nothing Factory, which premiered at the Directors’ Fortnight in Festival de Cannes and won the FIPRESCI award. It went on to screen at numerous renowned festivals around the world, and received over 20 awards and recognitions before being commercially distributed in 12 countries across Europe, Asia and South America.

His latest feature film, I Only Rest in the Storm (2025), premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at Festival de Cannes, where it earned actress Cléo Diára the Best Actress Award, and has been presented at over 30 festivals around the world.

Delphine Mantoulet

Delphine Mantoulet is a film music composer and producer. A classically trained pianist, she is particularly interested in rock and electronic music. She began her career as a producer in London at Swan Island Music, before working at Warner Bros Music Studio in Paris and later at Naïve Records.

It was when she met director Tony Gatlif on the film Exils in 2004 that she began her career as a composer and developed a passion for world music and film music. This collaboration marked the beginning of a fruitful and lasting artistic partnership. She continued to collaborate with Tony Gatlif on the films Transylvania, Freedom, Indignados, and Geronimo. She has been nominated twice for a César in the Best Original Soundtrack category (Exils, 2004; Freedom, 2009) and has received several awards, including the Best Original Soundtrack award for the song Les Bohémiens, performed by Catherine Ringer in the film Freedom. In 2017, she reunited with Tony Gatlif and composed the soundtrack for the film Tom Medina, presented in the official selection at the 2021 Festival de Cannes, alongside Karoline Rose Sun, Nicolas Reyes, and Manero, blending flamenco, rock, and gypsy music. That year, she was named Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

She was invited to compose the soundtrack for Asli Özarslan's film Elbow, which premiered in 2024 at the Berlinale and the Music & Cinema Festival in Marseille, where Delphine Mantoulet won the Grand Prix for Best Original Music. The following year, she collaborated again with director Tony Gatlif on the feature film Ange with Arthur H., which premiered at the Festival de Cannes in 2025.

In addition to her artistic activities, Delphine Mantoulet has participated as a professional in several CNC commissions in the field of original music and diversity. In 2025, she was invited to join the teaching staff of the new international school of music composition for image (EICMI).

Anna Glogowski

Born in Brazil, Anna Glogowski began her career in research and teaching in sociology.
Later, in France, she worked as documentary director at Canal+, then program advisor at France Télévisions. She has programmed for several film festivals, such as Paris Cinéma, La Cita and Doclisboa.

She later became an international consultant for the development of documentary projects, including Cannes Docs, ADDOC and Agora Docs Thessaloniki. She has been a member of various funding committees of the the French National Centre of Cinema (CNC), such as Aide au Court-Métrage, Fonds bilatéral d’aide à la coproduction d’œuvres cinématographiques franco-portugaises and Aide aux Cinémas du Monde.

As a jury, she has been a member of several festivals, including Visions du Réel, IDFA, DOK LEIPZIG, CPH:Dox, Rome Film Festival, CINEMED and the Trieste Film Festival. Anna Glogowski is currently a member of the selection committee of theIt's All True festival in Brazil, since 2003 and the FIPADOC festival in France, since 2019.