A director and screenwriter trained at the Gobelins animation school, Marco Nguyen directed the short Le Building (2005). He served as an assistant director and animation director on Joann Sfar′s The Rabbi′s Cat (2011), and worked as an animator on Ernest & Celestine (2012) and The Summit of the Gods (2021). He was a first assistant director on Zabou Breitman and Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec′s The Swallows of Kabul (2019). His debut feature, co-directed with Nicolas Athané, Jim Queen, a bold and exhilarating adult animated comedy set in Paris′s gay scene, had its world premiere in the Midnight Screenings section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.
A director and screenwriter trained at the Gobelins animation school, Nicolas Athané directed the short Un tour de manège (2009). He worked on the animation for the video games Rayman Origins and Rayman Legends, as well as The Red Turtle (2016) and The Rabbi′s Cat (2011). He went on to co-write and co-direct several series at the adult animation studio Bobbypills, including Les Kassos and Monsieur Flap. His debut feature, co-written and co-directed with Marco Nguyen, Jim Queen, a satire built around a fictional virus that turns gay men heterosexual, had its world premiere to considerable buzz in the Midnight Screenings section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.
