Biographies

Romy Trajman

– Director and singer –

Romy was born in Brussels and grew up in France. At 14, she dropped out of school to sing and develop a musical series. Her first music video, ”Moi j’te dis Lol”, became an internet sensation. At 16, she directed “Lol & les Lolies”, a short film rewarded at the Festival Ptit Clap 2011 (chaired by Arnaud Tsamère). This short film helped her sign a series deal with Telfrance Group and gave her reasons to move further. She then got admitted to Levallois Conservatory with a ‘Musical’ specialization, before joining Luc Besson’s Film School in Paris. There, she starred in and directed the web-series “The Lolies”, which tells the adventures of a funny ”mother and daughter” duet. Later, she wrote a short TV series (‘Backseat Driver’), signed by NRJ12, followed up by work opportunities in Sydney, and in Los Angeles at EuropaCorp. Romy is acting, writing songs and contributes to some script-related activities (For Ruben Amar, Audrey Diwan, Micha Wald). At 23 she directed her first feature, the musical documentary “My parents’ divorce” (2021).

Anaïs Straumann-Lévy

– Co-director –

Thrilled by photography and video, Anais joined Avignon’s Ecole des Beaux-Arts. She pursued her way through Sorbonne University and received a Master’s degree in Philosophy. Her thesis focused on language and history in Benjamin Walter’s work. In 2013, she started her career in film production as a director’s assistant on several films, among them “Bad girls” by Arnaud Khayadjanian (2014 -1.3 million views) and “La Fin” by François Nolla & Hugo Hubert (2015), which was nominated at many festivals, including in Los Angeles. Having a keen interest in documentary films, she joined the company “Films d’Ici” in September 2014 for two consecutive internships—one in distribution and the other in production. In 2017, she became part of the crew for the feature-film « La Fable du Coq » as a director’s assistant, DOP and editor. She met Romy on the set of her first short film “Bonne Fête Maman”. Their chemistry, combined with their similar family setting, has been a strong source of inspiration for making this movie. Following this experience, Anaïs founded Griotte Films to create biographical videos on request.