Espen Aukan graduated from the Norwegian National Film School in 2008 and has a BA in film and theatre studies from the University of Trondheim. He has written stage plays, short and feature films, worked on documentaries, and on television series such as Elias: Rescue Team Adventures (2015) and the award-winning The Games (2013). In 2010 he was nominated for the National Ibsen Award for his modern take on the classic brothers Grimm fairytale Snow White. For the stage he has also adapted H.C. Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling, and the family musical Syver & Beatrice – A Summer Mystery! based on a popular series of children’s books from the small town of Kristiansund where he grew up. His short film screenplays include the horror comedy Baby Boom (2022) and Wettlaufer’s Widow (2017). He co-wrote Norway’s first werewolf movie Viking Wolf (2022), and penned the screenplay for Roar Uthaug’s blockbuster Troll (2022) which is still the most viewed Non-English language Netflix production to date, and its sequel Troll 2 (2025). He is currently in development on several projects, amongst them the horror movie Amara with director Roar Uthaug.

Noëmie Devide joined the sales department of Goodfellas (formerly Wild Bunch) in 2011 and now serves as the company’s Head of Acquisitions & Co-productions, helping shape its bold, auteur-driven slate. Alongside her work at Goodfellas, she co-founded the production label Getaway Films with Vincent Maraval and Brahim Chioua, producing and co-producing films by Hanna Bergholm (Nightborn), Michel Hazanavicius (Final Cut!), Dario Argento (Dark Glasses) and Alexandre Aja (Oxygen). This dual vantage point, as both acquirer and producer, informs her sharp editorial instincts and her ability to connect distinctive creative projects with global audiences

Roar Uthaug graduated from the Norwegian National Film School in 2002. His graduation film, The Martin Administration, was nominated for a Student Academy Award.

He broke out with COLD PREY (2006), a massive box office hit in Norway that sold to more than 40 countries and launched two sequels, followed by the medieval action film ESCAPE (2012), which sold to 70+ territories and put him on Variety’s “10 Euro Directors to Watch”. His fourth feature THE WAVE (2015), Scandinavia’s first disaster movie, was Norway’s highest-grossing film that year and its official Academy Award entry. His films have travelled extensively on the international festival circuit, and he has directed award-winning commercials worldwide.

In 2018 he made his Hollywood debut with TOMB RAIDER, starring Academy Award winner Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft. In 2022 he directed TROLL for Netflix, which became the most-watched non-English-language film in the platform’s history, and followed it with TROLL 2 (2025), the largest Scandinavian movie ever made.

Arnaud is the founder of the Paris-based sales agency B-Rated International. A graduate of INSAS – Institut Supérieur des Arts in Brussels, he previously worked as a sales executive at Mediawan.

He has recently handled international sales on titles including Ulya (Un Certain Regard), Buzzheart by Dennis Iliadis, and Motherwitch by Minos Papas.

B-Rated International is also active in the co-production of genre films, working with filmmakers and producers to develop distinctive, internationally oriented projects. The company combines a strong focus on genre cinema with an international sales approach, bringing ambitious independent films to distributors and audiences worldwide.