masha egieva is a russian-armenian film writer, director, and producer from moscow. In 2020, masha completed her first short film as a writer-director, comedy-drama “all souls day” (2020), co-funded by the oxford university filmmaking foundation and wolfson college, oxford. her second short film as a writer-director “saint vassily”, developed with script compass and executive-produced by crystal bear-winning and bafta-nominated producer byron mcnally, premiered at hollyshorts film festival in august 2024.
with reformation films, masha produced “olive” (2023), winner of genera films grant, spotlighting older female desire and sexuality and starring the icon of british tv of the 1960s virginia stride. passionate about female-led stories, masha went on to produce “malkin” (2023), starring writer-comedian rachel harper.
prior to embarking on a career as a filmmaker, masha was a programme coordinator at kino klassika foundation and content editor at an award-winning digital agency little dot studios, working with high-profile brands including mgm, studiocanal, discovery, and bafta.
masha volunteers as a creative producer at charity helping to leave, which assists ukrainian civilians as they evacuate to safety in the wake of the russian invasion of ukraine.
masha holds an undergraduate degree in art history from ucl and a masters in film aesthetics from the university of oxford.
raphaël duhamel is a screenwriter-producer specialising in psychological thrillers. He is developing a dark comedy/thriller anthology series with siècle productions and a historical thriller feature adaptation for french television with zadig productions.
raphaël development produced masha egieva’s second short film, "saint vassily" (2024), which premiered at the oscar-qualifying hollyShorts film festival and the bafta-qualifying london hollyshorts film festival in 2024.
he is currently developing a psychological thriller-horror feature with disauthority uk and his next short film, an erotic drama written with masha egieva, is set to shoot in paris in 2025 in association with disauthority and juvenoia.
In 2022, raphaël co-founded reformation films with masha.
raphaël's feature script “oikos” placed in the top 26% of the 2022 bbc scriptworks competition, and was a quarterfinalist of the raindance & final draft FF script competition.
raphaël works as freelance researcher for object studios, having gained experience in production at iconoclast uk, revolution films, and bk studios.