masha egieva is a screenwriter, director, and producer. her second short film as a writer-director, “saint vassily”, is executive-produced by crystal bear-winning and bafta-nominated producer byron mcnally. it premiered at hollyshorts film festival in august 2024
masha is in pre-production of her third short film, erotic “marion”, co-written by raphaël duhamel, selected for linz short film lab (2025). she is also in funded development for her debut feature psychological thriller-horror “penumbra”, written by raphaël . “penumbra” is produced by maria shevtsova and marcus hundsnes of disauthority and was selected for feature lab at the mediterranean film institute (2025)
in addition to in-house developed titles, at 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
in 2023-24, masha volunteered 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’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