Mattijs Driesen (1994) is a filmmaker and writer based in Brussels. His latest short film The Actricity Machines (2023) had its world premiere at Film Fest Ghent. He is in the process of finishing his Ph.D. at LUCA School of Arts, where he researches the connections between radical pedagogy and cinematic aesthetics. As a writer, he has published essays for several journals, such as Sabzian (BE), Apache (BE) and Revista Portuguesa de Pedagogia (PT). His feature-length erotic horror film Stupid In The Dark is currently being scripted.