Bed Bugs & Company

Serena is a “third culture kid”. She was born in Paris and raised between Paris, London, Brussels and New York. She found her true home in New York, city which inspires most of her films. Serena has always had a passion for the entertainment industry, which lead her to pursue a career in filmmaking, theatre and acting since the age of four. Her first short film “Losing Character” premiered at the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2013. Her second film "The Doorman" also premiered at Cannes in 2014. It won multiple jury and audience choice awards. It is an Official Selection at numerous festivals throughout the world, in addition to being broadcasted on TV. Since "The Doorman", Serena wrote and directed two thesis films, "Bed Bugs & Company", and "Welcome", which are starting the festival circuit. “Welcome” premiered at the Cleveland International Film Festival (Oscar-qualifying) and won Best Student Short at the American Pavilion Emerging Filmmakers Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival. It also won the Chris Columbus Production Award. Her next project "Nana" is a feature transgenerational documentary about her grandmother surviving Auschwitz, which already won the Alan Landsburg Post-Production Award. When Serena isn’t making movies, she spends her time traveling, trying to capture different people and cultures in photographs and videos, as well as working with elephants.