Caroline Deruas Peano (1978) is a French director who has made several acclaimed short films, including L’Étoile de mer (Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes 2006), Le feu, le sang, les étoiles (Locarno Festival, Grand Prize at Bilbao), and Children of the Night (Silver Leopard, Locarno, released in French cinemas in 2012 by Ad Vitam). A former resident at the Villa Medici in Rome, she shot her first feature film there, Daydreams, released in 2017 by Les Films du Losange. As a screenwriter, she has collaborated with filmmakers such as Yann Gonzalez, Julia Kowalski, and Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi (Forever Young, Cannes 2022, The Summer House, The Three Sisters). She has also co-written several films with Philippe Garrel, including In the Shadow of Women and The Plough (Silver Bear, Berlinale 2023). She recently completed the adaptation of A Libertine Education by Jean-Baptiste Del Amo for Italian director Michele Pennetta, and is currently working on the adaptation of Rose Royal by Nicolas Mathieu, to be directed by Baya Kasmi.