Alix Austin
Country: United States of AmericaAlix is a British/Swiss Director and Creative Producer - she has a big passion for practical creature effects, lethal sound design & killer soundtracks.
Most recently she co-directed her first feature film KILL YOUR LOVER with creative partner in crime Keir Siewert. Think 'Blue Valentine' meets 'The Fly': www.switchblade-cinema.com/kill-your-lover
They also co-directed the London segment of Horror Anthology Feature ISOLATION (2021) together, alongside Dennie Gordon and Larry Fessenden (Wendigo, The Last Winter). The film celebrated premieres at Frightfest & Screamfest LA. The project was featured on Variety, Rue Morgue, Dread Central and Bloody Disgusting.
She previously co-created and produced horror short RETCH, which screened globally, including the London Short Film Festival, Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival and won Best Horror Short at Cinefantasy Film Festival in Brazil.
Other genre experience includes 2nd Unit directing for FOLLOWERS (2021) director Marcus Harben, whose memory Sucker is dedicated to. He was a huge horror fan and was a dear friend to the Switchblade Cinema team, but sadly lost his battle with cancer last year.
Christian Bachini
Christian Bachini is an Italian filmmaker born in Parma, in the wonderful region of Emilia Romagna. His passion for filmmaking began at a very early age and action, adventure and horror soon became his favourite genres.
At age 23, Christian moved to Asia in order to pursue his dream of becoming a Martial Arts actor. He established himself in Shanghai under the art name "Kang", a word that in Chinese means "to counter and resist". Beginning to work first as an extra and a stuntman, he went on to obtain a series of supporting actor roles, and finally he became lead actor and fight choreographer in a series of local indie productions like “Mao Pai Sha Shou/Fake Killer” and “Xia Dao Zhi Zhun/Break a Dead Lock”, becoming one of the few accomplished Mandarin-speaking foreign actors working in Shanghai.
During his Years in China he also became an advocate of Chinese-Western co-productions by working side by side with Italian Film Festivals to promote meetings between Chinese and European Producers.
After many Years spent in Shanghai, Christian's passion for the horror genre came knocking. In 2020 he decides to leave Asia behind and step behind the camera to debut as director with his short film "Escalation", a "proof of concept" film from which he aims to kickstart a full feature film version based on the same concept.
