Benoit Felici is a French-Italian filmmaker graduated from the ZeLIG film school in Italy. His previous film “Unfinished Italy” was a journey into the remains of incomplete buildings and infrastructure, scattered throughout rural Italy, and which had turned into ruins. The film received 15 international awards (Documenta Madrid, Premiers Plans d’Angers) and was screened widely in the international film festivals circuit. In THE REAL THING, Benoit follows the path that led him to "Unfinished Italy" and brings his reflection to a new focus: the world’s architectural replicas, the reality of life in fake surroundings. In 2013 Benoit Felici received the Foundation Lagardère’s Excellence Grant as a documentary author.

Intuitively attracted by technical challenges and the engaging opportunities offered by emerging new mediums, Mathias likes to work closely with technicians from a wild variety of disciplines (from camera engineering, computer graphic development, video gaming or theater scenography) and strive toward a convergence; the "Building of new non-traditional ways to tell stories and advertise in the upcoming immersive area". At an incredibly young age he has already seduced prestigious clients like Prada, Dior, Hermes, Chanel, Nike, Microsoft, Renault, Venturi...). His web documentary about the worldwide "eGaming competition scene" in collaboration with Redbull has drawn the attention of billions of viewers online. Variations, his original art installation commissioned by Premiere Heure Group successfully called attention to the potential of Virtual Reality at a pioneer stage.