HI, MY NAME IS JONATHAN DESBIENS. I’M FROM A LOVELY SMALL TOWN CALLED SHAWINIGAN-SUD, IN QUEBEC (CANADA). TO PROPERLY INTRODUCE MYSELF, I’D SAY THAT A PART OF ME LEADED BY MY EXTREME CURIOSITY WANTS TO EXPLORE THE WHOLE UNIVERSE WHILE MY INNER SELF IS DEEPLY MISSING THIS STRANGE LITTLE INDUSTRIAL TOWN. I THINK THAT MOST OF MY INSPIRATION COMES FROM THAT PARADOX. I WAS BORN IN 1986 AND PLAYED WITH MY LEGOS UNTIL I WAS 14. THEN, I FELT I HAD TO BECOME MORE SERIOUS, MORE “ADULT”. SO I PICKED UP A CAMERA AND STARTED EDITING WITH 2 VHS DECKS. THAT’S HOW I DISCOVERED ALL THE POWER OF IMAGES IN MOTION, THE POWER OF ARTISTIC CREATION, OF EXPRESSING MYSELF AND COMMUNICATING PERSONAL, ABSTRACT CONCEPTS TO OTHERS IN A PLAYFUL WAY. IN DOING SO, MY PLAN TO SECRETLY STAY YOUNG FOREVER WAS WORKING. I CAN PROUDLY SAY THAT THIS PLAN IS STILL WORKING TODAY. I THINK THAT MY NEED FOR FILM-MAKING, PAINTING, EDITING, PHILOSOPHIZING ETC. IS MY WEAPON TO FIGHT THE CYNICAL WORLD WE LIVE IN. IT GIVES ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE BEAUTIFUL NEW WORLDS AND DIMENSIONS THAT ONLY EXIST IN MY MIND. MORE IMPORTANTLY, WORKING TODAY AS A FILM DIRECTOR GIVES ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET NEW AWESOME PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHO SHARE THIS COMMON GOAL OF CREATING ART THAT MAY CHANGE SOMEONE ELSE’S LIFE. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT FILMS, MUSIC VIDEOS AND EVEN COMMERCIALS CAN DO THAT, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY.