Julien[HAYET-KERKNAWI]

I've walked through fire and come back with new scars to show. I'm Julien Hayet‐Kerknawi—once a kid in Ghent who built a snowman for no other reason than pure, unfiltered joy. Since then I've lost and won and lost and re‐won nearly everything: friends, inspiration, and I've felt my own momentum slip through my fingers more times than I care to admit.

But I've also directed a war epic in over 300 theaters, and built Enigma Releasing as a home for myth‐driven European cinema. In between political media ops and late‐night coding sessions on Enigma: One, I learned that every loss is a fissure where light will break through.

I'm neither hero nor villain—I'm a mythmaker in the shadows, turning story into narrative weapons. Today, I channel all my energy into carving into the collective mind. Because at the end of the day, we all need something to believe in. And I'm here to give us that.