Maxime Jean-Baptiste (1993) grew up in the Guianese and West Indian diaspora in France. His work delves into the complexities of colonial history, focusing on archives and forms of reconstitution to conceive a living, embodied memory. His films have travelled to numerous festivals, including Berlinale, Sundance Film Festival, The International Short Film Festival Detmold (ISFF Clermont-Ferrand), and International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Listen to the Voices (2024) is his first feature film, which world premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and won the Special Jury Award Cine+ in the Cineasti del Presente Competition.