Paloma Sermon-Daï was born in Namur, Belgium in 1993. After studying Artistic Humanities at the Conservatoire de Huy, in 2016 she began a bachelor’s degree in Cinematography Technique at the Haute Ecole Libre de Bruxelles. There she directed three short films. Her graduation film, Makenzy, was notably programmed at Visions du Réel. Petit Samedi is her first feature film, which premiered at Berlinale Forum.