After studying documentary film making in Les Ateliers Varan (2001), Xavier de la Vega made several short films. Two of the latter were part of video installations exhibited during Nuits Blanches 2004 and 2005 (Paris all night contemporary art exhibition). He directed "Le pain et le lait" (58 min., 2007, with Carim Azeddine) which has been featured in several festivals, including Festival do Filme Documenta?rio e Etnogra?fico, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2007 and Festival Fronteras Migrantes, Mexique 2008. He works as a journalist for the French magazine Sciences Humaines (www.scienceshumaines.com).