Jury

ANNE DELSETH — Member of the Selection Committee, Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, Cannes Film Festival

Anne Delseth studied journalism in Fribourg, Switzerland, where she rapidly got involved in the Fribourg International Film Festival, initially as volunteer, secretary, director’s assistant and eventually programmer. While later obtaining a Master's in Cultural Management, she worked for a film distributor as a production assistant and then returned to Fribourg as deputy director (2008-2011). In 2011 she left Switzerland for Paris to try international sales with Urban Distribution International but, after a few months, was sourced by Edouard Waintrop to be part of the new programming team at Quinzaine des Réalisateurs / Directors' Fortnight (2012 to present). Living between Paris and Lausanne (Switzerland), she currently is also responsible for the Master's in Film Studies in Art School Ecal (Lausanne) and Head (Geneva), is a consultant for Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, a program delegate for Zürich International Film Festival, and also runs an independent cinema theatre near Lausanne which imports films that don't find distributors in the country.

THEUS ZWAKHALS — Short Film Programmer, International Film Festival Rotterdam

Theus Zwakhals (b. 1964) lives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and has studied Cultural History at the University of Utrecht. He works for the distribution and collection department of LIMA (previously known as the Netherlands Media Arts Institute NIMk) in Amsterdam since 2002. Previously, Zwakhals was also the producer of the Impakt Festival in Utrecht from 1994 until 2000. Currently, he is also a curator for Rumor Festival for adventurous music in Utrecht, and programmer for the Short Film section of the International Film Festival Rotterdam since 2009.


 

JONATHAN POUTHIER — Cinema Programmer, Centre Pompidou Paris

Jonathan Pouthier (b. 1983) is, since January 2012, in charge of the programming of the film department of National Museum of Modern Art Centre Pompidou, Paris. He curated several large film programs such as Back to East, the Croatian Avant-Garde (2012), Film Culture (2013), Shirley Clarke, an American Experience (2013), Common Places (2014) or Duchamp as Film (2014). Graduated from La Fémis (Ecole nationale supérieure des métiers de l'image et du son), his researches are focused on cinema exhibition and distribution practices inside the museum network. He was also in charge with the acquisitions for the Coproduction Office Berlin and associated to the curatorial project of KOW Berlin Gallery from 2010 to 2012. He curated the exhibition Abweichung (Outsiders) at Brandenburger Kunstverein, 2011.

 

MARION POETH — Program Manager, Cinedans Dance on Screen Festival Amsterdam

Marion Poeth is both artistic programmer and producer for Cinedans. She gained her Masters in Theatre Studies from the University of Utrecht with a study on screen dance, having previously studied dance at Amsterdam School of the Arts and audiovisual design and film in the Netherlands and England. Next to Cinedans, she works as a freelance editor and media designer.



 

ILEANA BÎRSAN — Film Critic and Cinema Educator

Ileana Bîrsan graduated from the Faculty of Philology in Bucharest and studied film at the University of Zürich. She was editor of the film section in the TimeOut Bucharest and BeWhere! magazines, and signed articles on cinema in publications such as Dilema Veche, Observator Cultural, LaPunkt.ro, TheChronicle.ro. She is the founder of filmikon, education through cinema workshops and lectures. Ileana Bîrsan is currently a PhD student at CESI (Centre of Excellence in Image Studies) and participates in various programs of cinematographic education.