| Rik Vermeulen |
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Rik has worked for the International Film Festival Rotterdam since 1998, currently as programme researcher & advisor and Film Office coordinator. Working free-lance he is also Executive Director of the Transilvania International Film Festival (Cluj-Napoca) the first and most important international feature film festival in Romania, and manager of CentEast Film Market in Warsaw, a film market for newly finished films from Central and Eastern Europe.
Consulting specialty: festivals, film markets
Territories: Europe, The Netherlands
email: r.vermeulen@filmfestivalrotterdam.com
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| Mary Davies |
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Film acquisitions consultant for Japanese pay TV channel Cinefil-Imagica since 1996, acquiring over 200 features from around the world. Industry consultant to Edinburgh International Film Festival, overseeing EIFF’s industry services, since 1997. European liaison for Withoutabox.com. Former world sales agent with Jane Balfour Films and BFI Production in the UK, working with directors such as Tom Tykwer, D.A. Pennebaker, Derek Jarman and Terence Davies. Experience of independent film includes festivals, development, production and distribution. Also works as script and development consultant.
Consulting specialty: festivals, sales, development, production and distribution.
Territories: World
email: jazz_films@yahoo.com
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| Lucius Barre |
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Lucius Barre is a public relations consultant specialized in connecting new films and filmmakers to the international market. He has collaborated on one or more projects with Pedro Almodóvar, Shinji Aoyama, Bruce Beresford, Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Atom Egoyan, Ulu Grosbard, Abolfazl Jalili, Zacharias Kunuk, Jean-Claude Lauzon, Al Maysles, Errol Morris, Nobuhiro Suwa, Hiroshi Teshigahara, Johnnie To and Tom Tykwer.
Consulting Specialty: Creation of marketing materials for sales and territorial release campaigns.
Territories: World
email: lucius@rcn.com |
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| Jannie Langbroek |
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Jannie Langbroek was a buyer and commissioning editor for VPRO, one of the Dutch TV stations, both for documentary and fiction. Also for VPRO she was in charge of Lola Moviola, a strand of dramas for young directors, and responsible for various talkshows. She is part of the selection committee for Idfa and member of the board of the Jan Vrijman Fund, and member of the CineMart selection committee. The last two years she worked for the Industry Office at Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente and joined the organizers of The Marketplace (present at MIP and MIPcom) an umbrella organisation for young filmmakers and producers.
Consulting specialty: television, film markets.
Territories: Europe, Latin America, fiction, documentary, The Netherlands
email: jlangbroek@hotmail.com |
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| Hayet Benkara |
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Hayet Benkara managed the Sales Office at the Toronto International Film Festival (the unofficial market) for 6 years. She also worked as a 'Match-Maker' for many festivals such as Cannes, at the Producers Network and IFFR at CineMart. She also managed the Press and Industry Services at the Dubai International Film Festival. She is currently the Programming and Industry Series Director at ReelWorld, Toronto. She consults with filmmakers on a year round basis.
Consulting specialty: festivals, sales and acquisitions
Territories: World, Canada
email: hayetbenkara@hotmail.com |
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| Matt Blackhall |
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Matt Blackhall earned an MA degree in Preservation & Presentation of the Moving Image from the University of Amsterdam and a BA in Communication Studies from the College of New Jersey. For several years Matt was the Chief Executive of the Freedom Film Society in Red Bank, NJ; he has also done an internship with Fortissimo Films in Amsterdam and now divides his time at the International Film Festival Rotterdam between the Film Office and International PR.
email: filmoffice@filmfestivalrotterdam.com |
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| Corine Meijers |
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Corine Meijers studied Film-, Theatre en Television Studies at the University in Utrecht and Stockholm. She has worked at the Netherlands Film Festival for several years at the Holland Film Meeting and the Programming department. Since 2006 she has worked as a producer for the Holland Film Meeting; a film market which consists of the Benelux Screenings and the Netherlands Production Platform.
email: filmoffice@filmfestivalrotterdam.com |
| Nina Pece |
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Nina Pece studied Cultural Studies at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. She's worked as the director and head of film distribution for Otok - Institute for the Development of Film Culture and director of Isola Cinema - Kino Otok Film Festival with focus on African, Asian, Latin American and Eastern European cinema. Working free-lance as thecultural producer and event&public relations manager she's joined the organization of key film festivals in Slovenia such as LIFFe, Ljubljana International Film Festival, Festival of Slovenian Film and Animateka, International animation festival.
email: filmoffice@filmfestivalrotterdam.com |