Festival - Tricia Tuttle becomes new Berlinale director
Tricia Tuttle will be at the helm of the Berlinale in future. Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth presented the former head of the London Film Festival BFI as the new director of the film festival in Berlin on Tuesday. The US-American is set to take over the festival in April 2024.
Prior to this, the supervisory board of the Kulturveranstaltungen des Bundes in Berlin (KBB), which is responsible for the Berlinale, had discussed the appointment under the chairmanship of the Green politician.
Roth had announced a few months ago that the Berlinale would be headed by just one person in the future as the successor to the previous management duo of Carlo Chatrian (52) and Mariette Rissenbeek (67).
Chatrian then drew the consequences and announced that he would be leaving the festival after the 2024 edition. Rissenbeek had already announced her departure beforehand. Both officially took up their posts in June 2019. For the first time in the history of the film festival, they took over as dual leadership, with Chatrian as artistic director and Rissenbeek as managing director.
Roth: In the same league as Cannes, Venice and Toronto
Roth now wants to maintain the international significance of the film festival. She wants the Berlinale to play in the same league as Cannes, Venice or Toronto.
A commission chaired by Roth was looking for a suitable person to succeed him. Among those involved were director and Oscar winner Edward Berger ("Nothing New in the West"), the managing director of the German Film Academy Anne Leppin, actress Sara Fazilat and producer Roman Paul.
Numerous filmmakers had criticized Roth in connection with the planned change of leadership. The Berlinale is one of the major film festivals alongside Cannes and Venice. The next edition is scheduled to take place from February 15 to 25, 2024.
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Source: www.stern.de
