Movie - Tricia Tuttle becomes new head of the Berlinale
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 had taken over as dual leadership, with Chatrian as artistic director and Rissenbeek as managing director.
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 successor. 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 in leadership. The Berlinale is one of the major film festivals alongside Cannes and Venice. The next edition is planned from February 15 to 25, 2024.
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Tricia Tuttle's appointment as the new director of the Berlinale festival in Berlin was announced by Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth, who also chairs the supervisory board of the Kulturveranstaltungen des Bundes in Berlin (KBB). Previously, the festival had been led by Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek as a dual management team since June 2019. Roth has stated that she wants the Berlinale to maintain its international significance and compete with major film festivals like Cannes and Venice.
The search for a suitable successor was overseen by a commission chaired by Roth, which included director Edward Berger, German Film Academy managing director Anne Leppin, actress Sara Fazilat, and producer Roman Paul. Their choice was Tricia Tuttle, who previously led the London Film Festival BFI. Chatrian and Rissenbeek, who announced their departures beforehand, will both step down after the 2024 edition of the Berlinale festival in Germany.
Source: www.stern.de
