By Tom Grater International Film Reporter Matthijs Wouter Knol, the long-serving director of the Berlin International Film Festival’s European Film Market, is leaving his post to take the reins at the European Film Academy.
Wouter Knol will remain in situ until October 31, with Berlinale management exploring options for his succession. Next year’s EFM is due to take place February 11-18.
The Berlin-based European Film Academy is the society of European filmmakers that governs the European Film Awards, which this year will take place on December 12 in Reykjavík, Iceland.
Founded in 1988, the org now unites 3,800 European film professionals. Wouter Knol will take up his new position in January 2021.
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