Berlin Film Festival Appoints Tricia Tuttle As New Director
deadline.comTricia Tuttle has been named director of the Berlin Film Festival. Tuttle takes over from Executive Director Mariette Rissenbeek and Artistic Director Carlo Chatrian, who are due to step down after the 2024 edition.
She will take over the directorship from 1 April 2024. The announcement was made at a press conference in Berlin this afternoon featuring German Culture Minister Claudia Roth.
Tuttle was chosen by a selection committee chaired by Roth, including All Quiet on the Western Front filmmaker Edward Berger, Film Academy director Anne Leppin, actress Sara Fazilat, producer Roman Paul, and Florian Graf, head of the Berlin Senate Chancellery.
Tuttle was most recently head of festivals at the British Film Institute, where she led the London Film Festival. After leaving the BFI, she joined the UK’s National Film and Television School’s directing department. “I have attended the Berlinale for many years as a professional and have really come to appreciate it very much.
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