Berlinale Artistic Director Carlo Chatrian Talks Final Selection : “I Have A Positive Feeling, Not One Of Melancholy. I’m Not Sad.”
deadline.comBerlinale Artistic Director Carlo Chatrian announced his final Competition and Encounters line-ups on Monday ahead of bowing out of the festival alongside Managing Director Mariette Rissenbeek at the end of the upcoming 74th edition in February.
News of Chatrian’s ousting by the German Culture Minister Claudia Roth back in September prompted anger in some quarters of Europe’s indie film biz.
The seasoned festival programer made it clear at the time that he wanted to stay on but now appears to have made peace with the decision. “It’s true that in the beginning I said I was willing to go on with the shared role.
But then the people who are responsible for the future of the Berlinale thought this structure of two leaders was not the right one and I don’t consider myself able to run the festival alone,” he told Monday’s press conference in response to a question on his departure. “So it’s the end and there will be a new person [former BFI head Tricia Tuttle] to whom I think we both give our best to keep on the great tradition of this festival.
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