Former Locarno and Berlin Film Festival Chief Carlo Chatrian Appointed Director of Italy’s National Film Museum in Turin
variety.comNick Vivarelli International Correspondent Former Locarno and Berlin Film Festival chief Carlo Chatrian has been appointed director of Italy’s National Film Museum in Turin.
The cinematic shrine housed in the iconic Mole Antonelliana domed tower, which is the Northern city’s main landmark, has long been known as a treasure trove of movie memorabilia, including pre-cinema magic lanterns and Federico Fellini’s red scarf and letters, as well as for its sleek glass elevator leading to a view of Turin and the Alps in the surrounding Piedmont region.
Chatrian, who has a five year mandate as head of the museum, will replace Domenico De Gaetano under whose guidance the national institution gained greater international visibility.
Chatrian was forced to step down as Berlin’s artistic director last year when the German body which oversees the festival, Kulturveranstaltungen des Bundes in Berlin (KBB), announced that it would not extend his contract beyond the fest’s 2024 edition. “I welcome this new adventure with enthusiasm,” Chatrian said in a statement. “I can’t wait to start working with the museum staff and to support their competence and professionalism by putting at the service of this institution – that I feel close to – the knowledge gained over years of working abroad and the passion that has always inspired me,” he added.
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