Sheffield DocFest Hires BFI Executive As New Managing Director & Sets Return To Largely In-Person Events For 2023
deadline.comThe Sheffield DocFest has hired Annabel Grundy as its new Managing Director. She will join the festival on December 19 from her current role as the project manager of the BFI’s UK Global Screen Fund.
As Managing Director, Grundy will be responsible for DocFest’s business affairs, partnerships & fundraising, production & operations as well as audience development.
The role is a new, joint leadership position and she will work closely with acting Creative Director Raul Niño Zambrano who is responsible for setting the program agenda across the Festival’s Film Programmes, Alternate Realities exhibition, Marketplace & Talent activities, and Talks & Sessions for the 30th edition in 2023.
In her role at the BFI, Grundy established and launched the Global Screen Fund in 2021, a new £7m fund from the UK Government designed to support international growth opportunities for the UK Screen Sector.
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