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Berlinale Unveils New Selection Committee
Members are Jerusalem artistic director Elad Samorzik, Festival Scope co-founder Mathilde Henrot, critic Jessica Kiang and consultant Jacqueline Nsiah
The new selection committee clockwise from top left: Mathilde Henrot, Jessica Kiang, Jacqueline Lyanga (chair), Michael Stütz (chair), Elad Samorzik, Jacqueline NsiahBerlinale Berlinale Festival Director Tricia Tuttle has unveiled the selection committee that will help her shape her inaugural Competition and Berlinale Special line-ups for the 2025 edition. The quartet, which will also contribute to the discovery-focused Perspectives section, will work alongside Tuttle and her co-directors of Film Programming Jacqueline Lyanga and Michael Stütz, as well as the heads of the Panorama, Generation, Berlinale Shorts, Forum and Forum Expanded sections. Tuttle has also appointed a number of advisors spanning: film critic and programmer Jin Park, who will advise on genre films; U.K. programmer Rowan Woods, who brings expertise in curating international series for film festivals; Berlin-based curator and programmer Ana David, Glasgow-based film programmer, festival organiser Kate Taylor, Berlin-based curator Rabih El-Khoury and journalist and curator Toby Ashrafwill be advisors involved in the general preselection.
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