Written by Kianna Best on Jun 19, 2024. Posted in Awards and Festivals

Jacqeline Lyanga and Michael Stütz named film programming co-directors of Berlinale

Berlinale director Tricia Tuttle has appointed Jacqeline Lyanga and Michael Stütz as film programming co-directors for the festival. The two in-house additions contribute to Tuttle’s efforts to put a new executive team in place. Lyanga and Stütz will work with Tuttle on selecting titles for the competition and Berlinale special selections, working to “lead the wider team to shape an overall film selection.”

 

 

“It’s exciting to be joining the Berlinale team as the Co-Director of Film Programming as the festival prepares to celebrate its 75th edition next February,” Lyanga commented. “I look forward to collaborating with the team as we build the festival’s future. It’s a thrill to join Tricia Tuttle and Michael Stütz in programming an international film festival with one of the largest public audiences in the world.”

 

“I am looking forward to this new adventure, overseeing Panorama alongside this expanded role as Co-Director of Film Programming,” Stütz stated on the new role. “I would like to thank Tricia Tuttle for her trust and I am especially looking forward to working with Tricia and Jacqueline Lyanga, the section heads and all my colleagues. We are excited to continue to make Berlinale an excellent place to launch great cinema from around the world.”

 

“Michael and Jacqueline bring a strong and complementary combination of skills and networks, and they are both hugely smart, collaborative creative leaders as well as passionate, generous cinephiles. I can’t wait to work alongside them to shape dynamic Berlinale film programmes,” comments Berlinale Director, Tricia Tuttle.

 

Other executive changes made include the addition of Florian Weghorn, Tommy Kommer and Miriam Reimers. Weghorn will become Berlinale’s first chief of staff from 1 July. Holding several curatorial and management positions since 2002, the experienced Berlinale colleague is currently the co-head of Berlinale Talents. Kommer, an expert in corporate finance in the cultural sector will take on the role on director of finance and business operations and Reimers will become the festival’s director of programmes operations and production.

 

On the new additions and changes, Tuttle added: “It’s wonderful to have most of my executive team in place now. I am so excited about working with them to support the Berlinale staff, but also planning for the future. One of my major objectives is to revitalise the ways in which Berlinale connects to a sense of place, to take advantage of our incredible home city. If we can do this while also building stronger links between the public film programme and the European Film Market and the marketplace, we can make the festival even more impactful for audiences and also the important films, filmmakers and rights holders who trust us with their premieres. I so look forward to working with this team to achieve much over the next few years”.

 

Image courtesy of Berlinale 

 

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