The Edinburgh Worldwide Movie Competition (EIFF) has added three to its govt board and appointed present trustee Amy Jackson to the function of Vice Chair in its newest spherical of growth hires.
Teresa Moneo, Director of UK Movie at Netflix, Isla Macgillivray, Associate at Saffrey, and Romana Ramzan, Producer at No Code Studio will be a part of the board. Members already embrace Andrew Macdonald of DNA Movies, who’s the chair, Peter Rice, former Chairman of Common Leisure at Disney and President of twenty first Century Fox, and Vice Chair Amy Jackson, producer of Aftersun.
“I’m thrilled to be becoming a member of the EIFF Board and to be working with my fellow board members,” Moneo stated. “Our collected expertise from throughout the business will guarantee a brilliant future for EIFF because it champions new filmmaking voices from Scotland, the UK, and all over the world.”
This yr’s Edinburgh Movie Competition runs from Thursday 15 to Wednesday 21 August. The pageant will display screen 37 new characteristic movies, 18 World Premieres together with 10 World Premieres competing for the brand new Sean Connery Prize for Characteristic Filmmaking Excellence, 4 particular retrospective screenings, 5 quick movie programmes together with the brand new Thelma Schoonmaker Prize for Quick Filmmaking Excellence competitors, an in-conversation occasion with filmmaker Gaspar Noé.
EIFF 2024 is supported by Display screen Scotland and the BFI Viewers Tasks Fund, awarding Nationwide Lottery funding, the Trade Programme is backed by EXPO funding from the Scottish Authorities via Artistic Scotland.
