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| Tricia Tuttle's first Berlinale edition will be 2025 Photo: British Film Institute |
Former London Film Festival director Tricia Tuttle has been named as the new director of the Berlin International Film Festival.
She will start the new role in April, replacing Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek, with her first edition being in February 2025,
Tuttle was director of LFF for five editions until 2022.
Minister of State for Culture and the Media Claudia Roth said: "Tricia Tuttle brings 25 years of film and film festival experience with her. Under her leadership, the BFI London Film Festival has not only seen an increase in audience numbers, but has also gained in international profile and significance. She has developed creative strategies to meet the challenges of digitalisation and made the festival more colourful, diverse and accessible.
"Above all, she has convinced us with her clear ideas on the artistic perspectives of the Berlinale, a modern, team-orientated festival management, sustainable support for young talent and contemporary sponsorship models. I am extremely pleased that we were able to win Tricia Tuttle for the directorship of the Berlinale. She is the right choice to lead it into a successful future."
Roth said: “Tricia Tuttle brings 25 years of film and film festival experience with her. Under her leadership, the BFI London Film Festival has not only seen an increase in audience numbers, but has also gained in international profile and significance. She has developed creative strategies to meet the challenges of digitalisation and made the festival more colourful, diverse and accessible.
"I am convinced that Mariëtte Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian will organise the transition well with her. I am also looking forward to supporting them now in making the upcoming Berlinale 2024 a brilliant success."
Tuttle said: "I have attended the Berlinale for many years as a professional and have really come to appreciate it very much. The Berlinale is a leader amongst A-list film festivals - welcoming and inclusive, and brimming with a breath-taking diversity of films. It's a festival that shows cinema as a most vibrant, often magical artform, one which can transform how we see the world and how we understand each other. What an immense thrill and privilege it is to have this opportunity to lead this important Festival. I look forward to a very successful Berlinale in 2024, and to joining the team afterwards."
The next edition of the Berlinale runs from February 15 to 25.
