EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY BOARD MEETING

The European Film Academy is the major European film organisation bringing together leading filmmakers, producers, distributors and other film industry professionals. This year RIGA IFF has the honour of hosting the EFA Board’s annual autumn meeting in Riga. This will also be the Board’s last meeting before the European Film Awards ceremony.

The EFA was founded in 1989 on the initiative of its first president, Ingmar Bergman. The Academy’s long-term aim is to promote European film culture as well as protect and advance the interests of the European film industry. Throughout the year, the EFA initiates and participates in a series of activities dealing with film politics as well as economic, artistic, and training aspects; the most significant EFA event, however, is the annual presentation of the European Film Awards, which this year will take place in Berlin.

During the Board’s visit from October 18 to 20, in addition to the Board meeting there will also be a networking event for EFA Board Members, RIGA IFF FORUM guests, and Latvian film industry professionals.

For the EFA Board Members attending Riga – see rigaiff.lv

BOARD MEMBERS

Agnieszka Holland EFA Board Chairwoman, director, Poland

Mike Downey EFA Board Deputy Chairman, producer and CEO of Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME), United Kingdom

Graziella Bildesheim Founder and director of Maia Workshops, training programme for emerging European producers, Italy

Tilde Corsi Producer, co-founder of R&C Produzioni, Vice President of Anica and Board Member of ACE, Italy

Ira Von Gienanth Producer and distributor, Germany

Mike Goodridge Producer, CEO of Protagonist Pictures, member of BAFTA, Artistic Director of the International Film Festival & Awards Macao, United Kingdom

Antonio Saura EFA Board Deputy Chairman, producer, owner of company Zebra, founder of Latido Films, Spain

Valérie Delpierre Feature and documentary film producer, Spain

Vanessa Henneman Talent agent, founder of Henneman Agency, the Netherlands

Henning Kamm Producer, managing director at Real Film Berlin, Germany

Baltasar Kormákur Actor, producer and director, founder of Blueeyes Productions, Iceland

Christophe Leparc Secretary General of Director’s Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival, France

Ewa Puszczyńska Producer, Head of Development and Head of International Department at Opus Film, Poland

Jim Sheridan Playwright, screenwriter, film director and film producer, Ireland

Béatrice Thiriet Composer, France

Àngela Bosh Rius Producer, works for the Spanish audiovisual industry and collaborates with film festivals in the Balearic Islands, Spain

Ada Solomon Producer, founder of HiFilm, Head of Distribution in Parada Film, member of Europa Cinemas, Romania Katriel Schory Executive Director of the Israel Film Fund, Israel

Joanna Szymánska Producer at company Shipsboy, Head of Industry at Off Camera Film Festival, Poland

TEAM EFA Board Meeting

Marion Döring EFA Director

Jürgen Biesinger EFA Producer

A former journalist, she has been connected with the European Film Academy since it started. In 1996, Marion became the Academy’s director. She also acts as the producer of European Film Awards and as one of the two managing directors of EFA Productions GmbH, the company producing the Awards together with the European Film Academy. Jürgen was working at the Berlin based film production company Egoli Tossell Film. He is the Executive Producer of European Film Awards and also one of the two managing directors of EFA Productions GmbH. He is also executive producer of the EFA Young Audience Award since its launch.

Rainer Pyls EFA Finances & Administration

Working with the European Film Academy, Head of Finances of the European Film Academy. He has worked as Accountant Manager for the productions companies Road Movies Filmproduktion and Reverse Angle Pictures.

Bettina Schwarz Coordination EFA Awarding Procedures

After studying Film and Media Studies and Aesthetics, she worked for several festivals and production companies. She joined the European Film Academy as coordinator of the EFA short film category and training projects. She also coordinates the EFA Awarding Procedures.

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