Meet the confirmed buyers, broadcasters, funders and commissioners who will attend this year edition of Visions du Réel!
ARTE France
Alexandre Marionneau
Head of International Co-production / Society & Culture dept — France
Cinéma du Réel
Anaïs Desrieux
Head of ParisDOC (WIP, First Contact) — France
Wanted
Anastasia Plazzotta
CEO — Italy
Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival
Angeliki Petrou
Program Coordinator — Greece
Lightdox
Anna Berthollet
CEO, Sales & Acquisitions — Switzerland
CNC
Anne d’Autume
Head of the Creative Diversity Department
Mediawan Rights
Arianna Castoldi
Head of Documentary Sales — France
Against Gravity
Artur Liebhart
CEO, Festival Director — Poland
Sundance Film Festival
Basil Tsiokos
Senior Programmer — United States
Südwestrundfunk (SWR)
Bernd Seidl
Commissioning Editor — Germany
RTS – Radio Télévision Suisse
Bettina Hofmann
Head of Documentaries — Switzerland
Deutsche Welle
Bettina Kolb
Commissioning Editor — Germany
ARTE GEIE
Catherine Le Goff
Commissioning Editor — France
France Télévisions
David Amiel
Commissioning Editor — France
Women Make Movies
Debra Zimmerman
Executive Director — United States
The Guardian
Ekaterina Ochagavia
Executive Producer for Guardian Documentaries — United Kingdom
New Docs
Elina Kewitz
CEO — Germany
MetFilm Sales
Ella Pham
Acquisitions and Festivals Manager — United Kingdom
AMDOC American Documentary | POV
Erika Dilday
Executive Director — United States
Yle – The Finnish Broadcasting Company
Erkko Lyytinen
TV Commissioning Editor — Finland
The Party Film Sales
Estelle De Araujo
Co-head of International Sales — France
First Hand Films
Esther van Messel
Founder & Managing Director — Switzerland
Viennale
Eva Sangiorgi
Director — Austria
MAGNETFILM GmbH
Frauke Knappke
Acquisition & Festival Manager — Germany
Radiotelevisione Svizzera (RSI)
Giulia Fazioli
Head of Pacte Co-Productions for Documentary Films at RSI — Switzerland
RTBF
Isabelle Christiaens
Head of Co-Productions — Belgium
The Whickers
Jane Mote
Consultant Editor — United Kingdom
Jour2Fête
Johanna Mayer
Acquisition Manager — France
Arte France Cinéma
Julie Savary
Head of Film Projects — France
ZDF/ARTE
Kathrin Brinkmann
Commissioning Editor, ZDF/ARTE Culture — Germany
Chicken & Egg Pictures
Kiyoko McCrae
Program Director — United States
Sundance Institute
Kristin Feeley
Director, Documentary Film and Artist Programs
Tënk
Line Peyron
Head of Production and artistic co-director — France
Film Harbour
Liselot Verbrugge
CEO — Netherlands
FIDMarseille
Louise Martin Papasian
Programmer — France
INDOX
Luke Brawley
Founder — United Kingdom
CAT&Docs
Maëlle Guenegues
Festival & Acquisition Manager — France
CPH:DOX
Mara Gourd-Mercado
Head of Industry & Training — Denmark
Ji.hlava IDFF
Marek Hovorka
Festival Director — Czech Republic
Asian Shadows – Chinese Shadows
Maria A. Ruggieri
Head of Sales & Acquisitions — Hong Kong
Giornate degli Autori – Venice Days
Maria Bonsanti
Selection Committee — Italy
Doclisboa International Film Festival
Marina Thomé
Head of Industry and Development — Portugal
Czech Television
Markéta Štinglová
Head of International Co-Productions — Czech Republic
RIDM
Marlene Edoyan
Artistic Co-Director & Programmer — Canada
Al Jazeera Documentary Channel
Muhammad Refaat
Commissioning Editor — Qatar
DOK Leipzig
Nadja Tennstedt
Germany
ZDF/3sat
Nicole Baum
Commissioning Editor — Germany
Locarno Film Festival
Pamela Biénzobas
Feature films selection committee — France
Sheffield DocFest
Patrizia Mancini
Head of Industry — United Kingdom
Arte France
Rasha Salti
Commissioning Editor, La Lucarne — France
Blue Ice Docs
Robin Smith
CEO — Canada
Cinema Delicatessen
Rudolf Kats
Head of Distribution and Marketing — Netherlands
ZDF/ARTE
Sabine Bubeck Paaz
Commissioning Editor ZDF/ARTE — Germany
ARTE GEIE
Sabine Lange
Commissioning Editor — France
Points North
Sean Flynn
Program Director / Co-Founder — United States
Andana Films
Stéphan Riguet
Head of Acquisitions and Sales — France
Autlook Filmsales
Stephanie Fuchs
CEO — Austria
RTS – Radio Télévision Suisse
Steven Artels
Head of Documentaries — Switzerland
BR/ARTE
Sylvia Griss
Senior Commissioning Editor — Germany
The Berlin International Film Festival/ Berlinale
Tricia Tuttle
Berlinale Festival Director
SRF
Urs Augstburger
Coproducer TV — Switzerland
Dok Leipzig
Viktoria Leshchenko
Programmer — Germany
Square Eyes
Wouter Jansen
CEO – Head of Acquisitions & Sales — Austria