EXPERTS AND TUTORS
ASESORES/AS
Born in Portugal, Cíntia Gil has served as director of Doclisboa (Portugal) and Sheffield DocFest (UK). She co-founded the cinema club Artistic Differences with Jenny Miller and Christopher Allen at UnionDocs (New York).Cíntia has curated film series and exhibitions, and has taught seminars, lectures, and workshops at various institutions, including the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (Mexico), EICTV (Cuba), HGK Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (Germany), and Pompeu Fabra University (Spain), among others. She has participated in numerous panels, forums, and public discussions on film, documentary, festivals, and film programming, and has served on juries at festivals such as Berlinale, Cairo, Mar del Plata, Jerusalem, Taiwan, FidMarseille, DokuFest, and FICUNAM, among others. She is currently part of the programming teams of Cannes.
Chilean-French consultant, programmer, and critic. She has been a member of the Locarno Film Festival’s feature film selection committee since 2021. She has an extensive track record as a consultant for funds, labs, residencies, and industry events, selecting, evaluating, and advising projects at various stages, from development to post-production. She has collaborated with Abycine Lanza, Ventana Sur, First Cut Lab, ECAM Forum, the Doha Film Institute, CineGouna Platform, Biennale College Cinema, Torino Film Lab, visions sud est, La Fabrique Cinéma, among many others; and with festivals such as FICX Gijón, IFFRotterdam, and the Berlinale Forum as a moderator of meetings. As a critic, she has published in magazines, newspapers, books, and specialized websites for more than two decades.
EXPERTOS/AS
He has worked as an editor in the section of culture for several newspapers, as an editor in advertising agencies and as an assistant director/producer in films and television series. He has also collaborated in cultural publications and has been a lecturer at the Complutense University of Madrid and the Carlos III University of Madrid. Thirteen years ago, he joined Avalon, an independent film production and distribution company. He started as head of communications for the Home Video division, then he worked as head of press for the company, and later he was the director of marketing and communications. During this time, he has been in charge of films by directors such as Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrea Arnold, Ruben Ostlund, Jacques Audiard, Isaki Lacuesta, Carla Simón, Aki Kaurismäki and Víctor Erice, among many others. He currently coordinates the distribution department and the launch of all Avalon's premieres. He also attends European festivals and markets (mainly Cannes and Berlinale) as part of the acquisitions team.
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