Lili Hinstin | |
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| Born | July 10, 1977 France |
| Occupation | Artistic director |
| Organization(s) | Villa Medici Locarno Festival Entrevues Belfort film festival |
Lili Hinstin (born 10 July 1977 in France [1] ) is a French artistic director.
She was artistic director of the EntreVues Belfort International Festival (2013-18) and Locarno Film Festival (2018-20). As of 2023, she is the programming director of the Festival International du Film de Biarritz — Nouvelles Vagues.
Hinstin studied at the universities of Paris and Padua. [2]
In 2021, Hinstin founded the production company Les Films du Saut du Tigre. From 2005 to 2009 she was a programmer for the French Academy in Rome – Villa Médicis, [3] she was deputy artistic director for Cinéma du réel International Festival at Centre Pompidou from 2010 to 2013. [4] [5]
From 2013 to 2018 she has been the artistic director of Entrevues Belfort International Film Festival. [6]
From December 2018 to September 2020, she was the artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival. [7] [8] Under Hinstin, the festival shifted its course to a more eclectic line-up in aim to provide more equal representation of movies and directors, disregarding their genders and provenance. [9] [10] Almost 40% of the selected features for the 2019th edition were directed by female filmmakers. Citing significant differences and diverging strategic views with the event’s top management, she stepped down in September 2020. [11]
In 2019, she was one of the two French women with Sidonie Dumas included in the third edition of Variety500, [12] an index of the 500 most influential business leaders shaping the global media industry.
As of 2023, she is a member of the Organisation and Selection Committees of Villa Medici Film Festival [13] in Rome Italy, which first edition was held in September 2021; as well as the Programming Director of the Festival International du Film de Biarritz - Nouvelles Vagues. [14] [15]
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