Led by DFI Executive Director Amanda Palmer, the DFI Programming Team comprises Chief Arab Programmer Hania Mroue, Head of International Programming, Ludmila Cvikova, and resident filmmaker and programmer Chadi Zeneddine.
DFI PROGRAMMERS
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Ludmila Cvikova
Head of International Programming
Ludmila Cvikova joins DFI after more than a decade of programming for the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) where she selected films from around the globe…
Read More…including Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Turkey, Greece and the Balkan region, as well working with IFFR’s CineMart and the Hubert Bals Fund. She has served as advisor to festivals including Karlovy Vary, Locarno and Yerevan, has served as a Jury member for many of the world’s leading festivals and was the Programme Director for two years at the Art Film Festival in her native Slovakia. She holds M.A. of the University of Amsterdam and Comenius University of Bratislava, as well as the European diploma in Cultural Project Management.
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Hania Mroué
Chief Arab Programmer
Hania Mroué is the Chief Arab Programmer for DFI, and in this capacity she focuses on discovering and elevating Arab talent throughout the MENA region.
Read MoreHer experience in the cinematic is diverse, as she is the Founder and Director of Metropolis Art Cinema, the first art-house cinema in Beirut, Lebanon, and is the Founding Partner and Manager of MC Distribution, which specializes in independent Arab productions. Mroué uses her expertise to increase the visibility of unique and dynamic storytelling, a passion that fuels her appointment as the Festival Director for “Ayam Beirut al Cinema’iya” (Cinema Days of Beirut), a bi-annual Arab Film Festival initiated by Beirut DC and the Cultural Association for Cinema Production, of which she is a founding member.
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Chadi Zeneddine
Resident Filmmaker and Programmer
Chadi Zeneddine is a Resident Filmmaker and Programmer at DFI, who focuses on Contemporary Arab Cinema.
Read MoreAs a programmer, he is passionate about artists engaging in unique visual dialogues and recognising undiscovered talent and courageous filmmakers who continually push boundaries. Zeneddine directed “Falling From Earth” which has been selected for over 40 film festivals. The development of another feature is one of his many projects currently underway. Born and raised in Gabon, Africa, he received his Masters in Film Studies in Beirut, Lebanon. Subsequently he pursued his PhD in Paris, France, and has been granted the Cultural Leader Fellowship by the Japan Foundation.
The Programming Team also receives advisory support from its cultural partner, Tribeca Enterprises’ Genna Terranova and David Kwok, in addition to consultants, Belinda Henley and Rémi Bonhomme.