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Breakfast Meetings 2026

Breakfasts are an unmissable event to develop your network! An opportunity for directors and producers to meet with key industry decision-makers. Festival programmers, distributors, industry platforms and buyers from all around the world gathered at the same place!

Session 1 | Sunday 17 May, 9:00  
hosted by The Five Nordics 

YORGOS ANGELOPOULOS – Drama ISFF
FANNY BARROT & JULIE ROUSSON – Clermont-Ferrand ISFF & Market
MAIALEN BELOKI – San Sebastián IFF
ZAHRA BENASRI – Hors du bocal
OLIVIER BERLEMONT – Origine Films
INGA DIEV – Ouat Media
PER FIKSE – Minimalen Short Film Festival
ANDREA GATOPOULOS – Gargantua Film Distribution
PARISA GHASEMI – Linz ISFF | Film Talent Academy
ALEXANDRA GRAMATKE – Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg
SARAH HOCH & CLAUDIO ZILLERUELO ACRA – Guanajuato IFF
LIHUA LIU – Parallax Films
JAIME MANRIQUE – BOGOSHORTS
ALICIA MARTINEZ – Brussels Short Film Festival
EMILIE POIRIER – Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Montréal
LAURENCE RIPOLL – Festival Music & Cinema Marseille
DAVE TAYLOR-MATTHEWS – Encounters Film Festival
NADJA TENNSTEDT – DOK Leipzig
DIANA TROPE – 2ANNAS Riga ISFF
BEN VANDENDAELE – Radiator IP Sales | FilmConnector

Session 2 | Monday 18 May, 9:00 
hosted by CineSud 

AGUSTI ARGELICH – Cerdanya Film Festival
FIONA ARMOUR – Telluride Film Festival
SIMONE BARDONI – Concorto Film Festival | Lights On
AURÉLIE CHESNÉ – France Télévisions
RUBÉN CORRAL – ZINEBI – Int’l Festival of Documentary and Short Film
RIMANTE DAUGELAITE – Vilnius Short Film Festival
ELENA DIESBACH – HFF München | Munich Film Up!
VINCENT FÖRSTER – Berlinale Generation
JOSÉ GIL – FeelSales
ALEXANDRA HRONCOVÁ – Cinefila
DELPHINE JEANNERET – Int’l Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
PATRIK KRIVANEK – Shorts Wrap
ALEX LOPRIENO – WeShort
ANDREW MOHSEN – El Gouna Film Festival
SOŇA MORGENTHALOVÁ – MIDPOINT Institute
LYSE NSENGIYUMVA – IFFR
ANETA OZOREK – Kaboom Animation Festival
FRANSISKA PRIHADI – Minikino Film Week | Bali ISFF
UĞUR ŞAHIN – Ninova Films Distribution
ELIZA SUBOTOWICZ – Warsaw IFF
TAM DAN VU – Travelling Distribution
CARLA VULPIANI – La Biennale – Venice IFF

Session 3 | Wednesday 20 May, 9:00 
hosted by Catalan Films

MARGOT AMADEI – Kino Pavasaris – Vilnius Film Festival
JASON ANDERSON – Aspen Shortsfest
FLAVIO ARMONE – Lights On
SONJA BAKSA – TIFF | Vancouver IFF
PIERRE-YVES BEZAT – Silverbelt Films
JEANNE CHÉREL – Nikita Ventures
ELENA CIOFALO – ShorTO Film Market
GRÉGOIRE FÉRON – Salaud Morisset
ANNE GASCHÜTZ – Filmfest Dresden | Locarno Film Festival
LUCE GROSJEAN – Miyu Distribution
MATHIEU JANSSEN – Go Short Nijmegen
NATHALIE LEBEL – L’Agence du Court Métrage
JULIE MARNAY – European Short Pitch
MARIE-PAULINE MOLLARET – Quinzaine des Cinéastes
ANDREEA PATRU – SEMINCI Valladolid IFF | Las Palmas IFF
MATTEO PIANEZZI – Figari ISFF
QUERALT PONS SERRA – MoreThan Films
TAYLOR SHAW-OMACHONU – Kickstarter
LEO SOESANTO – Riga IFF
GALINA TAGAMLITZKA – IN THE PALACE ISFF
HEIDI ZWICKER – Sundance Film Festival

Find more info about the professionals attending the Breakfasts on the Decision-Makers page.

DECISION MAKERS

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