Dieter Kosslick

Dieter Kosslick has been the Director of the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) since May 2001. Previously, he headed the “Filmstiftung NRW” as its Executive Director. He was a co-founder and President of the European Film Distribution Office and Managing Director of Hamburg Film Fund – Filmförderung Hamburg. He founded the European Low Budget Forum with the cinema “Cinema on the Alster”. He was Vice-President of the European Film Academy and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the International Film School Cologne. Dieter Kosslick has received many honors and awards for promoting film and culture (Federal Cross of Merit, the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres).