Tricia Tuttle has been named director of theBerlinFilm Festival.
She will take over the directorship from 1 April 2024.
The announcement was made at a press conference in Berlin this afternoon featuring German Culture Minister Claudia Roth.
Tricia TuttleBerlin Film Festival
What an immense thrill and privilege it is to have this opportunity to lead this important Festival.
I look forward to a very successful Berlinale in 2024, and to joining the team afterward.
Rissenbeek announced in March that she was stepping down as Executive Director.
This yearsBerlin Film Festivalis set to run Feb 15 Feb 25.
The festival has already announced Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyongo as competition jury head.
From next year, the festival will screen approximately 200 films, reduced from 287 in 2023.
The festival said all sections, excluding the Official Competition, will present fewer films.
The festival has also cut the Berlinale Series strand as an independent program.
The TV-focused strand will instead be folded into the Berlinale Special Gala screenings.
Announcing Tuttle, Roth said: Tricia Tuttle brings 25 years of film and film festival experience with her.
I am extremely pleased that we were able to win Tricia Tuttle for the directorship of the Berlinale.
She is the right choice to lead it into a successful future.
