Speakers

Maral Mohsenin
Head of Programs, Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF) , Switzerland

Holding a PhD in film history and aesthetics (University of Lausanne, University of Amsterdam), Maral has been working since 2015 in the programming team of the Geneva International Film Festival (GIFF), first as the Retrospective Curator, then the Series Programmer, and finally the Head of Programs since 2022. At the same time, she was a film restorer and conserver at the Cinémathèque Suisse from 2016 to 2022, has collaborated with several festivals in Switzerland (Visions du Réel, VIFFF) and occasionally intervenes in conferences and courses at the University of Lausanne.