Mentors & Guest Speakers
Presenters at the Atelier are renowned festival directors and managers, experienced festival operators, professionals and artists. During their participation they not only act as lecturers, but also as true mentors as they engage in one-on-one discussions with the participants. They are present for various days, with some staying for the whole period of the training. They allow participants an honest and open insight into their careers, including both success stories and failures.
Hugo De Greef
General Coordinator and co-founder of The Festival Academy
Rania Elias
Director of the Yabous Cultural Centre and Jerusalem Festival, Palestine
Bernard Faivre d’Arcier
President Lyon Biennial, former long-standing Director Avignon Festival, France
Rose Fenton
Director Free Word, former Director LIFT London, UK
Agnes Havas
Director of the Armel Opera Festival, Hungary
Nele Hertling
Member of the strategy group ‘A Soul for Europe’, former vice-president Academy of Arts in Berlin, former Director Hebbel-Theatre Berlin, Germany
Michal Merczyński
Director
of the Malta Festival Poznan and founder and director of Nostalgia Festival
Poznan, Poland.
Jonathan Mills
Director of the Edinburgh International Culture Summit, former Director of the Edinburgh International Festival, UK
Nele Hertling, mentor at various Ateliers for Young Festival Managers
The chance to see and experience new work can help to compare, to define the own artistic position and to offer the possibility to meet other artists and producers, to build contacts and enable co-productions. The festival has to gather people, to share a positive happy experience, to be together for a celebration, to communicate, to meet people, to become friends.