Six permanent roles at the festival were made redundant last month.
The leadership team of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has addressed the controversy surrounding the restructuring of the festival announced last month.
Speaking in Cannes, Vanja Kaludjercic, festival director at IFFR, and Marjan van der Haar, managing director, said the changes that saw six permanent roles at the festival made redundant were driven primarily by financial considerations. They pointed out similar streamlining has taken place at several other festivals.
All the members of the programming team are now on freelance contracts.
“We had to make hard choices,” Kaludjercic explained.
The leadership team of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has addressed the controversy surrounding the restructuring of the festival announced last month.
Speaking in Cannes, Vanja Kaludjercic, festival director at IFFR, and Marjan van der Haar, managing director, said the changes that saw six permanent roles at the festival made redundant were driven primarily by financial considerations. They pointed out similar streamlining has taken place at several other festivals.
All the members of the programming team are now on freelance contracts.
“We had to make hard choices,” Kaludjercic explained.
- 5/20/2022
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
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