Marie-Pierre Macia

After earning a degree in Classics and French Literature, Marie-Pierre Macia chose to pursue a career in cinema. She started by joining the technical team of the Cinémathèque Française. Later she researched film conservation at American archives including MOMA, the Library of Congress and U.C.L.A in the US. As a film programmer, she has worked for the San Francisco International Film Festival. Later, she served as Artistic Director of Rencontres Internationales de Cinema a Paris and as Executive Director of Quinzaine des Realisateurs (Directors' Fortnight) of the Cannes Film Festival. The City of Paris and its mayor chose her to create the new cinema event, Paris Cinema. During her career, she has served in the jury of many international film festivals including Rotterdam, San Sebastian, Jerusalem, Bucharest and Los Angeles. She was also named Chevalier des Arts et Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. She is currently working as an International film festival consultant for Palm Springs, Tribeca and Thessaloniki Film Festival as well as being a film producer. And she is responsible for the SANAD the new fund of Abu Dhabi Festival to help the development and post production.