Margot Amadei

"Margot Amadei (Marseille, 2000) is a freelance festival Programmer based in Europe. After being part of the youth jury at the Meeting of South American festival in Marseille, she decided to work for films and festivals. While living in Rome in 2021, she started as a member of the selection committee for French-speaking short films at the Rome Independent Film Festival (RIFF) and was then Head of the International Short Film Programmes for 3 years. She also worked for the French independent distribution company Épicentre Films, releasing international feature films such as Wolf and Dog by Cláudia Varejaõ, When the waves are gone by Lav Diaz, Pornomelancolia by Manuel Abramovich or Last Danceby Delphine Lehericey. Having lived in Brussels and inevitably fallen in love with Ghent, she is delighted to be part of the selection committee of Film Fest Gent from 2024. Since the same year, she has also been working in Lithuania as a Programmer and Head of Shorts at the Vilnius Film Festival Kino Pavasaris. Margot studied International Affairs and Political Sciences at Sciences Po Aix and obtained her Master's degree in Cultural Management, Cultural Policies and Patronage with her thesis 'LGBTQ+ film festivals, between politics and aesthetics'.