- Festival
Artistic Director
Olivier Père
Born March 17, 1971 in Marseille (France)
Nationality: French
Divorced, two children
Educated at the Lycée Claude Fauriel, Saint-Etienne (France)
MA in Modern Literature, Paris IV – Sorbonne
Professional activites:
1996-2009: Programmer, French Cinémathèque
1996-2008: Print research for retrospectives for the Belfort ‘Entrevues’ Festival.
1997 - ongoing: Contributor to the film section of the French weekly magazine Les Inrockuptibles.
2004 - 2009 : Artistic Director, Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes
From September 1st, 2009: Artistic Director, Locarno International Film Festival
