MANAGEMENT
Maidy Teitelbaum, President and Founder
Maidy is the Founder and President of CINEMANIA. With determination and passion for the 7th Art, Maidy created the Festival in 1995 as a celebration of the best of francophone cinema. From the very beginning, her vision has always been to showcase quality films from new talent, as well as well-established directors. Her work was recognized in 2006 when the French Minister of Culture named her Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Last June, in Paris, the SACD (Société des artistes et compositeurs dramatiques of France) awarded Maidy the prestigious Médaille Beaumarchais for her impressive work. Her goal, above all, is making cinema accessible to everybody.
Geneviève Royer, Managing Director
Since 1994, Geneviève has been a journalist and film critic for the written press, radio and television. In 2005, she became Managing Director for CINEMANIA. She shares the responsibility of film programming with Maidy Teitelbaum. With a degree in Actuarial Mathematics, Geneviève Royer is also responsible for the integrity of the financial management of the Festival.
COORDINATION
Josée Gauthier
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Josée Gauthier enjoys a diversified background in both television and cinema. After her post-graduate diploma in Media Studies from Concordia University, Josée achieved her Masters degree in Communications at UQAM where in partnership with the René-Malo Chair in cinema and cultural production strategies, she studied the relationships between directors and producers in both France and Quebec. Josée’s responsibilities at CINEMANIA involve all production aspects of the festival.
Nicole Lizotte
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Nicole brings to CINEMANIA more than two decades of experience in event and project management. In the nineties, she spent several years as Director of the new talents division at the Just For Laughs Festival, after which she chose to pursue studies in graphic design. She quickly became a partner of the TRUCS design studio, where she spent ten years managing projects for clients such as Virgin Music and Festival International Nuits d’Afrique. She then directed the corporate design department at MEGA Brands, and more recently taught graphic design courses at Ahuntsic College.
Marie-Ève Albert
marie@cinemaniafilmfestival.com
A graduate of UQUAM in event planning and cultural pursuits, Marie-Eve has specialized in organizing events and public relations in a wide variety of sectors including such festivals as the Montreal Jazz Festival and Les Francofolies de Montréal.
CINEMANIA’S MISSION AND ITS AUDIENCE
Since its inception in 1995, the CINEMANIA French Film Festival has presented audiences with films of excellence and originality – French-language films of the highest quality.
CINEMANIA is the annual rendez-vous of cinephiles to discover exceptional new feature films judiciously selected from nearly 200 films viewed annually by its professional team of programmers.
Many of the greatest names in French-language cinema (Costa-Gavras, Desplechin, Dardenne, Jaoui, Schnabel, Chabrol, Berri, Leconte, Emond, Chéreau, Becker, Zidi, Beineix), as well as young up-and-coming talented directors (Emmanuel Mouret, Pierre Schoeller, Géla Babluani, Denis Villeneuve, Stéphan Carpiaux, Joachim Lafosse) have screened their new films at CINEMANIA.
All films are screened in 35mm prints.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Maidy Teitelbaum
President and Founder of CINEMANIA
Vice-President, Real Estate Services, Legal Services and General Counsel of CBC/Radio-Canada
Recipient of the distinction of “Advocatus Emeritus” awarded by the Quebec Bar
Named “Woman of the Year 2008” by Elle Quebec Magazine
Bluma Litner (PhD)
Full-Time Faculty member at Concordia University
Professor of French-language studies and organizational development
Irv Teitelbaum
Honorary Chairman and Founder of La Senza Corporation
Suzanne Gouin
President and General Manager of TV5 Québec Canada
Michèle Desjardins
Senior Partner of Lansberg, Gersick & Associates LLC and Niagara Institute, and President of Koby Consulting
Member of the Executive Council of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Member of the Board of Directors of the Palais des Congrès de Montréal
HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS
Bertrand TavernierDistinguished filmmaker of international repute and a guest of the Festival
Radu Mihaileanu
Leading French film director and a friend of the Festival
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