Claudine Biswas-MacKenzie

Claudine Biswas-MacKenzie holds a Master's Degree from the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in collaboration with King's College London. Since the 1990s, she has distinguished herself as a producer of cinematic, corporate, and business-to-business events. She founded several esteemed independent film festivals and has served as their Chief Operating Officer. These biannual events include the Paris Independent Film Festival, Paris Short Film Festival, Berlin Short Film Festival, London International Short Film Festival, Cannes Short Film Festival, and Berlin Independent Film Festival, alongside the now-discontinued European Film Festival. A multilingual actress of British, French, and Swiss heritage, Ms. Biswas-MacKenzie resides in London, Paris, and Berlin. She excels as a director of operations, sales, and marketing, bringing over twenty-five years of senior leadership experience across diverse sectors, including media, luxury hospitality, pharmaceuticals, real estate, tech and executive search. Trained as a professional ballet dancer from the age of four.