Team
Guilhem Caillard
Managing Director
guilhem@festivalcinemania.comGuilhem Caillard’s education spans the history of cinema and the management of cultural events –these days, he’s particularly interested in cinematography and film financing. He has taken part in numerous cultural events in France including the Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival and the renowned Festival d’Avignon. Since coming to Quebec he has been involved in programming at La Cinematheque Quebecoise, as a columnist and writing film critiques and interviews for such magazines as ‘Sequences’, ‘Cineuropa’ and ‘24 Images’. Guilham has frequently been chosen as a professional jury member at international film festivals in Istanbul, Cluj, Goteborg, Thessalonica and Rotterdam. He initially joined the CINEMANIA team in 2010 as an associate programmer.
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Anne de Marchis
Director of Marketing and Communication
anne@festivalcinemania.comAnne de Marchis évolue dans le milieu culturel depuis plus de 11 ans. Après des études en histoire de l’art, communications et management culturel, Anne de Marchis travaille plusieurs années au sein d’organismes artistiques et culturels en Europe (France, Royaume-Uni), avant de rejoindre Montréal en 2012 où elle intègre le Festival international des films sur l’Art puis le Festival de films CINEMANIA. Anne de Marchis est directrice des communications de CINEMANIA depuis 2013 et prend part au comité de programmation en 2017. Son double rôle est en lien avec l’ensemble des départements de l'organisme : rayonnement de la programmation, stratégie de développement numérique, développement des partenariats médias et organismes culturels locaux, canadiens et internationaux, élaboration des outils promotionnels, stratégie d'achats et d'échanges publicitaires, relations publiques, soutien à l'industrie et à la mise en marché des films. En tant que membre du comité de programmation, Anne parcourt les festivals afin d’aller chercher les meilleurs films francophones de l'année. Elle participe à la négociation avec les vendeurs internationaux ou les distributeurs et articule les contenus de programmation.
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Muriel Delamare
Director of Sponsorships
muriel@festivalcinemania.comMuriel Delamare évolue depuis 14 ans en communication événementielle; d’abord 10 ans à Paris au sein de grands groupes culturels et médias (NRJ, FNAC, OÜI FM) où elle a occupé respectivement les postes de Chargée de promotion réseau NRJ, Responsable de communication radio et web Ouï Fm et Responsable des événements musique Fnac. Elle travaille par la suite en agence événementielle en tant que Cheffe de Projets sénior en charge des événements de marque dans le département culture. Depuis 4 années, Muriel œuvre au Québec au sein du festival CINEMANIA en tant que Directrice des partenariats et développe les financements privés et publics. Sa fine connaissance des stratégies de commandites privées ainsi que des démarches de demande de subvention auprès des institutions publiques sont 17 / 66 autant d'atouts pour le Festival où, dès son arrivée en 2017, elle a remanié le système de campagne de levées de fonds ainsi que l'ensemble du plan de financement du Festival afin de varier les sources de revenus de façon pérenne et novatrice.
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Audrey Latendresse
Digital promotion and programming coordinator
audrey@festivalcinemania.com Read moreDiane Magnoux
Cultural Mediation and Audience Development Coordinator
diane@festivalcinemania.com Read moreKarl De Jaham
Production Director
karl@festivalcinemania.com
Karl de Jaham has worked in the event planning industry since 2013. After moving to Montreal in 2010 to pursue studies in acting, he then realized a growing passion for the electronic music industry. His career started with the Montreal record label La Famiglia Recordings where he managed the production and the distribution of their catalogue while organizing showcases throughout North America. However, it is on his next experience where he got fully involved in the organization of large capacity events with La Bacchanale and their festival Ancient Future until creating his own event planning agency called Replica. In the meantime, he acquired a bachelor's degree in Art History at UQAM in 2016 and, following the health crisis of 2020, he decided to undertake a certificate in management at HEC as well as Google certifications. Offering his marketing services through the agency Brīt Klik, he joins the CINEMANIA team in 2021 as the Production Director in a hybrid edition of the festival.
Louis-Émile Massé Bourassa
Coordonnateur au développement des publics et gestionnaire de projets numériques
louis-emile@festivalcinemania.com Read moreIlaria Gomarasca
Advisory member - Programming committee
info@festivalcinemania.comIlaria Gomarasca is head of First Cut+ (part of First Cut Lab) which is a new program supported by Creative Europe’s MEDIA, specializing on promotion of feature films at the stage of post-production, predominantly from European countries with a low production capacity.
Following a master's degree in Cinema, Literature and Arts in Milan, Ilaria began her career in Paris at the Louvre museum with a six month research project into new media. She then chose to focus on the cinema industry as the Festivals manager for WIDE, an international sales agency based in Paris, and later became head of their Festivals department.
Ilaria joined Pyramide International as Festivals and Markets manager in 2013, in direct partnership with major festivals worldwide, as well as cinematheques and cultural institutions in France and abroad. For seven years, Ilaria was in charge of strategy for Pyramide's Festivals division and managed the launch campaigns for new films on the international festival circuit.
Since 2017 she is consultant for “De Rome à Paris," an Italian film festival held in Paris, as both a part of the selection committee and the chief organizer of the marketplace for professionals in the Italian and French cinema industry.
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Following a master's degree in Cinema, Literature and Arts in Milan, Ilaria began her career in Paris at the Louvre museum with a six month research project into new media. She then chose to focus on the cinema industry as the Festivals manager for WIDE, an international sales agency based in Paris, and later became head of their Festivals department.
Ilaria joined Pyramide International as Festivals and Markets manager in 2013, in direct partnership with major festivals worldwide, as well as cinematheques and cultural institutions in France and abroad. For seven years, Ilaria was in charge of strategy for Pyramide's Festivals division and managed the launch campaigns for new films on the international festival circuit.
Since 2017 she is consultant for “De Rome à Paris," an Italian film festival held in Paris, as both a part of the selection committee and the chief organizer of the marketplace for professionals in the Italian and French cinema industry.