Our People
Honorary President
Ken Loach
Ken Loach was born in 1936 in Nuneaton. He attended King Edward VI Grammar School and went on to study law at St. Peter’s Hall, Oxford. After a brief spell in the theatre, Loach was recruited by the BBC in 1963 as a television director. This launched a long career directing films for television and the cinema, from Cathy Come Home and Kes in the sixties to Land And Freedom, Sweet Sixteen, The Wind That Shakes The Barley (Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival 2006), Looking for Eric, The Angels’ Share and I, Daniel Blake (Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival 2016).
Executive Committee
Bill Anderson
Chairman
Elisabet Gustafsson
Honorary Treasurer
Klemen Dvornik
Executive Committee Member
Ida Grøn
Executive Committee Member
Katarzyna Klimkiewicz
Executive Committe Member
Chiara Sambuchi
Executive Committee Member
Elisabeth O. Sjaastad
Executive Committee Member
Jean-François Fontanel
Executive Committee Member (co-opted)
Giovanna Ribes
Executive Committee Member (co-opted)
Martijn Winkler
Executive Committee Member (co-opted)
Ambassadors
Marco Bellocchio
Isabel Coixet
Michaël R. Roskam
Charles Sturridge
István Szabó
TEAM
Pauline Durand-Vialle
CEO
Aline Bacqué
Communications and Public Affairs Officer