Anita Gerencser
Project Manager, Producer, and Event Manager in Berlin, Deutschland
Anita Gerencser
Project Manager, Producer, and Event Manager in Berlin, Deutschland
2015 February-
freelance Project and Event Manager
2010 Oct–2014 Dec Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
Project Manager
Head of project team of Cinema Total: an annual five-day series of events for international film professionals during Berlin International Film Festival. The event hosts professional workshops, industry talks and a film political roundtable about the current issues and future possibilities of film financing in Europe with a special focus on Central and Eastern Europe:
- Leading a team of 10 (including the art department, logistics and technical department);
- responsible for planning and executing the series of events
- costs and budget planning (approx. 100.000 Eur/year) and full control of spending;
- responsible for contracting, coordinating PR activity, international relations with partner institutions, national and European film funds and film professionals.
Curator, Project Manager at CineRomani: Organised and curated a three days professional workshop for Roma filmmakers on project development, financing and access to market; coordinated the year long series of events from concept to completion.
2003 Aug–2010 Aug Inforg Studio Ltd. –
Project Manager, Head of Development
Managing the smooth running of the preparation and after works concerning all projects from grant applications to official distribution:
- responsible for all international relations, handling co-production works, representing the projects at festivals, pitch forums, co-production markets;
- supervising and writing up international and domestic grant applications (Media Program Europe, Eurimages, Hungarian Motion Picture Public Foundation, National Cultural Fund);
- organising events, e.g.: first runs, gala performances, press conferences, workshops, professional conferences and press screenings;
- coordinating launch campaigns with the distributors and the involved advertising/PR agencies;
- coordinating the post-production works between subcontractors and production companies;
- keeping contact with sales agents that are responsible for submitting the films to festivals, and also for the selling to local distributors.
- Associate Producer of ‘Bahrtalo!’ by Róbert Lakatos which won European Cinema Labels Prize at Karlowy Vary in 2008.