Kirsten Niehuus has been elected to be president of the German Federal Film Board, known locally as the FFA, the first time a woman has been chosen for the role.
Variety anticipated the appointment in an article published in May at the Cannes Film Festival here.
Niehuus, an entertainmen lawyer by training but someone with a wicked wit, succeeds Bernd Neumann, an esteemed former minister of culture in the German government, who has stepped down.
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Until this summer, Niehuus had served as CEO of Medienboard, the film fund for the Berlin-Brandenburg region, a major backer of international co-productions. Niehuus had
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