Christoph Thoke

Bio

Christoph Thoke is a German producer, manager, and film impresario with over 20 years of international experience. His 39 films, co-produced across 46 countries, have been selected by festivals nearly 1,000 times and have won over 220 awards. Collaborating with renowned directors like the Dardenne brothers, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and Mohammad Rasoulof, his work has featured in the main competitions of Cannes, Venice, and Berlin. Two of his films won awards at Cannes, including Tropical Malady, which was named Best Film of the Year by Cahiers du Cinéma and ranks among the BBC’s and Sight and Sound's top 100 films of the century. Beyond producing, Christoph is an expert consultant, jury member, and since 2022, Honorary Professor at IAFM in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Christoph Thoke

Bio

Christoph Thoke is a German producer, manager, and film impresario with over 20 years of international experience. His 39 films, co-produced across 46 countries, have been selected by festivals nearly 1,000 times and have won over 220 awards. Collaborating with renowned directors like the Dardenne brothers, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and Mohammad Rasoulof, his work has featured in the main competitions of Cannes, Venice, and Berlin. Two of his films won awards at Cannes, including Tropical Malady, which was named Best Film of the Year by Cahiers du Cinéma and ranks among the BBC’s and Sight and Sound's top 100 films of the century. Beyond producing, Christoph is an expert consultant, jury member, and since 2022, Honorary Professor at IAFM in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Réka Lemhényi

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Réka Lemhényi is a Hungarian film editor with a career spanning over two decades in cinema and television. She has worked with acclaimed directors including Oscar-winner István Szabó, Jerzy Skolimowski, György Pálfi, and Tudor Giurgiu, for whom she was in charge of the editing of Why Me? and Libertate.

Réka Lemhényi

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Réka Lemhényi is a Hungarian film editor with a career spanning over two decades in cinema and television. She has worked with acclaimed directors including Oscar-winner István Szabó, Jerzy Skolimowski, György Pálfi, and Tudor Giurgiu, for whom she was in charge of the editing of Why Me? and Libertate.

Arnaud Chevallier

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Arnaud is the founder of the sales agency B-Rated International, based in Paris and Madrid. He is a graduate of INSAS - Institut Supérieur des Arts in Bruxelles and former sales executive at Mediawan. He has recently handled titles like The Silent Run (dir. Marta Bergman) and Maria Callas – Monica Bellucci: An Encounter (dir. Yannis Dimolitsas). B-Rated is also active in co-producing documentaries and fiction features, supporting new voices in cinema.

Arnaud Chevallier

Bio

Arnaud is the founder of the sales agency B-Rated International, based in Paris and Madrid. He is a graduate of INSAS - Institut Supérieur des Arts in Bruxelles and former sales executive at Mediawan. He has recently handled titles like The Silent Run (dir. Marta Bergman) and Maria Callas – Monica Bellucci: An Encounter (dir. Yannis Dimolitsas). B-Rated is also active in co-producing documentaries and fiction features, supporting new voices in cinema.