Annegret Richter

Student Film Competition and Croatian Film Competition

Annegret Richter is artistic and managing director at the International Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart and managing director of the Animation Association Germany / ASIFA Germany as well as vice president for communication at ASIFA. She has been working as head of animation at the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Films (DOK Leipzig) and as festival director at the International Short Film Festival Dresden (Filmfest Dresden). She is member of several selection committees for film funding in Germany and has curated many programs for festivals and events worldwide. She is an expert in animated documentaries, but loves to watch all kinds of animation. Her background is in communication, film and media studies which she studied and taught at Leipzig University and Mercy University, New York.