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Hussain Currimbhoy

Executive Director of Master Mechanic Films,  Hussain Currimbhoy, is a filmmaker and film curator with 20 years of film industry experience.

Born in Canada, Hussain has lived and worked in the USA, UK, Australia, The Netherlands, the Middle East, Japan and Sweden. After graduating from Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Australia in 1999, he went on to complete a Masters Degree from the University of Melbourne (VCA)writing and directing several short films. Hussain worked with the Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide Film Festivals before taking over as Director of Programming at the Sheffield Doc/Fest. Seven years later he became a programmer  for documentary and VR at the Sundance Film Festival, and was guest programmer for Nordisk Panorma. As Artistic Director of the Red Sea International Film Festival Hussain spearheaded the creation of one of the biggest international film events in the region, securing dozens of filmmakers and industry professionals to attend.

One of the founders of the Programmers of Color Collective, Hussain is an active advocate for inclusiveness and diversity in the arts. Hussain is a frequent public speaker and published writer and has sat on film festival juries for BiografilmIDFAAntennaWorld Press PhotoKrakov Film Festival and CPH DOX. Now based between Sweden and the USA, Hussain is producing several feature film projects and a science-themed short documentary series through the Breakthrough Foundation. He is a member of the South Sweden Producers Association.

Sessions

Masterclass 3 – Science Films in the Festival Landscape

Globe

Watch Hussain’s masterclass now here. This session is only in English. Where do science-themed films fit in the festival landscape? Why do some documentaries find their audiences and while others struggle? What is next for film festivals? With 20 years international experience in the film industry as a festival programmer, film producer and director, Hussain […]

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Artificial Intelligence Night presented with IBM and the FIFDH

Globe

Screening followed by a discussion with AI researchers and the film team, which will be available on webcast.cineglobe.ch from 22h00. The discussion will be open to questions from the Globe audience as well as to those joining online. The films are presented in VO/ST-FR, but the discussion will take place in English. The Debater: After Noam Slonim’s […]

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