Posted by Larry Gleeson
The California Movie Institute (CAFILM) simply named Rose Kuo as Creative Director, a newly created management place established earlier this yr to information the group’s inventive imaginative and prescient and guarantee a seamless program management transition within the years forward.
Kuo is an internationally acknowledged chief in cinematic arts with a broad background in movie pageant programming and curatorial work. She beforehand served as Govt Director of the Movie Society of Lincoln Middle and the New York Movie Competition, was Writer of Movie Remark journal, and held the place of Creative Director at AFI FEST (AFI Los Angeles Worldwide Movie Competition).
At her earlier stops, Kuo has developed a popularity as an innovator and danger taker. Notable highlights included Kuo being the architect of AFI FEST’s free festivals, which was the primary time a movie pageant of that dimension had provided free tickets to movie screenings. At Movie Society of Lincoln Middle (now known as Movie at Lincoln Middle), she instituted a requirement for the gala choices to be world premiere screenings, which immediately upped the ante for the movie pageant to have extra press relevance. As well as, she added a ”secret screening”, which additionally heightened the anticipation for the movie pageant to a stage it hadn’t seen for many years. Lastly, she stewarded FSLC’s Filmmaker in Residence program, which introduced an acclaimed up-and-coming filmmaker to NYC to help creating their subsequent movie undertaking.
In her new function, Kuo will oversee the inventive and curatorial path of CAFILM’s acclaimed packages, together with the Mill Valley Movie Competition, DocLands Documentary Movie Competition, the Smith Rafael Movie Middle in San Rafael, the Sequoia Cinema in Mill Valley, and CAFILM Schooling initiatives.
“Rose brings a exceptional mixture of worldwide expertise, inventive imaginative and prescient, and deep dedication to the cinematic arts,” stated Mark Fishkin, CAFILM Founder and Govt Director. “Her management will make sure that CAFILM continues to champion unbiased voices, have interaction audiences, and encourage the following technology of filmmakers.”
Most not too long ago, Kuo based FESTWORKS, a movie consultancy group, the place she has suggested main studios on international pageant methods and collaborated with nonprofit cinema arts teams to strengthen their programming and viewers engagement.
Earlier in her profession, Kuo labored as a programmer and curator for main movie festivals and cultural establishments, together with the Santa Barbara Worldwide Movie Competition, the San Francisco Worldwide Movie Competition, and the Mill Valley Movie Competition — a return that underscores her deep connection to CAFILM’s mission.
CAFILM introduced earlier this yr that longtime Mill Valley Movie Competition Program Director Zoe Elton will transition to a brand new part-time curatorial function after main the forty eighth Mill Valley Movie Competition, scheduled for October 2-12, 2025. CAFILM acknowledged that Kuo and Elton will work collectively to make sure a easy transition of the pageant’s curatorial tasks, sustaining the standard of movies and patron experiences, together with the Thoughts the Hole gender fairness initiative that Elton championed ten years in the past.
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