She was the first woman to head an A-list festival.
Erika de Hadeln, the first woman to head up an A-category film festival, has died at the age of 77 after a long illness.
She founded the Nyon International Documentary Film Festival (now known as Visions du Réel) in Switzerland with her Swiss husband Moritz in 1969. de Hadeln oversaw the festival organisation and programmed the selection with her husband who served as director of the festival until 1979. de Hadeln took over at the helm in 1981 to 1993.
It was during these 25 years in Nyon she worked with many leading documentary filmmakers such as Joris Ivens,...
Erika de Hadeln, the first woman to head up an A-category film festival, has died at the age of 77 after a long illness.
She founded the Nyon International Documentary Film Festival (now known as Visions du Réel) in Switzerland with her Swiss husband Moritz in 1969. de Hadeln oversaw the festival organisation and programmed the selection with her husband who served as director of the festival until 1979. de Hadeln took over at the helm in 1981 to 1993.
It was during these 25 years in Nyon she worked with many leading documentary filmmakers such as Joris Ivens,...
- 12/20/2018
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
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