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\n\tMaialen Beloki has been appointed as the next director of the San Sebasti\u00e1n Film Festival to replace longtime head Jos\u00e9 Luis Rebordinos when he steps down at the end of this year.<\/p>\n
\n\tBeloki, who has been one of the deputy directors of the festival since 2016, will take up the post in January 2027.<\/p>\n
\n\tHer appointment was agreed at an extraordinary meeting on Monday of the festival\u2019s Executive Board, made up of San Sebasti\u00e1n City Council, the Provincial Council of Gipuzkoa, the Basque Government and the Spanish Ministry of Culture.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe decision followed an open competition launched on 4 March to appoint a successor to Rebordinos who has held the post of festival director since 2011.<\/p>\n
\n\tBeloki holds a degree in Audiovisual Communication from the University of Navarra and a PhD (Cum Laude) in Film Theory, Analysis and Documentation from the University of the Basque Country (UPV\/EHU).<\/p>\n
\n\tHer career combines cultural management, teaching and research. She is part of the Academic Board of El\u00edas Querejeta Zine Eskola, where she also lectures, and has collaborated as a professor at Mondragon Unibertsitatea.<\/p>\n
\n\tThroughout her career, she has participated in strategic projects such as Donostia\/San Sebasti\u00e1n European Capital of Culture 2016 and has developed an active role as a speaker and author in the field of cinema.<\/p>\n
\n\tShe has also contributed to several programmes and initiatives supporting the audiovisual sector, collaborating with institutions such as the Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts (ICAA).<\/p>\n
\n\tThe festival said the appointment process had been managed by Batea, a human resources consultancy specializing in recruitment and headhunting.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n