Mark Adams

Jury Member

Mark Adams is the Artistic Director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, who joined the team in 2015. He was Chief Film Critic for the respected film trade paper Screen International and was also a film critic for The Sunday Mirror in the UK. He attends most key international film festivals around the world as a film journalist and reviewer for more than 25 years he has written for Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and Moving Pictures International, as well as many national newspapers in the UK. He has also worked extensively in the film industry. He was Head of Programming at the National Film Theatre in London for six years; was the Director of Cinema at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London and has been programmer for film festivals around the world as well as acting as a consultant for various film organizations.

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