Diana Iljine

Born in Frankfurt, Iljine majored in communications^[3] at LMU Munich, then went on to work in film and TV for 25 years, mainly in sales and acquisitions.^[4] She has worked for ZDF,^[5] a public-service German television broadcaster and one of the biggest broadcasting organizations in Europe, as well as for Sky Deutschland (previously called “PREMIERE”). Iljine co-wrote a book on film production, “Der Produzent”^[6] (English: The producer), which became a standard reference work. In 2008, she went freelance as consultant for international licensing, co-productions and video on demand. She completed her MBA in 2011 at Berlin’s Steinbeis Business Academy and became head of FILMFEST MÜNCHEN in August 2011.

She had gathered experience at the festival in advance, having worked there for ten years as a student.

Aside from that, Diana Iljine sits on the board of the Kuratorium junger deutscher Film.^[7]