Film Festival

The team

• The 2026 Selection Committee

  Every year, a committee selects the films in competition, adopting an approach that is as open as possible to diversity of practices and authors, be they filmmakers or visual artists. For the 2025 festival, the selection committee is made up of Mathilde Henrot, Clément Postec, Nicolas Raffin, and Valentine Umansky.

   

  Mathilde Henrot is a film programmer, producer, and co-founder of the Festival Scope platform. Active in the independent film and international festival sector for more than fifteen years, she supports the circulation and promotion of films among industry professionals worldwide. Her expertise has led her to collaborate with leading institutions and festivals, serving on selection committees ranging from Locarno and Sarajevo to the Berlinale.

  Clément Postec is an artistic director, curator, and filmmaker. A graduate of Sorbonne Nouvelle University, the Strasbourg Institute of Political Studies, and Sciences Po (SPEAP), he has been involved for over a decade in developing projects at the intersection of cinema and contemporary art, as well as in the creation and expansion of cultural venues and organizations.

  Nicolas Raffin is a film programmer based in London and Head of Cinema at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (2018–2026). In recent years, he has launched major initiatives in response to the constantly evolving landscape of film exhibition, notably reshaping the ICA cinema programme through new series such as Off-Circuit, Long Takes, and Celluloid Sunday. He has recently overseen major retrospectives dedicated to Marguerite Duras, Hong Sangsoo, and Jacques Rivette.

  Valentine Umansky is a curator at Tate Modern in London, following positions at several institutions dedicated to the visual arts. Between 2015 and 2020, she held roles in the United States at the International Center of Photography, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati. Also a curator and writer, she is a fellow at Villa Medici as part of the 2026–2027 residency programme.

• The Festival Organizing Committee

  Mathilde Henrot, programmer and founder of Festival Scope
  Laurent Perreau, writer and director
  Sam Stourdzé, Director of the French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici

  With Villa Medici’s team
  Fulvia Gallo, coordinator of  Villa Medici Film Festival 2026
  Clotilde Parlos, head of cultural projects at the French Academy in Rome – Villa Medici

  In collaboration with Véronique Terrier-Hermann, art historian, for the programming of the Focus section.