DOCU/PRO People

Mita Suri

DOCU/PRO Expert: MEET PROFESSIONALS & UKRAINIAN DOC PREVIEW
With a background in community cinema exhibition, Mita Suri started working in Doc/Fest as a volunteer, then supported the Doc/Circuit tour as a Distribution Trainee, moving on to be the Film Programme Coordinator and now the Film Programme Producer, supervising the delivery of the Film Programme for the festival. She is primarily responsible for the external contacts including filmmakers, national film institutes and distributors, managing the submissions process, running the Youth Jury Programme and coordinating Doc/Fest's year-round activity outside of the festival. Mita's previous work experience has been in health services' management, youth leadership initiatives and as support teaching staff in schools within the UK and abroad.