Christophe Leparc has been working in the film industry since 1990, specializing in the organization and programmation of film festivals: has notably worked for International Women Directors’ Films Festival of Créteil. Since 2007, he has been the Managing Director of Directors’ Fortnight, the other sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival. He was appointed Director of Cinemed in 2016, and has been a Member of the board of European Film Academy since 2019.