Emily Meinke is the CEO of the German distribution company MFA Film, based in Regensburg, Bavaria. MFA has been distributing international films to cinemas for more than 45 years, focusing primarily on arthouse and children’s films. The program includes numerous renowned directors – often their first films – such as Spike Lee, Danny Boyle, Bong Joon-Ho, Noah Baumbach, Paul Verhoeven, Kelly Reichardt, David Cronenberg, Joachim Trier, Luca Guadagnino, Park Chan-Wook, Andrea Arnold and Lars von Trier. As the daughter of a distributor, Emily has been in direct touch with films and cinema all her life and has developed a great love and passion for movies as a result.