Sunday, November 14, 2010

Filmfest Chief new head of CIFFT

Lee Gluckman (right in photo), chairman of US International Film & Video Festival and of Mobius Awards in California, is the newly elected president of Comité International des Festivals du Film Touristique), i.e. The International Committee of Tourism Film (CIFFT). Here he is with Martha Schultz, vice president of Federal Economy Chamber (WKO), Vienna, and representatives of “Styria – The Green Heart of Austria,” which won the Grand Prix at CIFFT’s annual ceremonies last week in Vienna. CIFFT was formed in 1989 by organizers of the Viennese “Festival of Festivals” to assure an international platform encouraging global tourism through audio-visual media.