News Summary

• She will remain in post until next year’s edition, her fourth in the role.
• Stewart, however, will remain involved with IFFR's Displacement Film Fund, the short film grant initiative founded and led by Cate Blanchett.
• The Supervisory Board has begun recruiting for a new Managing Director.
• “I am proud we have stabilised the business position of the organisation in a very challenging era for film festivals globally,” Stewart said in a statement.