Born in Germany, Marc-André Schmachtel studied in Saarbrücken and Québec/Canada. He has been active for several film festivals in Germany and is working since 2008 for the Goethe-Institut, first in Cameroon, then as head of Goethe-Institut Nigeria. He initiated several projects in the film, theatre, music and fine arts sector, both on a national and international level. In 2016 he was posted to the headquarters in Munich and was in charge for TV and radio cooperation, focusing amongst other on the artistic dimension of radio-making. As consultant to the head of Culture Department he was in charge of the support programs to Ukrainian artists after the Russian invasion and took over the position of artistic director at the project space “Goethe-Institut in Exile” in Berlin, organizing large festivals with Belarusian, Afghan and Iranian exile diasporas. In 2024 he has been posted to Athens as regional head of cultural programs. 

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