Annina Wettstein

Programmer

Annina Wettstein (b. 1977 in St. Gallen/Switzerland) is a programmer for the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). She oversees the selection of feature length films from German-speaking Europe and Scandinavia (including Finland, Iceland). For the International Leipzig Festival for Documentaries and Animated Films (DOK Leipzig), she is a member of the selection committee. She studied social anthropology, French literature and business economics at the University of Zurich. She spent several years as a programmer at Solothurner Filmtage, where she was also in charge of curating historical programs. Previously, she worked for Fantoche – International Animation Film Festival and as a lecturer at the University of Zurich, among other things. Annina lives in Zurich and Berlin. She is a member of the non-fiction commission of the regional fund Zürcher Filmstiftung and a member of the Swiss Film Academy.