Manchester Animation Festival

Annegret Richter is the artistic and managing director of the International Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart, managing director of the Animation Association Germany/ ASIFA Germany, and one of the vice presidents at ASIFA International. She has been working as head of animation at the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Films (DOK Leipzig) and as festival director at the International Short Film Festival Dresden (Filmfest Dresden). She has been a member of several film funding selection committees in Germany and has curated many programs for festivals and events worldwide. She is an expert in animated documentaries but loves to watch all kinds of animation. Her background is in Communication, Film, and Media Studies, which she studied and taught at Leipzig University and Mercy University, New York.