Julie Marnay staff First Cut Lab

MARIJA FRIDINOVAITE

Program Manager (Lithuania)

Biography

Based in Paris, M. Fridinovaitė holds a Bachelor’s degree in Film Management and a Master’s degree in Film Theory. She’s been working as a producer and production manager, having contributed to films such as Summer Survivors (Toronto IFF), The Saint (Warsaw FF), The Mother’s Day (Clermont-Ferrand ISFF) and Through the Fields (Telluride FF).

 

In 2022, she joined the Red Sea Souk, as Work-In-Progess Showcase Manager. In 2023, she became part of the Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes team, where she was managing several programs such as Cannes Investors Circle, Spotlight Asia, Ukraine in Focus, among others.

She is currently a reader for the Red Sea Fund

 and the project manager of two of Tatino Films’ flagship programs, Pop Up Series Incubator and First Cut Lab.