Monique Beguin (*1950), besides studying management and accounting, working at the direction of an architecture firm and as an executive assistant for the manufacturing, import-export and marketing of jewels, she has been taking part in the organization of the ecumenical Jury in Cannes since 1994. In charge of Public Relations since 1996, then responsible for the organization of the ecumenical Jury’s stand at the film market. In order to facilitate the welcome and the work of the members of the Jury she supported in 2004 the creation of SIGNIS-Cannes, becoming its treasurer and since 2015 co-manager of the stand. In 1995, she takes part in the creation of the film club Cine Envol, which aims to promote the award-winning films of the major festivals, and has been its vice-president for 15 years.
Executive assistant
Country of origin
France
Festivals
Current issues
"Defiant" by director Visa Koiso-Kanttila wins the Prize of the Church Media Foundation in Finland at the International Chidren's and Youth Festival in Oulu 2025.
The Hof Film Festival is now in its 58th year and has become a hallmark of the city, which is why Hof likes to call itself the “Home of Films,” a phrase that is said to have originated with Wim Wenders. In the late 1960s and 1970s, the Munich film scene came to Hof (...). As a nostalgic reminder, this year there was a 35mm screening of Fassbinder's early work “Gods of the Plague”. Peter Paul Huth reports about the festival.
Events
16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin
11.10.2023
Café of the Propsteikirche Leipzig, Nonnenmühlgasse 2