MARTA BERTO
Head of Communications and Press at Sheffield Doc/Fest and XR & Immersive Marketing Lead at BFI
Key Expertise: Marketing and Press, Audience Development, Bid-writing and fundraising
Marta is a communications professional with a track record of successfully commissioning, art directing, and producing video, editorial, and promotional content for a variety of audiences across Europe. She is currently working as Head of Communications and Press for Sheffield Doc/Fest and as XR & Immersive Marketing Lead for British Film Institute. Formerly, Marta led on marketing and communications activities for film distribution company Against Gravity and their Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, releasing films by Joshua Oppenheimer, Ulrich Seidl, Michel Gondry, Sergei Loznitsa and many others.
Marta led communications and press for the MEDIA/Creative Europe programme, HBO Europe, Salisbury Arts Centre, Audioriver Festival, Alchemy Film & Moving Image Festival and Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle. She is a data geek and has great expertise of the European market and is widely network thanks to participating in numerous international, EU-funded training programmes, including EAVE Film Marketing in Luxembourg, ICO’s Developing Your Film Festival workshop in Croatia and MAIA Workshops for film producers in Italy. Member of Arts Marketing Association on a constant hunt for new professional development and training opportunities to keep up with state of the art, Marta is passionate about film, arts and literature and loves to work with creative teams to make great ideas reality.
Marta is a communications professional with a track record of successfully commissioning, art directing, and producing video, editorial, and promotional content for a variety of audiences across Europe. She is currently working as Head of Communications and Press for Sheffield Doc/Fest and as XR & Immersive Marketing Lead for British Film Institute. Formerly, Marta led on marketing and communications activities for film distribution company Against Gravity and their Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, releasing films by Joshua Oppenheimer, Ulrich Seidl, Michel Gondry, Sergei Loznitsa and many others.
Marta led communications and press for the MEDIA/Creative Europe programme, HBO Europe, Salisbury Arts Centre, Audioriver Festival, Alchemy Film & Moving Image Festival and Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle. She is a data geek and has great expertise of the European market and is widely network thanks to participating in numerous international, EU-funded training programmes, including EAVE Film Marketing in Luxembourg, ICO’s Developing Your Film Festival workshop in Croatia and MAIA Workshops for film producers in Italy. Member of Arts Marketing Association on a constant hunt for new professional development and training opportunities to keep up with state of the art, Marta is passionate about film, arts and literature and loves to work with creative teams to make great ideas reality.