ABOUT SUZY GILLETT
For Bold Voices. For Resonant Cinema.
I believe in cinema that risks something.
Films that shake off the expected, cross borders, and leave space for audiences to feel, think, and change.
My work is about discovering the filmmakers who see the world differently — and helping them make work that can only come from them. It’s about precision in development, trust in collaboration, and courage in execution.
I champion stories that speak to human experience in all its contradictions: tender and political, intimate and epic, rooted and universal. I look for filmmakers with an emotional truth at the heart of their vision — and I help them shape that truth into powerful, crafted work that travels beyond its origin.
Over the past two decades, I’ve moved fluidly between development, production, programming and mentorship — bridging the creative and the strategic. From London to Marrakech, Turin to Berlin, I’ve built relationships that sustain creative risk: producers, funders, editors, distributors and artists who understand that bold work demands both structure and freedom.
My process is both editorial and instinctive. I listen carefully. I ask the right questions. I bring rigour, but I also protect the spark. Whether in script meetings, edit suites or festival selections, I work to bring clarity of intention — and to make sure the work reaches its audience in the strongest possible form.
Cinema is a collective act of faith — and my role is to create the conditions where that faith can thrive: where filmmakers feel seen, supported, and challenged to make the most ambitious version of their vision.
Because great films don’t just tell stories.
They change the world.
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