Born and raised in Switzerland, Annick Mahnert moved to Paris early 2012 to join the renowned sales agency Celluloid Dreams, handling sales and acquisitions. Since 2013, she is working as a freelance acquisitions consultant and festival programmer and was hired in November 2013 as Foreign Representative for the Market & Festivals department at Swiss Films, the promotion agency for Swiss filmmaking.
Mahnert is currently working on the production of Alexandre O. Philippe’s 78/52, a documentary about the iconic shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and on Dearest Sister, Mattie Do’s sophomore effort, shot in Laos in Spring 2015 and currently in post-production.
