For this edition of DIFF, aemi co-director Alice Butler will lead a conversation with Annina Wettstein - Programmer, curator and consultant on festival and world sales strategies.

Annina Wettstein is based in Zurich Switzerland and Since 2018 has been on the selection committee for DOK Leipzig. She has worked with European festivals in various roles for almost 20 years. She was a programmer for Rotterdam, a San Sebastián delegate, and the main programmer for SCANORAMA (Lithuania). She regularly participates in juries and funding committees. She is head of program Distribution and Cinema at FOCAL Foundation for Professional Training in Cinema and Audiovisual Media, a Member of the Fantoche Animation FF executive board, and of both European and Swiss Film Academies.
  
aemi is an Arts Council-funded organisation that supports and regularly exhibits moving image work by artists and experimental filmmakers. Since 2016, aemi has presented screenings in partnership with festivals and venues across Ireland and toured programmes of Irish and international work across the UK and Europe.