Jutta Brendemühl is an arts programmer and writer with a focus on international exchange, cultural diplomacy and arts education advocacy. She is the Program Curator at the Goethe-Institut Toronto as well as a director and programmer of the European Union Film Festival Toronto. Over the past 20 years, Jutta has worked across Canada and with Bernardo Bertolucci, Wim Wenders, Robert Rauschenberg, Pina Bausch, and others. She holds a master’s degree in English Literature with minors in Contemporary History, Political Sciences and Communication and serves on the board of the Toronto Arab Film Festival. Her writing has appeared in POV, Vague Visages, ScreenPrism, DIE ZEIT, German Film @ Canada et al., and she is a fellow of the TAC/Banff Centre Toronto Cultural Leaders Lab.