Chapter Principals

Her work spans debut films and international productions, including FATHERLAND by Paweł Pawlikowski (2026), SILENT FRIEND by Ildikó Enyedi (2025), TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund (2022, Casting Germany), SPENCER by Pablo Larraín (2021, Casting Germany), TONI ERDMANN by Maren Ade (2016) or FOUR MINUTES by Chris Kraus (2006). She has received major honours and is recognised for helping launch the careers of actors such as Hannah Herzsprung and Lars Eidinger. Nina is a member of leading international film and casting academies and works under the guiding principle #castwithlove. 

“Europe is home to an exceptional wealth of creative potential which is also reflected in the close collaboration and strong exchange among European castingdirectors – both on film projects and at industry events. I’ve known many colleagues for years and I’m truly excited to continue growing these inspiring connections, bringing together these diverse, highly accomplished voices and supporting a collaborative dialogue across the branches of the European Film Academy”.

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Hoyte van Hoytema, ASC, FSF, NSC is an Academy Award-winning cinematographer whose work has helped define some of the most visually commanding films of the 21st century. His filmography includes TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, HER, SPECTRE, AD ASTRA, NOPE, and his acclaimed collaborations with Christopher Nolan on INTERSTELLAR, DUNKIRK, TENET, and OPPENHEIMER. For his work on OPPENHEIMER, he received the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and ASC Award for Best Cinematography. Known for his masterful use of film, large-format photography, and immersive visual language, his work continues to expand the possibilities of cinema while remaining rooted in story, character, and emotion.

“I hope this role helps me share the love for the universal, borderless language of filmmaking.I hope I can inspire others the way many members before me have inspired me.”

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Zbigniew Preisner is one of Poland’s leading film composers, known for his long-standing collaboration with director Krzysztof Kieślowski and writer Krzysztof Piesiewicz. His scores for NO END, DEKALOG, THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VÉRONIQUE, and the THREE COLOURS trilogy: THREE COLOURS: BLUE, THREE COLOURS: WHITE, and THREE COLOURS: RED, brought him international acclaim. Zbigniew Preisner`s “Song for the Unification of Europe” was performed at the European Film Awards in 2017. He is also the artistic director of the ‘Preisner Scoring Competition’, an international composition contest for young creators of film and illustrative music endowed with 25.000 Euro.

“I am honored to serve as Principal of the Composer Chapter of the European Film Academy and to represent my fellow composer members at a time of profound change in our field. In recent years, original film scoring has increasingly been replaced by pre-existing music, and the growing use of AI-generated compositions raises urgent legal and ethical concerns. Such practices draw on the work of composers world wide without true creative authorship. As we face these challenges, it is essential that we stand together to protect our rights, artistic integrity, and shared humanity.”

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Pascaline Chavanne designs costumes for film and theatre. Pascaline subsequently designed costumes for many of François Ozon’s films, including 8 WOMEN, WATER DROPS ON BURNING ROCKS, UNDER THE SAND, SWIMMING POOL, POTICHE, YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL, FRANTZ, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, THE CRIME IS MINE, and THE STRANGER. She has also worked regularly with numerous directors, including Christophe Honoré, Roman Polanski, Leos Carax, or Richard Linklater. Pascaline has won and was nominated many times for multiple international and national film awards and is recognized as a leading costume designer whose rigorous approach and artistic vision has left a lasting mark on several decades of European cinema.

“To be there—as a presence to support, stimulate, listen, encourage, and strengthen the community in its desire to reflect on the craft of costume within European cinema, its points of convergence, and its cultural specificities.”

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Yorgos Mavropsaridis has edited more than one hundred feature films and is widely recognised for his long-standing collaboration with director Yorgos Lanthimos. His work on THE FAVOURITE earned him Academy Award® and BAFTA nominations as well as the European Film Award for European Editor. For the editing of Lanthimos’ POOR THINGS, he was nominated again for both the Oscar and the BAFTA. In 2026 he received a nomination for a European Film Award for European Editor for BUGONIA. Other collaborations with Lanthimos include DOGTOOTH (2009), ALPEN (2011), THE LOBSTER (2015), THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEAR (2017), and KINDS OF KINDNESS (2024). Most recently, he edited Olivia Wilde’s feature film THE INVITE. 

“I’m greatly honoured and will to the best of my abilities serve the Editing Chapter’s mission, fostering community and dialogue among filmmakers across our continent and advocating for the prestige of our craft and its essential role in the filmmaking process.”

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Waldemar Pokromski started his career in 1971 as a make-up artist at the famous Babelsberg Studio, since 2024 a Treasure of European Film Culture. He has worked at the studio and across Europe on more than a hundred film productions, many of them directed by Academy Award-winning directors, himself contributing to the four Oscar-winning films SCHINDLER’S LIST, THE PIANIST, THE COUNTERFEITERS and THE ZONE OF INTEREST as well as to five Academy Award-nominated films, including DOWNFALL, THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX, THE WHITE RIBBON, KATYN and COLD WAR. In 2015, he received the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture–Gloria Artis by the Republic of Poland. 

“Being invited to become the Principal of Hair&Make-up Artist chapter is a greathonor and a recognition of many years of work. It will be also be an opportunity for me to share my experience, accumulated overthe years in international productions,with European filmmakers.”

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Antxón Gómez Santander is a leading Spanish production designer and art director with a career spanning over four decades in national and international cinema. He has collaborated with directors such as Bigas Luna, Manuel Huerga (on SALVADOR), Steven Soderbergh (CHE: THE ARGENTINE), and Oliver Stone. He is particularly recognized for his nearly 30-year collaboration with Pedro Almodóvar, working on LIVE FLESH (1997), I’M SO EXCITED! (2013), JULIETTA (2016), PARALLEL MOTHERS (2021), and BITTER CHRISTMAS (2025). Gómez Santander was nominated for European Production Design in 2011 for THE SKIN I LIVE IN and won the European Film Award for Best Production Design in 2019 for PAIN AND GLORY, both Almodóvar collaborations. His work is distinguished by a strong visual identity and the narrative use of objects and spaces, often influenced by mid-century design.

“It is a great honor, and I am deeply grateful that the European Film Academy has asked me to serve as the Head of the Production Design Chapter. I hope to use my experience to help highlight and bring to light the often “invisible” work of production designers.”

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Tarn has been recording film sound across Europe for more than 20 years. In 2023, he served as Production Sound Mixer on Jonathan Glazer’s THE ZONE OF INTEREST, for which he won the Academy Award®, BAFTA and European Film Award for Best Sound Design together with Johnnie Burn. He followed this work on the Academy Award winning film A REAL PAIN by Jesse Eisenberg. In 2025, Tarn returned to the UK to collaborate on Charli XCX’s high-profile project, THE MOMENT directed by Aidan Zamiri and on Rowan Athale’s GIANT before he reunited with Paweł Pawlikowski for FATHERLAND in Poland.

“I am absolutely delighted and honoured to be asked to become the European Film Academy’s first Sound Chapter Principal and will endeavour to celebrate and support the ideas and the work of my sound colleagues right across Europe.”

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