Jim Kolmar
South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW)
Is an independent programmer who curated films for South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) from 2009-2020, where he is now a consulting programmer for international and feature films. He is also currently programming for Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival, and was a founding committee member at Festival Internacional de Cine Tulum (FICTU). Jim was also a guest curator for Portland International Film Festival 2021.
Jim is a contributing writer for Ambulante Film Festival in Mexico, and has served on juries, panels and committees for organizations including Austin Film Society, BAFICI, Berlinale, Bogota Audiovisual Market (BAM), CONNeXT, CPH:DOX, IDFA, IFFPanama, IN-EDIT Barcelona, San Sebastián, and Ventana Sur.