Kathleen McInnis Marketing Producer & Strategic Publicist

Kathleen McInnis is a Marketing Producer & Strategic Publicist who helps emerging world cinema filmmakers merge their creative and business development using their films on the global film festival circuit. As Marketing/Creative Producer, her documentary film credits include Inner Emigrants (Director Lena Krabe, 2026 Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival World Premiere); Fantastic Machine (Directors Axel Danielson and Maximilien Von Aertryck, 2023 Sundance/Berlinale Awards-Winner); and Mama (Director Pablo Chico, 2020 Goya Winner), among many others. As Curator/Programmer, her festival experience includes Seattle, Palm Springs Shorts, Aspen Shorts, Hot Docs, Toronto, and Tribeca film festivals. Kathleen also runs Oscar®-campaigns for International Features and Short Films. She is a member of AMPAS, BAFTA, EFA, IDA and Film Independent. As screenwriter, Kathleen is managed by Amotz Zakai at Echo Lake. She currently teaches Film Festival Strategies at NYU Tisch for the Masters in Producing Program, and consults on Industry Programming for Kortfilmfestivalen (Norway).