Paolo Polimeni
2021 Judge
Role/organisation
Festival Director
AniMate – Australia Animation Film Festival
Network Classifier
SBS
Location
NSW
Australia
Short bio
Paolo started his career as a Floor Manager, then Producer-Director for regional and national broadcasters, including the Italian Public Broadcaster RAI. As the Communication Specialist for UNICEF, AMREF, Ethical Bank and other Organisations, he developed and ran Marketing and Communication programs. Paolo started focusing on TV-Film content assessment with Channel 44 and NHK World, Antenna Documentary Film Festival, Sci-Fi Film Festival, Queer Screen and the Japanese Film Festival monitoring, assessing and classifying programs. He currently classifies for SBS and Channel 7. With a strong focus and passion for editorial excellence, Paolo assesses and classifies programs for film festivals and national broadcasters.