Zoe Elton, Jack Huston – Writer Director & Mark Fishkin
Zoë Elton has been associated with the Mill Valley Film Festival since its inception. But the 48th edition of the event will be the last in the more than three decades with her as director of programming.
Elton told the Chronicle on Monday, June 9, that after the Oct. 2-12 festival she is transitioning to a part-time role and intends to make more time for her creative pursuits.
“I have in my background as well a life in writing and creating art,” she said. “I’m a regular cartoonist and I want to make more space to have my own creative life back. That is really key for me.”
The California Film Institute, which runs the internationally recognized star-studded event each October, posted the job opening of artistic director — as the position will now be called — later Monday and intends to launch a nationwide search this summer.
“The work that we do is absolutely amazing, but the extensiveness of the work and the pressure of the work, it never goes away,” Elton said. “I can’t remember the last time I had an actual vacation. We’re always working. So, as rewarding as it can be, I’d like to relieve the pressure a little bit.”
Elton’s said her new role will be “curatorial.”