Brigid O’Shea is a documentary consultant, helping documentary projects and filmmakers reach their full international potential and professional goals. Her international network spans the globe, working on all continents, with both emerging talent and industry veterans. She’s worked with ARTE on projects like the Generation Africa and Generation Ukraine, working on festival strategy for the collections of films. Films she has consulted on have premiered at all the major international festivals including Cannes, Venice, Berlin, IDFA etc.. She serves on the boards of Circle Women Doc Accelerator, and Dokufest in Prizren, Kosovo. She is an intersectional queer feminist. She founded together with other colleagues the Documentary Association of Europe, a members network and support system for documentary filmmakers inside and outside of Europe that has grown to 800 members in just four years and recently started the project Ateliers Cocoon to offer documentary filmmakers a space for recuperation and transformation. She currently serves as the director of this organization. She was head of the DOK Industry Programme at DOK Leipzig and worked for the Berlin International Film Festival for more than 10 years. She moderates and curates programmes and discussions on non-fiction filmmaking as an internationally-respected curator with a wide and diverse network. She serves on selection committees and scouts works for international platforms. She tutors across the globe, particularly in Asia, Africa, the Eastern Partnership countries on festival strategy, international co-financing and pitching as well as cultural management.