Calin Boto
Film Critic, Romania
Călin Boto is a film curator, programmer, university educator, film critic, and writer based in Bucharest, working as an associate curator for Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival (BIEFF) and as a short film programmer for ESTE Film Festival (Sibiu). A former member of the selection committee of the Berlin Critics’ Week (2025) and an alumnus of several film criticism workshops (Locarno Academy, Sarajevo Talents, FIPRESCI Warsaw etc.), he writes for publications such as Filmexplorer (Switzerland), Kortfilm (Belgium), Film and Films in Frame (Romania), teaches at the National University of Theatre and Film “I.L. Caragiale”, and curates the Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour in Bucharest. He took part in press and industry juries (Visions du Réel, CineFest Miskolc, Drama International Short Film Festival, ZubrOFFka International Short Film Festival) and reading committees (Queer Palm Lab 2025), and curated film programmes for the Romanian Cinemateque, Sicilia Queer Filmfest, Trieste Film Festival, and V-F-X Ljubljana.