Birgit Oberkofler
IDM Head of Film Commission (IT)

Birgit Oberkofler has been the Head of IDM Film Commission in Bolzano, South Tyrol, Italy, since May 2017. Prior to this, she spent several years in charge of a wide range of further training opportunities for film professionals and worked as a funding consultant for the South Tyrolean Film Fund & Commission. Birgit started her career as a PR and marketing manager and studied tourism management at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and the Università degli Studi dell’Insubria in Como, Italy. She also holds a Master of Business Administration degree (MBA) from the Management Center Innsbruck (MCI), Austria. She studied at Boston College in the US and Cranfield University in the UK as part of her MBA programme. As an EAVE Producers Workshop graduate, she is a Cine-Regio Board member and an active member of Italian Film Commissions, WiFT&M, EWA and EUFCN.