About me
Mario Timbal was born in Locarno in 1977. After completing his studies in literature in Lausanne, from 2005 to 2007 he worked as a journalist for the «Corriere del Ticino» in Lugano. Until 2009 he was Business Development Manager at the Cannondale bicycle brand and since 2009 he has held various functions for the Locarno Film Festival, from marketing and sponsorship manager to operations director from 2013 to 2017. In the same years he also held the roles as president of the Board of Directors of the Ticino Film Commission and as a member of the Management Committees of «Top Swiss Events» and of the association of Swiss film festivals «Confèrence des Festivals». In 2017 he took over the operational management of the Luma cultural foundation in Arles, in the south of France, for which he was also responsible for the development of the new cultural center. In 2023 he chaired the research commission that led to the designation of the new President of the Locarno Film Festival. Mario Timbal has been director of CSR since April 2021.