From 2009 to 2015 Robin Mallick coordinated the Goethe Institut’s programme for South Asia, and since 2015 he has been the director of the Goethe Institut in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). He studied “Languages, Economics, and Cultural Space with a focus on Spain and Latin America” in Passau. From 2000 to 2009 Mallick was the director of the Filmfest Dresden, and from 2002 to 2007 he also held the position of secretary general of European Coordination of Film Festivals in Brussels.