Jaume Ripoll

Jaume Ripoll, (Palma de Mallorca), Filmmaking graduate at ESCAC (UB). Co-founder, Editor-in-chief and Development Manager of Filmin. Atlántida Film Fest Director. In 2005 he became part of Cameo, the prestigious distribution company of independent cinema, acting as Editor-in-chief. In 2007 he became one of the founders of Filmin, a reference website for independent cinema in Spain that has over 720,000 users, in which he serves as Editor-in-chief and Development Manager. In 2015, Filmin initiated an international expansion that has led the company to be an available platform in Mexico and Portugal. In 2010, Jaume Ripoll created Atlántida Film Fest, the first film festival offering the entire programme online. Its 9th edition exceeded the 150,000 viewers in Mallorca and Filmin (online).
Jaume Ripoll has participated as jury member in Berlin, In-Edit, Cinergia, or Sitges film festivals, among others. Likewise, he has given lectures and workshops in Cannes, Locarno, Rotterdam, San Sebastián, EuropaCinema Prague, Unifrane Paris, DocsLisboa, Docs Barcelona, FicValdivia festivals, as well as in the Seville European Film Festival, CinemaJove, the Oursense Independent Cinema Festival, and many more. As a teacher, since 2013 he serves as director of the Master on Online Distribution at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, apart from being guest lecturer at UAB, UB, UPF, ESCAC, Carlos III, and Camilo José Cela universities. In 2015 he made his début as producer in “Barcelona, nit d’hivern” (Barcelona, Christmas night), a great blockbuster in Spain that had over 65,000 viewers and 7 Gaudí Awards nominations. On 2018 he has executive produced two new films, “Jean François and the sense of life”, “Samantha Hudson” and recently “Dark Eyes” (Best Picture Winner at Málaga Film Festival).