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Banff Fest gets a new boss

TORONTO - Jenn Kuzmyk has been appointed executive director of the Banff World Media Festival, effective immediately.In this role, she will be responsible for leading all commercial activities and partnerships related to the conference as well as guiding its path forward as one of the world’s premier screen-based entertainment industry events, reads the press release. She will also manage all sales efforts related to Playback magazine and events. Playback owner Brunico Communications owns the magazine and the festival.Most recently, Kuzmyk (pictured) was director of international distribution at Proper Rights where she led program sales in English Canada and the EMEA...