Skadi Loist is a PhD candidate and Junior Researcher in the Media and Communications Studies Department at the University of Hamburg, Germany. With Marijke de Valck she co-founded the Film Festival Research Network, www.filmfestivalresearch.org. Her current research project analyzes queer film festivals in the U.S. and Germany/Austria. She is the co-editor of "Bildschön: 20 Jahre Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg" (2009) and, since 2002, has been working with the Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg | International Queer Film Festival.
