Firenze Leem is a transnational, transcultural, transmedia, film, festival and cultural professional with B.A. in Cultural Studies from the University of Sydney and currently pursuing a Master's in Transcultural Studies at Heidelberg University. Experienced in diverse roles across the international film festival circuit, as Film Curator, Festival Relations Manager and others. Passionately committed to connecting bold, diverse films from underrepresented communities with global audiences, focusing scholarly and professional research on intersections between international film festivals and marginalized/niche narratives - including Global South, diaspora, decolonial, and activist cinema. Academic works have been presented and published internationally, in the U.S., Poland, the U.K., and beyond.