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Eroll Bilibani is a Film Producer and the Head of DokuLab a program department of DokuFest as of February 2019. Prior to this he was the Executive Director of DokuFest between 2012-2019, including period between 2012-2015 as the Festival Director. Eroll is currently focused on development and promotion of young filmmakers and artists while using cinema and storytelling as platforms for social change, through creative educational packages designed to inspire young people.

Eroll with his colleagues has developed methodical manuals aligned with the national curricular framework of Republic of Kosovo designed to support teachers in development of film guides for use of film in classroom. Eroll also works on the promotion of documentary cinema in rural villages of Kosovo through DokuFest’s 100% Solar Powered traveling cinema: “Cinema at Your Door”.

Eroll Bilibani has also curated the film section of the Biennale of Young Artists from Mediterranean Europe, held in May 2017 in Tirana and Durres, Albania.

Eroll is the executive producer of the 2017 BAFTA winning short film “HOME” and the producer of Short Documentary "In Between" that was Kosovo's first appearance at a competition at Berlinale 2019.

In 2014 “New Europe 100” an initiative of Google, Res Publica, Visegrad Fund and the Financial Times, enlisted Eroll amongst 100 people who have inspired change in Central and Eastern Europe.

Prior to joining DokuFest, Eroll worked for United Nations Development Programme in Iraq as Senior Visibility and Communications Management Specialist and during this time he produced several publications, including: Recovery in Action. Support to Independent Media and Convergent Regulations Improving Basic Social Services in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Eroll worked on first Municipal Development Agenda's in 2002 produced through UN support for municipalities in the region of Prizren and Gjilan.