Zsuzi BANKUTI started out as head of acquisition and programming and head of distribution for an independent cinema in Budapest in 2000. Besides being in charge of acquisition, she organised film festivals, programmed film clubs, and directed the cinema programme.

In 2009, together with Kornel Mundruczo, Viktoria Petranyi and Peter Balassa, she set up Szuez Film (and Kino theatre), where she also became head of acquisition. After 10 years, she became president of the board at Cirko Film while also working as an advisor on worldwide festival and distribution strategy for many independent Hungarian productions.

In early 2012 she moved to Cologne to work as head of acquisition at The Match Factory. Here, for 8 years, she oversaw most of the independent film productions, sales activities, festival and marketing strategy, as well as a bit of film production and development.

Currently she is head of the Cutting Edge Talent Camp, which focuses on new German talent during the Mannheim IFF, and works for the Open Doors section at the Locarno IFF as a talent development manager overseeing new talents from the focused territories in addition to being a consultant on international strategies.