Anna Hoffmann studied german literature and cultural anthropology at Hamburg university as well as archival sciences in Potsdam. She worked as a freelance film critic, translator, subtitler and production assistant for film productions in Hamburg. After a curator job at the municipal cinema “Metropolis” and first steps as a festival programmer for the “European Low Budget Film Forum”, she headed the European Documentary Film Institute (EDI) in Mülheim/Ruhr as managing director and was a co-founder of the documentary film magazine DOX. Since 2001 she is the programm manager and one of the curators of the Berlinale Forum.

Anna Hoffmann je studirala njemačku književnost i kulturnu antropologiju na Univerzitetu u Hamburgu, kao i arhivistiku u Potsdamu. Radila je kao frilenserka – filmska kritičarka, prevoditeljka, titlerka i asistentkinja produkcije na filmskim projektima u Hamburgu. Nakon kustoske pozicije u gradskom bioskopu Metropolis i prvih iskustava kao selektorka na European Low Budget Film Forum-u, postala je izvršna direktorka European Documentary Film Institute (EDI) u Milhajmu na Ruru i suosnivačica dokumentarističkog časopisa DOX. Od 2001. godine radi kao programska menadžerka i jedna od kustoskinja Berlinale Foruma.