OUR EXPERTS

Ido Abram, Director Cinemart, Rotterdam

Heino Deckert, Managing Director, D-Net-Sales and
Ma.Ja.De Filmproduktion (film production company)

Udy (Ehud) Epstein, producer of feature films and documentaries;
Managing Director of Seventh Art Releases in Los Angeles

Jolanda Klarenbeek, Forum Amsterdam

Sibylle Kurz, pitching expert

Richard Lormand, American press agent in Paris; deals with a large
number of films (most of which are in competition) annually at the
Festivals in Cannes, Venice, and Berlin.

Anne-Marie Luccioni, Managing Director of ADL Productions and
Director of MEDIA-Initiative Eurodoc

Kathrin Müller, Managing Director, go-between communications; Public
Relations; previously: Director, Swiss Film Center

Heidrun Podszus, Managing Director, Ventura Filmverleih (distributor);
previously, Sputnik Filmverleih (distributor)

Franca Pelster, Director, MEDIA-Initiative, The Marketplace; formerly
engaged in worldwide distributing and heading the EFDO-Screenings
in San Sebastian.

Noemi Schory, producer of many made-for-television and feature films;
owner and manager of Israel's largest production company, Belfilms.

Ernst Szebedits, Managing Director, Pegasos Film

Björn Koll, Managing Director, Salzgeber & Co. Medien GmbH (distributor), from 1989; producer, teaching activities. Executive Director, Vertical Strategy GmbH

Esther van Messel, Managing Director, First Hand Films (international distributor); previously, production and realization of feature and documentary films. Executive Director, Vertical Strategy GmbH

Rut Ferner, Geographer for several years, has coordinated seminars for VERTICALstrategies, VERTICALplus, and the Documentary Film Days Berlin-Brandenburg