UNSERE EXPERTEN Über die Jahre ist es uns gelungen, einen in Europa einmaligen "vertikalen" Pool an Experten und Partnern zu bilden. Sie engagieren sich nicht nur in unseren Seminarien und Think Tanks, sondern stehen auch als Fachleute für unsere Marketingberatung und als Ansprechspartner und Ansprechspartnerinnen für unsere Alumni zur Verfügung. EXPERTS Willemien van Aalst, Amsterdam, bill@idfa.nl Deputy Director of International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). Head of Docs for Sale. Ido Abram, Rotterdam, cinemart@iffrotterdam.nl Co-ordinator of the CineMart - yearly co-production market of the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Former head of marketing and communications at the Netherlands Film Festival and at Cinemien Film & Video Distribution. Willmar Andersson, Stockholm Former Head of the Swedish Film Institute’s acquisition and distribution department, now independent sales agent for Scandinavia. Helene Aurø, Soeborg, heau@dr.dk Area Sales Manager at DR TV International Sales. Former Assistant Manager at the MEDIA Desk at the Danish Film Institute. For several years adviser of the Danish film, television and multimedia industry about financing, co-productions and marketing. Jean-Baptiste Babin, Paris jbbabin@backupfilms.com Business and Legal Affairs at Back up Films. Back up Films offers producers an insight on the various sources and types of financing solutions available on the international markets, guiding them towards the most adapted global solution for their film. Oriol Baquer, Barcelona, oriol@slot.nu CEO of SLOT, Serevis Audivisuals S.L. Co-founder of DOCUS Association. Montserrat Bartui, Barcelona, mbartui@parallel40.com CEO and founder of production company Parallel40. Christian Baute, Paris, cbaute@movimento.net Founder of Berlin based production company Frère Films where he’s Producer and Sales agent now, formerly sales agent at Lapsus. Alain Bottarelli, Lausanne, agency@filmnet.ch Co-founder and CEO at Moa Distribution. Nicolaine den Breejen, Amsterdam, info@cinemien.nl CEO of Cinemien film and video distribution. Manfred Breuersbrock, Köln Producer, 1986 founding of the production company ‚Neue Pathos Film‘. Peter Brosens, Brussels, inti.films@glo.be Independent director and producer. Co-founded 1993 Inti Films, an independent production company focusing on creative documentaries. Head of development of D.NET and guest professor at RITS filmschool Brussels. Francine Brücher, Zurich, fbrucher@swissfilms.ch Sales agent and marketing expert at the Swiss Film Center, started her career at the Münchner Filmverlag der Autoren. Gabriele Brunnenmeyer, Potsdam, mediaantenne@filmboard.de Since October 1997 head of MEDIA Antenne Berlin-Brandenburg. Eric Crone, Valby, ecrone@nordiskfilm.dk Managing Director of Nordisk Film Production 1997-1999. Now Managing Director of Scandinavian feature films - Nordisk Film A/S. Ginger Corbett, London, ginger@candk.co.uk Started her career as a production assistant in the independent film sector, now she’s heading Corbett & Keene Ltd.’s international division, specialising in international film markets and festivals. Bea Cuttat, Zurich, looknow@kino.ch Founder and CEO of distribution company LOOK NOW!, specialising in feature films and documentaries, joined Andromeda Film AG in 2000. Mette Davidsen-Nielsen, Soeborg, mdn@dr.dk Since 1997 commissioning editor at DR 2 for all genres except news, sport and fiction. Méabh O'Donovan, London, modfilm@hotmail.com Head of theatrical sales at Jane Balfour Films from 1995 to 1999. Since the beginning of 1999 she is independently developing feature films in her own company. Claudia Dostal, Berlin, claudiad@foxinc.com Head of the 20th Century Fox booking office for Berlin/Munich since November 1998. Before booker at the Cinemaxx AG. Wilhelm Faber, Berlin, faber@berlinale.de Since 1990 co-ordination of the festivalmanagement at the Berlin Intl. Film Festival; since 2002 in charge of Special Events. David Forcht, München, david.forcht@disney.com Head of Distribution at Helkon Filmverleih. Nick Fraser, London, nick.fraser@bbc.co.uk Commissioning Editor at BBC Storyville. Friederike Freier, Leipzig, levision@transnet.de PR & Marketing for feature film, documentaries and project management among others for L.E. Vision Film- und Fernsehproduktion, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung and Arsenal Filmverleih. Jochen Girsch, Brussels, brusselsavenue@compuserve.com CEO of world sales and production company Brussels Ave sprl, former CEO of Metropolis Film and Tristar Film & TV GmbH. York Gnielka, Berlin Since 1997 lawyer with an emphasis on the media business. Helmut Grasser, Vienna Producer. Managing director of Allegro Film Produktion GmbH. Frauke Greiner, Berlin, press@berlinale.de Head of the Berlinale Press Office and since 1994 co-founder and owner of the PR agency gs communications. Olaf Grunert, Berlin, grunert.o@ZDF.de Head of the Culture of ARTE Dept. of ZDF, vice chairman of the EBU Documentary Programme Group and member of the ZDF Festival committee. Several entries as an author for ARTE’s cultural magazine Metropolis as well as other documentaries. Fred de Haas, Amsterdam, freddehaas@wxs.nl Expert on promotion (Head of Holland Film from 1988 till 1994) and distribution (Shooting Star) in Benelux. Managing director of Z Films. Isabell Hagemann, Geneva, isabell.hagemann@tsr.ch Head of aquisitions and programming of Television Suisse Romande. Kerstin Hagrup, Copenhagen, mail@filmkontakt.dk Since 1991 director of Filmkontakt Nord. Member of steering committee of Nordisk Panorama, the annual festival for Nordic shorts and documentaries. Conny Hammelmann, Hamburg, info@mediadesk.de Since 2000 Coordinator of the MEDIA Desk Germany Jakob Høgel, Copenhagen jakobh@dfi.dk Commissioning editor for Documentaries & Shorts at the Danish Film Institute since November 1999. Former press officer at the Danish Refugee Council and lecturer at Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology, University of Manchester, UK. Bo Ehrhardt, Hvidovre, nimbusfilm@nimbusfilm.dk 1993 founder of Nimbus Film with Birgitte Hald. Since then producer of several dogma films as e.g. The celebration and Mifune. Bernd Hellthaler, Stuttgart, b.hellthaler@compuserve.com Founder and managing director of the EuroArts companies in Germany and UK, production and world-wide distribution company. Board Member of the Filmakademie Baden-Würtemberg and of the International Music Centre, Vienna. Doris Hepp, Mainz, hepp.d@zdf.de Since 1992 commissioning editor with Das kleine Fernsehspiel / ARTE, responsible especially for theme evenings and the documentary slot "La Lucarne”. Ingrid Hofmann, Leipzig Commissioner for ARTE at the MDR. Head of office of the Fernsehdirektor. Executive manager ARD Unterhaltungskoordination. Alexander Horwath, Vienna, horwath@magnet.at 1992-96 director of the Viennale. Since 1997 freelancer and consultant for International Film Festival Venice and others. Dr. Elfriede Hufnagl, Vienna, brigitte.calvi@orf.at Head of ORF department Sales and Purchases since 1987. Claus Josten, Cologne, josten.c@ZDF.de Commissioning editor for ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel / ARTE. Jolanda Klarenbeek, Amsterdam, jola@idfa.nl IDFA/FORUM. Head of the International Forum for Co-Producing of Documentaries since the beginning of the programme. Also in the selection committee for the IDFA festival. Sibylle Kurz, Erbach / Odw., s.kurz@pitching.de Freelance lecturer, trainer and coach Eric Lagesse, Paris, elagesse@cybercable.fr CEO of distribution company Pyramide. Claudia Landsberger, Amsterdam, hf@hollandfilm.nl Head of Holland Film Promotion. Monika Lendl, Vienna, office@lotus-film.co.at Assistant to producer at production company Lotus-Film. Stefan Lieberum, Berlin, ra-lieberum@bln.de Film and Media Lawyer since 1989. Owner of a national/international film and media law practice, founded 1996. In addition consultant to the regional filmboards. Dirk de Lille, Hilversum, dirk@rcv.nl Managing Director of RCV Entertainment. Former Managing Director of Polygram and Warner Bros. Karolin Lidin, Holte, karolinal@dfi.dk Since 1996 at The Danish film Institut. First as a commissioning editor since 1999 Head of short films and documentaries, Dept. Distribution & Marketing. Richard Lormand, Paris, intlpress@aol.com Owner of world cinema publicity. For nearly 15 years publicist, administrator / co-ordinator or journalist on European film festivals. Handles the international press office of Locarno Film Festival 2000. Former employee of Cannes Film Festival and the Viennale. Ron van der Meij, Leiderdorp, info@holland-subtitling.nl Production Co-ordinator at Holland subtitling. Dr. Heinrich Mis, Vienna, heinrich.mis@orf.at Commissioning editor for ORF for many years. Former author, writer and producer. Expert on daring European projects (Head of `Kunst-Stücke´1993 - 98). Kathrin Müller, Zurich, kathrin.mueller@go-between.ch Head of go-between communications, an agency for project development and communications for the arts (cinema, theatre, music, dance, photography) all around Europe. Former managing director of the Swiss Film Center. Kirsten Niehuus, Berlin, niehuus@ffa.de Former legal adviser for the Filmförderungsanstalt Berlin (FFA) and Senator Film. Since beginning of 1999 deputy head of the FFA. Daniel Otto, Munich d.otto@t-online.net Acquisitions of Feature Films, TV-Movies/Series for Video-On-Demand Online Services for T-Online International AG, Darmstadt, Content Sourcing & Coordination since 2003. Former Head of Feature Film Acquisition, peppermint gmbh, Munich and Head of Feature Film Acquisition and Sales, Helkon Media AG, Munich. Frank Peijnenburg, Hilversum, frank.peijnenburg@nps.nl Head of acquisition at NPS, Dutch public broadcaster. Feature films, documentaries and drama. Heidrun Podszus, Berlin, ventura.film@snafu.de Since 1996 founder and director of Ventura Film GmbH and since 1998 director of Potsdam Film Festival. Former managing director of Sputnik Film GmbH (cinemas and distribution). Liz Pompe, Vienna, liz.pompe@magnet.at Graphic designer. Artwork for various movies, e.g. NORDRAND, UN SPÉCIALISTE a.o. Franziska Reck, Zurich, f.reck@datacomm.ch CEO and president of IGV/CID (supporting the distribution of films of cultural relevance), founder and head of studies of the MEDIA programme ‘Distribution’. Eugen Rieck, Vienna, office@lotus-film.co.at Founder of Dr.Net! Network Services, project manager for intranet-based cost management for Austrian cities, web-based information management and web-programming for international clients. Klaus Rózsa, Zurich, rozsa@photoscene.ch Still photographer, director of photography, cutter and (co-)producer of a wide range of film and TV-productions. Initiated and still organises the Videofestival Budapest. Thea Sautter, Zurich, theatelier@freesurf.ch Swiss TV station DRS. Gerhard Schedl, Vienna, oefi@filminstitut.or.at Director of the Austrian Film Institute. Manfred Schmidt, Leipzig, mschmidt@mdm-foerderung.de Former head of documentary at the MDR. Now head of the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM). Roland Schmidt, Lübeck Since 2000 CEO at MSH – regional fund in Schleswig - Holstein. Heribert Schneiders, Leipzig Since 1992 commissioning editor at the Mitteldeutschen Rundfunk, department for Kulturpublizistik. Søren Schumann, Berlin Commissioning editor at SFB / ARTE. Michael Seeber, Vienna, film@prisma-wien.at Co-Founder of Prisma Filmproduktion. Producer of TV documentaries and feature films, also in international co-productions. Jürgen Seidler, Berlin, info@scripthouse.de CEO of Script House, script development for producer and international Co-productions. Mika Siltala, Helsinki, mikas@clinet.fi CEO at Cinema Mondo Ltd, member of board of Filmiaura ("Oscar-academy of Finland”). Antje Simon, Leipzig, a.simon@digim.de Head of production at digital images GmbH, DVD-Mastering studio. Niels Boe Sørensen, Copenhagen, nb.sorensen@carlsberg.com Since 1997 Marketing Development Manager at Carlsberg Corporate Marketing. Ernst Szebedits, Cologne, szebedits@pegasosfilm.de CEO of Pegasos Distribution and Production GmbH. Stefano Tealdi, Turin stefano@stefilm.it Co-Founder of Stefilm, a Turin based documentary film company which produces high quality programming for television and cinema. Chairperson of the European Documentary Network (EDN) from 1999 to 2001. Joel Thibout, Paris jthibout@backupfilms.com Relations with Distributors and Broadcasters at Back up Films. Jürgen Tomm, Berlin Commissioning editor at the SFB for many years. Responsible for contemporary history and documentaries. Hannu Tuomainen, Helsinki, cinemaker@kolumbus.fi Since 1990 managing director of porduction company Cinemaker Ltd. Producer of "Tommy and the wildcat”. Susann Wach Rózsa, Zurich, susann.wach@sfdrs.ch Commissioning editor at BR, Swiss TV station DRS, dept. ‘Fernsehfilm’. Monika Weibel, Zurich, monika.weibel@frenetic.ch Co-owner of Frenetic Films, a distribution company for feature films and documentaries. Dr. Brigitte Weich, Vienna, afilmco@magnet.at Austrian Film Commission, assistant manager and manager of sales department. Jane Weiner, Paris, jpweiner@compuserve.com Producer and director of feature films and documentaries. Since 1982 president of JP Weiner Productions, Inc.. Co-production of documentaries between Europe and the United States. HEADS OF STUDY Björn Koll, Berlin, info@salzgeber.de Since 1994 managing director of Salzgeber & Co. Medien GmbH, producer, many guest lectures for different education institutions and the Hochschule für Film- und Fernsehen in Potsdam. Esther van Messel, Zurich, info@firsthandfilms.com Since 1998 founder and owner of the world sale First Hand Films. Before: production and realisation of feature films and documentaries. Consultant for EAVE, the FORUM Amsterdam and the CineMart Rotterdam.