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Fährmann, Tom
Award-winning German cinematographer and photographer, he has shot feature
films such as PoPe JoAn. Three films on which he worked were part of the Berlinale’s
German Cinema: ST. PAuli nAChT, The MirACle of Bern (winner of the German film
Award) and ulzhAn. (p.25, 52)
Fessmann, milena
German music supervisor, she is the founder of Cinesong, which offers a full range
of services related to music and films. She was music consultant for PAlerMo ShooTinG
and for requieM. She has worked as a radio DJ and currently hosts a show called
“free falling“ on radioeins in Berlin. (p.63)
FonTaine, Dick
Documentary filmmaker, currently head of Documentary Direction at nfTS (uK), he
has made over 40 films for television and the independent media. A founding
member of Granada Television’s WorlD in ACTion, he developed experimental art
films with John Cage, roland Kirk, Johnny rotten and Kathleen Battle. (p.29)
Francke, lizzie
A development producer for the uK film Council’s development fund, she was previously
an executive producer for eM Media where her credits include ConTrol,
CoMPleTe hiSTory of My SexuAl fAilureS and huSh. She co-produced VinyAn and
produced unMADe BeDS, which featured in the 2008 Berlinale Generation. (p.36)
Frayling, sir chrisTopher
former director of the royal College of Art and chairman of Arts Council england, he
is a globally renowned writer, film historian, award-winning broadcaster, and has
numerous publications on the arts, popular culture and design. (p.56)
Frears, sTephen
Academy Award nominated film director, his cache of films include My BeAuTiful
lAunDreTTe, DAnGerouS liAiSonS, The GrifTerS, DirTy PriTTy ThinGS, The queen and
Cheri, which featured in the 2009 Berlinale Competition. (p.51)
Fujiwara, chris
See interview on p.27. (p.26-27)
garcía, roDrigo
Columbian-born director, his film MoTher AnD ChilD produced by Alejandro
González iñarritu, Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro premiered at the Toronto
international film festival in 2009. he is one of the directors of the omnibus film
reVoluCión which premieres at the 2010 Berlinale Special. (p.58)
gazDag, gyula
iconoclastic hungarian director of theatre, film, and television, his films include the
multiple award-winning A hunGAriAn fAiry TAle, STAnD off and SinGinG on The
TreADMill, as well as the documentaries The BAnqueT and The reSoluTion. Professor
at the uClA School of Theatre, film & TV, he is the artistic director of the Sundance
filmmakers lab and teaches at the Binger filmlab. (p.28)
genTz, anneTTe
German cultural scientist and manger, she has been conceptualising musical projects
in the fields of film, opera, music, theatre, art, literature and dance since 2007.
Together with Matthias Schneider, she founded "gentz & schneider – musik kultur
management" in 2009, representing various composers such as Michael nyman and
Max richter. (p.66)
gerTTen, FreDrik
Swedish filmmaker, founder of WG film, he was involved in The lefToVerS and finAl
iMAGe. his latest BAnAnAS!* is screened at the 2010 Berlinale Culinary Cinema. (p.49)
gibson, ben
Director of the london film School, he has commissioned and produced films by
Terence Davies, Derek Jarman, John Maybury, Andrew Kotting and many others as
an independent producer and as head of production at the British film institute. he
is founding chairman of The Script factory. (p.53)
gilleTT, lizzie
Producer, she came to london from new zealand, where she worked as TV news
reporter and programmer. She worked for Spanner films, and by the end of
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2004, was on board The Stupid Beast as co-producer of the feature film Age
of STupid. (p.62)
Goldbeck, christian
german production designer and art director, he was art director for AnATomy 2,
The ReAdeR and SToRm and production designer for The educAToRS, AnTiBodieS
and Love Life. his set designs for KRABAT, Requiem and go foR ZucKeR! were
nominated for the german film Award. (p.35)
GoodridGe, Mike
editor of Screen international, he edits Screen’s print dailies at Berlin, cannes,
Toronto and Afm. he has written on film for international publications such as The
Times and The evening Standard (uK) and el mundo’s el cultural section in Spain. he
was vice president of the hollywood foreign press Association from 2007 to 2009
and is a member of the LA film critics Association, fipReSci and BAfTA/LA. (p.58)
GouGh, louise
Script editor and dramaturg of a number of feature films and over 40 professionally
produced plays. She works for Robyn Kershaw productions in Australia and for
SouRceS 2 at their script development workshops. most recently, she script edited
BRAn nue dAe, which premieres in the Berlinale generation 14plus 2010. (p.28)
Grass, ben
managing director of pure grass films, he produced Beyond The RAve and KiRiLL,
winner of a Webby for Best drama episode in 2009. he was formerly responsible for
Sony pictures digital in europe and was, prior to that, senior advisor for corporate
Strategy at the BBc. (p.58)
Gunnarsdóttir, Ásdís sif
icelandic artist, she is known for performances that take place in unconventional
places and video installations consisting of three dimensionality and visual
psychedelic poetry. She studied video and performance Art before she graduated
from the new genres department of ucLA in 2004. (p.63, 65)
heinen, sonja
See interview on p.31 (p.31, 64, 65, 66)
heinze, thoMas
german actor, he has worked in homo fABeR, dAS SupeRWeiB and deR gRoSSe
BAgARoZy, ShooT The duKe and ZWeiohRKüKen. he was nominated for the german
Television Award in 2005. (p.66)
herManus, oliver
South African director and writer, he made several short films before his feature
debut ShiRLey AdAmS, which premiered in competition at the 2009 Locarno film
festival and won three awards at the durban international film festival. he is
currently writing his second film script “The Struggle”. (p.61)
hoffMann, jennifer
coordinator for research projects at the institute for Art Research at the film and
Television Academy (hff) “Konrad Wolf”, she is also executive producer of hff’s first
live-action stereo 3d-shortfilm ToppeR doeSn’T give up! which premieres in march
2010. (p.53)
høGel, jacob kirstein
Artistic director of new danish Screen, a talent development scheme for films and
computer games. he was formerly a film consultant at the danish film institute
and supported documentaries. he co-founded the production company cosmo
doc where he produced the award-winning pRoSTiTuTion Behind The veiL. (p.29, 63)
höhne, Maike Mia
programme curator of Berlinale Shorts since 2007, she is also a freelance writer,
director, curator and photographer in various contexts. Among others, she wrote,
directed and produced ABouT devoTion and end of The cenTuRy. (p.55)
jaMes, alby
former head of development at eon Screenwriters’ Workshop in London, he is a
board member of first Light movies in the uK. he is a jury member and mentor
of the Script Station and Actors Workshop, and since 2008, a jury member of the
Berlinale’s World cinema fund. (p.25, 28, 57)
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James, Nick
Chief Editor of the British Film Institute’s renowned magazine “Sight & Sound“, he
worked as a film journalist at the London listings magazine “City Limits“, and is the
author of “Heat“, a book on Michael Mann’s film. In 2003 he was the presenter of the
BBC4 documentary BrItISH CInEMa: tHE End oF tHE aFFaIr. (p.62)
kaJimura, masayo
a Japanese-German video artist and curator, she has made short films, video
installations and works in collaboration with dance and music. She has curated the
film series “Made in Germany”, which runs regularly at the Werkstatt der Kulturen
and the video art sections of film festivals such as asian Hot Shots Berlin and nippon
Connection. (p.61)
kamya, caroliNe
Ugandan director, she founded iVad Productions setting up a Uganda arts and
Media academy to help young people learn about filmmaking. She is a Campus
alumna and directed, amongst others, rEaL SaHaraWI, declared Best East african
Film, and IManI, which features at the 2010 Berlinale Forum. (p.61)
keNNedy, adriaN
actor/comedian, tV writer and senior producer of dW-tV's daily lifestyle magazine
show “Euromaxx“, he currently presents “a Hit is a Hit“, a multimedia pop music
revue at Berlin‘s legendary Kaffee Burger. He is a founding member of the Berlin &
Brandenburg Society for authentic and Historical Music. (p.51)
killi, aNita
norwegian animation director, she established the animation studio trollfilm aS
and directed numerous short animated films. Her cache of films include tHE daUGHEr
oF tHE SUn, and tHE HEdGE oF tHornS, which was awarded a Crystal Bear for Best
Short Film at the Berlinale in 2002. Her anGry Man features in the 2010 Berlinale
Generation. (p.53)
kNaf, Joachim
tutor at the Film and television academy (HFF) “Konrad Wolf”, he focuses on
financing and calculation. He has authored the publication “online Filme pro duzieren“
and has worked on international feature and documentary pro duc t i ons
since 1996. (p.35)
kNöller, Britta
Managing director of 23|5 Filmproduktion and previously employed as production
assistant at X Filme Creative Pool, she has worked with Hans-Christian Schmid overseeing
the productions of his award-winning films rEqUIEM, which premiered at the 2006
Berlinale Competition, tHE WondroUS WorLd oF LaUndry and StorM. (p.59)
kNopperts, fleur
Former director of the Forum for international co-financing of documentaries at the
International documentary Film Festival amsterdam, she worked for the doc/Fest in
Sheffield in 2007 where she set up MeetMarket. She joined Volya Films where she
works on the development and international financing of documentary and fiction
projects. (p.29, 62)
kolar, cedomir
Croatian producer based in France and founder of a.S.a.P. Films, he was elected to
the EFa Board in 2004. His credits include tom tykwer’s HEaVEn, danis tanovic’s HELL
and traIGE. Currently in production are Benedek Fliegauf’s WoMB, Srdjan Karanovic’s
BESa and danis tanovic’s CIrCUS CoLUMBIa. (p.51)
korda, susaN
She has worked as a writer, director and editor on films including the oscar
nominated documentary For aLL ManKInd, trEMBLInG BEForE G-d and her own onE
oF US, which featured in the 1999 Berlinale Forum. She also lectures at the new york
tisch School of the arts and the International Film School, Cologne. (p.24, 49)
kosslick, dieter
Festival director of the Berlin International Film Festival since 2001, he was
manag ing director of Hamburg‘s cultural film fund in 1983. He became director
of the Ham burg Film Fund in 1988 and director of the Filmstiftung northrhine-
West phalia in 1992. (p.47, 51, 65)
Kröger, Merle
Filmmaker, producer and writer, her company Pong has produced the awardwinning
documentaries Peace Mission and The halFMoon Files; the latter screened
at the 2007 Berlinale Forum. she has authored two crime novels, a radio play and
several film scripts. her new film, co-written by Philip scheffner, DaY oF The sPaRRoW,
premieres at the 2010 Berlinale Forum. (p.29)
Kurz, Sibylle
Pitching trainer and consultant for film schools and film institutes all over europe,
she specialises in intensive pitching training, project presentation, proposal devel
o pment, dramaturgical doctoring and consultancy work. she is a member of the
pedagogical team of eaVe, author of three publications and a coach for the Berlin
Today award 2011. (p.32)
laaS, Mait
estonian animation artist, author and director of nukuFilm studio, his film The WaY
To niRVana won the Grand Prize at the 47th oberhausen international short Film
Festival. his animation GeneRaTio was shown at the 2005 Berlinale Forum and won
a Burgas Municipality award at the sophia international Film Festival in 2005. (p.53)
landSberger, Claudia
Vice president of european Film Promotion, she has been on many selection
committees of film funds and festivals and was feature film development executive
and script consultant for several european production companies. since 1995, she
has been heading holland Film, the marketing and promotion agency for Dutch
films worldwide. (p.51)
levine, Sydney
over 25 years‘ experience in the entertainment industry, she established the video
rental division of Republic Pictures. her international contacts have resulted in
acquisitions ranging from international features such as leTTeR To BRezhneV and MY
BeauTiFul launDReTTe, to artistic and commercial genres. (p.36, 54)
leyerS, toMaS
Belgian producer, he founded the production company Minds Meet, which specia -
lises in feature film production and event creation. he produced Kaïn and losT
PeRson aRea and co-produced The TanGo sinGeR and The DaY GoD WalKeD aWaY. (p.59)
lidin, CeCilia
head of eDn (european Documentary network), she is responsible for numerous
workshops and seminars and is a tutor and moderator of pitching sessions and film
discussions. she conducts courses on documentary filmmaking in europe and
promotes shorts and documentaries for Filmkontakt nord. (p.36)
linSSen, dana
Dutch film critic, she is a board member of FiPResci. since 1997, she has been working
as a film critic for the Dutch daily “nRc handelsblad“, and since 1998, she is the
edi t or-in-chief of the Dutch independent film monthly “De Filmkrant“. she is a ment
or of the Talent Press since 2008. (p.26, 62)
luna, diego
Distinguished Mexican actor, he has acted in films such as nicoTina, the critically
acclaimed Y Tu MaMá TaMBién, the oscar winning FRiDa, MilK, JusT WalKinG and
RouGh anD VulGaR. he is one of the directors of the omnibus film ReVolución which
premieres in the 2010 Berlinale special. (p.58)
MaKatSCh, heiKe
an award-winning German actress, her first appearance was in MänneRPension. she
played leading roles in films like aiMee & JaGuaR, GRiPsholM and MaRGaReTe sTeiFF
for which she won two Bambis and received an emmy nomination. in 2009 she
appeared in The DooR and in the leading role in hilDe. (p.25, 33, 51)
MalColM, dereK
British film historian and critic with “The Guardian“ for several decades, he is
president of the British Federation of Film societies and the international Film critics
circle, he is honorary President of FiPResci and writes for the london “evening
standard“. he is a mentor of the Talent Press since 2005. (p.26)