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AbrAm, Ido
Director of communications of the EYE Film Institute Netherlands, the new national
film institute. He is a board member of ACE and member of the International Advisory
Board of the CineMart and the Hong Kong Film Financing Forum. (p.28)
AllAmodA, bettInA
Artist working in the contextual field of visual arts in a transdisciplinary sense, her
work reflects architectural interdependencies of urban public spaces and projective
functions of the built environment. Focusing on the mediatisation of history and
documentation, her work shows the analysis and exposure of concealed politics of
vi si bility inscribed in the surfaces of fashion, art and architecture. (p.35)
ArrAte Fernández, IsAbel
Head of the Jan Vrijman Fund, initiated in 1998 by the International Documentary
Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). Since then, the Jan Vrijman Fund has funded over
400 creative documentary projects in development and (post­)production stage by
filmmakers from developing countries. (p.35)
beerends, sAndrA
Dutch script editor and guest lecturer. She has worked with an array of screenwriters,
directors and producers strengthening the narrative structure of their scripts and
films. At the public broadcaster NTR, she was responsible for various award­winning
series and worked on several feature films, family films and documentaries. (p.35)
behesht nedjAd, roshAnAk
She is the founder and producer of Flying Moon, a Berlin­based production company,
which focuses on features films and documentaries. With an emphasis on
inter national co­productions, Flying Moon films include COMRADES IN DREAMS and
FULL METAL VILLAGE. She also produced FOOTBALL UNDER COVER, OVERSEAS AND
UNDER YOUR SKIN and HOME FROM HOME and most recently, LOVESONG. (p.28)
belAFonte, hArry
In addition to a long, successful singing and acting career, the US­American Harry
Belafonte is well­known as an advocate for human rights and has received awards
from the Peace Corps and UNICEF. His film career includes CARMEN JONES, ISLAND IN
THE SUN and KANSAS CITY. Susanne Rostock’s documentary about Belafonte’s life,
SING YOUR SONG, will be screened at this year’s Berlinale Special. (p.51)
belsIto, Peter
American producer, cinematographer and publisher, he was the executive vice president
of FilmFinders. Together with Sydney Levine, he successfully merged Film­
Finders with IMDb and Amazon.com. He has been involved in the professional education
of young filmmakers at festivals, market panels and forums. (p.35)
berg, ChrIstIne
Former managing director of the Film Fund Schleswig­Holstein, she is the project
director of the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) at the German Federal Film Board
(FFA). She also worked for the production company Kinowelt where she produced
MOSTLY MARTHA. (p.46)
bernFeld, Wendy
Founder of Rights Stuff BV, established in 1999. She specialises in hardcore content
licensing negotiations and related rights advice for traditional and new media.
Based in Amsterdam, she has over 24 years experience in film/payTV channel startup
and programme buying, beginning originally as an entertainment lawyer and
then spending her career as a senior movie buyer/TV executive. (p.37,57)
beyer, klAus-Peter
Artistic director of the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg, he was the music pro ducer
of the 2001 version of Lotte Reiniger’s THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED, mu sic
composer of CONVERSATIONS WITH A BEAST and studio manager of THE MUSKE TEER.
(p.22, 58)
bInIAsz, thomAs
Psychologist, executive coach and management consultant. Since 2001, he is director
of PSM. His core competencies are executive coaching, developing and im plementing
leadership programmes and facilitating change processes in big organisations.
(p.55)
Bird, Andrew
British-born editor who works chiefly in German cinema. He collaborated with Fatih
Akin, whose films THE EDGE OF HEAVEN, HEAD ON and SOUL KITCHEN he edited. Among
others, he received the German Camera Award and Film+'s Schnitt Prize. He edited
Miranda July’s THE FUTURE, which runs in this year’s Berlinale Competition. (p.26)
BrinkmAnn, kAthrin
Commissioning editor of the department ARTE “Thema” within the German TV
channel ZDF, she used to commission “Das Kleine Fernsehspiel” from 1994-2000.
Recently she commissioned COMRADE COUTURE by Marco Willms, SUPER ART MAR KET
by Zoran Solomun and A JIHAD FOR LOVE by Parvez Sharma. (p.25)
Büscher, mAreile
Berlin-based lawyer at Raue LLP, she focuses on intellectual property matters, media
and entertainment law, as well as copyright litigation and negotiation. She has lectured
on the subject of art and copyright law for various institutions including the
Humboldt University Berlin. (p.51, 53)
chronis, iwAnA
Manager of the Hubert Bals Fund of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Previously, she worked at the Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development,
where she coordinated the Cultural Emergency Response (CER) programme. During
those years, she also collaborated with IFFR’s CineMart for the Prince Claus Fund
Film Grant. (p.37)
colAs, cAtherine
Commissioning editor for short and long films at ZDF/ARTE, she is also responsible
for the ZDF magazine “Short Circuit”. Since 1995, she works at ARTE in Paris in the
feature film department, for the programme “Metropolis” and as production man ager
for documentary films. (p.53)
cowie, Peter
Film historian and long-time international publishing director of “Variety" magazine,
he has written some 30 books on film and film icons, and has contributed numerous
commentaries to “Criterion” DVDs. In 1963 he was the founding editor of the annual
“International Film Guide”. His latest book is on Akira Kurosawa. (p.49, 62, 64)
de Beijer, evert
Dutch short film director, screenwriter and graphic designer. In 1980 he completed
his first animated film, GERARD which ran successfully at festivals, followed by THE
CHARACTERS which was honoured with numerous prizes and awards. His most recent
film GET REAL! will be shown in this year’s Berlinale Generation. (p.54)
de mAegd, Peter
Independent film producer focusing on new opportunities of the converging media.
He was involved in the production and marketing of various Caviar Films releases
such as DIRTY MIND, LEFT BANK and MY QUEEN KARO. With Caviar Films, he develops
the drama series THE ARTISTS in co-production with several European broadcasters.
In 2004 he founded the production company Potemkino. (p.57)
deckert, heino
Producer and managing director of MA.JA.DE Film Production. In 1995 he founded
d.net, an informal union of seven European producers. In 2003 he established the
world sales agency Deckert Distribution. He lectures on documentary production
and distribution for organisations such as EDN and Eurodoc. (p.61)
deroBe, AlAin
French cinematographer and stereographer. Having been involved in numerous
feature films, Derobe specialised on 3D cinema and developed various systems that
are crucial for 3D filming. He is the founder of the Association of French Cine matographers
and UP3D, an association of French stereographers. He is the stereographer
of PINA, screening in this year‘s Berlinale. (p.54)
des Forêts, jeAn
Alumnus of 2008, he is the producer of numerous short and feature films including
AGUA FRÍA DE MAR by Paz Fábrega and HÉROS by Bruno Merle. In 2010 he started his
own company, Petit Film. Currently in production are 40 DAYS OF SILENCE by Saodat
Ismailova, LEONES by Jazmín López and WIR SIND TOT by Tobias Nölle. (p.14, 57)
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