Producer
Georg Tschurtschenthaler is a Berlin-based creative producer, writer, and showrunner of high-quality documentaries, series and interactive projects with more than 15 years of experience. In his career Georg has earned some 25 credits for his work on non-fiction projects, mostly for the international market. In addition he is co-founder of the Bolzano-based production house ECHO FILM. In 2013, he was awarded with the Grimme Award, the most important German TV award, as creative producer / showrunner in the 6x52 min series FAREWELL COMRADES; in 2014, he was nominated for the Emmys for THE WAGNER FILES, and in 2019 he was awarded with the Grimme Award as creative producer for the Sundance-premiering documentary THE CLEANERS.
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Coach, media trainer, Berlin (DE)
Katrin Nandelstädt provides presentation and media coaching for people from culture, science, business and politics. She also does group trainings for clients like Humboldt Universität, Max-Planck-Institut, Siemens, Arup, Sparkx Leadership Program for Women in Media Companies. For filmmakers she offers special pitch trainings, among others she works with Documentary Campus, Erich Pommer Institut, Sheffield Dok/Fest, Polish Audiovisual Producers Chamber of Commerce. Katrin is a journalist by profession. She studied journalism and economics in Dortmund, Berlin and Brussels, did a traineeship at Deutsche Welle and worked as an author and presenter for WDR, ZDF and Deutschlandfunk Kultur. For the past 15 years, she has been a systemic consultant, business coach and communications trainer and has continued her education in voice formation, mental training, hypnosis, breath therapy and EMDR.
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Editor, Berlin (DE)
Studies in Philosophy and cinema, at Munich (Germany), with a degree thesis about Federico Fellini: the clown as a shape at the border between life and death. She lived many years in New York and in Africa, and is an editor since 2000. She has worked with Emily Atef, Volker Koepp, Micah Magee, Wael Shawky, Michael Klette, Cordula Kablitz, Wim Wenders, Markus Imhoof, and many others, who helped her to develop her sensibility. She is member of the German Film Academy and of the BFS (German Editors Association).
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Writer, director, editor & lecturer, Berlin (DE)
Born 1962 in London. 1981-84 English Language & Literature, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, then picture editor, BBC TV News, London. 1989-92 National Film & TV School, UK. Based in Berlin, Germany 1992-2006, then worked at the European Film College, Denmark 2006-8. Senior Lecturer at the University of South Wales 2010-15, currently Programme Leader, MA Documentary & Factual at Met Film School, Berlin. Active member of CILECT, co-organiser with Heidi Gronauer of "Teaching Documentary" conference (Cardiff 2014, Bolzano 2018). In Berlin from 2015, teaching filmmaking and working as a mentor in various European countries. 2005-18 Co-Host of The D-Word documentary community. Films as writer/director include MEMORY OF BERLIN (1998), BEHIND WORDS (2005), FRIENDLY ENEMY ALIEN (2006), POWER & PLACE (2010).
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Script writer/Director/Producer, Kiev, Ukraine
Sergei Loznitsa was born on September, 5th 1964. In 1997 he graduated from the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow, where he studied feature filmmaking. Sergei Loznitsa has been making documentary films since 1996, and he has directed award-winning 18 documentaries. Loznitsa’s feature debut “MY JOY” (2010) premiered in the main competition at the Festival de Cannes, and was followed by the feature film “IN THE FOG” (2012), which was awarded FIPRESCI prize at the 65th Festival de Cannes. In 2013 Sergei Loznitsa launched a film production and distribution company ATOMS & VOID. Loznitsa’s feature-length documenatry “MAIDAN” (2014), the chronicles of the Ukrainian revolution, had its world premiere at a Séance Special of Festival de Cannes. Sergei continues to work both in documentary and feature genres.
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DOP, Bolzano (IT)
After training as a DOP in Milan, the cameraman and photographer Kurt Moser began to work for the Italian studio of Austrian broadcaster ORF. Moving to Rome, he worked on reports for the German broadcasters ZDF and Pro 7 as well as for Swiss TV. From 1996 onwards he worked on documentary films for numerous notable broadcasters, such as ARD, ARTE, BBC and CNN, and produced for TERRA X and UNIVERSUM among others. He then spent some years as a war correspondent and got a „ Grimme Price „ nomination for this. One of his best-known works is his 2009 cinema documentary “Das Auge 3D: Leben und Arbeiten am Cerro Paranal”, for which he received the “Award for Best Picture” at the Dimension3 international film festival in Paris. Kurt has since 2010 been working on ultra large format photography and has sifted through dozens of historical books and documents, updating the approaches of the past to the possibilities of the modern era. Today he is one of the few experts in this area and his work has met with considerableonal approval.
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DOP, Hamburg/Munich (DE)
1990 University of Television and Film / Munich. Since 1993 cameraman of many long documentary films; since 1996 camera for advertising, feature film and series. Producer, director, cameraman and author. Founding of the New Horizons Film and Media Production in Hanover and Munich. Development of feature film and documentary film projects. Lecturer at the Film School ZeLIG in Bolzano (Italy), HFF / Munich, Film Academy Ludwigsburg, ARD-ZDF Media Academy, nordmedia 'Hands on HD Workshop'. Special experience in international productions (Italy, China). Shooting in Italy, France, Spain, Japan, Canada, Poland, Turkey, China, Russia and India.
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Coach and Trainer, Zurich / Switzerland
Christine Loriol is a journalist, texter and communications consultant as well as a coach and trainer for people who have to speak in public in any situations as presentation, pitching, interviews etc. She has been giving workshops, seminaries and personal trainings for many years – especially also for people working in the film industry, for example with www.focal.ch and the Swiss Film Prize, as well as also for ESoDoc 2015 in Palermo. For ESoDoc she gave a open Pitching-Workshop and one-to-one-Coachings for every project. She is born 1960 and lives in Zurich / Switzerland. She speaks german, english, french and italian.
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CEO of Together Films, London (UK)
Sarah Mosses is CEO of Together Films, a new consultancy working with social issue film content to reach new audiences. She helps filmmakers craft Impact Distribution Campaigns to increase both their social impact, audience reach and revenue potential. As an award winning Producer, Sarah’s debut feature documentary They Will Have To Kill Us First had its World Premiere at SXSW 2015 and European Premiere at London Film Festival 2015. Sarah is a mentor for Documentary Campus, ESoDoc, Sheffield DocFest, On Screen Manitoba, working with emerging producers to enhance their film narrative and distribution/marketing potential.
Director, Crossover Labs; Curator, Alternate Realities, Sheffield Doc/Fest, (GB)
As director of Crossover Labs, Mark works with film and TV producers and directors, games developers and web designers, preparing them to become the producers of tomorrow, through labs and workshops. He curates the Alternate Realities strand at the Sheffield Doc/Fest, comprising the Interactive Summit, a public exhibition of the world’s most exciting interactive and Virtual Reality documentary work, and the AR market for interactive projects seeking funding. He is an award-winning independent producer, having been commissioned by BBC, Channel 4 and international networks over the past six years.
CEO of RCS ( Rough Cut Service), Helsinki (FI)
Iikka Vehkalahti, Executive Producer in IV Films Ltd, Rough Cut Service and Dare To Dream. Consultant for Steps and AfriDocs. Commissioning Editor for the Finnish Broadcasting Company Finland 1998-2015. Executive Producer for 'Steps For The Future' and one of the Series Producers for 'Why Democracy'. He has been involved or supported numerous international well known documentaries like 'Three Rooms of Melancholy', 'Act of Killing', 'Armadillo', 'Happiness', 'Don't Breath', 'Lakshmi and Me', 'Placebo', 'Vivas las Antipodas' etc. 'Steps by Steps' is one of his books.
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Director/Producer and Head of Development - Stefilm International, Turin (IT)
Born in Johannesburg (South Africa) in 1955, he studies Architecture in Torino – Italy and founds the film production company Stefilm in 1991. He directed 'A World of Pasta', 'Doctor Ice' (Science Film Festival 2009) and the series 'Food Markets - In the Belly of the City' (10x52). He produced 'Mostar United' (IDFA 2009), 'Vinylmania' (IFF Rotterdam 2012), 'Char, no man’s island' (Berlinale Forum 2013), 'The Queen of Silence' (IDFA 2014, 'Silver Horn', best feature length doc Krakow FF 2015, Golden Nanook - Flahertiana IDF Perm 2015). He tutors for: Biennale Cinema College Venice, Cinema do Brasil, Cannes Film Market, Documentary Campus, EDN, Films de 3 Continents – Produire au Sud, Media Business School, Med Film Factory, Scuola Holden, TFL-Torino Film Lab, Film Garage, ZagrebDox Pro, ESoDoc / ZeLIG School for Documentary, Bolzano.
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Free lance film consultant and film critic, Copenhagen (DK)
Born 1947. Danish. He worked with short and documentary films for more than 20 years at the Danish Film Institute. Co-founder of Balticum Film and TVFestival, Filmkontakt Nord and Documentary of the EU. He has given documentary courses and seminars in more than 30 countries. From 1996 until 2005 he was director of EDN (European Documentary Network). From 2006 he has been a freelance consultant and teacher in workshops like Ex Oriente, DocsBarcelona, Archidoc, Documentary Campus, Storydoc, Baltic Sea Forum, Black Sea DocStories, ZeLIG School for Documentary, Caucadoc as well as programme consultant for the festivals Magnificent7 in Belgrade, DOCSBarcelona, Message2Man in St. Petersburg and DOKLeipzig. www.filmkommentaren.dk
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Editor and Director, Berlin (Germany)
Following studies in Film Direction and Psychology, he received a Ph.D. in Philosophy. He has worked as a film editor and screenwriter since 1973, for documentaries and experimental films. He has conducted important research and written extensively on the esthetics and theory of editing and more, including the book 'Der Film verliert sein Handwerk', and co-authored with Hans J. Wulff, 'Film und Psychologie'. He’s taught at many film schools, including HfbK, Hamburg; UdK, Berlin; FHSS, Berlin; FU, Berlin; HU, Berlin; Vienna Film Academy; HFF, Potsdam; ZeLIG, Bolzano; Filmarche, Berlin. Visit his website dedicated to film editing: www.montagetheorie.de
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