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Conference 2025
Germany's biggest industry event for broadcasters, streamers, producers and screenwriters will take place in Cologne from June 3 to 5, 2025.
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Speakers 2025
Bettina Alber
SRF
Dramaturge and Editor at SRF
Jim Ashilevi
ZA/UM Studio
Writer & VO Director
Bilal Bahadır
Director and Writer
Tali Barde
THREE HEADED MONKEY FILMS GMBH
Writer, Director and Producer
Hauke Bartel
RTL Deutschland
Head of Fiction
Pernille Bech Christensen
TV 2 Denmark
Senior Executive Producer
Marius Beck
Apollonia Film GmbH
Screenwriter and Producer
Carina Bernd
ZDF
Genre Portfolio Manager
Alexander Bickel
WDR
Head of Fiction
Tim Biedert
Freelance Producer
Emilie Blézat
Dark Riviera, Sciapode
Producer, CEO Dark Riviera (Sweden) and Sciapode (France)
Claudia Bluemhuber
Silver Reel
CEO and Showrunner
Anna–Maria Böhm
Scriptwriter and Actor
Beate Bramstedt
ZDF
Fiction Editor
Sigrid Brücher
Drehbuchwerkstatt München
Bianka Bunde
ZDF
Distribution and Social Media Manager
Julia Mirjam Cantuária
Screenwriter and Creator
Maria Cervera
Cattleya Producciones, ITV Studios
Head of Content
Stewart Clarke
Deadline
SVP, Content, International
Nicolas Corson
Benuts
VFX Supervisor
Anselm Kreuzer
Music Sculptor
Composer
David Daubitz
Narrative Lead and Head Writer (diverse Game Companies)
Al De Azpiazu
Fremantle International
Senior Vice President Distribution and Co-Productions
Jessica de Rooij
Film Composer
Jan Diepers
PLOT NEXT Speaker
Studio Hamburg Serienwerft GmbH
Producer and Managing Director Studio Hamburg Serienwerft GmbH
Emmanuel Eckert
Deputy Acquisition Director, Director and Producer
Nick Edwards
Freelance Journalist
Silke Eggert
Screenwriter and Creator
Paula Essam
Actress and Writer
Alex Farnham
Supermassive Games
Senior Writer
Christoph Fey
VON HAVE FEY Rechtsanwälte
Rechtsanwalt und Partner bei VON HAVE FEY Rechtsanwälte
Lena Fischer
Deputy Project Lead CreatiF Center, Subproject Lead Integrative Production Management
Brendan Fitzgerald
Secuoya Studios
CEO, Secuoya Studios
Susanne Frank
ZDF Studios
Adrienne Frésjacques
ARTE France
Commissioning Editor ARTE France Drama
Johannes Frick–Königsmann
ZDF
Commissioning Editor, Deputy Team Manager
Joachim Friedmann
Screenwriter, Creative Producer and Media Scholar
Marianne Furevold–Boland
NRK
Head of Drama
Franziska Gärtner
bildundtonfabrik
Head of Acquisitions and Sales
Hana Geißendörfer
Geißendörfer Pictures (GP)
Producer
Cecile Gerardin
CANAL +INTERNATIONAL
Head of Drama Development
Maximilian Greil
Lax Entertainment GmbH
Producer and Managing Director
Piodor Gustafsson
Black Spark Film & TV AB, Rainy Days Productions AB.
Producer
Andreas Gutzeit
Story House Pictures
Writer, Producer and Director
Samya Hafsaoui
Host, Actress, Writer and Journalist
Charles Harrison
BBC Studios
International Scripted Format Producer
Yves Hensel
Screenwriter
Nina Hernandez
Portocabo
Head of Content
Annette Hess
Writer, Director and Showrunner
Anke Hirschel
WDR
Commissioning Editor in the Fiction Programme Department
Eva Holtmann
BBC Studios Germany
Head of Scripted
Maurice Hübner
Director
Elsa Huisman
Cabinet 111, Studio 112
Lawyer
Irina Ignatiew–Lemke
Boxworks Media
Media Executive and Creative Producer
Samuel Jefferson
BRAINS NARRATIVE STUDIO
Screenwriter, Producer and Co-Founder
Johannes Jensen
Banijay Entertainment, Jarowskij/Yellow Bird
Head of Scripted, Business
Desiree Kahikopo–Meiffret
DEVIne Film Productions
Producer, Writer and Director
Rosina Kaleab
Writer and Actress
Ole Kampkovski
NDR
Christian Kaps
Screenwriter
Ravi Karmalker
Good Karma Fiction International
Writer, Director and Producer
Johanna "Nunnu" Karppinen
Post Control Helsinki
COO, Head of International
Philipp Käßbohrer
bildundtonfabrik
CEO of btf (bildundtonfabrik)
Lisa Keiner
Writer and Producer
Benjamin Kerneck
BDA Creative
Managing Partner
Dmytro Khrypun
ICTV channel
Creative producer
Helge Köhnen
Bavaria Media GmbH
Head of Content Sales
Johanna Koljonen
Participation Design Agency
Media Analyst
Morad Koufane
France Télévisions
Head of International Scripted Series
Katharina Kremling
ZDF
Commissioning Editor International Coproduction
Thomas Kren
Bavaria Fiction
Development Executive
Gabor Krigler
Joyrider
Malin Krüger
Producer
Sebastian Ladwig
Screenwriter and Dramaturge
Nathalie Lamb
Director
Jarmo Lampela
YLE
Head of Drama, Director, Producer and Scriptwriter
Alexandra Lebret
AXIO Capital
Partner
Marc Lepetit
Producer
Juliana Lima Dehne
Screenwriter and Producer
Prof. Odile Limpach
SpielFabrique 360°
Kristina Löbbert
Warner Bros. International Television Production
Producer
Helen Lõhmus
Oree Films
Partner and producer
Sebastian Lückel
Degeto Film GmbH
Head of Acquisition and Co-Production
Thomas Lückerath
DWDL.de
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Zoe Magdalena
Author and Actress
Gerhard Maier
Seriencamp
Head Of Programme and Co-Founder
Agata Malesińska
Writer and Creator
Steve Matthews
Banijay Entertainment
Head of Scripted, Creative
Eva–M. Mesken
Dully&Dax
Co-Founder Dully&Dax
Al Munteanu
BriskPace Studios
Marike Muselaers
Nordisk Film Production
VP International Financing & Coproductions
Peter Nadermann
Producer
Melina Natale
Deutscher Drehbuch Verband
Screenwriter & Board Member German Writers Guild
Arne Nolting
Writer and Creator
Jean–Alexander Ntivyihabwa
Signed Media
author, producer, managing director Signed Media
Bettina Oberli
Looping Film GmbH
Director / Producer
Alex Ogou
Plan A
actor, screenwriter, production manager
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
actor, producer
Andri Ómarsson
Glassriver
CEO, Producer, Owner
Swantje Oppermann
development executive, writer, and screenwriter
Erik Pack
Media Executive
Patrick Paradon
Writer & Director
Julia Penner
screenwriter and creator
Berta Prieto Carrasco
Boogaloo films (Produktionsfirma) & FILMIN
Screenwriter and actress
Pierre Puget
BRAINS Narrative Studio
Writer, Co-Founder and Managing Director
Guido Reinhardt
PLOT NEXT Speaker
Produzent
Simon Riedl
SWR (Südwestrundfunk)
Editor Department Series
Anxo Rodríguez
ESPOTLIGHT, ALTER EGO TALENT HOUSE
Producer
Lotte Ruf
Goldstoff Filme GmbH
Producer
Hörður Rúnarsson
ACT4
Producer & Creator
Madita Rutten
freelance director and writer
Noémi Sagilo
writer, director, showrunner
Dr. Markus Schäfer
ZDF Studios
President and CEO
Jan Martin Scharf
Writer / Director / Creator
Simone Schellmann
Seriencamp Festival
& Counterparts Music
Festival Director, Artist Management & Booking
Renate Schmid
wbs.legal
lawyer
Thomas Schultze
SPOT media & film
Editor in Chief
Frank Seyberth
ZDF
Head of Coproduction, International Fiction
Eva Maria Sommersberg
Drei Schwestern Produktionen, Vorstandsmitglied ProQuote Film e.V.
Autorin & creative producer
Kelly Souders
Showrunner, Executive Producer
Danna Stern
In Transit Productions
Executive Producer /Global Content Executive
Lara Stump
Hager Moss Film GmbH
Produzentin
Lenka Szántó
tv Nova/VOYO
creative producer
Kasia Szustow
Szustow. Intimacy Coordination Europe
Intimacy Coordinator
Daniel Lawrence Taylor
Writer and Executive Producer
Emily Thomey
WDR, RBB, Deutschlandfunk Kultur
Freelance Journalist
Frank Tönsmann
WDR
Commissioning Editor
Sophie Toth
shining nice
Creative Producer
Maria Valenzuela
Brisa Media
Founder Brisa Media
Lisa van Brakel
Screenwriter
Elsa van Damke
Director & Writer
Eva van Leeuwen
Netflix
Head of Series DACH
Elly Vervloet
VRT
International Drama Expert at VRT
Henrike Vieregge
WDR
Editor
Eva–Maria von Geldern
ARTE G.E.I.E.
Editor TV/Web
Sabine Weber
ORF (Österreichischer Rundfunk)
Commissioning Editor and Dramaturge
Andi Wecker
producer, writer and director
Rumo Wehrli
actor
Judith Weiler
Writer and Producer
Marianne Wendt
Screenwriter and Showrunner
Katharina Weser
Reynard Films, Yaga Studio
Journalist and Producer
Jesse Whittock
DEADLINE
Journalist
Julius Windhorst
ZDF ARTE
Commissioning Editor Film & Fiction
Fleur Winters
Big Blue
Producer & Creator
Sarah* Claire Wray
Director and Writer
Claus Wunn
ZDF
Commissioning Editor, Executive Producer
Julia Zantl
Drehbuchwerkstatt München
Project Management audience:first storytelling lab, Head of DOK.forum
Torsten Zarges
Medienmagazin DWDL.de
Chefreporter
Michele Zatta
Rai Fiction
Commissioning Editor International Coproductions
Dr. med. Marco Matthäus Zierhut
Senior physician, medical director of the schizophrenia spectrum disorders department
Jakob Zimmermann
ZDF / Das kleine Fernsehspiel
Commissioning Editor
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