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Bettina Alber
SRF
Dramaturge and Editor at SRF
Niels Alberg
PUBLIKUM
CEO & Co-founder
Heinrich Ambrosch
Satel Film
CEO; Co-Owner
Nawell Amour
EWA Network
Program Director
Karin Annell
Wildside
Head of International Business Affairs
Zetha Asafu–Adjaye
ZTA Management
Co-Founder & Agent
Jim Ashilevi
ZA/UM Studio
Writer & VO Director
Jean–François Asselin
Screenwriter; Director; Showrunner
Solmaz Azizi
Studio Zentral
Producer
Bilal Bahadır
Director and Writer
Marta Baldó
Funicular Films
Executive Producer; Producer
Tali Barde
THREE HEADED MONKEY FILMS GMBH
Writer, Director and Producer
Hauke Bartel
RTL Deutschland
Head of Fiction
Nathalie Basteyns
Director; Writer; Producer
Pernille Bech Christensen
TV 2 Denmark
Senior Executive Producer
Marius Beck
Apollonia Film GmbH
Screenwriter and Producer
Jenifer Becker
Author, literary and cultural scientist
Kaat Beels
Director; Writer; Producer
Jörn Behr
WDR
Author, Reporter & Host
David Belshaw
Warner Bros International Television Production
Director of Scripted
Carina Bernd
ZDF
Genre Portfolio Manager
Jeanette Betz
Friendship Media
Co-founder; Creative Director
Esther Bialas
Director
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
Björn Böhning
Alliance of German Producers
Managing Director & Spokesman of the Executive Board
Hans Christoph Böhringer
Podcast writer & freelance technology reporter
Jan Bonny
Writer; Director
Davide Bortot
A Color Bright
Co-Founder
Peter Bouckaert
Producer
Albert Bozesan
Storybook Studios
Creative Director, AI Workflows
Beate Bramstedt
ZDF
Fiction Editor
Max Breuer
Executive Producer
Daniel Brodt
Food- and Prop Stylist
Michael Brönnimann
SRF Swiss TV
Commissioning Editor; Redakteur
Sigrid Brücher
Drehbuchwerkstatt München
Laura Bull
CEO Readymade Films
Bianka Bunde
ZDF
Distribution and Social Media Manager
Marion Camus–Oberdorfer
ORF-Enterprise GmbH & CoKG
Director Acquisitions & Distribution Investment
Julia Mirjam Cantuária
Screenwriter and Creator
Uta Cappel
ARTE
Commissioning Editor
Gunnar Carlson
Anagram Sweden
Senior Adviser
Maria Cervera
Cattleya Producciones, ITV Studios
Head of Content
Stewart Clarke
Deadline
SVP, Content, International
Aina Clotet
Director; Creator; Executive Producer; Lead Actress
Henning Kamm
Live-action film
CEO & Producer
Nicolas Corson
Benuts
VFX Supervisor
Anselm Kreuzer
Music Sculptor
Composer
Viola Daniels
bildundtonfabrik
Herstellungsleitung
David Daubitz
Narrative Lead and Head Writer (diverse Game Companies)
Al De Azpiazu
Fremantle International
Senior Vice President Distribution and Co-Productions
Gaspare De Pascali
Production Designer and Art Director
Jessica de Rooij
Film Composer
Valentin Debler
UFA Fiction
Producer
Jan Diepers
PLOT NEXT Speaker
Studio Hamburg Serienwerft GmbH
Producer and Managing Director Studio Hamburg Serienwerft GmbH
Thomas Disch
RTL Television
Commissioning Editor
Brigitte Dithard
SWR
Matija Dragojevic
Creator & Programmer
Jacques Drolet
Screenwriter; Script Editor
Nils Dünker
Lailaps Films
Producer & CEO
Cornelia Dworak
Stunt - Movement - Intimacy Coordinator
Emmanuel Eckert
Deputy Acquisition Director, Director and Producer
Anna Edelmann
Seriencamp Festival
& Conference
Film Journalist & Senior Program Manager
Barbara Eder
Director
Nick Edwards
Freelance Journalist
Silke Eggert
Screenwriter and Creator
Jan Ehlert
Constantin Film
Producer & CCO TV/Streaming
Jan Eichberg
Writer
Hatem El–Tawil
Friendship Media
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Dr. Simone Emmelius
ZDF
SVP International Fiction
Paula Essam
Actress and Writer
Bent Evers
Commissioning Editor & Writer
Alex Farnham
Supermassive Games
Senior Writer
Alberto Fernández
RTVE Play
Head of Department
Christoph Fey
VON HAVE FEY Rechtsanwälte
Rechtsanwalt und Partner bei VON HAVE FEY Rechtsanwälte
Lisa Fidyka
Bavaria Media GmbH
Head of Acquisition and Co-financing
Lena Fischer
Deputy Project Lead CreatiF Center, Subproject Lead Integrative Production Management
Brendan Fitzgerald
Secuoya Studios
CEO, Secuoya Studios
Jana Forkel
Writer
Max Fraenkel
Studio Zentral
Executive Producer
Susanne Frank
ZDF Studios
Robert Franke
ZDF Studios
Vice President Drama
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
Christian Friedrichs
ndF:Hamburg
Producer
Sophya Kallista Frohberg
Studio Zentral
Producer
Judith Fülle
Producer
Viola Funk
ACB Stories
Director
Marianne Furevold–Boland
NRK
Head of Drama
Krisztina Gallo
Television Executive & Co-Production Expert
Franziska Gärtner
bildundtonfabrik
Head of Acquisitions and Sales
Hana Geißendörfer
Geißendörfer Pictures (GP)
Producer
Cecile Gerardin
CANAL +INTERNATIONAL
Head of Drama Development
Tobias Gerginov
Intaglio Films
Producer
Jana Gißler
Seriencamp
UG
Head of Story Exchange
Rachel Glaister
All3Media International
EVP International Brands and Press
Daniel González
Screenwriter; Co-Creator
Timo Gössler
Head of Studies Winterclass Serial Writing and Producing and Writers‘ Room Coach
George Anthony Gottl
Explorers of the Unfound
Executive Producer & Co-Founder of Explorers of the Unfound
Maximilian Greil
Lax Entertainment GmbH
Producer and Managing Director
Catherine Grieves
Music Supervisor
Bartosz Grudziecki
Director
Alice Gruia
CEO; Actress; Filmmaker
Piodor Gustafsson
Black Spark Film & TV AB, Rainy Days Productions AB.
Producer
Nils Gustenhofen
Screenwriter
Elliot Gustin
Newen Connect
SVP International Acquisitions & Coproductions
Andreas Gutzeit
Story House Pictures
Writer, Producer and Director
Samya Hafsaoui
Host, Actress, Writer and Journalist
Cassandra Han
Casting Director
Franziska Hansel
Storybook Studios
AI Filmmaker & Ethics & Bias Officer
Luisa Hardenberg
Author, Creator and Headwriter
Laura Mae Harding
ZDF
Commissioning Editor
Charles Harrison
BBC Studios
International Scripted Format Producer
Tessa Hart
Culture & Change Maker
Dieter Hebben
Foley Artist
Karl Heidelbach
drive.beta
Patrick Heidmann
Journalist, Critic & Moderator
Alexandra Heidrich
Seriencamp
UG
Strategy & Development Conference
Hans Peter Heineking
Köln Business Wirtschaftsföderung-GmbH
Innovation Manager Creative Industries
Lutz Heineking
Director; Writer; Producer
Pia Hellenthal
Freelance Writer & Director
Ole Heller
Editor
Petra Hengge
Amazon Prime Studios
Head of Scripted TV Germany
Yves Hensel
Screenwriter
Nina Hernandez
Portocabo
Head of Content
Annette Hess
Writer, Director and Showrunner
Daniel Hetzer
Turbine Studios Germany
Producer
Oliver Hirschbiegel
Director
Anke Hirschel
WDR
Commissioning Editor in the Fiction Programme Department
Janine Hohmann
Early Bird FX
FX Makeup Artist
Sabine Holtgreve
NDR
Commissioning Editor
Eva Holtmann
BBC Studios Germany
Head of Scripted
Tobias M. Huber
Storybook Studios
Director of Operations, Business Development
Maurice Hübner
Director
Hanna Huge
serienjunkies.de
Product Lead and Co-Founder
Jonathan Hughes
Vice President Sales Germany & Benelux, All3Media
Elsa Huisman
Cabinet 111, Studio 112
Lawyer
Johannes Huth
Actor, Author, Director, Producer
Irina Ignatiew–Lemke
Boxworks Media
Media Executive and Creative Producer
Hannes Jakobsen
DRIVE beta
Co-Founder und CEO
Daf James
Playwright, Screenwriter & Performer
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
Ingrid Kaltenegger
Screenwriter
Ole Kampkovski
NDR
Christian Kaps
Screenwriter
Annette Kärcher
UFA Serial Drama/ UFA Academy
Training Coordinator & Professional Mentor
Friederike Kärcher
Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung/BMZ
Head of Division Creative Industries
Ravi Karmalker
Good Karma Fiction International
Writer, Director and Producer
Nunnu Karpinnen
Post Control Helsinki
COO & Head of International
Johanna "Nunnu" Karppinen
Post Control Helsinki
COO, Head of International
Philipp Käßbohrer
bildundtonfabrik
CEO of btf (bildundtonfabrik)
Alex Kazamia
The Forge
Development Producer
Lisa Keiner
Writer and Producer
Julia Keller
Screenwriter, Founder
Benjamin Kerneck
BDA Creative
Managing Partner
Anne–Marie Keßel
Screenwriter, Novelist & Radio Playwright
Dmytro Khrypun
ICTV channel
Creative producer
Joe Kienast
Headwriter
Isabel Kleefeld
Headwriter; Director
Aylin Kockler
Screenwriter
Nikola Kohl
south&browse
Managing Director
Helge Köhnen
Bavaria Media GmbH
Head of Content Sales
Lina Kokaly
Radio Bremen
Editor Fiction Audio & Video
Johanna Koljonen
Participation Design Agency
Media Analyst
Joachim Kosack
UFA Serial Drama GmbH
CEO
Morad Koufane
France Télévisions
Head of International Scripted Series
Johanna Kraus
MDR
Commissioning Editor
Herwig Krawinkler
Satel Film
Producer
Lisa Kreimeyer
Netflix
Manager German Series
Katharina Kremling
ZDF
Commissioning Editor
Thomas Kren
Bavaria Fiction
Development Executive
Kai Kreuser
Director & Screenwriter
Marco Kreuzpaintner
Writer & Director
Gabor Krigler
Joyrider
Vamsi Krishna Vemuri
Immersive Experiences
Consulting Art Director
Neil Krishnan
Novel
Head of Film & TV
Malin Krüger
Producer
Simon Kurzhals
Evang. Kliniken Essen-Mitte
Specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy & senior consultant in emergency psychiatry
Sebastian Ladwig
Screenwriter and Dramaturge
Nathalie Lamb
Director
Jarmo Lampela
YLE
Head of Drama, Director, Producer and Scriptwriter
Lukas Lankisch
Veam GmbH
Showrunner & Executive Producer
Annetta Laufer
Director; Writer
Alix Lebrat
Studiocanal
COO
Alexandra Lebret
AXIO Capital
Partner
David Armati Lechner
Trimafilm
Producer
Matthias Leitner
Creative Producer; Storyteller
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
Kirsten Loose
Screenwriter, Script + Audience Design Consultant
Marc Lorber
The Art of Coproduction
Executive Producer
Sebastian Lückel
Degeto Film GmbH
Head of Acquisition and Co-Production
Thomas Lückerath
DWDL.de
Founder and Editor-in-Chief
Petra Machacek
RTL Deutschland GmbH
HR
Jasmin Maeda
ZDFneo
Managing Director ZDFneo & designated SVP International Fiction Co-Production and Acquisition
Zoe Magdalena
Author and Actress
Gerhard Maier
Seriencamp
Head Of Programme and Co-Founder
Agata Malesińska
Writer and Creator
Peter Meister
Writer & Director
Alejandro Mathé
Director
Steve Matthews
Banijay Entertainment
Head of Scripted, Creative
Vincent Mbaya
Director
Jonas Melcher
ZDF
Commissioning Editor
Marlene Melchior
Screenwriter
Wiebke Mercier
storytelle by Tellux Film
Producer & Co-Founder
Katrin Merkel
Serial Eyes (dffb)
Head of Studies; Writers' Room Coach
Eva–M. Mesken
Dully&Dax
Co-Founder Dully&Dax
Benjamina Mirnik–Voges
The Walt Disney Company (Germany)
VP Original Productions
Cecil George Moller
Director
Al Munteanu
BriskPace Studios
Benjamin Munz
Wiedemann & Berg Film
Thomas Münzner
Joyn
Program Manager
Marike Muselaers
Nordisk Film
Head of International Financing and Co-Production
Fitore Muzaqi
Director & Screenwriter
Peter Nadermann
Producer
Jorgo Narjes
X Filme Creative Pool
Producer
Melina Natale
Deutscher Drehbuch Verband
Screenwriter & Board Member German Writers Guild
Jakob Neuhäusser
Turbine Studios Germany
Co-Producer
Martin Neumeyer
Director of Photography
Daniela Nickel
btf
Head of HR
Arne Nolting
Writer; Creator
Arne Nolting
Writer and Creator
Jean–Alexander Ntivyihabwa
Signed Media GmbH & Co. KG
Producer; Managing Director
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
Miikko Oikkonen
Writer, Director & Showrunner
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
actor, producer
Andri Ómarsson
Glassriver
CEO, Producer, Owner
Swantje Oppermann
development executive, writer, and screenwriter
Hans–Jørgen Osnes
NRK
Head of International Financing Drama
Cornelia Ott
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
Production Designer & Art Director
Erik Pack
Media Executive
Patrick Paradon
Writer & Director
Hannah–Lisa Paul
Producer & Director
Adrian Paul
MDR
Commissioning Editor
Julia Penner
screenwriter and creator
Nick Percy
BBC Studios
President of Global & Streaming
Helen Perquy
jonnydepony
Producer
Nina Peters
ndF:Hamburg GmbH
Managing Director
Eva Pfaudler
Bavaria Media GmbH
Deputy CEO
Anna Phelan
Novel
Head of Content
Esra Phul
Picture Me Rollin
Director; Producer
Esra & Patrick Phul
Filmmakers
Zero Pilnik
Actor & Writer
Martina Plura
Director & Writer
Julian Pörksen
Writer; Director
Dominik Porschen
Host, Entertainer & Musician
Kathi Possert
UFA Fiction
Producer
Veronica Priefer
Producer; Writer
Berta Prieto Carrasco
Boogaloo films (Produktionsfirma) & FILMIN
Screenwriter and actress
Pierre Puget
BRAINS Narrative Studio
Writer, Co-Founder and Managing Director
Nadja Radojevic
IFS - Internationale Filmschule Köln
Chief Executive Director
Christian Rank
Miso Film Denmark
Head Of Development
Matthew Read
Moonage Pictures
Joint CCO
Guido Reinhardt
PLOT NEXT Speaker
Produzent
Simon Riedl
SWR (Südwestrundfunk)
Editor Department Series
Wero Rodowicz
Director; Writer; Creative Producer
Anxo Rodríguez
ESPOTLIGHT, ALTER EGO TALENT HOUSE
Producer
Michelle Rohmann
ZDFneo
Commissioning Editor
Taç Romey
HFF Munich
Writer, Producer, Professor
Tobias Rosen
Sky Studio Deutschland
Vice President
Daniel Rübesam
Director
Lotte Ruf
Goldstoff Filme GmbH
Producer
Lotte Ruf
Goldstoff Filme GmbH
Producer
Hörður Rúnarsson
ACT4
Producer & Creator
Simon Ruschmeyer
Reframe Videos
Writer & Director
Madita Rutten
freelance director and writer
Noémi Sagilo
writer, director, showrunner
Victor Sala
Serielizados
Co-Founder
Hyppe Salmi
YLE Drama
Executive producer
Dr. Markus Schäfer
ZDF Studios
President and CEO
Phillip Schall
Tellux
CEO / Geschäftsführer
Jan Martin Scharf
Writer / Director / Creator
Simone Schellmann
Seriencamp Festival
& Counterparts Music
Festival Director, Artist Management & Booking
Riccarda Schemann
Susanne Schildknecht
Paramount International
Senior Vice President, MTV Entertainment Content & Brand, Europe and Middle East, and responsible for Local Originals GSA ,
Renate Schmid
wbs.legal
lawyer
Antonia Leyla Schmidt
Regisseurin & Drehbuchautorin
Pascal Schmitz
AAA Entertainment
Executive Producer
Pascal Schröder
Flappers Film & VFX
Creative
Donald Schubert
Writer; Director
Thomas Schultze
SPOT media & film
Editor in Chief
Pamela C. Scorzin
FH Dortmund
Professor of Art Studies and Associate Dean of the Design Department
Marcus Seibert
Author
Jörn Seifert
Prosthetic Make up Designer/Artistic Project Management/ SFX Make-up Artist
Frank Seyberth
ZDF
Head of Coproduction, International Fiction
Frank Seyberth
ZDF
Head of Coproduction, International Fiction
Marc Smerling
Truth Media
Executive Producer
Patrick William Smith
Creator; Producer; Writer; Director
Katia Sol
Oble
Co-Founder and Managing Director
Eva Maria Sommersberg
Drei Schwestern Produktionen, Vorstandsmitglied ProQuote Film e.V.
Autorin & creative producer
Su–Jin Song
Author; Director; Producer
Kelly Souders
Showrunner, Executive Producer
Mia Spengler
Director & Screenwriter
Adrian Spring
Writer; Producer
Sybille Steinfartz
ZAV
Agent for Employment
Simon Steinhorst
Actor
Kai Steinmetz
Flappers Film & VFX
Producer & CEO
Danna Stern
In Transit Productions
Executive Producer /Global Content Executive
Lara Stump
Hager Moss Film GmbH
Produzentin
Beverly Stura–Cura
Screenwriter & Dramaturge
Patrick Suhner
RTS (Radio Télévision Suisse)
Commissioning Editor
Lenka Szántó
tv Nova/VOYO
creative producer
Kasia Szustow
Szustow. Intimacy Coordination Europe
Intimacy Coordinator
Hüseyin Tabak
Director, Producer & Screenwriter
Daniel Lawrence Taylor
Writer and Executive Producer
Rémi Tereszkiewicz
PLOT NEXT Speaker
BetaSeries
Emily Thomey
WDR, RBB, Deutschlandfunk Kultur
Freelance Journalist
Petra Tilger
ZDF
Redakteurin; stellvertretende Redaktionsleiterin für „Fernsehfilm und Serie I“
Frank Tönsmann
WDR
Commissioning Editor
Sophie Toth
shining nice
Creative Producer
Charles Touboul
Mediawan Rights
Head of Content
Marcel–Jana Urban
Editor
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
International Drama Expert VRT
Elly Vervloet
VRT
International Drama Expert at VRT
Henrike Vieregge
WDR
Editor
Sabine Voltmann
Director
Christoph von der Goltz
Boehringer Ingelheim
Head of Medicine for Mental Health
Bernd von Fehrn
Warner Bros. ITVP Germany
Director Scripted
Eva–Maria von Geldern
ARTE G.E.I.E.
Editor TV/Web
Markus Walsch
Creative Storyteller
Sabine Weber
ORF (Österreichischer Rundfunk)
Commissioning Editor and Dramaturge
Sabine Weber
ORF
Fiction Department
Andi Wecker
producer, writer and director
Ingo Weerts
Fachbereich A /Medien, Film & Kino ver.di FilmUnion NRW
Union Secretary
Rumo Wehrli
actor
Judith Weiler
Writer and Producer
Marianne Wendt
Creator; Showrunner
Marianne Wendt
Screenwriter and Showrunner
Katharina Weser
Reynard Films, Yaga Studio
Journalist and Producer
Peter White
Deadline
Executive Editor, TV
Jesse Whittock
DEADLINE
Journalist
Max Wiedemann
LEONINE Studios
Co-Chief Production and Business Development Officer
Julius Windhorst
ZDF ARTE
Commissioning Editor Film & Fiction
Fleur Winters
Big Blue
Producer & Creator
Jessica Wirdemann
BBC Studios Germany
Executive Producer Fiction
Sarah Wirtz
Early Bird FX
FX Makeup Artist
Sarah* Claire Wray
Director and Writer
Claus Wunn
ZDF
commissioning editor and executive producer
Dr. Jan Wünschmann
Beta/ ZDF Studios
Executive Vice President for Co-Production & Business Affairs at Beta, Managing Director of Intaglio Films
Ceylan Yildirim
UFA Fiction GmbH
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
Petra Zauner
Wattpad WEBTOON Studios
Director, International Accounts & Partnerships
Dr. med. Marco Matthäus Zierhut
Senior physician, medical director of the schizophrenia spectrum disorders department
Jakob Zimmermann
ZDF / Das kleine Fernsehspiel
Commissioning Editor
David Zitzlsperger
Denkungsart
Co-Founder
Lina Mareike Zopfs
Producer
Christian Zübert
Writer & Director
Jana Zündel
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
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