Valerie Dalena
Valerie Dalena is an award-winning director, writer and producer. She is Grand Prize winner of the New York Metropolitan Screenwriting Competition, semifinalist of PAGE International Screenwriting Awards, and Finalist at the Creative World Awards. She studied screen-writing and film production at UCLA and is on the Advisory Board of The Cascadia Inter-national Women’s Film Festival, our partner festival 2020.
Bahman Kormi
Bahman Kormi is a Frankfurt based Director of Photography. He is the bridge between our board of jurors and our partner country Iran. In Munich, he studied Visual Communication, as well as Film & TV. Since 1985, he has been realising films of diverse genres, fictional feature & documentrary. He has been teaching emer-ging filmmakers in Frankfurt and is a fellow partner of XARASmedia Filmproduktion.
Catherine Lieser
Catherine Lieser is a consultant for film funding and looks after the Young Talent Programme of HessenFilm & Medien. She is a member of board of the international network association Women in Film & Television Germany (WIFT). Catherine Lieser studied Production & Media Management at the University of Television and Film Munich and completed an apprenticeship as an audio-visual merchant.
Pamela Schmidt
Pamela Schmidt’s journey started at the University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe between 1997 - 2005. Her interdisciplinary studies were versatile, which led to her operating in the fields stage and film set. During this time, she lived out her passion for scenography and art whilst six years at the ZKM, working on design of ex- hibitions. 2006 she undertook her first project in cooperation with the SWR, which accomanied her ever since throughout her filmography.
Tidi von Tiedemann
(Photo by Ramon Haindl)
Tidi von Tiedemann is a jack of all trades when it comes to moving pictures. Whether it´s commercial, movie or documentary work, as a general manager and producer of the media manufactory in Mainz he always proofs that he masters all the facets of the medium. Since a few years he fights to establish a film promotion in Rhineland-Palatinate with some of his colleagues.
Imke Meier
(Photo Copyright ZDF)
Imke Meier is an expert in story-telling. Her work as a editor for the “Zweite Deutsche Fernsehen” guides her to new topics and parts of the world which need to be told. Whether it´s 3sat, logo! Or ZDFinfo, Imke Meier proofs her instinct for narration and dramaturgy. She already achieved awards like the german-french journalist award and a nomination for the Grimme-award.
Markus Möhrchen
Markus Mörchen views a varied portfolio when it comes to competence and career. He already worked successfully as a producer, presenter and reporter for numerous TV-channel and radio stations not only in Germany but worldwide. He is now head of the multiple honored show logo! at the `Zweiten Deutschen Fernsehen` and we are super happy, that he’s a part of our jury.
Dr. Prof. Thomas Meder
Dr. Prof. Thomas Meder is a professor for media theory at the university of applied science in Mainz and enlarges the jury with his extraordinary expert´s report about the history of art and film studies. Besides his teaching at the universities in Frankfurt and Mainz he published several documents about interdependences of fine art and film. He also wrote articles for the FAZ and was assessor in committees of the FBW and FSK since 2006.