Jury | JUNGER FILM

Curator, born in Australia

Has worked for SBS Television Australia’s “Eatcarpet”, showing experimental short films
Bartholomew founded the XPOSED Queer Film Festival Berlin in 2006
Started working for the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival in 2009
Set up the Queer Short Film Fund in 2015
Became program manager for Panorama in 2019 and at the same time a member of the Berlinale Series Selection Committee

Head of FIRST STEPS Award – The German award for young talent, born in 1985, lives in Ostfriesland, born in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany

Studied communication science, English/American studies (B.A) at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University, Greifswald, and media studies (M.A.) at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF and the University of Plymouth, England
There she took part in various film projects and worked as a research assistant for the Children’s Film University
Was part of the organizational team of the International Student Film Festival sehsüchte, where she was responsible for the script award in addition to supporting the jury and the film
Has been working for FIRST STEPS since 2011. Initially working in film and nominee support, she ultimately shared the management of FIRST STEPS as program manager together with artistic director Andrea Hohnen
Between 2012 and 2016 worked for the Berlin International Film Festival in the Communication & Marketing department of the European Film Market
Since 2020 she has been in charge of FIRST STEPS together with Jennifer Stahl

Director, born in 1982, lives in Berlin

Wanted to make films since she was 13
She made her first “real film” in 2003 at the European Film College in Denmark
Studied directing at the Babelsberg Film University from 2005-2011
Her successful series DRUCK has over 145 million clicks and fans worldwide
She enjoys making series as much as films
Pola usually tells intuitively from a female perspective and deals with topics such as love, family, types of relationships and how people grow from and in crisis situations
Filmography (selection):
2023: TENDER HEART
2022: DER RUSSE IST EINER DER BIRKEN LIEBT
2020: DAS LETZTE WORT
2018/19: DRUCK
2018: KLEPTOMAMI
2012: AM HIMMEL DER TAG
2008: TEHERAN KITCHEN

Founder and managing director of JETZT & MORGEN and AG Autovermietung, born in 1983, lives in Berlin

Managing director of the agency JETZT & MORGEN, which specializes in campaign work for cinema releases, in particular the activation of target groups beyond the classic cinema-goers: inside
Her work focuses on themed and educational campaigns accompanying political and social film releases, addressing book fans about literary adaptations and the conception of release strategies and advice on releases
JETZT & MORGEN supervised films such as SYSTEMSPRENGER, LIEBER THOMAS, DIE UNBEUGSAMEN, RABIYE KURNAZ GEGEN GEORGE W. BUSH, TÁR and SONNE UND BETON
Managing Director of AG distribution – association of independent film distributors and represents the interests of 38 independent film distributors in Germany

Author and film curator, born in 1971, lives near Lüneburg

Has worked as a freelance author, curator and cultural manager in the international film business for 25 years
In addition to his own projects, he was the artistic director of the Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival
Lecturer at film schools
Publishes on current and historical film topics
Working on his screenplay debut

Culture manager, moderator and film educator, born in 1990, lives in Berlin and Hanover

Section manager of the Berlinale section Generation
Also responsible for film education and cultural participation in other projects
Studied film studies, French and cultural mediation in Mainz, Dijon, Hildesheim and Marseille
Has always loved festival work because it’s where audiences and artists come together

Artist and filmmaker, born in 1989, lives in Berlin and Mexico City

Studied free art in Kassel and at the Dutch Art Institute
Has been working with Miiel Ferraéz on short films, video installations and group projects since 2014, together they won “Film of the Year” at FiSH 2016 and the “Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis” 2019
Part of the Unidarx (network/collective)
Filmography (selection):
2023: Wikiriders
2021: Tenochtitlan2021
2019: Wir sprechen heute noch Deutsch
2018: Beyond Beach
2016: ExplorerIn 2009
2015: Postcolonialism in 30sqm
2014: Just kids left alive on the road