Our team

Get to know the DOK.fest München team!

In the short biographies of the individual members of staff you will also find the respective e-mail addresses for contacting them.

Management and organisation

Daniel Sponsel

Artistic and managing director, programme selection
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Adele Kohout

Deputy festival director, programme selection (on parental leave)
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Johanna von Websky

Assistant to the managing director, programme selection
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Nele Stoß

Assistant to the managing director, programme selection
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Veronica Loebner

Head of film administration, accreditation, programme selection

 

Thomas Slatter

Internship filmadministration, programme selection Student Award
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Elena Lanzinger

Year-round programme, guest management, programme selection

 

Azem Bekturova

Guest management

 

Ulla Wessler

Programme selection
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Monika Haas

Coordinator of moderations and Q&A film talks, programme selection
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Sieglinde Zimmermann

Head of controlling & finance
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Montse Colom

Accounting & contracts

 

Alexander Marx

Invitation Management & Ticketing

 

Clarissa Kern

Ticketing

 

Miriam Komorek

Accreditation

 

Eva Gemmer

Jury coordination
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Eventmanagement and team planning

Sebastian Frantz

Eventmanagement

 

Luitpold Widemann

Direction of events

 

Lara Schimpf

Team planning
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Janina Rohleder

Venue support

 

Communication, Press, Social Media and Audience Development

Samay Claro

Head of communication, programme selection
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Anne Dietrich

Editor, programme selection 
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Franziska Viehbacher

Editor
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Emily Schuster-Woldan

Editor

 

Klara Kiendl

Internship Editing & Press
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Pablo Bücheler

Head of Social Media, programme selection
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Ute Bolmer

Social Media, photo editor

 

Annika Wrona

Assistance Social Media

 

Hazem Ali

Content Creator Social Media

 

Dr. Dominik Petzold

Head of press department

 

Daniela Graf

Press
Profile

 

Lada Usova

Internship Press
Profile

Tami Born

Head of Audience Development
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Josipa Špehar

Assistence Audience Development

 

Sophie Slade

Trainee Audience Development

 

Lilian Hauth

Internship Audience Development

 

Gianmarco Luongo

Influencer Marketing / Target group management

 

Anna Löhr

Audience Development

 

DOK.forum

Flora Roever

Co-Head of DOK.forum Marketplace / Consultant
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Susana Fernandez

Co-Head of DOK.forum Marketplace
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Alina Götzlich

Coordinator of DOK.forum Marketplace
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Camila Reuss

Internship DOK.forum Marketplace

 

Beran Erdogan

Head of DOK.forum Perspectives and DOK.digital – Award for New Narrative Formats
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Jonathan Bugiel

Production Manager DOK.forum
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DOK.education

Maya Reichert

Head of DOK.education, programme selection
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Kathi Seemann

Project manager DOK.education, programme selection
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Mona Klöckner

Project manager DOK.education
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Sarah Leuchtenberg

Intern

Student Award, DOK.network Africa and VR Pop Up Cinema

Jan Sebening

Head of Student Award, programme selection
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Barbara Off

DOK.network Africa, programme selection
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Katharina Neuner

VR Pop Up Kino

 

External programme selection and moderation

Elena Álvarez Lutz

Filmmaker
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Silvia Bauer

Cinema Iran
Profile

 

Ina Borrmann

Filmmaker
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Ysabel Fantou

Director, author
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Anja Klauck

Dokfest Kassel
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Emre Koca

Programme selection, Goethe Institut
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Michael Kohl

Filmdienst, Kino-Zeit and Münchner Feuilleton
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Ludwig Kramer

Programme selection and presenter
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Seggen Mikael

Programme selection and presenter
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Morgane Remter

HFF München
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Eva Weinmann

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Maren Willkomm

Film department of Goethe-Institut
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Writers 2024
(in the programme booklet with abbreviations after the film texts)

Elena Álvarez Lutz (E.Á.L.), Silvia Bauer (S.B.), Ina Borrmann (I.B.), Pablo Bücheler (P.B.), Samay Claro (S.C.), Katharina Dolles (K.D.), Ysabel Fantou (Y.F.), Selia Fischer (S.F.), Sara Gómez (S.G.), Daniela Graf (D.G.), Monika Haas (M.H.), Anna Magdalena Hofer (A.M.H.), Anja Klauck (A.K.), Michael Kohl (M.K.), Ludwig Kramer (L.K.), Veronica Loebner (V.L.), Barbara Off (B.O.), Morgane Remter (M.R.), Marc-André Schmachtel, Jan Sebening (J.S.), Kathi Seemann (K.S.), Thomas Slatter (T.S.), Sebastian Sorg (S.SO.), Daniel Sponsel (D.S.), Helga-Mari Steininger (HM.S.), Dayela Valenzuela (D.V.), Eva Weinmann (E.W.), Maren Willkomm (M.W.)

 

Key Visuals, Logos

Prof. Gerwin Schmidt, gerwin-schmidt.de

Design

Stephanie Roderer, stephanie-roderer.de
Kai Meyer, kaimeyerdesign.com
Carsten Wierspecker, wierspecker.de

DOK.fest Trailer

Juri & Aki Films GmbH

Photographers

Ute Bolmer, Ronny Heine, Anna Hofer, Mirja Kofler, Alex Müller, Kathi Seemann, Phil Strüning

 

Translation

Laura Gardner

Advertising Sales

Tina Jehle

 

Technical management

Paul Müller-Hahl, Robert Hölzl

 


DOK.fest is hosted by Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München e.V. in cooperation with Filmstadt München e.V.

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