DOK.talent Pitch (closed event)

While studying cultural studies with a focus on film and literature in Hildesheim, Rebecca Fuxen began working as a producer, among others with Jünglinge Film. She holds a Master's degree in Critical Studies from the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, where she studied in the class for time-based media. She works as a dramaturge and producer for film and theater and has been a junior producer at HORSE&FRUITS Filmproduktion since 2022.

HORSE&FRUITS, based in Vienna and Munich, was established in 2015 by Florian Brüning, Thomas Herberth and Alireza Golafshan. We produce documentaries and fictional films for cinema and television. Working on film content together with the authors and directors is a top priority for us. Each story needs ist storyteller and we are committed to providing both stories and storytellers with the kind of basis that would enable them to freely develop.

Christine Haupt works as a Funding Executive at FFF Bavaria, specialized in Young Talents, Feature Documentaries and Low Budget Feature Films since 2023. Christine worked in several functions for different broadcaster as well as line producer and producer for European co-productions. Her portfolio includes documentaries in different formats, fiction feature films as well as animation films. She was a jury member of the BKM shortfilm funding from 2016 - 2022 and is a member of the European Film Academy.

After studying law & philosophy, Peter started as Sales & Marketing Director of a film magazine. He moved on to become Marketing & Acquisitions Director for renowned theatrical distributors in the Benelux, releasing over a 100 films like Mulholland Drive, Festen, The Lord Of The Rings trilogy. In 2004 Peter moved to Vienna to start Autlook Filmsales, creating one of the world’s leading sales agents for creative docs. In 2015 he created a consulting company - Jaeger Creative - focusing on Dramaturgy, innovative distribution, financing & marketing solutions for films & series. Peter is also a Lecturer at different film schools like Vienna Film Academy, a jury member of the Flemish & Vienna Film Fund and a Creative Europe expert.

1992 first job at ARTE in Strasbourg as part of the founding team; since 2000 commissioning editor at WDR within the culture department

Born in Israel, Sharon Nuni grew up in Tel Aviv and in Vienna. After her Israeli civic service she starts in 1989 while studying (Political Science and Judaism) to work in Israeli radio and television (IBA). From 1998 she has worked as editor and producer in the cultural department of the ORF / music and theater – mainly responsible for theater productions, but also as director and producer for art&culture documentaries and portraits. Since January 2015, she is head of the department documentary / arts and culture in the ORF. Beside in radio and television Sharon Nuni works as dramaturge and translator for various theaters and publishers.

After working as an actor in Paris, London and the Los Angeles for over 20 years, he founded Tondowski Films with his wife Ira in 2011. Their first Feature-length Documentary SONG FROM THE FOREST by Michael Obert won the IDFA feature-length competition in 2013 and was subsequently sold in over 15 territories and screened in over 100 Festival. Since then they have produced predominantly feature docs that have all had International premiers on A festivals. Their film BORN IN EVIN after winning a prize at the Berlinale 2019 won the LOLA 2020.

Marcus Vetter (born in 1967) graduated in Economics (1991) and Media Theory and Practice at the University of Tuebingen (1994). Since 1995 he has been working as a producer and documentary director for ARD/SWR. His films have received attention at national and international film festivals and won numerous prizes, among which are 3 Adolf Grimme Awards. Since 2017 he is working for SWR as commissioning editor for the documentary slot “Junger Dokumentarfilm”

Since 2012 Sven Wälti works as Head of coproductions for the Swiss Radio and Television Company SRG SSR based in Berne. He is in charge of the „Pacte de l’audiovisue “, the national coproduction agreement between the SRG SSR and the independent swiss producers. He is also member of the Programm conference of ARTE.

Jakob Zimmermann has been working as a commissioning editor at ZDF/Das kleine Fernsehenspiel since the beginning of 2021. Before that he worked as a reader for various fiction departments of ZDF, as a freelance screenwriter and as head of conception in a video production company. Jakob Zimmermann is an Alumni of the Drehbuchwerkstatt München. He studied theatre, film and media studies and American studies in Frankfurt am Main and Prague.