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Thomas Beyer studied journalism and geography and worked as a journalist, producer, and documentary filmmaker in Leipzig and Hamburg. Since 2020 he is the commissioning editor for documentaries at the MDR department "history and documentaries".

I have worked at British Pathé for 8 years. I love the content that we have available to licence. British Pathé is considered to be the finest newsreel archive in the world and our archive spans the years from 1896 to 1978. Topics covered in the material includes major historic events from around the world, famous faces, fashion trends, travel, science, and culture. It is an invaluable resource for broadcasters, documentary producers, museum curators, and researchers worldwide. The entire archive of 220,000 films is available to view for free on the British Pathé website while licences can be acquired for other uses. We also represent content from partner organisations, such as Spiegel TV and Filmkontor.

Born in eastern Bavaria, studied history, literary studies and journalism in Giessen and Hamburg, graduated with a Mag. Phil. degree. Worked as a freelance journalist for television and radio (ARTE, ARD, Bayerischer Rundfunk); since 2012 editor for national and international documentary formats at Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich.

Leonard Cortana (France/Guadeloupe) is the Inclusion Program and Strategic Partnerships Manager at EURODOC, coordinating the BIPOC EURODOC taskforce. A PhD candidate in Cinema Studies focusing on the transnational circulation of social justice films at NYU. Leonard directed the short documentary Marielle's Legacy Will Not Die (2019) & contributed to social impact campaigns for films like Murder in Paris (South Africa) and Sementes (Brazil). He has served as a consultant for the UN’s Anti-Racial Discrimination Section and organized discussions for advocacy films globally. Leonard organized post-screening discussions and participated in various social impact campaigns worldwide for advocacy films. He led a session at the 2024 Cannes Doc Edition and 2026 Sundance Collab on Post-Screening Q&As:Leading Ethical Interactions to Boost Impactful Conversations.

Since September 2025, Emanuel Rotstein has been Executive Producer for contemporary history at Warner Bros. ITVP Germany. He previously led the ICON DOCS brand at Bavaria Fiction as Head of Documentaries until 2025. The multi-award-winning author and producer (e.g. ‘The Liberators’, ‘The Eleventh Day’) also served as Director of Programming at A+E Networks. A University of Westminster graduate, Rotstein moderates on topics such as Jewish history, cultural heritage, and remembrance.