Gudrun Sommer

Gudrun Sommer studied philosophy and film and television studies in Graz and Bochum. In 2002 she founded doxs! and the doku.klasse, a few years later the association "Freund*innen der Realität e.V." and the regional festival DOXS RUHR, which she has directed since its foundation. Before that she worked as co-director for the documentary festival Duisburger Filmwoche, was curator at the Diagonale, the steirischer herbst, the Golden Sparrow children's media festival and the IFFF Dortmund/Köln. Gudrun Sommer is a lecturer at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences Bochum and volunteers with the Cultural Council of North Rhine-Westphalia and the European Children’s Film Association (ECFA). As a certified ‘Green Consultant Film & TV’, she supports sustainable and collaborative cultural work through her agency, fair enough.