Mentor

LENNART STRÖM  

Since 2018 he is the managing director of the international co-production forum M:brane in Malmö, Sweden. A forum focused exclusively on audiovisual content for a young audience, in all formats and genres. m:brane began in 2007 and the 17th edition will be in March 2023. Lennart has been active in the media communications community since the mid-80s as a film producer, festival director, project manager and member of the board of directors in several organizations in the audiovisual industry.

Mentor

BARBIE HEUSINGER

She is an independent production, project development, film marketing, and international sales and acquisitions consultant with over 15 years of experience in the film industry.

In 2018, Barbie joined global sales company Sola Media GmbH to oversee acquisitions and project development and held the position of sales and acquisitions manager in the Picture Tree International sales team until 2016. Prior to freelancing, she joined German Films in 2006 and was responsible for the distribution support program that supported the releases of German fiction and documentary films in foreign countries until 2014.

She is co-director of studies at the Audience and Market Strategies workshops for producers at FOCAL, Switzerland. Additionally, she works as a script consultant and creative producer.

Mentor

AGATA DARLASI

She is a storytelling consultant, script mentor, director and screenwriter.

As an educator she collaborates with the International Festival of Patmos, Olympia, Athens & Drama. As well as a script consultant, she collaborates with Westerdals Film School of

Oslo in Norway, cultural institutions, production companies and the Greek Film Center.

Her talks, workshops and masterclasses have been presented at film festivals and various events and cities across Europe. In her TED Talk she talks about the power of Storytelling with the title Time For Heroes.

She is the founder of The S(torytelling) Gene storyteller agency.