SoundTrack_Cologne has selected experienced professionals, who are interested in meeting you to exchange knowledge or to give advice or just to expand your network.
Our Matchmaking Session takes place on Thursday, July 04, 2024 from 14:30-15:30 (02:30pm - 03:30pm) in DIE EINS, COMEDIA Theater.
In cooperation with WiFT and AWFC.
The registration for our Matchmaking Session is closed by now. We have already pre-arranged short 10min one-on-one meetings.
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Unfortunately, there are no more meeting slots available at the moment. However, if you still would like to attend the matchmaking:
Please come to the accreditation counter and ask to be added to the waiting list.
Please be in DIE EINS, COMEDIA Theaterno later than 14:15! We will check, if slots become available on short notice.
The Matchmakers
Nilgün Akıncı
Nilgün Akıncı is a Muslim filmmaker creating films based around the intertwined subjects of sustainability and female empowerment.
Nilgün Akıncı is a Muslim filmmaker based in Germany, creating films centered around the intertwined subjects of sustainability and female empowerment. She has worked for a decade portraying artists, working in BIPOC TV-Shows as director and conceptor, as well as in writer’s rooms as a staff writer up to co-creator. Using her vast researches in Asian and European Studies as a mine of ideas, her personal projects span from female-led action films to spiritual science-fiction.
Currently in the making are ÆDEN, a short film about an underwater utopia, and STAR WANDERERS, a feature film about a young hacker transforming her peoples' access to nature.
Currently, she’s looking for creatives for her fictional short film, depicting the struggles and sensualities of a Muslim couple in a picturesque German artists village in the north.
Laila Bounouar is an experienced television producer and screenwriter with a demonstrated history of working in the entertainment industry. She is skilled in negotiation, music management, event management, film production, and market research. In addition to her consulting work, she is also a talented songwriter. With a background as a social scientist, she brings a unique and comprehensive perspective to various areas of the media and entertainment sector. She is also a diversity expert, providing valuable advice to film productions and TV networks.
Claudia Budana’s professional mission is to supply consultancy to self-employed persons who would like to receive funding for further training. Claudia provides information about the funding program, guides you through the administrative process and helps you find the right training courses. As a member of the cultural and creative industries team at the municipal economic development agency KölnBusiness her focus is on the relevant industries in the Cologne area. But generally she advises entrepreneurs from all sectors and throughout Germany.
Najima El Moussaoui is a freelance tv journalist and event host. She has worked as a news journalist for several public and private broadcasters such as ntv, DW and WDR.
Najima El Moussaoui is a freelance tv journalist and event host. She has worked as a news journalist for several public and private broadcasters such as ntv, DW and WDR.
As a facilitator she works for non profit organizations and hosts events on political and sociopolitical issues. She studied studied Sociology, Islamic studies, and German Literature in Cologne, Aachen and Madrid.
Najima advocates for more diversity in the media and is a member and former board member of the NGO “Neue deutsche Medienmacher*innen e.V.,” („English: New German Mediamakers). She also is a member of the selection committee for the Civis Media Prize and part of the jury for the „Deutsche Menschenrechts-Filmpreis“ (Engl: German Human Rights Film Award).
Milena Fessmann is a music supervisor, radio host, producer and DJ. Since 1997, she has been working for Radio Eins/RBB with her own weekly show called "Free Falling".
Since 1991, Milena Fessmann has worked as a full-time DJ (2001-2014 Radio Eins After Work Lounge, Trompete/Berlin, European Film Awards 2015 etc.) and has worked for various radio stations. Since 1997 she works for Radio Eins/RBB with her own weekly show called "Free Falling".
In 1989 she founded CINESONG and has been working as a music supervisor on more than 400 films and series.
She is moderator of several national events and panels such as the "Cartoon Movie Award"/Postdam 2002-2008, Reeperbahn-Festival 2014-23, c/o pop Cologne 2014-2024 and many more. Milena Fessmann teaches music supervising and copyright clearing at film schools such as DFFB Berlin and is advisory board member of the World Soundtrack Academy and Member of the European Filmacademy.
She founded a film production company called Sugar Town Filmproduction Gmbh & Co.kg in 2011. Its first project was "The Potential of Noise- Conny Plank" by Stephan Plank and Reto Caduff. Fessmann is executive-producer of "When Hitler stole Pink Rabbit", directed by award-winning director Caroline Link, and is co-producer of “Prince of swans”, as well as a few more. Her newest documentary project “Just do it- She-punks from 1977 until now” about female punk and the new wave in german speaking territory from 1979-89 is currently in pre-production.
Melissa Graj joined Warner Bros. ITVP Germany in 2017. She has worked for the successful ZDF crime series "Wilsberg" and "Friesland" since 2018. She is now the executive producer of the ZDF crime series "Friesland" and also develops new series concepts.
Tessa is Junior Producer in the Fiction Department of Warner Bros. International Television Production Germany in Cologne for the ZDF series "Wilsberg".
Born in 1989 in Gießen, Germany. Form 2009 to 2016 studies at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne with focus on documentary and feature film directing. 2012/2013 DAAD scholarship holder at the Facultad de Artes of the Universidad Nacional in Bogotá, Colombia. Co-founder of the production company “Leuchtfeuer Film“, scholarship company of the Mediengründerzentrum NRW 2018.
Since 2020 Junior Producer in the Fiction Department of Warner Bros. International Television Production Germany in Cologne for the ZDF series "Wilsberg".
Catherine Lieser is the managing director of the German Association for Filmsound Professionals (Berufsvereinigung Filmton e. V, bvft) which represents the interests of Filmsound Professionel towards clients and politics.
Catherine Lieser is the managing director of the German Association for Filmsound Professionals (Berufsvereinigung Filmton e. V, bvft) that is representing the interests of Filmsound Professionel towards clients and politics.
She studied at the University of Television and Film in Babelsberg and is a member of the board of Women In Film And Television.
Verena is a filmmaker and producer. In 2009, after spending time abroad in London and New York, she graduated in Audiovisual Media at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, specializing in experimental and documentary film.
Verena is a filmmaker and producer. In 2009, after spending time abroad in London and New York, she graduated in Audiovisual Media at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, specializing in experimental and documentary film. Her diploma film “Brown” was funded by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW in 2008.
In the early 2000s, she was active in Cologne's club scene as part of the DJ team “Frauen und Technik”. After permanent positions at the publishing houses Walther König and TASCHEN in Cologne, she founded The Colgogne Art Book Fair, an artists' book fair for self-publishing, together with André Sauer and Tim Grothaus in 2015.
She has been working as a freelance director, camerawoman and editor since 2015. Dealing with public space is almost always at the center of her films.
Urban spaces, pop culture and changemaking are also the foundation of her company: in 2020, Verena Maas founded tvist GmbH with Sebastian Züger. For their business idea, the two received the NRW start-up grant and the grant from the Mediengründerzentrum NRW.
Verena holds teaching positions at the Institute for Pop Music at the Folkwang University of the Arts and at the Professional Center of the University of Cologne.
Anne Maschlanka was born in Düsseldorf in 1983 and grew up in Lüttelforst. Between 2005 and 2017, she worked as a script supervisor and assistant director. Since 2017 she has been working as a junior producer at Warner ITVP.
Anne Maschlanka was born in Düsseldorf in 1983 and grew up in Lüttelforst. After graduating from high school in 2004, she gained her first experience on a film set. Between 2005 and 2017, she worked as a script supervisor and assistant director for Connie Walther, Nicole Weegmann, Markus Imboden and Oskar Roehler, among others. During this time, she studied German language and literature, history and education at the University of Cologne from 2006 to 2007 and completed her bachelor's degree in film directing at the ifs-international film school cologne in 2012. Her short films have won awards at several festivals. Since 2017 she has been working as a junior producer at Warner ITVP, in collaboration with Iris Wolfinger, she supervised the crime series Marie Brand and Tatort Dortmund.
Since 09.2021 Full-time Freelancing in Video & Photography ➞ www.maikemue.com Part of the Chili Content Family ➞ www.chili-content.de Co-Founder Female Filmmakers ➞ www.femalefilmmakers.de 03.2020 – 09.2021: M.A. Media & Communication Management, Macromedia University, Cologne 2019: Oinkfilm Munich (Internship & Trainee) ➞ Editing, Camera Operator & Assistant Director 2018: TRACE-program for Entrepreneurship, FH/RWTH Aachen 08.2017 – 01.2018: Universidad de Buenos Aires ➞ Semester abroad in Audiovisual Design Since 2016: Freelancing in Design & Film 09.2015 – 02.2020: B.A. Communication Design, FH Aachen ➞ Honor Plaque 03.2016 – 08.2017: Student member of the Faculty Council 03.2015 – 08.2015: Internship at Open Door Pictures, Cologne ➞ Graphic Design & Film 2014: Volunteer work in Thailand (three months) ➞ Created a film to raise donations for a local orphanage 08.2011 – 01.2012: Winter Haven High School, Florida, USA 2014: Abitur (German high school diploma), Kopernikus Gymnasium Niederkassel 09.07.1995: Date of birth
Kim is a German-born musician living in Montreal, Canada. She learned classical piano and jazz harmony in Berlin, where she also became a licensed event manager in the 2000s. She is a long time collaborator of Cristobal Tapia de Veer.
Kim is a German-born musician and music manager living in Montreal, Canada.
Growing up in Berlin, a city known for its dynamic art scene, boundless possibilities and unvarnished character, young Kim began with classical piano lessons and later studied jazz harmony. She practised as a “Meisterschülerin” (master student) under Jürgen Düsterhues, whose mottos were “the law is: there is no law” and “every note has a justification”. But Berlin was too bustling, and life was too full of exciting opportunities to pursue simply one. Kim fell in love with the capital's nightlife, festivals, and music scene and began working as an intern at Berlin's famous venue Tempodrom am Ostbahnhof. The venue collaborated with Piranha Arts on many occasions.
While still playing music on the side, she quickly realized how much she enjoyed helping other musicians advance in their careers. Working with international artists of all genres was thrilling and invigorating. She became a licensed event manager and transitioned from tour booking, production, and festival organization at world music specialist Transatlantico Tours & Services Agency (which split into F-Cat Productions and Prime Tours & Promotion later on) to music publishing, licensing, studio recording, and album record production in Montreal, where she now runs her own agency, Free Run Artists Productions.
She has spent the previous 12 years at Free Run Artists working alongside one of today's most recognized screen composers, Cristóbal Tapia de Veer.
From their first joint film music production, the UK cult-series Utopia (C4, UK), to Black Mirror (Netflix), The Girl with all the Gifts (Warner), beloved The White Lotus (HBO), and 2022 box office surprise hit Smile (Paramount), Cristo has grown into one of the most highly acclaimed contemporary and sought-after artists.
As Cristo’s long time collaborator and second pair of ears, Kim has also assisted him in the studio on many projects including Série noire (CBC), Humans (AMC), Jamaica Inn (BBC), The Third Day (HBO/SKY), Hunters (PRIME), Smile (Paramount) and most recently, The White Lotus S2 (HBO).
1993 – 1996: Production Assistant, Colonia Media „Die Partner“
1996 – 2013: Postproduction Supervision Colonia Media Tatort Köln, Münster, Dortmund, Schimanski, Der Fahnder, Label 131 Der freie Wille, Deine Augen Karamuk, Prinzessin
2013 – current: Postproduction Supervision, Eyeworks + Warner Bros Marie Brand, Wilsberg, Friesland, Besondere Schwere der Schuld, Club las Piranjas, Two Sides of the Abyss, WAPO Duisburg
Nicole Weegmann was born in Karlsruhe, Germany. She trained as a photographer in Berlin and worked at Cinecitta in Rome. She is a two-time Grimme Preis winner, among other awards.
Nicole Weegmann was born in Karlsruhe, trained as a photographer in Berlin and worked at Cinecitta in Rome. She studied audiovisual arts at Rietveld Academie Amsterdam and further graduated from Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg as feature film director. Nicole Weegmann ist known for „Wolfsheim“, „Ihr könnt euch niemals sicher sein (Outta control)“, „Ein Teil von uns“ and „Mobbing“ (selected works). She has won several awards in Germany and abroad, such as Grimme Preis (2x), MFG Star, ROMY, METROPOLIS (2x) (selection). Furthermore, she taught as professor for film directing at ifs in Cologne.
