International Matchmaking

Philipp Budweg

Philipp Budweg - Producer | Managing Director  - Lieblingsfilm GmbH

Studied German Literature & Art History at LMU in Munich. (Degree: M.A.).
2000 Founded the film production schlicht und ergreifend together with Johannes Schmid.
2008 Re-foundation of the company. Meanwhile the producers Robert Marciniak, Thomas Blieninger and Philipp Budweg, as well as the writers/directors Johannes Schmid (Blöde Mütze!, Wintertochter, Agnes) and Marcus H. Rosenmüller (Wer früher stirbt ist länger tot) belong to Lieblingsfilm GmbH.

Philipp Budweg has been a member of the German and European Film Academy since 2012.

With RICO, OSKAR AND THE DEEP SHADOWS (2013) he won the German Film Award in the category "Best Children's Film" in 2015. The German-Italian film MOUNTAIN MIRACLE, produced in 2016, won prestigious awards worldwide, including the Lola in Gold (category "Best Children's Film 2018").

Excerpt Filmography

2022 WHAT THE FINN?!, feature film. (Director: Stefan Westerwelle) (Coproduction Lieblingsfilm + sad Origami), Distribution: Weltkino

2021 MY LIFE AS LOTTA 2, feature film. (Director: Martina Plura)
(Coproduction dagstar film + Lieblingsfilm + Senator Film Cologne) Distribution: Wild Bunch Germany

2020 INTO THE BEAT, feature film. (Director: Stefan Westerwelle) (Coproduction Lieblingsfilm, SK.Produktions, Senator Film Cologne), Distributed by Wild Bunch Germany

2019 MY LIFE AS LOTTA, feature film. (Director: Neele Leana Vollmar) (Coproductioon Lieblingsfilm + dagstar film + Senator Film Cologne), Distribution: Wild Bunch Germany

2018 MATTI AND SAMI, feature film. (Director: Stefan Westerwelle) (Co-production Lieblingsfilm + Aamu Film Company), Distribution: Universum

2017 MOUNTAIN MIRACLE, feature film. (Director: Tobias Wiemann) (Coproduction Lieblingsfilm + helios sustainable films), Distribution: Farbfilm, Golden Lola for "Best Children's Film" at the German Film Awards 2018

Mara Deuschle

Mara Deuschle has been working in the music industry for over a decade as a concert promoter and artist manager around Switzerland, during her business studies at the University of St. Gallen. Eager to develop her perception of the music industry on an international level, Mara moved to Denmark for her master’s degree in Management of Creative Industries at Copenhagen Business School.

Currently based in Copenhagen while still working with Swiss artists as a manager, Mara started working in music licensing in 2021 and she is now the global sync manager for APL Publishing. Her main focus at this Nordic music publisher is representing their catalogue for all types of visual media on an international level, working together with broadcasters such as ARD, SRF and the BBC, and acquiring placements on programs like VICE on Showtime in the US.

Valerie Dobbelaere

Valerie Dobbelaere studied Iberian linguistics & literature as well as Peace Studies and ConflictResolution at the Ghent University in Belgium. In 2007 Valerie started working at the guest office of Film Fest Gent, where she, between 2010 and 2019,coordinates the music and sound projects (concert productions, masterclasses, compositioncontest, the annual World Soundtrack Awards, album recording, industry events, internationalcollaborations,..)and loves establishing the necessary platform to both established and young & upcoming film (music) talent. Valerie has worked with several renowned composers such as Howard Shore, Hans Zimmer, Elliot Goldenthal, James Newton Howard, Alberto Iglesias, Giorgio Moroder and Alexandre Desplat. Since 2017 Valerie joined Post Bills, a Brussels-based Press & Communication Agency, specializing in PR for film, TV & film music projects.

Marie-Hélène Froidevaux

After over a decade in the Music Industry, Marie-Hélène Froidevaux founded her Publishing Company "Interstellar Music" in 2016. By 2019 she started supervising on film productions and has been involved in numerous projects since. The 38-year-old is furthermore highly engaged in music policy issues and founded the Openair Bivio, a music festival at 1800 meters above sea level. A little heads up: By 2024 "Interstellar Music" is merging with Black Box Music and will become “Black Stellar Music GmbH”. 

Martin Häne

Martin Häne is a Publisher of currently 6 different Production Music labels for both major distributors as well as independents.

Before becoming a music publisher, Häne worked for 10+ years as composer for both production music as well as bespoke music.

His credits as a composer include "Fack ju Göhte 2", "Melrose Place", "Bring it on" (Universal), various Lion's Gate Films (Warrior, Frankenhood) as well as Commercials and TV Series on networks such as ABC, NBC, CW TV, among others.

As a Publisher, his mission is simple: To create Production Music with character, and helping media creators to tell their story.

You may find out more here: www.martytone.com

Kathrin Jahrreiss

After graduating as a conference interpreter in 1997, Kathrin Jahrreiss has been working as a freelance interpreter for Italian and English for 25 years, mainly for TV news channels such as Phoenix or n-tv. During this time she has also translated books and film subtitles for arte. In 2011 she started to enter the field of documentary filmmaking and attended various workshops (Ulrike Franke & Michael Loeken, Andrès Veiel, Monika Preischl and others) and industry events as well as an internship at Arne Birkenstock's company "fruitmarket".
In 2019, she was a student in the non-fiction masterclass at the international film school köln (ifs) to further develop a project started in 2016.
Since 2020, she has been working more actively on the realisation of this project, a feature-length documentary about her German-Jewish family, which she is currently editing.

Philipp Jedicke

Born in 1977 in Kehl am Rhein, Philipp Jedicke studied in Constance and Toronto before moving to Cologne in 2001, where he graduated and worked as a freelance cultural journalist specialising in music and film.

In 2018, his first cinema documentary "Shut Up and Play the Piano" premieres at the Berlinale. In the same year, he receives the Förderpreis at the German Documentary Film Award. In 2019 he was a member of the documentary film jury at the Diagonale, and in 2021 at the German Documentary Film Award.

"Vienna Calling" is his second feature documentary film.

Jan-Paul Laarmann

Jan-Paul Laarmann`s professional mission is the promotion of creative industries in Cologne. Together with two colleagues, he advises creatives and companies, develops funding structures and strong networks at the municipal economic development agency KölnBusiness. His main fields of activity are design, music, art and advertising. Still impressed by the inventive spirit of Cologne`s media economy, he also is enthusiastic about all projects dealing with Extendend Reality. In former positions he developed and executed EU-funded projects in creative and cultural tourism on state level for Tourismus NRW e.V., worked as a project manager for a start-up in film marketing and in communications for the annual Ruhrtriennale festival of the arts.

Andrea Lässig

Andrea Lässig has studied music tuition and french horn in Munich, followed by music journalism at the National Academy for Music and Theater.
In 2012 she became part of the team of Music Supervisors at the public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk with focus on TV but also radio and net programmes.

Thomas Mikusz

In 2011 Thomas Mikusz co-founded White Bear PR, a Public Relations Company, specializing in Composers, Music Supervisors, Soundtrack Promotions and International Film Music Festivals.

He spearheaded the successful Award campaigns for Volker Bertelmann (All Quiet on the Western Front), Hildur Gudnadóttir (Joker, Chernobyl), Germaine Franco (Encanto) and Carlos Rafael Rivera (The Queens Gambit). In addition, he worked on the PR campaigns for the Academy Award-nominated Best Score and Best Original Song for Everything Everywhere All At Once and on the campaign for Best Original Song for Husavik from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga. He works with composers such as Rachel Portman (Julia), Dickon Hinchliffe (The Lost Daughter), Uno Helmersson (Flee), Daniel Hart (The Green Knight), Natalie Holt (Loki), Dan Romer (Station Eleven), Mizer & Moore (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and John Murphy (The Suicide Squad), to name just a few.

Over the past decade he worked on a multitude of Award-winning projects and has represented clients at major Film Festivals, such as Berlinale, Festival de Cannes, Sundance, Toronto International Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival.

In 2020 he was co-executive producer for "Soundtrack of our Lives," a pre-recorded variety show & fundraiser for the Recording Academy's MusiCares, which garnered him a Hollywood Music in Media Award and a Telly Award.

He is the US publicist for several International festivals and conferences. He also creates and curates film music content and panels during Cannes (American Pavillon), Sundance, Tribeca, and other festivals. As such he also produces content, panels, concerts and events, including the Film Music House at Sundance Film Festival.

Several times a year he gives guest lectures on Self-Promotion for Artists at Universities such as NYU, USC, University of Miami, and Columbia College Chicago & for Composer Associations around the globe.

For the past four years he served on the leadership of The Alliance for Women Film Composers, amplifying and supporting the work of women composers.

His career is quite diverse, he has worked as flight attendant, served as General Manager for the two largest German tour operators in the US, and has been Managing Director for a Miami based talent agency, representing headline entertainers to major cruise lines.

His spare time is dedicated to hiking, nature and travel.

Johannes Rexin

Producer Johannes Rexin focuses on development and production of high-quality feature films and TV series of German and European origin. His company’s philosophy is centered on cooperation with select partners distinguished by their love for cinema and filmmaking.

Johannes’ credits include, among others, “Objetos” with Álvaro Morte, “Pokot”, „Hannah Arendt“, „Bal – Honey“, „Lamb“, among others.

Johannes has worked with distinguished directors, among them Agnieszka Holland, Margarethe von Trotta, Semih Kaplanoglu, Malgoska Szumowska.

Awards include the Golden Bear for “Bal” and the Deutscher Filmpreis Lola (Silver) for “Hannah Arendt”.

Ralf Schulze

Biography Ralf Schulze:
1991–94: Market Research for Warner Music Germany, Hamburg.
1995 Phd „The German Music Industry – Market structures and Competitive strategies.“
since 1995: Music Publisher and Music Supervisor for Film-/TV-Projects.
since 2002: amboss Film+Musik - Musicpublisher for Film-/TV-Productions.
since 2005: amboss Recordings - Musiclabel, focus on Soundtracks/Scores.
since 2007: UNERHÖRT! Musikfilmfestival Hamburg (2022 zum 13. Mal .... 6.-9. November!)
since 2013: FilmCollect Clearing GmbH – Copyright Agency for Filmproducers

Cinema-Projects: (ca. 100)
Die Häschenschule - Der große Eierklau, An Impossible Project, Men of Hope, Die Rückkehr der Heinzelmännchen, Brechts Dreigroschenoper, Hi AI, The Bra, Pre Crime, Of Fathers and Sons, Tschick, Grüße aus Fukushima, Willkommen bei den Hartmanns, Mein Blind Date mit dem Leben, Jonathan, Who am I, Die Häschenschule, Quatsch, Rabe Socke 1 + 2 + 3, Der Rhein von Oben, Athos, Food Markets, Who Taught You To Drive, HELL. Hände weg von Mississippi. Absurdistan. 2 Days in Paris, The Three Investigators in the Secret of Skeleton Island. Knallhart. Rosenstraße, Das Experiment, L'Amour, L'Argent, L'Armour, Im Juli, Hierankl, Tuvalu, Gran Paradiso, Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod, Sonnenallee, Playboys, Lola Rennt

TV-Project: (ca. 300)
Der Schwarm, Das weiße Hause am Rhein, Oktoberfest 1900, Nur eine Frau, Jeanny – Das 5. Mädchen, Tatort: Des Teufels langer Atem, Lang Lebe die Königin, Der Rebel: Von Leimen nach Wimbledon, Babylon Berlin, Agent Hamilton, Die Toten vom Bodensee, Szene D, Wolfsland, Professor T, Die Slawen, Borderless Sky
Berlin - Abschnitt 40, Sesamstraße 1998-2006, Berlin, Berlin Staffel 1+2, Großstadtrevier. Die Kids von Berlin

Andreas Suttner

Andreas Suttner has studied violoncello and music tuition and has been awarded as a cellist at several well-known contests. As a musician, he works as a soloist and in different ensembles.

After completing his MA in Arts Management at the City University of London, he focused on music management and promotion.

Since 2004 he has been working as a music consultant for the film department of Bavarian Television, and from 2008 as a trainer for the ARD-ZDF media academy.

In 2007 Andreas Suttner founded the production music label KLANGIDEE and since then has been focusing on his work as a composer and producer for film music on TV, radio and the web.

Andreas Vierziger

Internationally acclaimed music curator and strategist Andreas Vierziger collaborates with project partners in the music industry and beyond, including the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Paris Opera Competition, Camerata Salzburg, Budapest Spring Festival, David Lynch's Silencio Club in Paris and others. 

Music supervisor and consultant for movies and series such as e.g. “Chess Story“, “The Space Between the Lines“, “All Quiet in the Western Front“, “The Empress“, for theatre (e.g. Vienna Burgtheater) and major fashion shows (e.g. Vivienne Westwood).

Lecturer at many music universities including Tokyo, Zurich, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Helsinki and Vienna. Jury member at numerous international classical music competitions and recently appointed to join the pop music jury of the German Record Critics' Award.

Mareike Wegener

Mareike Wegener is an award-winning filmmaker, writer, and producer who studied directing at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne and the New School in New. Her directorial debut, the feature-length documentary „Mark Lombardi – Death-defying Acts of Art and Conspiracy“ (2012) premiered theatrically in Germany and at the MoMA in New York. She also co-wrote Hannes Lang’s non-fiction films „PEAK“ (2011),  „I WANT TO SEE THE MANAGER“ (2014), and „RIAFN“ (2019). Her company PETROLIO is a filmmakers’ cooperative she runs alongside fellow filmmakers Hannes Lang and Carmen Losmann. Production credits include Losmann's „OECONOMIA“ (2020) which was invited to the 70th Berlinale. In 2021 Wegener’s short “X” premiered in Oberhausen and won the German Short Film Award in silver. Her first fictional feature "ECHO" was invited to the 72nd Berlinale in 2022.