Team

Birger Schmidt

Festival management

He works as an educational scientist for the State Sports Association and the British Council. Lecturer on “Football biographies and football cultures today” at Humboldt University Berlin. True loves in soccer and film: Heinz Flohe and 1.FC Köln, “Leolo” and Romy Schneider…birger (dot) schmidt (at) 11-mm (dot) de

Frank Albers

Festival management

Frank was born in Bremen and has been a fan of the glorious SV Werder since birth. In addition to living and suffering as a fan, he studied German, Scandinavian and cultural studies in Berlin and Frankfurt/Oder. This was followed by a period working for the Berlin International Film Festival (Panorama section). After a longer research stay in Central America in 1995, worked for a Berlin TV production company (development of talk show and news formats). From 1999 director of the Goethe Center in Reykjavík and lecturer in German literature at the University of Iceland. This was followed by program management for art and culture at the Robert Bosch Stiftung in Stuttgart and management of international film funding, with a regional focus on Eastern Europe, the Arab world and East Africa. At the same time a passionate music blogger. Independent producer and event manager since 2021. Frank is one of the co-founders of On Screen.