Meet the experts


Digital Creation Pitching Session: 20 February 2023, 13:45-15:15

HOSTS DIGITAL CREATION

Jean-Jacques Peretti

Programming at Sunny Side of the Doc

At Sunny Side of the Doc, the internationally renowned market place for documentary + factual content, Jean-Jacques Peretti is in charge of the editorial line and programming of the events together with Mathieu Béjot, Head of Strategy & Development. Previously, Jean-Jacques has worked in Paris as a production manager with many companies for many years.

Sebastian Sorg

Freelance Consultant, Sebastian Sorg Creative

Sebastian Sorg (*1976, D) is a freelance expert on Film, XR and Cultural Production in Munich. He managed the film market at DOK.fest Munich and leans back on a longer experience in national and European funding for film and XR. 

EXPERT JURY DIGITAL CREATION

Enrica Damini 

Project Specialist Digital Transformation, European Broadcasting Union 

Enrica is a project specialist in the digital team at the European Broadcasting Union. She is passionate about securing and promoting public service media and its high-quality content. With extensive experience across the performing arts and in cultural policy, Enrica has worked in a number of transformation roles in the media & events industries.

Sönke Kirchhof

CEO + Executive Producer, INVR.SPACE

Sönke Kirchhof is CEO and executive producer of the award-winning VR Full Service Studio INVR.SPACE GmbH. He has been working in the fields of stereoscopic filmmaking, VFX, CGI Postproduction, Research and Development in arts and technology for more than 20 years and 10 years in XR.

KAY MESEBERG

Head of Mission Innovation, ARTE

Kay Meseberg has worked on many award-winning digital productions over the last 20 years. He joined ARTE in 2013, where he contributed to the first-ever VR documentary “Polar Sea 360” and now works on immersive media as well as leads ARTE’s Mission Innovation. Kay is also a visiting lecturer for the Center of Collaborative Arts + Media at Yale University and Innovation Ambassador for the IMZ.

Martin Zimper

Professor + Head of Cast/ Audiovisual Media, Zürich University of the Arts

Member of the academic steering committee of ETH’s Media Technology Center. Keynote speaker on “Storytelling,” among others: Frankfurt Book Fair, Shanghai Theatre Academy, CityU Hong Kong, AFTRS Sydney, UC Berkeley, ETH, Disney Research.

Performing Arts Documentary Pitching Session: 20 February 2023, 15:30 – 17:00

HOSTS PERFORMING ARTS DOCUMENTARY

Jean-Jacques Peretti

Programming at Sunny Side of the Doc

At Sunny Side of the Doc, the internationally renowned market place for documentary + factual content, Jean-Jacques Peretti is in charge of the editorial line and programming of the events together with Mathieu Béjot, Head of Strategy & Development. Previously, Jean-Jacques has worked in Paris as a production manager with many companies for many years.

Marion Camus-Oberndorfer

Sales Director GST / Music & Performing Arts + Distribution Investment, ORF Enterprise 

03/2019 – present: Sales Director GST / Music & Performing Arts, Distribution Investment ORF-Enterprise GmbH & CoKG

EXPERT JURY PERFORMING ARTS DOCUMENTARY

Agnė Biliūnaitė

Сulture Editor-in-Chief, LRT - Lithuanian National Radio and Television

From 2019, Agnė Biliūnaitė has been responsible for selecting culture and social documentary programmes, concerts and performances for the LRT PLIUS TV channel. She is also an active participant in national and international culture, particularly in the performing arts. Feeling the pulse of this field and understanding related challenges, the newest trends, international projects and technical aspects helps a great deal in identifying the best practices for presenting performing arts.

EMMA CAHUSAC

Commissioning Editor for Arts, Music and Dance, BBC Factual TV

Emma Cahusac has worked in TV for over 25 years as a producer, director + executive. She has produced programming for all major UK channels and US broadcasters for factual and specialist factual genres with subjects ranging from the visual arts, theatre, classical dance to pop music.

Patrick Mao Huang

Producer, Flash Forward Entertainment

Taiwan producer Patrick Mao HUANG founded the production/distribution/sales company Flash Forward Entertainment in 2002. He specializes in co-production between east and west. Huang’s producing credits include IN THE MORNING OF LA PETIT MORT selected by the 2022 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival - Critic’s Choice Competition, MONEYBOYS selected by the 2021 Cannes Un Certain Regard, SUBURBAN BIRDS from 2018 Locarno, and THE ROAD TO MANDALAY from 2016 Venice Days. Huang often mentors in various international labs and project markets. 

Jyrki Nokkonen

Acquisitions Executive Music and Entertainment, YLE – Finnish Broadcasting

Since 1990, Jyrki Nokkonen has acquired music and dance programmes from classical to popular (performances and documentaries) for Yle’s three national tv channels TV1, TV2, the cultural channel Yle Teema (est.2001) and also for Yle’s free online service Yle Areena (est.2007).

Coralie Petit

Commissioning Editor, ARTE France

After she completed her literature, cinema and audiovisual studies at La Sorbonne, Coralie Petit started working in TV production in 1993. She initially worked as a Production Manager for various production companies before joining the Arts and Performing Arts department of the Franco-German channel ARTE in 2006. She is now a commissioning editor and oversees live transmissions of classical music concerts and theatre and dance productions.

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