Britta Krause
Script Tutor
Germany

After having studied at NYU’s Film & TV programme, Britta graduated from the London Film School with a distinction in scriptwriting. She worked internationally as a writer/director/editor on short and TV-films and made a career directing commercials. Since 2012 she has been working as a scriptwriting tutor for the Doha Film institute, European Short Pitch, TorinoFilmLab, Nipkow Programm and Full Circle Lab. She teaches script development to production students at Filmakademie Ludwigsburg and works as a freelance script consultant with writer-directors from all over the world.
Britta Krause is based in Berlin.

Juho Kuosmanen
Script Tutor
Finland

Juho Kuosmanen is a film director, born in Kokkola, Finland. He graduated from Aalto University School of Arts and Architecture in 2014. Besides working in film, he directs theatre plays and opera, and he acts as well. Juho’s first movie Taulukauppiaat (The Painting Sellers, 2010) was nominated for five Finnish Film Academy Awards and won the main prize at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival Cinéfondation. His first feature film Hymyilevä mies (The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki, 2016) was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the main prize. Juho Kuosmanen is artistic director of Kokkolan Kinojuhlat, which is, according to Juho's mother Tuula Kuosmanen, the best film festival in the world.

Antonio Piazza
Script Tutor
Italy

Antonio Piazza is a Sicilian writer-director, working with Fabio Grassadonia in a filmmaking duo. In 2010, they directed their debut short film Rita, one of the most successful Italian short films of the last years, which they developed at European Short Pitch 2008. Their first feature Salvo premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, winning both top prizes of La Semaine de la Critique: the Grand Prix and the Prix Révélation. Their second feature Sicilian Ghost Story opened the Critics’ Week 2017. Antonio continues to work as script consultant, collaborating with several European workshops such as TorinoFilmLab, Cannes Critics’ Week Next Step, European Short Pitch.

Roshanak Behesht Nedjad
Pitching Trainer
Germany

Roshanak began working in the film industry as a festival coordinator and production manager. In 1999, she started her first production company Flying Moon. Until 2014 they produced arthouse films, with over 30 international awards. In 2012, she ventured into Serious Games for children. Under the label In Good Company / IGC Films she started yet another enterprise with a focus on international coproductions, with an emphasis on European features, aiming to entertain on a smart level.
Roshanak also works as an expert and consultant for various institutions and training organisations. She is a member of the German Film Academy as well as the EFA, an EAVE graduate and group leader.

Gabrielle Dumon
Production Consultant
France

Gabrielle starte working at ACE in 2001. Working with the elite of European producers, she acted as an international development consultant and matchmaker with the film industry and international markets and festivals. In 2008, she joined producer Bertrand Faivre at Le Bureau in Paris. Made a partner in 2011, Gabrielle has been developing and producing her own feature film projects for Le Bureau since 2014, among which Tramontane (Semaine de la Critique, 2016), Sollers Point (San Sebastian competition 2017), Digger (Cicae Art Cinema Award, Berlinale Panorama 2020), Pari (Berlinale Panorama 2020) and After Love (Semaine de la Critique Label 2020).

Una Gunjak
Guest Speaker
Bosnia & Herzegovina

Una Gunjak was born and raised in Sarajevo. After studying in Italy and obtaining an MA in Film Editing at the NFTS in the UK, she has extensively worked as editor for documentaries and drama. In 2012 she took part in European Short Pitch with The Chicken, then premiered at Semaine de la Critique 2014, winner of the European Film Award for Best Short Film, selected at Sundance and at MOMA’s New Directors New Films. Her short Salamat From Germany, part of the Lebanon Factory omnibus, opened the Directors’ Fortnight 2017. The development of her features Alfa and Excursion has been supported by the Cinéfondation Residence, TorinoFilmLab, Hubert Bals Fund and Creative Europe MEDIA, among others.

Wouter Jansen
Distribution Consultant
Netherlands

Wouter was the head of programming at Go Short - International Film Festival for 10 years. In 2013 he started sales and festival distribution company Some Shorts, which changed to Square Eyes in 2019: with it, he represents bold, author-driven features and shorts, collaborating closely with the filmmakers. This has resulted in a small catalogue of films premiering and winning awards at festivals such as Cannes, TIFF, Berlin, Locarno and Clermont-Ferrand. Wouter has been giving lectures at Le Fresnoy, HEAD Geneva and Netherlands Film Academy as well as moderating and leading workshops at festivals like IDFA, Locarno, Winterthur, VIS Vienna Shorts and others.

Matthieu Taponier
Editing Consultant
France

Matthieu studied Modern Literature in Paris and completed a MFA in filmmaking at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Trained as a story editor at TorinoFilmLab in 2013, he has been tutoring in workshops such as Critics’ Week’s Next Step, DFI’s Hezayah Screenwriting Lab and Le Groupe Ouest. He collaborated as a script and film editor on Son of Saul by László Nemes (Grand Prix Cannes 2015, Oscar 2016 for Best Foreign Language Film); as a co-writer and film editor on Nemes’ second feature Sunset (FIPRESCI Venice 2018); as a script and film editor on Beginning by Dea Kulumbegashvili (Cannes 2020, FIPRESCI TIFF 2020, Golden Shell San Sebastian 2020).