Andreea Borțun
Script Tutor
Romania

Andreea Borțun is a Romanian filmmaker, playwright and ESP alumna. Andreea’s work blends visual poetry and anthropology to explore origins, the female point of view and nature. Her feature debut, Blue Banks, a Romanian-French-Slovenian coproduction, set to start shooting in 2023, embodies an intersectional female gaze and gives a voice to women from rural areas. Andreea has also already enjoyed international recognition as both a writer and director on the festival circuit (Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, Toronto IFF, KVIFF). A strong advocate for the importance of the development phase, Andreea is the co-founder of Pustnik, an international non-profit screenwriting residency. As of October 2021, she has been working as a teaching assistant at UNATC Film School in Bucharest.

Britta Krause
Script Tutor
Germany

Britta Krause is a Berlin-based freelance script consultant, with an international portfolio of writer director clients. Having studied at NYU’s Film & TV programme, Britta went on to graduate from the London Film School with a distinction in scriptwriting. Since then, she has worked internationally as a writer/director/editor on short films and TV films and has made a career directing commercials. With extensive experience as a scriptwriting tutor (Semaine de la Critique’s Next Step, the Doha Film Institute, TorinoFilmLab, Nipkow Programm, Attagirl (BFI) and Full Circle Lab), Britta also currently teaches script development to production students at Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg.

Nayeem Mahbub
Script Tutor
Bangladesh / Sweden

Nayeem Mahbub is a Stockholm- and Tallinn-based script consultant and ESP alumnus. Nayeem earned his MA in documentary film direction at DocNomads and as a writer, is a former participant of Berlinale Short Form Station, Less is More and European Short Pitch. He started his career writing and directing 2D animation in his native Bangladesh, which was followed by a short stint as a producer for the BBC World Service. Nayeem also has a background in film and video editing, with projects such as the Swedish comedy series, Streams (SVT), and a multitude of commercials to his name. Now a script consultant, he has worked previously with organisations like EAVE, on their EAVE Producers Workshop and Ties That Bind. Along the way, he has worked nights in elderly homes, trained as a book repair technician and played guitar for Swedish black metal bands.

Emilie Dubois
Production Consultant
France

Emilie Dubois is a French producer and scriptwriter. Since graduating from the Louis Lumière Film School in 2007, she has produced more than 40 short films, from drama to comedy and horror, including work on a number of international co-productions. In 2021, she joined Insolence Productions as associate and Head of Development. Their first feature, Jumbo by Zoé Wittock, premiered at Sundance in 2020 and won the Gild Filmmpreiz at the Berlinale. Their second feature, Junkyard Dog, first film by Jean-Baptiste Durand, will be released in April 2023. Parallel to her activity as a producer, she also works as a scriptwriter and script consultant on feature film projects and participated in the Atelier Scénario of La Fémis in 2021.

Cǎtalin Christuţiu
Editing Consultant
Romania

Cătalin Cristuțiu is a Bucharest-based film editor, working mainly on Romanian films. His first projects were with director Cristian Nemescu, starting with the internationally acclaimed medium length Marilena From P7 and continuing with the feature California Dreamin’ (Endless) (Prix Un Certain Regard, 2007). He also teamed up with director Radu Jude starting with Radu’s first widely acclaimed The Tube With a Hat and continuing for all his later projects to date, including Aferim! (2015 Silver Bear for Best Direction at Berlinale) and Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (2021 Golden Bear). His many credits include If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle (directed by Florin Serban, awarded at Berlinale 2009 with The Alfred Bauer Prize and Jury Grand Prix).

Christina Demetriou
Distribution Consultant
United Kingdom / Germany

Born in the UK, Christina studied Communications and Culture Studies in London before moving to Berlin. Between 2017-2021 she worked as the festival manager for Coproduction Office, working with highly acclaimed films by Roy Andersson, Ruben Östlund, Jessica Hausner, and Ulrich Seidl. She has curated independent film events since 2015, and was a programmer at Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival for the 2020 and 2021 editions. In 2021 she founded the boutique sales agency Oyster Films, representing innovative and experimental new cinema. She also works as the press coordinator for M-Appeal, and as a festival strategy consultant for emerging filmmakers.

Licia Eminenti
Pitching Consultant
Italy / France

Licia’s work as a writer-director (shorts Intimisto, La Petite Fille and Fraternitas) has been recognised at a number of festivals around the world, including Cannes and Venice. Amongst her collaborations as a script consultant and co-writer, she can also count: A Street in Palermo (Via Castellana Bandiera) by Emma Dante (Coppa Volpi for Best Actress, Venice Film Festival 2013), Tombé du Ciel by Wissam Charaf (ACID, Cannes 2016), Men Don’t Cry by Alen Drljevic (Special Jury Prize, Europa Cinema Label at KVIFF 2017) and Radiogram by Rouzie Hassanova. In the past, she has worked as Sales Manager at Gemini Films and Project Manager for the European Co-production Fund at Eurimages. Presently, Licia holds the position of Head of Selection for the Project Market at the Red Sea Film Festival and contributes as a consultant on a variety of residencies, such as Moulin d’Andé, Maison du Film, Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti, to name a few.