Vivian Schröder began her career in the film industry by producing commercials in the entertainment sector. Since 2012, she has worked closely with Boekamp & Kriegsheim, a production company in Berlin. There she focused on the production of documentary films and series, including Scitech Tv for the Arab market and Because Of Who I Am for arte/rbb. Through the B&K production The Bornio Case, she got to know the principle of impact producing and has been working as Germany's first impact producer since 2020, giving international workshops and accompanying the theatrical release of films such as Total Trust. Since 2019, she has been working intensively on setting up a film and impact program in Germany based on the model of DocSociety's Good Pitch and has coordinated initial formats such as the Climate Story Lab Berlin and Impact Day 2024. In 2024, she founded The Good Media Network together with Anna Ramskogler-Witt and is Impact and Outreach Director of Dokumentale.

Anna Ramskogler-Witt began her career in the film industry in 2006 at the Vienna Pool Filmverleih, where she initially set up the educational program and was later responsible for marketing and booking & billing. In 2010, she took over the interim management of the Vienna Human Rights Film Festival This Human World before moving to Berlin in 2011, where she accompanied international film premieres as a PR agent. In 2017, she seized the unique opportunity to set up the Fundraising and Partnerships department at the renowned European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR), which she headed until 2019. From 2019 to 2023 she was Director of the Human Rights Film Festival Berlin. Since the beginning of her career, she has been convinced that documentaries could achieve a longer lifespan and a larger audience through an impact approach, which is why she brought the Climate Story Lab to Berlin, among other things. In 2024, she co-founded The Good Media Network with Vivian Schröder and is the artistic director of Dokumentale.

Jana Sepehr was born in Hamburg and studied sociology, globalization and (development) policy in Kiel, Maastricht and San Diego. For her master's thesis at the University of Ghana, she researched the migration of doctors and the consequences for the healthcare system. She has been a freelance journalist since 2015, including for Die Zeit, Der Spiegel and ZDF. She edits the publications and the D'Salon for Dokumentale.

Lea Najjar, born in Vienna in 1994, grew up in Lebanon. During her school years, she worked as a press photographer. She then completed her freshman degree at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, in 2013. From 2014 she studied at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg and graduated in 2021 with her first feature film. “KASH KASH” premiered at CPH:DOX 2022 Copenhagen, where it won the NEXT:Wave Award for the best debut film of the international scene and won the First Steps Award, Golden Frog at Camerimage and the German Documentary Award 2023, among others. She works as a freelance director and producer based in Berlin and was part of the Berlinale Talents 2024. Since August she supports Dokumentale as Assistant to the ARtistic and Impact Director of Dokumentale.

Lydia Band works in event management, specializing in festival formats and holistic planning in the thematic areas of culture, lifestyle and music. She studied International Tourism Management in the Netherlands and a Master's degree in Sustainable Tourism Management in Eberswalde. She then built up a Berlin-wide network for the tourism industry (“Travel Massive”) and from 2017 was significantly involved in the establishment and further development of the Berlin Travel Festival, especially in the role of program director and curator for content and formats. Other event formats in which she has been involved and shaped include the international “Social Entrepreneurship Competition in Tourism” and a cultural and music festival in Sardinia. Between 2021 and 2021, she was production coordinator for the Human Rights Film Festival Berlin. She is responsible for guest management at Dokumentale.

Alexandra Wolf is a project leader, manager, concept developer, curator and consultant in the fields of culture, media and science. From 2016 to 2023, she was the festival director and program director of re:publica Berlin - Europe's unique festival for the digitalized society. Alexandra studied Biology, Culture & Technology as well as Art Science & Art Technology in Erlangen/Nuremberg and in Berlin. As a concept developer, curator and strategic consultant for events, she also co-founded the agency selektor.berlin in 2017 and has been self-employed with a wolf project since 2023. She supports Dokumentale as a curator in the field of science.

Yvonne de Andrés is a cultural manager with many years of experience in publishing. She specializes in the development and organization of cultural and educational events in cooperation with foundations, embassies and institutions. Her focus is on gender equality, democracy and freedom of expression. She actively contributes her expertise as an advisor, jury member and board member of the German Women's Council and as a member of various cultural associations such as BücherFrauen. She is instrumental in setting up the non-fiction book section of Dokumentale.

Alexandra Weltz-Rombach is a filmmaker and producer based in Berlin. She has a master's degree in cultural studies, comparative literature and history. Her audiovisual productions include documentaries, short films and online formats. Since 2020, she has headed the Galerie Auslage project, which sees itself as a curatorial laboratory for art, books, objects and ideas and works according to the principles of DIY culture, the copier, speed and mobility, experimentation and temporary and interim use as a Berlin model. She supports Dokumentale as a curator of the D'Lounge.

Marta Golba is a graduate of film and television production at the University of Silesia and a coach at the Warsaw School of Social Sciences & Humanities. As the owner of ENDORFINA Studio with offices in Warsaw and Berlin, she has won several awards for her productions, including 15 Corners of the World and All These Sleepless Nights. She also works as a line producer and production manager for projects in Poland and Germany and is involved in HER Docs, the first documentary film festival in Poland for female filmmakers. She supports Dokumentale as a curator in the Society and D'Hub sections.

Anne Thoma is senior videoproducer at WWF Germany, free-lance documentary filmmaker and coach for storytelling. She studied International Relations at the London School of Economics and the Graduate Institute in Geneva. With her award-winning documentary films “Painful Peace” and “Miles&War” she filmed in various war-torn regions and examined the effects of war, first-hand. As videoproducer at WWF, she focuses on environmental topics and continuously develops new storytelling formats, films in extreme locations and produces videos for WWF campaigns. She supports Dokumentale as a Storytelling Consultant.

Veronika Neubauer is a freelance art director in Berlin. Since graduating in painting and graphic design from the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, she has worked as a freelance graphic designer and art director, first in Vienna and since 2008 in Berlin. Since then, she has mainly designed many magazines and books. From 2020 to 2023, she was responsible for the graphics of the Human Rights Film Festival Berlin. At The Good Media Network, she is responsible for the entire design area, from logo and festival design to magazines, flyers, merchandise, web and social media, etc.

Marie Ketzscher is a PR specialist operating both nationally and internationally, focusing on culture and science. Whether it's conceptualization, execution, or consulting, her range of services spans from traditional press work to cross-media media partnerships. Her current projects include Dokumentale, the Pop-Kultur Berlin festival, filmPOLSKA, the PANDAwomen Festival, and the AI project KIDD ("Artificial Intelligence in the Service of Diversity"). From 2012 to 2017, she worked at the Animation Institute of the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, and from 2017 to 2021, she served as a senior PR consultant. Since 2011, Marie Ketzscher has been writing for the online magazine Berliner Filmfestivals with a focus on animation and feminism, and since August 2020, she has been co-editor-in-chief. Additionally, she advises and supports festivals with program curation and lectures (dokumentART Festival 2018, Under the Radar Vienna 2019 and 2020, the Austrian Cultural Forum Berlin 2021, and the Festival of Animation Berlin 2021). She supports Dokumentale as a PR expert and in the field of media partnerships.

Sören Nehe has been working in the media industry since 2003. He began his career as an advertising salesman in a renowned advertising agency before working for several years in advertising film productions. After studying business communication in Berlin, he switched to the film distribution industry. Since 2014, he has been running 48hearts produtions together with his business partner. There he is responsible for audio post-production. Sören Nehe is a passionate and committed media professional who is always looking for new challenges. With his creativity and solution-oriented thinking, he is responsible for production coordination for the documentary.

Ida is a freelance social media manager, editor and impact strategist and leads the social media channels at Dokumentale. Her multifaceted studies in Psychology and Communication (BA) and Television and Cross Media Culture (MA) make her an all-rounder in digital communication strategies and social media storytelling. With her work on projects such as the award-winning Instagram channel 'IchbinSophieScholl', or the climate justice campaign 'Not Just Celsius', she focuses on the intersection of digital narration and educational work - always with the premise of achieving the greatest possible social impact. She supports Dokumentale in Impact and Outreach.

Ahmed Ibrahim is an experienced visual artist in the gaming and VFX industry, mainly focused on environmental art and game design. After graduating from London Metropolitan University with a diploma in Game Design, he worked with companies such as Marvel and Disney in visual and special effects before transitioning to the gaming industry, contributing to games like Grand Theft Auto. Other notable works by him include the environmental design for the Pharaoh’s Golden Parade in Egypt and the Oscar-winning film “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.” His past success in exploring different areas of the arts drove him to broaden his horizons in the creative industries, leading him to study Creative Industries Management in Berlin. With his previous experience in the film industry, he joined the team managing Dokumentale’s Summer Preview to oversee its planning and ensure its success as a project manager.