Speakers & Juries

Michael Frenschkowski

Michael je oceňovaný producent s více než třicetiletou zkušeností v oblasti mezinárodní filmové a dokumentární produkce. Spoluzaložil produkční společnost MUT Productions v Berlíně a nedávno také vídeňskou společnost Atomic Walrus Media/Michael Frenschkowski EU. Působil na vedoucích producentských pozicích ve společnosti Terra Mater Studios (Vídeň a Mnichov), kde dohlížel na realizaci rozsáhlých dokumentárních i hraných projektů. Mezi jeho producentské kredity patří oceňované hrané filmy Suspiria, Modigliani a Šťastné a veselé, stejně jako dokumenty The Ivory Game (nominovaný na Oscara v užším výběru) a Moře stínů (držitel Divácké ceny na festivalu Sundance), u nichž se jako výkonný producent podílel také Leonardo DiCaprio. Michael je spoluzakladatelem a čestným členem International Screen Institute ve Vídni a pravidelně působí jako mentor, konzultant a řečník pro řadu vzdělávacích institucí a filmových fondů.

Mollye Asher

Mollye Asher is an Oscar-winning producer based in New York City, best known for the Searchlight film Nomadland, which earned three Academy Awards including Best Picture. The film was her third collaboration with director Chloé Zhao. Her credits include Catch the Fair One (Tribeca Audience Award, IFC Films), Swallow (Gotham nominee), The Rider (Cannes winner, Sony Pictures Classics), Fort Tilden (SXSW Grand Jury Prize), She’s Lost Control (Spirit Award nominee), and Zhao’s debut Songs My Brothers Taught Me. Recently, she executive produced Andrea Arnold’s Bird and produced On Swift Horses. She won the 2020 Spirit Producers Award and is an NYU film alumna.

Anne Carey

Anne Carey is an award-winning creative producer working across formats, genres and budgets. Her career is defined by her collaborations with distinctive filmmakers. Recent work includes Gone Girls, the Netflix docuseries directed by Liz Garbus; Dead Ringers, the Peabody Award winning Amazon limited series, written by Alice Birch, starring Rachel Weisz; and Marielle Heller’s Night Bitch, starring Amy Adams; and Maryam Keshavarz’s The Persian Version, winner of the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for U.S. Dramatic Competition. Notable additional credits include Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-nominated Can You Ever Forgive Me? directed by Marielle Heller; Mike Mills’s Academy Award-nominated 20th Century Women; Marielle Heller’s The Diary of a Teenage Girl; Tamara Jenkins's Academy Award nominated The Savages; Greg Mottola’s Adventureland; and Anton Corbijn’s The American.

Carey thrives on strong partnerships. At Archer Gray, she built and defined the company’s slate and reputation. Carey also co-founded the independent production company This is That with Ted Hope and Anthony Bregman. Prior to that, Carey was Head of Development and a producer at the seminal independent film company Good Machine.

Steffen Kottkamp

Steffen Kottkamp is a media executive, curator and producer working across film, music and culture. He has held senior roles at KiKA, Nickelodeon and Paramount, where he was editorially and productionally responsible for numerous major local series. His work focuses on formats and platforms that create visibility, access and meaningful encounters, from public space to digital distribution. His current work focuses on new access models for independent film, cultural projects and reaching new audiences, complemented by talks, workshops and strategic advisory.

Ben Jackson

Ben Jackson has built his producing career working alongside Jude Law. He has successfully translated his decades of on-set and behind the scenes experience into a unique and advanced skillset for shepherding projects forward. As a collaborative producer with Jude Law in many of his starring projects, Ben Jackson has built significant hands-on experience developing and executing film and TV. Jackson is a co-founder of Riff Raff Entertainment, handling the day-to-day creative work and overseeing all projects from development through to production and on.

Katie Sinclair

Katie Sinclair is a BAFTA and BIFA-longlisted producer with experience spanning film and television, and Head of Film and TV at Riff Raff Entertainment. In addition to her work at Riff Raff, she co-produces Canned Laughter, a charity comedy initiative that has raised over £100,000 for London food banks.

She is an alum of BAFTA Connect and the prestigious Inside Pictures leadership program, sharpening her expertise in the global film and television business. Prior to Riff Raff, Katie was development executive at Blueprint pictures, where here credits include the multi-BAFTA winning The Banshees of Inisherin (dir. Martin McDonagh) - nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture, All Of Us Strangers (dir. Andrew Haigh), Emma (dir. Autumn de Wilde) and Lady Chatterley's Lover (dir. Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre) amongst many others.

Katie has previously worked in production and development across film and TV for BBC Film, BBC Studios, Sugar Films, Disney and Lionsgate. Katie also volunteers and mentors regularly with organisations such as Creative Access and Arts Emergency - helping unheard voices find their place in the film industry.