Media representative for the city of Ludwigsburg, department for sustainable urban development, Tanino Bellanca is a freelance film producer and creative producer. Having studied political sciences and business studies at the University of Mannheim and the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, from 1996 to 2000 he went on to study film production at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Since May 2000, Tanino has worked as a freelance producer and creative producer for bellanca film & consulting in Ludwigsburg. Since 2000, in his role as media representative for the city of Ludwigsburg, he has also been responsible for the city’s development as a media location.

A project coordinator at Slow Food Deutschland, Stella Dietrich works on an intercultural educational project focusing on a sustainable food system. She studied environmental sciences as well as biodiversity and environmental education, while engaging in various radio, film and media projects on the side.

Designer Martina Dubrusky’s degree specialising in photography and media laid the foundation for a broad range of interests and fields of work, including stints in theatre, working as a freelance photographer and art director, and involvement in various aspects of culture and event management. At NaturVision she spent four years in charge of organising the Bavarian Forest Film Days. In 2016, Martina joined the team of the Neues Maxim cinema in Munich, where her remit includes the Cinema For Future series.

Benjamin Eckert has been studying ecology and environmental planning in Berlin since 2018 and works alongside his studies as a freelance photographer and filmmaker. In 2018 he joined the team at Jugendnetzwerk Abenteuer Schwarzwald des Freundeskreis Nationalpark Schwarzwald e.V., which aims to get young people interested in the beauty of nature through photography and film and to develop long-term, sustainable and impactful projects. Benjamin was already a member of the Youth Jury of the NaturVision Film Festival in 2019 and 2020.

Film musician/sound designer Andreas Fuchs is a project supervisor for the film music department of the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. As well as his many years’ experience in sound design for the gaming industry, he has worked as a film musician in Hollywood and nowadays composes music for TV documentaries and commercials.

Heinz von Matthey is a film producer, writer and director. Following his studies in Switzerland, he worked as a cameraman, writer and director for Lazi Film Stuttgart, and then as a producer for Studio/S Stuttgart. In 1987 he set up the company Matthey Film in Waiblingen, specialising in TV documentaries and corporate films with a focus on biology, ecology and ethnography. Heinz has produced numerous award-winning documentaries and science features, notably for ZDF and ZDF Enterprises, WDR and ARTE.

Claudia Schwab has worked as an editor for regional broadcaster Südwestrundfunk in Baden-Baden since 1999, where she developed and produced various wildlife formats for children. Since 2012 she has been responsible for SWR’s in-house and co-productions in the realm of "Animals and Nature". Claudia is also in charge of SWR’s documentaries for the series Come and See My World!.

Qualified biologist, editor and presenter, Axel Weiss works for regional broadcaster Südwestrundfunk on the tri-media environmental desk and, despite dealing daily with minor and major environmental disasters, has managed to retain his sense of humour. Having travelled extensively in the (endangered) natural world, he continues to write passionately for SWR and ARD.