Dr. Kay Hoffmann
Dr Kay Hoffmann is a film journalist and historian and chairman of the NaturVision e.V. support association. From 2007, he was head of scientific studies at the Haus des Dokumentarfilms (HDF) in Stuttgart, where he has worked since the mid-1990s. For the HDF, Kay Hoffmann organised the industry get-together DOKVILLE and the film series DOK Premiere. He organised numerous film and television festivals (Berlinale, Blühende Phantasie, Input'98) and was co-festival director of NaturVision Filmfestival in Ludwigsburg from 2012 - 2018. He was a research assistant and project manager in the DFG-funded research project on the history of documentary film in Germany. He has published numerous books, book chapters and writes regularly in film magazines
Pilu Lydlow
As a format developer for cross-channel formats in the field of culture and knowledge topics, Pilu Lydlow is responsible for formats for young target groups at SRF Schweizer Fernsehen. Following the YouTube science magazine "Puls Check", she is now presenting "Krabbeltiere" with animal filmmaker and insect nerd Bähram Alagheband. Pilu Lydlow is a multiple jury member of the Prix Europa and moderates and curates at international television conferences. Pilu Lydlow recently completed a Master's degree in Digital Management at Hyper Island in London.
Valentin Thurn
Producer and director Valentin Thurn became internationally recognised with "Taste the Waste - Global Food Waste" and "10 Billion - How can we feed everyone?" Both cinema documentaries were big hits with audiences and won numerous awards at home and abroad. At the same time, the books "Die Essensvernichter" (Spiegel bestseller) and "Harte Kost" were published.
With his production company ThurnFilm GmbH, he has realised over 60 documentaries in the last 20 years, mainly for ARD, ZDF and ARTE, as well as several international co-productions.
He was founding chairman of the "International Federation of Environmental Journalists", the Foodsharing e.V., the Cologne Food Council and is a board member of the documentary film working group AGdok.