Tanino Bellanca
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 Ludwigsburg’s media representative, he has also been responsible for the city’s development as a media location.
Feline Gerhardt
Since graduating from the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in summer 2020, Feline Gerhardt has been working as a freelance cinematographer and director for, among others, ARTE, SWR and the German Foreign Office. Most of her projects take her into nature and the cold North.
Claudia Schwab
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!.
Axel Weiss
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.
Sarah Ziegler
A filmmaker and diver from Freiburg, Sarah Ziegler works for the film production company Black Forest Collective and is on the board of Wild Europe, a charitable organisation that promotes wilderness and biodiversity through multimedia projects in Europe. She is keenly involved with environmental protection and civil sea rescue and studies biology at the University of Freiburg.
Udo Zimmermann
Heinz von Matthey is a film producer, writer and director. After studying film production in Switzerland, he worked as a cameraman and producer for Lazi Film in Stuttgart. In 1989 he set up the company Matthey Film in Waiblingen and produced numerous award-winning nature films and science features, notably for ZDF, WDR and ARTE. In 2021, Heinz and his wife were honoured with the Görlitz Meridian Nature Film Award for their life’s work.