Veronica Ferres, member of the German and European Film Academy, works as an actress, producer and guest lecturer at the University of Television and Film (HFF) in Munich.

She studied German studies, psychology and theater studies at the LMU Munich. Furthermore she took acting lessons from the renowned professor Margret Langen, of the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna. After this she focused entirely on her passion: acting. Since then, the Grimme Award winner has acted in more than 150 feature films and numerous TV-films and series, more than 30 of them in English.

With the Oscar and Golden Globe nominated film SCHTONK, she finally made her breakthrough and became one of the most famous German actresses, both nationally and internationally. Her outstanding acting achievements have been honored with the Grimme Award in Gold, the German Television Price, the Bavarian Film Award, the Golden Camera, the Bambi and the International Emmy.

In 2013 she founded her own production company Construction Film with the aim of producing high-quality cinema and TV content on a national and international level. Construction Film produced, among others, HECTOR AND THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS (2014), the comedy UNDER GERMAN BEDS (2017) as well as the highly acclaimed TV-drama SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS (2016) and Werner Herzog's thriller SALT AND FIRE (2016).

Other successful productions quickly followed: after the co-production of CRISIS, directed by Nicholas Jarecki, the company produced and co-produced the comedy LOVE, WEDDINGS & OTHER DISASTERS. This was followed by the drama HEART OF CHAMPIONS, PASSENGER C and the drama EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE.

With the feature film THE UNFORGIVABLE, Construction Film produced its first film for Netflix. The story is based on a British mini-series and was directed by Nora Fingscheidt. Production partners were Graham King/GK Films and Sandra Bullock. The film was released on Netflix in December 2021 and is until this day in the streaming’s all-time Global Top Ten. In early 2022, the thriller SHATTERED was released for Lionsgate, directed by Luis Prieto.

At FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2023, the feature film “Entführt – 14 Tage Überleben” (Kidnapped – 14 Days Survival) directed by Oscar nominated director Marc Rothemund, for RTL plus will celebrate its premiere. The story is about the historic kidnapping case of Johannes Erlemann in 1981.

More film and series projects are in development, preparation, or pre-production both with German broadcasters and with international streaming platforms.

Most recently, as Vice President Germany at Sky Deutschland, Tobias Rosen was responsible for Sky Studios' own fictional productions. Until 2022, he was a producer at Warner Bros. International Television Production, realising the series LOVE ADDICTS for Amazon Studios and CLUB LAS PIRANJAS 2.0 for RTL Plus, among others. In 2019, he received the prestigious German Film Award for the feature film "Rocca verändert die Welt". In 2018, his graduation film "Watu Wote" was nominated for an Oscar in the "Best Short Film" category.

Ralf Berchtold has been with Construction Filmproduktion GmbH since 2013, now in the role of a producer and managing director. During this time, he has been jointly responsible for numerous national and international films in various positions. Some examples are:

ENTFÜHRT – 14 TAGE ÜBERLEBEN (Director: Marc Rothemund)
SHATTERED (Director: Luis Prieto)
HEART OF CHAMPIONS (Director: Michael Mailer)
UNTER DEUTSCHEN BETTEN (Director: Jan Fehse)
SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS (Director: Andreas Arnstedt)
SALT AND FIRE (Director: Werner Herzog)

Before joining Construction Film, he worked for Sperl Productions GmbH and teamWorx GmbH.
The diverse experience he has gained in recent years on national and international projects has given him the opportunity to expand his expertise in film financing and international co-productions and to specialize in this field.

After travelling around the globe in 2003, Alena Jelinek completed an apprenticeship for audiovisual media at RTL Television in Cologne. During this time, she worked as a production assistant and unit manager for live sport events and studio productions.

From 2008-2012, she studied at the Film Academy in Ludwigsburg with focus on series producing. She studied abroad at the renowned Paris film school La Fémis in 2009. One year later, she participated in the Hollywood Masterclass at UCLA Extension in Los Angeles with the Baden-Württemberg Scholarship. During her time as a student, she produced a variety of films and commercials that have been screened at national and international festivals and won awards. With her diploma film, the series pilot KILLING ALL THE FLIES, she won the Studio Hamburg Young Talent Award "Best Production".

After graduation, she worked as a commissioning editor for TV films and long-running formats at the television broadcaster ZDF in Mainz. From there, she was off to UFA Serial Drama and UFA Fiction. During her five years at UFA, she produced the full range of fictional formats, from one-offs to historical multi-part, daily drama and series. From 2020 forwards, she works as a producer at Geissendörfer Pictures in Berlin, developing and realizing films and series for the TV and streaming market. There she produced the Sky Original SOULS, which won two awards at the Canneseries Festival (Best Screenplay, Best Music).

A qualified lawyer and political scientist, Julia Rappold was most recently Senior Executive Producer at Sky Studios Germany. Prior to that, she produced films such as BECKENRAND SHERIFF, FAMILIE IS NICH and SCHON TAUSENDMAL BERÜHRT at the Munich-based production company Lieblingsfilm. Immediately after her studies, she was responsible for talent films and low-budget cinema films at the FFF Bayern. She has been an honorary member of the DOK.fest Munich supporting association for 10 years. In 2021 she was a juror at the Drehbuchwerkstatt München and since April 2022 she has been a member of the talent promotion committee for HessenFilm.

Laura Roll was Born 1991 in Munich. From 2013 until 2018 she studied production and media business at the University of Television and Film in Munich. For her film "Lead" she was nominated for the No Fear-Award at the First Steps in 2019. In 2018 she became a producer at the Bavaria Filmproduktion where she worked on films such as "Enfant terrible" from director Oskar Roehler and "Confessions of Felix Krull" from Detlev Buck. In 2021 she became a freelance producer where she has worked on the series "KaDeWe" from Julia von Heinz, the adaptation of the world bestseller "A whole life" from Hans Steinbichler and the film "Kidnapped - 14 days of survival" from director Marc Rothemund.

Fabian Post studied business administration in Mannheim and Cambridge and previously completed an apprenticeship for audiovisual media. As a production manager in the fictional field, he was responsible for numerous film and series productions, working with partners from Germany and abroad. At MECOM fiction in Munich, he was a member of the management team and subsequently worked for Bayerischer Rundfunk in the field of commissioned production and co-production. In addition to his full-time work as a line producer, he is passionately involved in promoting young talent. He lectures at the University of Television and Film (HFF) Munich, the Ansbach University of Applied Sciences, and at the Producers Alliance Initiative for Qualification (PAIQ), among others. Fabian Post is also the author of a new book "Film-Herstellungsleitung - Eine Einführung in die Praxis" (Practical Guide to Film Production - An Introduction to Line Producing), which will be published by Springer VS Verlag.

Bernadette Wörner studied German literature, Philosophy and Romance Studies in Frankfurt and Florence. After graduating and a work and travel stay in Canada, she started at U5 Filmproduktion in 2012, initially as a producer for the video platform of a large social association. In 2017, she switched to fiction and worked as an assistant line producer on a series of television films. Meanwhile, she completed advanced training as a fiction producer and green consultant. After moving to Munich, she was able to significantly expand her wealth of experience at Geißendörfer Pictures, including her work on the SKY Original SOULS and the film DER FUCHS.

Anja Wittmann studied Media and Communications Management and Corporate Communications at the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences in Munich and Hamburg. During her studies, she was already able to gain experience in corporate communications and online marketing. In the course of her professional career, she worked as a project manager in a Munich-based influencer marketing agency and most recently as a social media manager in political communications. Her focus is on communication, PR and social media.

After her training as a media designer for print, Claudia Petermeier worked as a production assistant at a film production company for advertising and image films. She managed the office as production and management assistant and learned how to use various programmes for video editing, 2D animation, graphics and database maintenance. She has been entrusted with a wide variety of tasks in a commercial film production and office management over the past 16 years.

Maja Bednaic completed her graduation at the Ignaz-Taschner-Gymnasium in Dachau 2021. Currently she is studying Communication & PR at the International University in Munich. Construction Film is the practice partner for applying the theoretically acquired knowledge and skills in film practice.

Claudia Gatzke first studied literature at the LMU, then switched to documentary film at the HFF Munich, where she also graduated in film production. She has worked in various areas of film production, specializing in dramaturgy, the evaluation of screenplays and working with authors.

Petra Österle completed her training as a tax clerk in Passau. After further training as a certified accountant in 1992, she spent 12 years in a larger company in Munich, where she was responsible for the management of the financial accounting department. She discovered film accounting in 2005 as chief accountant at Sonne, Mond & Sterne Filmproduktion GmbH. Afterwards she was accountant in film production companies such as Lieblingsfilm GmbH, Dreamtool Entertainment and Filmproduction Pool GmbH.

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