The Team
(Status: Mai 2022)
The festival is organized on a mainly voluntary basis by the nonprofit organization Nippon Connection. Nippon Connection is a member of the Association of Hessian Film Festivals (Verbund der hessischen Filmfestivals) and AG Filmfestival.
Festival Director
Marion Klomfaß
Management
Luisa von Blume, Chiara Böck, Jennifer Fettig, Kirill Gettmann, Bastian Hoang, Florian Höhr, Isabelle Mathes, Neco Oestreich, Colin Pachl, Marie-Claire Richardson, Marina Schilke, Viktoria Steinigk, Hannah Strittmatter, Bao Anh Tran, Masako Tsuno, Raphael Shogo Wujanz
Festival Office
Chiara Böck (Head of team), Luisa von Blume, Bao Anh Tran, Josephine Triebener (intern), Franziska Weiß (intern)
Film Program
Florian Höhr (Head of team), Marion Klomfaß, Sebastian Krehl, Quang Anh Ngo, Mayu Sugaya, Pavao Vlajcic
Film Program Preselection
Thilini Abeyawardana, Inga Baumgartner, Henrik Diels (Nippon Shorts), Nicolo Dresp, Noah Franc, Bastian Hoang, Mina Huber, Alexander Knoth (Nippon Shorts)
Nippon Culture
Marie-Claire Richardson (Head of team), Sabrina Dethloff, Jennifer Fettig, Franziska Haferkorn, Mina Huber, Neco Oestreich, Anne Seifferth, Deborah Späth, Viktoria Steinigk, Rebecca Volz, Kenzo Weiß
Press and Public Relations
Isabelle Mathes (Head of team), Josefine Rauch (Social Media), Karim Ahsan, Anastasiya Chen, Jenny Medow, Marina Schilke, Pauline Teupke, Lara Kocken (intern), Sophie Mackel (intern)
Editorial
Dennis Vetter (Head of Team), Tabea Pausch, Mircea Ogrin
Translations
Isabelle Mathes (Head of Team, en / jp), Noah Franc (en), Mircea Ogrin (en), Yukiya Oguchi (jp), Hiroko Takahashi (jp), Masako Tsuno (jp)
Interpreter Coordination
Maria Deutsch
Guest Relations
Mayu Sugaya (Head of Team), Stella Tümmler (Head of Team), Nicolo Dresp, Yukiya Oguchi, Chika Shimakura, Nohman Meilan (intern)
Volunteer Coordination
Lukas Raymann (Head of Team), Njomza Dulla, Vincent Ehlers (Coordination of Drivers), Anahita Estiri, Alexandra Holst, Dennis Puljic
Festival Photographer
Eileen Burkard, Jan Holdt
Ticketing
Colin Pachl (Head of Team), Sila Avci, Aylin Cagman, Isa Günkel, Tanja Menn, Trung Ngo, Dennis Puljic, Laura Sommer
Bar Coordination
Lidia Solomon (Head of Team), Inga Baumgartner, Alex Bickel, Laura Maltan, Tobias Walter
Catering
Thorsten Böhn (Head of Team), Gary Siemund (Head of Team), Kaoru Harada, Natalia Reiswich
Merchandising
Maxim Emiliano Kraemer (Head of Team), Sarah Schütz (Head of Team), Yun Jiang, Pauline Teupke, Mina Huber
Video & Event Technology
Raphael Shogo Wujanz (Head of Team), André Popescu (Head of Team), Inga Baumgartner, Henrik Diels, Moritz Laubscher, Marion Meißner, Vincent Stoll
Office Technology
André Popescu, Raphael Shogo Wujanz
Site Management & Interior
Lukas Brehm (Head of Team Site Management), Marko Pirovolakis (Head of Team Site Management), Marie-Claire Richardson (Head of Team Interior), Bastian Hoang, Jens Labudda, Nhat Thang Pham, Deborah Späth
Kopiendisposition & Video-On-Demand
Janis Schmidt (Head of Team), Hannah Strittmatter, Simon Winkel (intern)
Cinema Management
Philippe Crackau, Andreas Heidenreich, Lennart Losensky, Simon Zerfaß
Accounting
Astrid Kalvelage
Human Resources
Kirill Gettmann
Collaboration
David Fahnert, David Falk, Katharina Hein, Maximilian Himpsl, Esra Kartal, Kira Katthagen, Roland Klostermann, Nek Navikân Sim, Naoko Uchima, Rita Vogel, Kristina Warncke
Design & Campaign
Concept and Design: Julia Tebbe, Maleen Knies, Maria Hesse
Art Direction: Il-Ho Jung www.il-ho.com
Design developed in cooperation with Il-Ho Jung and HS Mainz Kommunikationsdesign
Festival Trailer
Animation: Amin Weber
Music composition: Michael Laven
Sound mixing: Raphael Shogo Wujanz
Postproduction: Thomas Maier
Website
Frontend-Development: wemove digital solutions
Content Management: Colin Pachl
Design & Concept: Il-Ho Jung — www.il-ho.com
Data Protection Officer
Colin Pachl
Board of Nippon Connection e.V.
Kirill Gettmann (chair), Florian Höhr (vice chair), Marion Klomfaß (vice chair)