The Team

(Updated: May 2023)

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
Chiara Böck, Vincent Ehlers, Kirill Gettmann, Bastian Hoang, Florian Höhr, Lara Kocken, Isabelle Mathes, Neco Oestreich, Colin Pachl, André Popescu, Marie-Claire Richardson, Marina Schilke, Deborah Späth, Viktoria Steinigk, Raphael Shogo Wujanz

Festival Office
Chiara Böck (Head of team), Keona Buvari, Luca-Gabriel Eckardt (intern), Nelli Lorenson (intern)

Film Program
Florian Höhr (Head of team), Maximilian Himpsl, Marion Klomfaß, Sebastian Krehl, Quang Anh Ngo, Mayu Sugaya, Pavao Vlajcic

Film Program Preselection
Inga Baumgartner, Henrik Diels (Nippon Shorts), Kenta Hidaka, Bastian Hoang, Mina Huber, Alexander Knoth (Nippon Shorts), Simon Winkel

Nippon Culture
Marie-Claire Richardson (Head of team), Victoria Atanasov, Sabrina Dethloff, Jennifer Fettig, Franziska Haferkorn, Mina Huber, Friederike Köpke, Neco Oestreich, Ana Okuka, Anne Seifferth, Tamara Seifried, Deborah Späth, Viktoria Steinigk

Press and Public Relations
Isabelle Mathes (Head of team), Lara Kocken (Assistenz, STEP Förderprogramm), Philipp Beiser (intern), Anna-Katharina Wohlleber (intern), Karim Ahsan, Victoria Atanasov, Lucy Klostermeier, Sophie Mackel, Jenny Medow, Alica Müller, Marina Schilke

Editorial
Dennis Vetter (Head of Team), Isabelle Mathes (Head of Team), Marion Klomfaß, Mircea Ogrin and others

Texts
Victoria Atanasov, Maximilian Himpsl, Florian Höhr, Marion Klomfaß, Alexander Knoth, Sebastian Krehl, Anne Küper, Thomas Laufersweiler, Jonas Nestroy, Quang Anh Ngo, Dennis Vetter, Pavao Vlajcic

Translations
Isabelle Mathes (Head of Team, en / jp), Noah Franc (en), Maximilian Himpsl (en), Sophie Mackel (en), Mircea Ogrin (en), Taimi Schalle (en), Laura Wilkinson (en), Lucy Klostermeier (en/jp), Nami Sano (jp), Hiroko Takahashi (jp), Masako Tsuno (jp)

Interpreters
Maria Deutsch (Head of Team), Jasmin Dose, Hisako Imai, Mari Matsumoto, Samira Rafiq, Anja Truong, Masako Tsuno and others

Guest Relations
Mayu Sugaya (Head of Team), Stella Tümmler (Head of Team), Jacob Herzum (intern), Nicolo Dresp, Takumi Nasu, Chika Shimakura, Shiho Sugimoto

Volunteer Coordination
Lukas Raymann (Head of Team), Njomza Dulla, Anahita Estiri, Alexandra Holst, Dennis Puljic

Driver Coordination
Vincent Ehlers (Head of Team), Nils Oberste-Lehn, Laura Vogel

Festival Photographer Coordination
Eileen Burkard (Head of Team), Sila Avci, Jan Holdt, Gary Siemund

Ticketing
Colin Pachl (Head of Team), Funda Bakan, Isa Günkel, Alexander Knoth, Tanja Menn, Dennis Puljic, Taimi Schalle, Laura Sommer

Bar Coordination
Matthias Muscheid (Head of Team), Inga Baumgartner, Alex Bickel, Laura Maltan, Tobias Walter, Gunda Wiersch

Catering
Thorsten Böhn (Head of Team), Roland Klostermann (Head of Team), Katharina Buhl, David Falk, Désireé Flegel, Trung Ngo, Natalia Reiswich, Gary Siemund

Merchandising
Maxim Emiliano Kraemer (Head of Team), Sarah Schütz (Head of Team), Ilaria Comini, Elisa Faulman, Yun Jiang, Gülsüm Yurtseven

Site Management & Interior
Lukas Brehm (Head of Team Site Management), Marko Pirovolakis (Head of Team Site Management), Marie-Claire Richardson (Head of Team Interior), Ilaria Comini, Bastian Hoang, Jens Labudda, Alica Müller, Pham Nhat Thang, Ana Okuka, Deborah Späth

Video & Event Technology
Raphael Shogo Wujanz (Head of Team), André Popescu (Head of Team), Inga Baumgartner, Christian Cyfus, Henrik Diels, Denys Kuznietsov, Marion Meißner, Vincent Stoll, Stevie Würker

Office Technology
André Popescu

Film Copy Disposition
Johanna Fieberling (Head of Team), Sarah Trinh (intern), Hannah Strittmatter, Simon Winkel, Marc Göbel

Cinema Management
Martin Bregenzer, Andreas Heidenreich, Lennart Losensky, Meghann Munro, Laura Sommer, Marie Urban, Simon Zerfaß

Accounting
Astrid Kalvelage

Human Resources
Kirill Gettmann

Collaboration
Josefine Rauch, Bao Anh Tran

Design & Campaign
Il-Ho Jung www.il-ho.com

Festival Trailer
Animation: Amin Weber
Music composition: Michael Laven & Jörg Ritter
Sound mixing: Raphael Shogo Wujanz
Postproduction: Thomas Maier

Website
Frontend-Development: wemove digital solutions
Content Management: Isabelle Mathes, 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)