The Team

The festival is organized on a voluntary basis by the nonprofit organization Nippon Connection. Nippon Connection is a member of the Association of Hessian Film Festivals (Verbund der hessischen Filmfestivals).

Team members

Festival Director
Marion Klomfaß

President of Executive Board
Mark Nennstiel

Management
Martin Bregenzer, Veronika Depnering, Kirill Gettmann, Andreas Heidenreich, Rodolfo Limpin, Isabelle Mathes, Mark Nennstiel, Daniel Noll, Petra Palmer, Mircea Ogrin, Susanne Schönmeier, Tobias Schönrock

Film Program
Petra Palmer (Program Director), Marion Klomfaß, Atsuko Morimune (Nippon Visions), Martin Bregenzer, Kerim Dogruel, Mircea Ogrin, Tobias Schönrock, Pavao Vlajcic

Filmprogram Preselection
Micael Alves, David Clausmeier, Veronika Depnering, Kirill Gettmann, Heiko Hanel, Piotr Koza, Christine Mai, Daniel Noll, Denny Sachs, Peter Schmid, Lars Thielen

Nippon Culture Program
Veronika Depnering (Head of Team), Melanie Böhme, Kirill Gettmann, Melanie Hobich, Florian Höhr, Steffi Lapsien, Neco Oestreich, Katharina Reitz, Ellen Riedel, Yavuz Say, Mira Schlicher, Viktoria Steinigk, Silvia Surrey, Marcia Tümmler, Janet Walther

Editorial Staff (Program Brochure)
Andreas Heidenreich, Mircea Ogrin, Marion Klomfaß

Translations
Rumi Hasegawa, Saori Kaneko, Franziska Liebich, Isabelle Mathes, Rika Nagano-Stueve, Mircea Ogrin, Chihiro Sugisawa, Yukari Tachibana, Hiroko Takahashi, Berrit Theel, Anja Truong, Masako Tsuno

Press and Public Relations
Isabelle Mathes (Head of Team), David Clausmeier, Christine Mai, Lea-Mareen Ottinger, Stefan Pietzner, Denny Sachs, Berrit Theel, Victoria Wong, Anna Zdiara

Guest Relations
Mayu Sugaya (Head of Team), Stella Tümmler (Head of Team), Mira Schlicher, Steffi Lapsien Cortes, Takumi Nasu, Antonia Schaffrodt, Yui Takahashi

Volunteer Coordination
Kirill Gettmann (Head of Team), Natasha Cascanette, Sebastian Krehl, Franziska Liebich, Katharina Miller, Johanna Selke

Ticketing
Rodolfo Limpin (Head of Team), Julia Depnering, Christin Lang, Daniel Noll, Silvia Surrey, Shumin Zeng

Bar Coordination
Micael Alves, Julia Holzmann, Vivien Schulz

Catering
Thorsten Böhn (Head of Team), Bianca Fiedler, Jennifer Lam, Alisha Weitzel, Lilia Will

Merchandising
Johannes Röder (Head of Team), Ina Knicker, Christina Yang

Site Management & Interior
Lukas Brehm, Joanna Detmer, Josef Dillinger, Jens Labudda, Christin Lang, Marko Pirovolakis, Marie-Claire Richardson, Ellen Riedel, Victoria Wong, Shumin Zeng

Video & Event Technology
Daniel Noll (Head of Team), Robert Bosnjak, David Falk, Thomas Nguyen, Dennis Schad, Pascal Simon

Shipping Coordination
Dana Pastor (Head of Team), Meghann Munro, Cora Seidel

Cinema Management
Andreas Heidenreich, Lennart Losensky

Festival Office
Veronika Depnering, Susanne Schönmeier

Office Technology
Daniel Noll

Finances
Petra Klauk, Mark Nennstiel, Peter Schmid

Interns
Laura Broß, Felix Goldmann, Tim Richter, Maria Jampolska, Maria Rumjanzewa

Collaboration
Madeleine Altenhein, Sebastian Gäbelein, Kiki von Hoegen, Benjamin Kauflin, Ida Klepper, Michiru Matsumoto, Teresa Opper, Julia Rechberger, Ralf Schmitt, Dennis Vetter

Design & Campaign
Katja Baumann, Nicole Bräutigam, Laura Hartmann, Alexander Lis, Isabell Seiboth

Festival Trailer
Production: Thomas Maier
Animation: Frank Vogt & Björn Bechstein
Dots: Designbüro Frankfurt
Music: Lennard Poschmann
Cinema mixing: Herold Studios

Social Media and Internet Supervisor
Gary Siemund

Website
LIEBCHEN+LIEBCHEN Kommunikation GmbH

Web Content Management
Isabelle Mathes, Daniel Noll, Rodolfo Limpin