Alex joined the britspotting team in 2007 as festival director and divides her time between London and Berlin. She has worked in the film and television industry for ten years. Her early career started out at the BFI Southbank, working for the two major London film festivals (London Film Festival, London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival) as well as managing all on-stage events. Wanting to spread her wings, she moved into television production and became a production manager on documentaries for the main British broadcasters. Recently she started producing short films, many of which have played successfully on the international festival circuit. She is currently in development to produce her first feature film with a young British director, who has previously shown work at britspotting.

Beatrice is currently working towards her degree in Film Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin and uses the rest of her time to use her subject knowledge in more practical areas. In 2006 and 2007 she was a part of two Berlinale public jury committees, where she discovered her endless passion for film festivals. She has been working for britspotting since 2008 and is now Deputy Director of the festival. Beatrice also works for several print- and online magazines as a freelance journalist.

Florian has been with britspotting since November 2001. He’s a member of the short film programming group and has held various positions in the festival organisation over the years. Since 2005 he has been curating britspotting experiments, our showcase for contemporary British and Irish avant-garde and experimental film and video art.

After her studies in Media, European Ethnology and Spanish at universities in Marburg, Bueonos Aires and Rome, Solmaz has returned to Berlin to start her working career. After various roles in event and cultural management, Solmaz has connected her passion for film with working for film festivals. Since 2007, Solmaz has been working in the area of event management at Berlin’s very own Berlinale and since May 2009 has become a team member of britspotting’s sponsorship and marketing group.

Babsi was first acquainted with britspotting as an audience member in 2002, and wanted to become involved with the festival as soon as she could. Babsi started as an assistant in the festival center and then went on to become the leader in the same department, co-ordinating the hospitality of festival guests. Working later as assistant festival director, Babsi was kept truly busy until her Masters studies took over. But for britspotting’s anniversary, Babsi is back in the fold to lend her experience and knowledge to the rest of the team!

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Originally from Hong Kong, Sabrina has been living in Berlin since 2007. While a musician by trade, she nevertheless has deep and diverse interests in cinema–from writing about films, to improvising music to silent films, she tries out a myriad of ways to express her passion for the medium. This is her first year at britspotting and she is excited about contributing to its ever-growing team!

During his studies of English & Political Science at the University of Hannover, Cord has already learned much about British and Irish culture. After moving to Berlin, he is happy to be able to participate in the media and culture creating scene. This fall he wants to continue his academic career in Berlin, until then he‘s happy to fully dedicate himself to britspotting. He supports the team with his expert language skills, his contacts into the political and media scene, and last but not least his big interest in British-Irish films.

Henriette joined the britspotting team earier this summer. Inspired by her studies of English philology and computer sciences at the Freie Universität Berlin, and with her love for English language films, she is looking forward to gaining insights into our British-Irish film festival and the movie industry. Her diehard perfectionism will drive her in promoting the festival‘s 10th anniversary and making it a big success with media cooperations and the newly redesigned newsletter.

David energetically supports our Media Cooperation team. Among other things, his affection to the United Kingdom and its films provoked him into working here. To help spreading consciousness of British and Irish films via britspotting and to contribute to the success of the festival in Berlin is of additional motivation to him. And apropos of nothing, he also wants to snatch experiences in media and festivals.

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Torsten will look after our guests for the first time this year. He’s an actor and screenwriter living between Berlin and London. Torsten used to work for Raindance, and runs a small production company in London.

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