Mutual Agreement: A Fair Film Workshop

Producer Sonja Klümper is a co-founder of Amard Bird Films, a Berlin-based production company dedicated to addressing social issues and creating queer-focused content. The company champions the inclusion of FLINTA* individuals in all technical and creative roles. Sonja was selected as a producer for the Berlinale Talents program in 2016 and has since led workshops for emerging talents in the following years. She presented three films at the Berlinale in 2017: "The Misandrists and Ulrike's Brain" by Bruce LaBruce, and "Fluidø" by Shu Lea Cheang. Their co-production "Cocoon" was the opening film of Berlinale Generation 2020. In 2022, Amard Bird Films presented "White Sands Crystal Foxes", a 360° immersive film by Liz Rosenfeld, at Berlinale Forum Expanded. In February 2025, their co-production The Visual Feminist Manifesto will premiere at the IFFR Film Festival in Rotterdam. Currently, Sonja is working on the development of a documentary about the queer feminist squat" Liebigstraße 34", which was evicted in 2020.

Paula Alamillo Rodriguez is a producer, director, Netflix-certified intimacy coordinator and co-founder of Amard Bird Films in Berlin. The independent production company focuses on projects with a critical gaze upon society, artistic aesthetics and extraordinary characters. All their films premiered in international festivals like Berlinale, Rotterdam, Toronto or Guadalajara and have been screened and awarded internationally. She attended Berlinale Talents in 2016 and was selected for the Talent Project Market in 2018. She advocates for inclusive and fair productions.

Leonie Krippendorff studied directing at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf from 2009 to 2016. Her graduation film, LOOPING, was nominated for numerous national and international prizes and won several awards. In February 2018, she participated in the Berlinale Talents Script Station with the screenplay for her debut feature film, KOKON. In 2019, she was a jury member for the Max Ophüls Prize and Achtung Berlin film festivals.

Popo Fan is a Berlin-based filmmaker, writer and activist from China. His queer documentaries have made a notable impact on Chinese society. Since 2016, he has concentrated on scripted, sex-positive shorts. He has served as an organiser for the Beijing Queer Film Festival for more than a decade, and is the founder of Queer University Video Training Camp. He participated in Berlinale Talents in 2017 and was a jury member of the Teddy Award in 2019.