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)