Welcome Anke!
CONTRAST FILM strengthens its management team with Anke Beining-Wellhausen as commercial director.

"We are delighted to welcome Anke Beining to our management team. Her extensive experience from her management positions at Disney, Global Screen and blue Entertainment as well as her expertise and network will help shape the future of CONTRAST FILM," said Co-Managing Directors Ivan Madeo and Stefan Eichenberger. "In addition to her operational management skills, she has extensive knowledge of international co-productions and distribution. This means that our production company is ideally positioned for the exciting challenges in the rapidly developing market."

"We have a long history of collaboration with Anke, working closely on successful films such as 'MIDNIGHT RUNNER', 'CAGED BIRDS' and the upcoming 'THE TRAITOR'," adds co-owner Urs Frey. She has the necessary professional expertise and fits in perfectly with the ethos of our company and our vision for the future."

With a doctorate in law, she began her professional career at the media law and talent law firms Prinz Law and von Have Fey. She then worked for the renowned German production and distribution companies Senator Film and Kinowelt before spending ten years as a member of the management team at The Walt Disney Company in Munich. There she successfully managed the Business and Legal Affairs and Affiliate Sales departments. From 2011 to 2015, she was CEO and Programme Director for the TV channels and streaming platform of Teleclub, a subsidiary of Swisscom (now blue Entertainment AG ), and made a significant contribution to the expansion and further development of the content offering. In 2017, she was Managing Director of Global Screen - a TELEPOOL Brand in Munich.

Anke Beining studied law and political science in Germany (Bonn), Switzerland (Geneva) and the USA (Columbus, Ohio) and obtained her doctorate in international copyright law at the Humboldt University in Berlin. She is admitted to the bar in Munich and to the bar in New York. She is a member of the board of trustees of FOCAL (Foundation for Professional Training in Cinema and Audiovisual Media), a lecturer in film law at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ) and a member of the expert commission "Feature Film" at the Federal Office of Culture (Bundesamt für Kultur BAK ). She is a Swiss-German dual citizen and lives in Zurich.