Berlin, 3 May 2024 - Generational change in the Television and Cinema Sections of the Production Alliance: One week after the Television Section, the Cinema Section also met for board elections. Janine Jackowski, Co-Managing Director and Producer of Komplizen Film GmbH, was elected Chairwoman of the Cinema Section. The Television section had previously elected Laura Machutta, producer and managing director of Moovie GmbH, as its new chairperson.

The Cinema section elected at the general meeting on 2 May 2024 Janine Jackowski, co-managing director and producer of Komplizen Film GmbH, as the new section chairwoman. As deputy chairwoman Meike KordesManaging Director and Producer at Kordes & Kordes Film GmbH, was re-elected. Benedikt Böllhoff, Marco Mehlitz, Corinna Mehner and Björn Vosgerau will also be members of the section board in future.

The Television Section had already elected a new Section Board on 24 April 2024. Alexander Thies had held the position of section chair since the association was founded and stepped down at the end of his term as chair of the association in July 2023. The new chair was elected Laura Machuttaproducer and Managing Director of Moovie GmbH, was elected. Her deputy is Michael Polle, producer of the X films. Fritz Wildfeuer, who has also shaped the fortunes of the section since its foundation, has stepped down. Katrin Haase, Andreas Knoblauch, Sebastian Werninger and Andrea Wetzel complete the television section board.

Björn Böhning, CEO and Spokesman of the Board of the Production Alliance:

"The Production Alliance owes a great deal to Uli Aselmann. As the founding chairman of the cinema section, he has played a key role in shaping the association's work since 2009. His involvement in numerous broadcaster and collective bargaining negotiations - the supplementary collective agreement on revenue sharing should be emphasised here - led to successes from which the entire industry benefits today. His efforts in the negotiations as well as in the committees of the German Federal Film Board to achieve a genuine balance of interests have earned him respect far beyond the production industry. It is thanks to him that the cinema section brings together important cinema production companies and is constantly growing. His advocacy of common interests strengthens our association and the bridges to our partners and other parts of the industry.

We would also like to thank Stefan Schubert and Katharina Rinderle, who did not stand for re-election, for their lasting services to our organisation. I congratulate all those elected and am delighted with the strong team and the new momentum with which the Production Alliance is ideally positioned for the many tasks of the future."

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The Production Alliance is the independent organisation representing the interests of producers of film, television and other audiovisual media in Germany. With around 370 members from the fields of animation, documentary, entertainment, television, cinema and advertising, it represents the most important production companies and is therefore the leading representative of the film production industry in Germany. On a national and international level, the Production Alliance represents the interests of production companies vis-à-vis politicians, distributors, collective bargaining partners and all organisations in the media and cultural industries.

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