Audiovisual Women

Annette Birkholz is a certified systemic creative consultant, coach and facilitator. She has qualifications in systemic organisational development (artop / HU Berlin) and systemic coaching (certified according to DBVC) and has as several years of international experience. In 2009, she founded her own creative consultancy Incendo and the Archery Academy Berlin (bogenakademie.de). In the following years, she also opened up the Leadership Academy for Stone Sculpture (bildhauerakademie-dresden) and in 2021 leading.digital which offers virtual leadership journeys “for women by women”. Her clients range from NGOs to international corporates - including organisations and individuals from the media, art and music industry. She also coaches film- and theatre actors. 

Before starting her own business, Andrea Halmy worked as a Career Redesigner, Coach, Consultant, Trainer, Workshop Designer, and Facilitator. Andrea's passion is to empower women to strive for leadership positions or start their own businesses. She helps her clients break through limiting beliefs, so they have the confidence to think bigger and strive for more. Her expertise is founded on her experience as a Leadership Coach and Trainer, a CAS in Personnel and Organisational Development and Change Management, a bilingual Bachelor in Business Management, and years of experience in recruiting and marketing as well as training and workshop facilitation. In her coaching, she combines classic coaching methods with Design Thinking, Business Model Canvas, and many more, often creating her own unique methods. Besides coaching, Andrea runs workshops on topics like Female Entrepreneurship, Authentic Leadership, Starting a Business, Business Growth, and Money Mindset. https://beyourbest4success.com/

Nikola Joetze has been the Project Manager of Berlinale Talents, the talent development initiative of the Berlin International Film Festival, since 2023. With more than 25 years of experience managing film and art projects in Berlin, across Europe, and internationally, she brings extensive expertise in finance, fundraising, and production. Her career includes key positions at Haus der Kulturen der Welt and Sources 2, followed by over 16 years at the European Film Academy / EFA Productions, where she oversaw production, event management, sponsorship, and acquisition for major international projects such as the European Film Awards. In addition to her work in the film industry, she is a certified systemic coach, supporting individuals, teams, and institutions in developing their roles, and serves as a mentor dedicated to empowering women in leadership.

Thea Mikkelsen is a Danish business psychologist based in Italy, MSc & MA, who started her own independent consultancy 15 years ago with the aim of working with culturally creative individuals. Key to her work is empowering both leaders and specialists in the creative industries and helping them develop creativity-focused professional lives and collaborative cultures, as well as establishing inspirational and rewarding personal lives. Over the past 20 years, she has been researching which aspects of contemporary psychoanalysis and strategic business psychology could serve as helpful resources for culturally creative individuals. She has developed coaching processes and leadership courses for a wide range of creative fields, but most intensively for the architecture and film/TV series industries, as well as for law firms, universities, and museums. Thea Mikkelsen has written four books on professional creativity, most recently "Coaching the Creative Impulse - Psychological Dynamics and Professional Creativity," Routledge 2020. She has taught at the psychology department at the University of Copenhagen for 4 years and the professional Master's programme in Organisational Psychology at Roskilde University, Denmark, for another 4 years. She is a member of the board of ISPSO - International Society for the Psychoanalytical Studies of Organisations, where she was director for online knowledge development from 2020 to 2023. She resides in the hills of Piemonte in Italy with her husband and their two daughters.

Valeria Bullo is an experienced Production Wellbeing and Inclusion consultant with a strong passion for behaviour change in the TV and film industry. A people leader with experience working across Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Human Resources, Education, and Mental Health. Valeria has a proven track record of establishing important industry partnerships and supporting talent pipelines particularly focused on creating opportunities for traditionally underrepresented groups. With a 20-year history in a wide range of high-level production experience including physical on-set production and in-house developmental work. Experienced in leading and implementing change with wellbeing and mental health within the industry, she is the creator and founder of the female-led organisation Cinemamas, which supports mothers working across film & TV. Valeria has recently become Chair of the board of Trustees for Reclaim the Frame, an organisation that champions marginalised genders and perspectives in cinema.