Susanna Guggenberger

Biography

Mira Film | Zu?rich, Switzerland. Lives in Los Angeles since 2015 January 2012 - current Producer Responsible for coproduction for feature documentaries, international distribution and transmedia development. Mira Film has been producing and coproducing documentaries on an international level and is opening it’s activities to cross-media projects as well as to fiction. www.mirafilm.ch July 2010 – November 2011 DOK Leipzig – International Documentary and Animation Film Festival | Leipzig, Germany Market coordinator, curator DOK Leipzig Screenings, curator & moderator DOK Industry Talks Acquisition of films for the digital market, www.dok-leipzig.de Dezember 2010 – April 2011 Visions Du Re?el – International Documentary Filmfestival | Nyon, Switzerland Interim Head of Doc Outlook International Market Organization of the coproduction meeting and pitching, project selection www.visionsdureel.ch 2008 – 2009 Autlook Filmsales | Vienna, Austria Head of TV Sales Acquisitions, sales to international broadcaster, contracting, reporting. www.autlookfilm.com ? 1998 – 2007 Navigator Film, Mischief Films, Firstmedia, Egon Humer Film GmbH | all Vienna, Austria Production Manager Production and post-production management for various films, responsible marketing and distribution. Developing and content production for various internet platforms with Firstmedia. www.navigatorfilm.at, www. mischief-films.com, www.ziel2.at Other Professional Activities 2015 Co-curator at documentary series “Coalmine” in Winterthur, Switzerland Doc Wok Rough Cut Workshop New Dehli, India – consultant for distribution 2014 DOK Incubator Rough Cut Lab – Participant with the documentary \"The Beekeeper and his Son\" by Diedie Weng 2013 Consultant for co-production and distribution at DOK Fest, Munich, Germany Selection committee for “Look and Roll Festival” in Basel, Switzerland 2012 Rencontres International Montre?al – Swiss delegation, panelist DOK Leipzig – curator & moderator of DOK Talks Series DOK.Incubator Rough Cut Workshop – project curator for the workshop and tutor for marketing and distribution Visions du Re?el – consultant for distribution and moderator for guests meet guests Mentoring of Death Metal Angola by Jeremy Xido (NY, USA) 2011 Sheffield Doc/Fest – matchmaker and panelist for a crowd funding live show Doc Montevideo, Uruguay - tutor for marketing and distribution Coordination the Austrian-Swiss producers delegation for Filmkontakt Nord, Aarhus, Denmark 2010-2014 Film Fonds Vienna - Jury Member of the film selection committee (2010-2014) 2009 -2010 freelance distributor for Filmwerkstatt Wien, Austria and US representative for Mira Film, CH Ex Oriente Workshop – film selection committee 2009 East European Forum – Tutor for distribution Caucasus Film ForumTbilisi, Georgia - tutor for marketing and distribution MEDIA Turino, Italy – workshop for international distribution Consulting CoPro (coproduction meeting) Tel Aviv as they were working on the international coproduction agreement between Austria and Israel 2008-2009 Matchmaker for producers and broadcaster at FORUM IDFA