Bettina Brokemper

Biography

Bettina Brokemper is producer and owner of Heimatfilm, a Cologne-based feature film production founded in 2003. Thanks to her passion for international co-productions, she managed to develop Heimatfilm into one of the leading independent European production companies. Throughout her career she has produced and co-produced over 50 feature films; which premiered at the most prestigious festivals worldwide and earned more than 100 international awards and prizes. Her films have been released in countries all around the world. Bettina’s producer credits - among many others - include Dogville and Antichrist by Lars von Trier, The Syrian Bride by Eran Riklis, the 2010 Berlinale Golden Bear winner Bal – Honey by Semih Kaplanoglu, Hannah Arendt by Margarethe von Trotta (German Film Award in Silver) and WILD directed by Nicolette Krebitz (German Film Award in Bronze). Besides her duties as a producer, Bettina Brokemper works as academic lecturer at several film schools. From 2017 to 2019, she was a visiting professor at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne for film dramaturgy. Jury and committee activities for various film funding institutions and festivals enrich her work. In 2020 Bettina Brokemper was part of the international jury of the Berlinale (Competition). In 2006 the European Film Promotion nominated Bettina Brokemper as “Producer on the Move” and she was awarded with the ‘Prix Eurimages’ for Outstanding European Co-production in 2008. She is a longtime member of the European Film Academy, “Les rendezvous franco-allemands du cinema” (board member from 2010-2016) and of the German Film Academy. She takes part in the EWA Mentoring program and participated in EAVE+. In 2014 the Kölner Kulturrat (Cologne Culture Council) appointed her „Cultural Manager of the Year 2013“.