Sessions & Events

Entertainment Is Diversity

Friday, 22. Oct 2021, 14:30 - 16:30

Filmpalast

An event by Film- und Medienverband NRW e. V., Film- und Medienstiftung NRW, Grimme-Instituts and Produzentenallianz in cooperation with Film Festival Cologne, ifs internationale filmschule köln, MMC Studios Köln and DWDL.de. Supported by the Minister-President of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

How diverse are current TV entertainment formats? This is the question at the center of the workshop talk Entertainment Is Diversity, which is part of our “Value of Entertainment” series, which aims to contribute to the debate about the publicly funded TV’s mandate. Film scholar Giti Hatef-Rossa will provide input to this series’ second workshop talk, with Thomas Lückerath (DWDL) moderating. Guests in this discussion include representatives from production companies, broadcasters and media politics.

Host: Thomas Lückerath, Managing Director, dwdl.de, Cologne

Input:

Dr. Heike Hupertz, Journalist

Panel:

Frank Beckmann, Programme Director, NDR Fernsehen, Hamburg

Prof. Nico Hofmann, CEO, UFA, Potsdam

Nina Klink, CEO, Seapoint Productions, Cologne

Bendix Lippe, Television Council, ZDF, Mainz

Shary Reeves, Presenter, Cologne