dogfilm
        Participant and Initiator of the event "Hungry Minds Think Alike?"
        in Berlin/ Germany. dogfilm is an authors and producers group
        with the five members Ellerkamp, Heitmann, Kröger, van Megen and
        Scheffner, who were all co-founders of the Berlin initiative
        Botschaft e.v. Since 1991 we produce, from conception to final
        post production, documentaries for ZDF, 3Sat and ARTE. In 1997 we
        produced an over three hours running thematic evening with the
        title "Soap or Life Is A Soap Opera" for ARTE. Our works were
        shown on international and national festivals and exhibitions and
        decorated a.o. with the International Video Award of the ZKM
        Karlsruhe in 1995. 1998 dogfilm was granted a video artists
        scholarship and became support from the Berlin Senate for the
        project "Hungry Minds Think Alike?"
        dogfilm@hotmail.com
        
        Hanno Baethe/ Zaki Omar
        video and multimedia artists living in Berlin/ Germany, Kuala
        Lumpur/ Malaysia  and London/ GB; documentaries and video art;
        awarded with the Grimme-Preis and presented through national and
        international festivals; TV broadcasting on ZDF (Das Kleine
        Fernsehspiel), SFB, NDR a.o.
        
        Christine Debagh
        independent filmmaker from Beirut/ Lebanon;
        essays and short semi fictional films; presented on many
        international festivals
        
        Simin Farkondeh 
        Simin Farkondeh  independent video author, producer and educator
        from Iran and Germany currently living in New  York City/ USA;
        co-founder of the independent Gulf Crisis TV Project and member of
        Paper Tiger/ Deep Dish; Producer of many documentaries and
        semi-documentaries;  presented through national and international
        festivals and exhibitions; producing a regular TV magazine show
        about labor issues called LABOR AT THE CROSSROADS.
        sfarkhon@email.gc.cuny.edu
        
        Anirban 
        multimedia author and producer from Mumbai (Bombay)/ India;
        serials, documentaries and essays; presented e.g. at the 100
        years of Cinema celebration in Calcutta and other national
        festivals; TV broadcasting at National Channel 1, MTV Asia a.o.
        anirbanx@hotmail.com
        
        Jayce Salloum
        video and visual artist from Vancouver/ Canada; video art and
        experimental documentaries; presented and awarded through many
        national and international festivals and museums; now presenting
        a solo exhibtion at the National Museum of Canada
        JSalloum@aol.com
        
        Shelly Silver
        video artist living in New York City/ USA and Paris/ France; video
        art and documentaries; awarded with the Golden Dove (Leipzig) and
        presented at many national and international festivals and
        museums; TV broadcasting in USA, France and Japan
        silvernyc@earthlink.net
        
        Vladimir Tyulkin
        independent filmmaker from Almaty/ Kazakhstan; director at the
        former Kazakh film studios; experimental documentaries; presented
        and awarded through many national and international festivals;
        1997 "Emmy" nomination for "best documentary"; TV broadcasting in
        Kazakhstan, Russia and on ARTE
        
        Florian Zeyfang
        visual artist from Berlin/ Germany. His interest in collaborative
        work led to participation in many different initiatives such as
        Botschaft e.v.; a-clip and Parasite a.o. He also curated exhibitions
        and conducted workshops, and published text in different art
        magazines and books. Currently member of the Whitney Independant
        Studies Program in New York for 1997/ 98.
        fz@thing.de
        
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