Management Board

Helge Schramm studied film and television, theatre and literature at the Ruhr University in Bochum. For many years he worked as a freelance journalist, in media marketing, particularly for the music industry, and in the Communication and Media Department at Folkwang University of the Arts. He spent ten years at Internationales Frauen Film Fest Dortmund+Köln as office manager and in charge of film scheduling. Together with Natascha Frankenberg, he curated the  »begehrt! – filmlust queer« section. Today he is part of the communications team at the NRW Centre for Talent Promotion.

Radio, TV and online journalist for ARD and ZDF for over 15 years. Expert for format design, digital transformation and the development and reorganisation of editorial teams. Organisational development and change management coach (focusing on New Work); advises institutions in the cultural and political sectors and runs media training courses. Isabelle started at femme totale Dortmund in 1999 as a student, and since then has done almost every job going at the festival. She has been on the IFFF Dortmund+Köln board since 2018.

Louisa Wittke studied online editing at TH Köln. As part of a student project, she wrote a blog about the festival for the first time in 2012. Since then, she has worked as a freelance online editor in the field of communication and media in Cologne and Berlin and has also worked regularly for IFFF Dortmund+Köln. Today, she works at Bonn University and State Library in the areas of digital information services and PR and marketing. She was appointed a member of the board of IFFF Dortmund+Köln in 2022.