Team

Since 2001 Donata von Perfall has worked for Documentary Campus and has played an essential role in the development of this internationally-renowned training initiative. Since she took over the directorship of Documentary Campus in 2004, she has continually expanded and developed its training offers. Documentary filmmakers from all over the world continue to benefit each year from the international networking and training offers of the Documentary Campus network. Documentary Campus’s current focus lies in Europe, Latin America and the MENA Region. Donata von Perfall has also initiated the SILBERSALZ Festival for Science and Media in partnership with the Robert Bosch Foundation and other science institutes, which takes place annually in Halle (Saale), Germany. Her latest projects are the establishment of the SILBERSALZ Institute and the partnership on the World Congress of Science & Factual Producers (WCSFP) annual international Congress.

Adam has been part of the WCSFP community since attending Congress 2012 hosted in Washington D.C. and now leads partnership and development initiatives for the Congress. For Hot Docs, North America's largest documentary film festival & industry market, Adam helped launch several key initiatives financed through corporate sponsorship, including The Canadian Storytellers Project, a 5-year tent pole granting and professional development program for underrepresented voices in the documentary industry that has distributed more than $1 million in production grants. He also helped launch Canada’s first international Podcast Festival and other special initiatives supporting creative enterprise and interdisciplinary collaboration. From 2013-2017 Adam managed the sponsorship program for the annual conference of Canada's trade association for independent content producers, the CMPA. He has written and produced two award-winning short films, and volunteers with the B/A ArtsVest Program providing mentorship and coaching to small arts organizations across all disciplines. Adam has also been a grant reviewer for training and funding programs operated by Hot Docs, the Documentary Organization of Canada, and Ontario Arts Council’s Recommender Grant Program.

Marta is a project and event  manager with a decade of experience in orchestrating international events at the intersection of science, culture and media. With an academic degree in Media Cultural Studies, for over ten years she worked at the International Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities in Cologne, where she managed the organisation of the international literary festival 'Poetica'. Marta then moved to the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences, managing a full range of scientific and cultural events and leading public relations efforts. Passionate about creating immersive experiences that bridge the gap between science, producers and public she joined WCSFP to create the best congress experiences for delegates.

River is a social media and communications specialist, with a background in international film festivals and television production. As Social Media Manager for Documentary Campus, she leads on all English-language marketing for the annual calendar of training programmes and conferences, and the SILBERSALZ Science & Media Festival. Prior to joining Documentary Campus and WCSFP, she was Marketing Manager for Sheffield DocFest and London Film School. She has also worked on a number of documentaries for Netflix, Disney+, BBC, Discovery ID, Channel 4, and Channel 5.