Volker Otte, Lawyer
Attorney-at-Law Volker Otte, born in Hamburg. Legal Studies in Hamburg from 1984 onwards. 1990 First State Examination. Legal clerkship (Referendariat) in Berlin, including at TV-Station Freies Berlin (SFB), the Medienanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg (MABB), and the Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA). 1993 Second State Examination. Afterwards, Regierungsrat (government official) of the State of Berlin, most recently in the Senate Chancellery of the Governing Mayor. 1995 to 1999 Justiciary (Justiziar) of the FFA, subsequently authorized signatory (Prokurist) and head of the Film Funding Department, which he established, at Road Movies Filmproduktion GmbH. Since October 2002, Attorney-at-Law in Berlin, specialist in film, cultural, and media funding. Managing Director of the Collection Agent OnTrust Inkasso- und Abrechnungsgesellschaft mbH (https://www.on-trust.de/)
Lecturer at the ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln (www.filmschule.de)
Member of the AG Animationsfilm (www.ag-animationsfilm.de)
Member of the European Film Academy (www.europeanfilmacademy.org)
Member of the association „Deutsch – Französische – Filmakademie“ (www.das-rendez-vous.org)
Member of the Friends of the German Film Academy (www.deutsche-filmakademie.de)
Working languages: German, English
Elisa Weiß
Elisa Weiß, born in March 1996, graduated from high school in Berlin in 2014. She’s been studying law at Europa Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) since 2015. In 2021 she completed her bachelor’s degree in German law. She’s been working in the office since August 2019, initially as an intern and then as a funding assistant since November 2019.
Working languages: German, English
Felix Burkhardt
Felix Burkhardt, born in February 2006, graduated from high school in Berlin in 2024. He’s been studying law at Freie Universiät Berlin since 2024 and working in the office since july 2025, initially as an intern, now as a student employee.
Working languages: German, English