Author: Suzanne Pradel

BuchScout @ Top Talente Berlinale Talk 2025

Suzanne Pradel

“KI kann ein wunderbarer Spielpartner sein, aber man muss sich auch klarmachen, das Worthülsen dabei sind. Und wir dürfen das Denken nicht verlernen!!! Suzanne Pradel

Wie bleiben Kreative relevant, wenn KI ihre Fähigkeiten erweitert, ersetzt, übernimmt?

Das Know-how für die legale und gerechte Nutzung neuer KI-Instrumente bei der Gestaltung und Honorierung von Drehbüchern, Videos, Filmen und Serien ist entscheidend für die Zukunft der Kreativbranche. Ebenso wichtig sind die politischen Herausforderungen im Umgang mit Künstlicher Intelligenz, Datenökonomie und Cloud-Projekten. Diese Technologien formen nicht nur die Arbeitsweisen, sondern werfen auch Fragen nach Regulierung, Fairness und Verantwortung auf.
Wie können Fallstricke vermieden, die Vorteile der KI optimal genutzt und klare politische Rahmenbedingungen geschaffen werden?

Dr. Fabian Mehring, Bayerischer Staatsminister für Digitales

Suzanne Pradel, Vorstandsmitglied Dramaturgieverband VeDRA & BuchScout Agentur

Martin Hartung, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, st. CEO, Co-Leitung Förderabteilung, Justiziar

Evi Goldbrunner, Autorin, Dramaturgin, Mitgründerin/Geschäftsführerin von DramaQueen

Stephan Mayer, trimedialer Chefreporter des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Leiter der Taskforce Europa

Robert Schröder, CEO Creative Producing Lumalenscape

Wolfgang Cimera, Geschäftsführer Network Movie gmbH

Moderation: Petra Kohnen (TOP: Talente)

Nov 9, 2024 – Dramaturgy is worth it! DAY of FilmContentDevelopment 2024 in Berlin

Suzanne Pradel

A brilliant symposium with lots of content-related input. Despite the challenging organisation, it was worth it to bring so many filmmakers together in one place to discuss the topics surrounding the TAG DER FILMSTOFFENTWICKLUNG !!! And I am proud to be part of the VeDRA board that made this conference possible.
VeDRA – Association for Film and Television DramaturgyVeDRA – Association for Film and Television Dramaturgy
With an audience of almost 430 people, the TAG DER FILMSTOFFENTWICKLUNG 2024 was a wonderful success with wonderful panellists, moderators, helping hands, the silent green team and  the support of Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Filmförderungsanstalt FFA , TOBIS , Saxonia Media Filmproduktionsgesellschaft mbH, Red Pony Pictures, Bantry Bay Productions GmbH, Studio Hamburg Serienwerft, ndF: neue deutsche Filmgesellschaft mbH, studio.tv.film, Tivoli Film Produktion GmbH, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Network Movie , ICONOCLAST, NFP.
Photos: Marcel Schwickerat

Veranstaltung Filmstoffentwicklung der VeDRA

Veranstaltung Filmstoffentwicklung der VeDRA

How to be funny if you are not – VeDRA Seminar & Workshop

Suzanne Pradel

On October 10 and 11, the VeDRA Seminar & Masterclass: Comic Toolbox with John Vorhaus took place in Berlin, which I organized as part of my work as the person responsible for further training at VeDRA.

It was great fun to watch John Vorhaus in his creative and advertising work. He shared his knowledge with us generously and this with a lot of humor. The participants were enthusiastic and took many tips and tricks back to their writing rooms.

Oct 11 VeDRA: MASTERCLASS COMIC TOOLBOX with John Vorhaus in Berlin

Suzanne Pradel
Dear Colleagues,
There are only a few tickets left!!
Do not miss the VeDRA Masterclass The Comic Toolbox and learn more about comedic screenwriting with the American dramaturg and comedy coach John Vorhaus:
Secure your ticket: https://eveeno.com/masterclasscomictoolbox
Cost: €28.- including taxes
Be smart and use the discounted train tickets under the following link, while stocks last.
We look forward to seeing you!
All the best,
Suzanne Pradel
VeDRA Member of the Management Board , the Association for Film and Television Dramaturgy in German-speaking countries

Jan 17th, Winner of the Sabanci Foundation 8th Short Film Competition

Suzanne Pradel
The Sabancı Foundation is dedicated to raising awareness of socially relevant issues around the world. Over 145 filmmakers have submitted their films on the topic of “Water Crisis”.
The jury, consisting of the Turkish film critic Alin Taşçıyan, the Dutch documentary filmmaker and producer Jamillah Van der Hulst, the Turkish actor Salih Bademci, the creative producer Suzanne Pradel and the actress Tilbe Saran has chosen the following winners:
1st prize did go to the animation film “LIFE IN DREAMS” by Can Yesiloglu
2nd prize did go to the film “TOWARDS THE END” by Cihan Yildirim
3rd prize did go to the documentary “ANTHROPOCENE” by Mehmet Gürü Avcu
 
The documentary “THE SAVAGE” by Sinan Kaldan received a special mention.
We would like to thank Zeynep Atakan and her outstanding team Zeynep Arisoy, Ahmet Selim Günaydin, Dephne Auf, Lisa Idil Demirbüken for organising this brilliant event.

BuchScout@Cinema: 19.10.23 INGEBORG BACHMANN – JOURNEY INTO THE DESERT by Margarethe von Trotta

Suzanne Pradel

The new film, which already premiered in competition at the Berlinale, is based on a project idea by Suzanne Pradel.

When Ingeborg Bachmann (VICKY KRIEPS) and Swiss writer Max Frisch (RONALD ZEHRFELD) meet in Paris in 1958, it is the beginning of a passionate and destructive love story. For four years, the two carry on a grueling relationship that begins in Paris and leads to Rome via Zurich. But artistic disputes and the devouring jealousy of Max Frisch begin to gradually destroy the harmony. Years later, Ingeborg Bachmann cannot let go of the memory of her love for Max Frisch. On a trip to the desert, she tries to come to terms with her relationship with Max Frisch and slowly detach herself from it.

Biographical film drama, DE/CH/AT 2023

Film distributor: Alamode Film

German Theatrical Release: 19.10.23

April 19 new berlin award for best screenplay ACHTUNG BERLIN FESTIVAL

Suzanne Pradel

Yesterday evening at the ACHTUNG BELRIN FILM FESTIVAL the jury:

Kerstin Polte, Suzanne Pradel and Florian Plumeyer awarded the new berlin film award in the amount of €1.500.- for BEST SCREENPLAY to Janin Halisch & Hanna Siodda for the film “Talk to me”.

The Achtung Berlin Screenplay Award is an initiative of the German Screenplay Association (DDV), Scriptmakers and Musterschule Drehbuch. You can find the laudation at Achtung Berlin.

I think the authors have captured the famous Berlin snark in a heart-warming way: tough but hearty – first create distance – attack, is the best way to get to know you. Well done Janin and Hanna!!!

April 12-19: Suzanne Pradel in the jury for Best Screenplay at Achtung Berlin – new berlin film award

Suzanne Pradel

As part of the jury for the BEST SCREENPLAY at the ACHTUNG BERLIN – new berlin film award, I am excited to see this year’s selection of feature films.

The film festival ACHTUNG BERLIN – new berlin film award presents current feature films and documentaries that have been realized either entirely or in part by a Berlin or Brandenburg film production and/or have a thematic connection to Berlin. The screening of the films will be accompanied by film talks with authors, directors, producers and distributors, who will inform about its production strategies.

JURY: 

FLORIAN PLUMEYER (* 1983 in Hannover), is a screenwriter and studied Theater & Media Studies in Erlangen and Athens as well as Screenwriting at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin. Internationally awarded short films by him include Thieves and Her Son. In addition, he was a recipient of the Nuemberg Writers’ Fellowship. For the feature film Alle Wollen Geliebt Werden, he and Katharina Woll were awarded the Förderpreis for Best Screenplay at Filmfest München. His collaboration with Christoph Hochhäusler Bis Ans Ende Der Nacht(2023) was in competition at the 73rd Berlinale and won the Silver Bear for Best Acting Performance in a Supporting Role for Thea Ehre.

SUZANNE PRADEL is a creative content producer, script consultant, agent, writer as well as a script expert for various European funders. She is a member of the European Film Academy (efa), the Association of Film Dramaturgy (VeDRA) and the European Women’s Audiovisual Network (ewa), whose “Female Scriptwriter’s Residency” she supervised as Script Consultant. She is also the founder of BuchScout & SerienScout Agency Berlin, which specializes in the development and marketing of European feature films and series. Thus, she was involved in the creation of successful and award-winning films, such as most recently at the Berlinale Competition 2023 Ingeborg Bachmann – A Journey Into The Desert by Margarethe von Trotta or the Gran Prix winner at the Tokyo International Film Festival Vera Dream Of The Sea by Kaltrina Krasniqi. She is active as a lecturer and speaker at international workshops and festivals (EAVE, Bosphorus Film Lab, Antalya Film Festival, ..)

KERSTIN POLTE is a director, screenwriter and part of the feminist filmmaker collective r.O.K.S. She completed her film education in Canada, at the HfG Karlsruhe and at the Zurich University of the Arts. She was also a scholarship holder at the Drehbuchwerkstatt München. Her films have screened at numerous renowned festivals, including the Locarno International Film Festival. Her feature film Wer hat eigentlich die Liebe erfunden? was awarded the Bavarian Film Prize, among others. She wrote and directed the TV film Immer der Nase nach (ZDF) and was part of the directing team for the 1st season of the series Wir (ZDF Neo/Mediathek). Furthermore, she developed and directed the series Becoming Charlie (ZDF Neo/Mediathek), which was nominated for the German Television Award and the Grimme Award, among others.