Director

Anna Koch (born in Sindelfingen in 1982) is a German film director, screenwriter, and editor. She studied at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB), where she began collaborating with colleagues such as Julia Lemke. Her graduation project, Schultersieg, a documentary about female wrestlers in East Germany, was screened at several international festivals and received awards. This was followed by further documentary films that were shown at festivals.

Julia Lemke (born 1978) is a German director, cinematographer and screenwriter. She studied at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB), where she began her long-standing collaboration with Anna Koch. Together they form the directing duo ‘Badabum’, with whom they have made several award-winning documentaries that have been shown at international festivals. In 2013, she took part in the Berlinale Talent Campus.