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Short CV
Vera Schöpfer has been working in local and international contexts in film art and cultural work for 20 years. After studying audiovisual media at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne, she focused her work on participatory approaches and participation strategies in film culture. In 2014, she founded the YOUNG DOGS project for young talent at the Dortmunder U, which she headed until the end of 2019.
She then took over the redesign and management of Filmhaus Köln and has had a significant impact on the profile of the institution. Innovative projects such as the ‘Zusatzqualifikation Filmbildung’ (Additional Qualification in Film Education) initiated by Vera Schöpfer – a unique and structure-building programme for the professional field of cultural film education and mediation – attracted nationwide attention. The ‘New Curators’ programme, which aims to facilitate entry into curatorial work, was also launched in 2024 to great acclaim.
Beyond her substantive work, Vera Schöpfer is a proven networker: Among other things, she is a founding member of LICHTSPIEL, the nationwide network for cultural film education. From 2022 to 2024, she was a board member of NETZWERK FILMKULTUR NRW and from 2020 to 2025 a board member of the Kulturrat NRW.