Meet the pandas

With previous festival and marketing experience, Valentina joined Alphapanda in 2015, where she is currently Managing Director since 2022. At Alphapanda Valentina leads the team and oversees the company's operations and projects. She’s also in charge of the graphic design department and is a digital marketing expert for international trainings for the film industry.

valentina@alphapanda.com

Valentina Neumann

Managing Director

Mathias, founder of Alphapanda in 2011, led the company until 2022 before becoming Head of Strategy. With a career starting in the early 2000s, he's been dedicated to film marketing, aiming to connect films with audiences. He consults for Creative Europe MEDIA, French CNC, and the Swiss Federal Office of Culture, and contributes as a speaker and tutor for ACE Producers, EA VE, and other industry academies and programs.

mathias@alphapanda.com

Mathias Noschis

Head of Strategy

Joanna is a film marketing strategist, audience designer, mentor and moderator. At Alphapanda she specialises in strategies and awards campaigns. Additionally, Joanna mentors and lectures in training programs and labs worldwide, including the DFI, TFL, First Cut Lab and EAVE. As a marketing expert she supports film institutions and funds, such as the Polish Film Institute, Documentary Association of Europe and CIRCLE – Women Doc Accelerator.

joanna@alphapanda.com

Joanna Solecka

Film Marketing Strategist

Charlotte joins us with a marketing background in theatrical and digital distribution at Farbfilm Verleih in Germany. At Alphapanda, she manages all social media campaigns for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. She is unbeatable when it comes to contemporar y European cinema and has a passion for queer films. In February 2024, Charlotte was selected to participate in the prestigious programme of Berlinale Talents 2024.

charlotte@alphapanda.com

Charlotte Voillequin

Film Marketing Manager

Shinji is a graduate of DFFB’s Next Wave programme. He comes with tons of digital marketing experience in the Philippines where he has worked on the promotion of over 30 films. One of his dig ital branded content campaigns was even shortlisted at the 2018 Cannes Lions. At Alphapanda he’s in charge of most of our creative work and runs digital campaigns.

shinji@alphapanda.com

Shinji Manlangit

Creative Communication Manager

As a marketing and communications consultant, Nicolò has a background in PR, media relations, social media and content management for films, festivals, brands and non - profit organisations. He holds a Ph.D. in Film Studies and runs workshops and masterclasses for international training initiatives and universities. At Alphapanda he handles marketing strategies and audience research.

nicolo@alphapanda.com

Nicolò Gallio

Researcher & Strategist

Yevgeniy – or Zhenya – has come all the way from Kazakhstan to pursue a career in film marketing in Berlin. After working for the European Film Academy and Just Publicity Online, he has accumulated extensive experience in film publicity and social media. At Alphapanda he project manages international campaigns.

yevgeniy@alphapanda.com

Yevgeniy Armazov

Film Marketing Coordinator

Charlotte – or Charlie – is Alphapanda’s Film Marketing Assistant, jumping between projects in all areas of business. Although she is a recent graduate from Freie Universität Berlin in Film Studies and Philosophy, she already comes with many years of professional experience, in particular at international sales company The Match Factory. In her free time Charlotte can usually be found in a cinema or talking about film.

charlie@alphapanda.com