Working Group on Family-Friendly Filming
Family-friendliness benefits all film professionals.

At the ProQuote Film Congress “Family-Friendly Filmmaking” at Berlinale 2023, actress and expert Belinde Ruth Stieve delivered the keynote speech and led a workshop where initial suggestions and wishes for improving work-life balance in the film industry were gathered. Following this, she initiated a working group to continue the exchange on this topic.

ProQuote Film commissioned Belinde to develop a concept with positive impulses that promote concrete solutions and restructuring processes. She created the website “ffd PQF – Family-Friendly Filmmaking” (ffd.proquote-film.de) as a guide and information portal. This site was officially launched at the PQF Berlinale event in 2024.

After a longer break, the working group has reassembled and now meets irregularly, primarily via Zoom.

Yes! The platform offers:

• Tips & materials for film professionals and productions.
• Inspirations from practice.
• Implementation guides for family-friendly filming.
• A roadmap for organizations.

But it’s best to check it out yourself.*

Working in the film industry while also performing care work, which is often done by women and marginalized individuals, is still too often an impossibility. As an organization for gender equality, Pro Quote Film is committed to addressing this issue in a sustainable way. This is crucial, as “80% of film professionals (…) consider their job incompatible with having a family.

This website is useful for all film enthusiasts, film professionals, and anyone who wants to research this fundamental topic. It is particularly interesting for producers and those directly affected.

To develop further measures for family-friendly filming, the working group meets regularly via Zoom.

Currently, the working group consists of: Laura Schuhrk and Nina Kronjäger. Gabi Rudolph and Michaela Marmulla are also involved in the working group through their work on the board.

Want to join the working group? Contact us directly at ffd@proquote-film.de.

Laura Schuhrk
Has been working as an actress since 1996. She is a screenwriter, activist, lecturer, and single mother. Raised in the theater, between the lines, among comrades and donkeys, she studied acting at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock and screenwriting at the Master School Drehbuch Berlin.

Nina Kronjäger
The actress, author, activist, producer, and mother of twins, Nina Kronjäger, is the patron of Pro Quote Film. After receiving a classical acting education, Nina Kronjäger turned to experimental theater and worked with René Pollesch, andcompany&Co, and Amina Gusner. She has appeared in various film and TV productions, including “Abgeschminkt”, “Ostwind”, and “DARK”.

Michaela Marmulla
After completing her training in hotel management, Michaela Marmulla transitioned into the media industry, working as a PR agent and actress agent. Since 2022, she has been a board member of the VdA and, together with her co-founder and business partner Gabi Rudolph, is actively involved in various industry organizations such as the German Film Academy and Pro Quote Film. The agency Marmulla & Rudolph, founded in 2011, offers management services for film, TV, and theater.

Gabi Rudolph
After becoming self-employed as an actress agent in 2006, Gabi Rudolph co-founded the online portal “FastForward Magazine” with her business partner Michaela Marmulla in 2009. The portal has been reporting daily on music, film, and entertainment since its inception. In her roles as agent and journalist, Gabi Rudolph combines her three great passions: music, film, and literature. In 2011, the two also merged their agencies and jointly run Marmulla & Rudolph.