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TESTIMONIALS

ANNETT VÄTERLEIN
NIKLAS CINEMA PERFORMANCE FILMPRODUKTION, GERMANY

Dear Cora Chinbuah, dear intermedia-Team,
this is to say a big thank you for the wonderful days we spent at the WorldMediaFestival 2008. We took part for the first time this year and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was much more, much bigger, much grander that we expected. Perfect organisation meant that a very personal, relaxed atmosphere was able to develop. Interesting contributions, interesting international contacts and no trace of competitive thinking: it was like the gathering of one large family, and was enormous fun.
The icing on the cake was the Awards Gala. Quite genuinely, we don't believe even an Oscar winner could feel happier than intermedia-globe winners when they are honoured on stage. You kept your promise that "we celebrate the winners" in every sense. Once again a heartfelt thank you to the whole intermedia- team. We are already looking forward to seeing you in Hamburg again.

Liebe Cora Chinbuah, liebes intermedia-Team,
auf diesem Wege ein grosses Dankeschön für die wundervollen Tage beim WorldMediaFestival 2008. Wir hatten erstmals teilgenommen und waren begeistert. Es war viel mehr, viele größer, viel glanzvoller, als wir erwartet hatten. Die perfekte Organisation ließ eine sehr persönliche, ungezwungene Atmosphäre entstehen. Interessante Beiträge, interessante internationale Kontakte und keine Spur von Konkurrenzdenken; es war wie das Treffen einer großen Familie und hat uns riesig Spaß gemacht.
Das Sahnehäubchen war die Awards Gala. Ganz ehrlich, wir glauben nicht, dass sich ein "Oscar-Gewinner" glücklicher fühlen kann als ein "intermedia globe-Gewinner", wenn er auf der Bühne geehrt wird. Euer Versprechen "we celebrate the winners!" habt Ihr im wahrsten Sinne gehalten. Nochmals von ganzem Herzen Danke an das gesamte intermedia-Team! Wir freuen uns schon auf ein Wiedersehen in Hamburg.

 

LORRAINE HAMBLETON
HSBC BANK PLC, GREAT BRITAIN

I just wanted to drop you a line to say what a wonderful night we had on Wednesday in Hamburg, and it was a delight to meet you finally! We all had a great time, and have been proudly showing off our awards since being back.

 

KARI SEPPÄNEN
DECOMEDIA OY, FINLAND

Hi Cora,
thank you Cora very much for the fine festival! We in Deco Media are very proud about the success we got!

 

CHRISTOPH KRACHTEN
MOMENTO MEDIA GMBH, GERMANY

Dear WorldMediaFestival-Team!
Very best regards to Cora Chinbuah together with many thanks for a fantastic evening!

Liebes WorldMediaFestival-Team!
Ganz liebe Grüsse an Cora Chinbuah mit vielem Dank für den phantastischen Abend!

 

NOBUHIKO ABE
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY, JAPAN

Hello, this is Nobuhiko ABE in JST(SCIENCE CHANNNEL). Thank you very much for your great kindness on World Media Festival. It was so exciting for me to cultivate personal exchanges, and I could extract valuable information at meetings with you, Mr. Eustace, Mr. Kaiser and Ms. Conze.

 

LUDO DUFOUR
MTV NETWORKS INTERNATIONAL
STAYING ALIVE CAMPAIGN, GREAT BRITAIN

Hi Cora,
Mario had a great time at the festival and was glad to have the opportunity to meet such inspiring people with whom he could share ideas for future productions.

 

REGULA BATHELT
SMACK COMMUNICATIONS GMBH, GERMANY

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you sincerely once again for the great Festival and naturally the two prizes. It was a fantastic evening, and it was really enjoyable to be able to celebrate with so many colleagues from around the world. We drove back to Berlin highly motivated, and immediately set about our next project with great enthusiasm. So once again many thanks for an outstanding experience and the perfect organisation.

Bei dieser Gelegenheit möchten wir uns noch einmal herzlich für das tolle Festival und natürlich die beiden Preise bedanken. Es war ein phantastischer Abend und es war uns eine Freude mit so vielen Kollegen aus aller Welt zu feiern. Wir sind sehr motiviert zurück nach Berlin gefahren und haben uns gleich mit Hochdruck in unser nächstes Filmprojekt gestürzt. Also noch einmal vielen Dank für ein herausragendes Erlebnis und die perfekte Organisation.

 

MICHAEL STENBERG
BIPIC AB, SWEDEN

Dear Cora,
I just want to thank you so very much for the three fine prizes we received at your festival.

 

EMIKO OKUMURA
CREATIVE HOUSE OKUMURA, JAPAN

Dear Cora,
thank you for the pleasant and exciting time. I enjoyed your festival very much. Your festival is most enjoyable. I was very surprised that our video MATSUTANI 1 got the special award!!! I am very very happy. Mr MATSUTANI has also jumped for joy. I'd like to tell the whole team many thanks. And thank you for welcoming us to your office. I love your cute dog. And thank you for the memorable photos in your website. Many many many thanks.

 

ULRIKA WAHLSTRÖM
GRYAAB AB, SWEDEN

Thank you for a lovely festival!

 

EDGAR WILKENING
BIG IDEAS | EDGAR WILKENING, GERMANY

Dear Cora Chinbuah,
sincere thanks for the excellent 2008 Festival. It was a great occasion with exciting programme elements and a delightful gala evening. I'm already looking forward to the next time.

Liebe Cora Chinbuah,
auf diesem Wege herzlichen Dank für das schöne Festival 2008! Es war eine tolle Veranstaltung mit spannenden Programmteilen und einem herrlichen Galaabend. Ich freue mich schon aufs nächste Mal!

 

KELD VON EYBEN
FILMSOLUTIONS NOVO NORDISK IT A/S, DENMARK

Thank you again for a great festival and a good stay in Hamburg. As always: a pleasure.

 

OLAF WEHOWSKY
CINETEAM MEDIAWORKS GMBH, GERMANY

Dear World Media-Team.
first of all many thanks again for the delightful Festival. We were very taken by the festive surroundings and the international presence. It was very exciting to get to know not just the work that had come out of Sweden, Finland, England, Spain, etc, but also those responsible for it. A fantastic band was consolation for the perhaps too comprehensive ceremony.

Liebes WorldMedia-Team,
zunächst noch mal herzlichen Dank für das schöne Festival. Wir waren sehr angetan von dem festlichen Rahmen und dem internationalen Publikum. Es war sehr spannend nicht nur die Arbeiten aus Schweden, Finnland, England, Spanien, Japan etc. kennen zu lernen, sondern auch die Macher dahinter. Eine fantastische Band tröstete über die vielleicht etwas zu ausführliche Zeremonie hinweg.

 

MAIJA LEHTONEN
SUOMEN VISIOTALO OY, FINLAND

Dear Cora,

it is great summer here in Finland. I have a great pleasure to inform you that me and Emiko Okumura, we have decided to organize a co-exhibition here in Hämeenlinna 3.9.-9.9.2007, and all this because of You and WorldMediafestival. Thank You!

We met, Emiko and me, the first time in Hamburg, year 2002 ( ? ) at the WorldMediaFestival. So, I can say with my heart, that "at WorldMediaFestival you can win many kind of awards, like new friends..."

Now it is a good reason for you to come to Finland too !
Warmest regards from Hämeenlinna ( + 26 Celcius degree )

 

EMIKO OKUMURA
CREATIVE HOUSE OKUMURA, JAPAN

Dear Cora-san,

how have you been? In Japan, there was a massive earthquake yesterday.
As Osaka is far from the hypocenter, I am well.

By the way, I would like to say thank you very much.
Because we will be having a screening event in Finland in this September (3/9-9/9).
This event is a co-exhibition with Mrs Maija from Suomen Visiotalo Oy.
We will show our videos about Japanese housing architecture and landscape there.

I met Mrs. Maija at your festival in 2001 and we became the friends.
Without your festival, we wouldn't have been able to have this event.
We are interested what Finnish people think about Japanese housing culture, Japanese landscape and Japanese film.

Thank you very very much, Cora-san.
I appreciate your kindness and support.

Many thanks,
Emiko

 

ERIC DUPAIN
VLAAMSE RADIO- EN TELEVISIEOMROEP, BELGIUM

Hi Cora,
First of all I want to congratulate you with the organisation of the World Media Festival. We, the Belgium delegation of VRT, had a fantastic evening and we're very glad by winning this award. Next week, we'll give it to our boss. We worked with 4 peoples on this documentary … and it would be great if we had something to remember on this documentary and the price. Is it possible to have a replica of our price so we have each such a trophy? If not, no worries, we'll have good memories to your festival.

Greetings

 

MANUEL ESSER
NEXT STEP FILMPRODUKTION GMBH, GERMANY

Hello Frau Chinbuah
Our congratulations on a successful Festival. You and your colleagues had taken trouble over everything imaginable, and realised it with great attention to detail.
The level and the mood reflected that. We think back to a very pleasant evening in Hamburg.

Many thanks

Hallo Frau Chinbuah,
unsere Glückwünsche zu dem gelungenen Festival! Sie und Ihre Mitarbeiter haben sich jede erdenkliche Mühe gegeben und das ganze mit viel Liebe zum Detail umgesetzt.
Das Niveau und die Stimmung war entsprechend. Wir denken zurück an einen sehr schönen Abend in Hamburg.

Vielen Dank.
Beste Grüße

 

GUNTER SCHUMANN
DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG, GERMANY

Hello Frau Chinbuah,
... many thanks for a very enjoyable day with a super celebration.
I'm already looking forward to next year in Hamburg!

Hallo Frau Chinbuah,
vielen Dank für einen sehr schönen Tag mit einer super Feier.
Ich freue mich schon auf das nächste Jahr in Hamburg!

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

 

DIDIER WALDUNG and FRANÇOIS MORGANT
VEOLIA EAU COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES EAUX and VIDEOPLANNING, FRANCE

Dear Cora Chinbuah,

I would like to thank you for the perfect organisation of the WorldMediaFestival 2007, and for the very enjoyable moment we spent in Hamburg on 9th may. Our movie "Water my love" received a Special Award, which was a great surprise and an unforgetable emotion ...

Sincerely yours.

 

HENNING FROMME
GREB + NECKERMANN FILMPRODUCTION GBR, GERMANY

Dear Frau Chinbuah,
Somewhat late, but then all the more sincerely, I would like to thank you for this year's Festival.
It's always a pleasure to come to Hamburg for the World Media Festival and meet such congenial people there.The screening was interesting and the evening wonderful!
I hope we'll meet again in the not too distant future!
Greetings

Liebe Frau Chinbuah,
relativ spät, dafür aber um so herzlicher möchte ich mich für das diesjährige Festival bedanken.
Es macht immer wieder Spaß für das World Media Festival nach Hamburg zu kommen und dort auf sympathische Menschen zu treffen. Das Screening war interessant und der Abend wunderbar!
Ich hoffe, wir sehen uns in nicht allzu ferner Zukunft wieder!

Grüße

 

HARALD PRANTNER
HILTI CORPORATION, LIECHTENSTEIN

Dear Frau Chinbuah,
Once again sincere thanks for the enjoyable and interesting time in Hamburg - it was a wonderful experience. Best wishes from Liechtenstein!

Sehr geehrte Frau Chinbuah,
nochmals herzlichen Dank für die schöne und interessante Zeit in Hamburg - es war ein wunderbares Erlebnis.

Beste Grüsse aus Liechtenstein!

 

TOM VAN DE WEGHE
AND THE VRT PANORAMA TEAM, BELGIUM

Dear Cora,

As winner of a Gold Award for our VRT documentary, I would like to thank you for the wonderful organisation of the festival. We had an evening we'll never forget!!

Maybe until next year, and congratulations!

 

MANFRED GROSSERT
UNITED COMMUNICATIONS GMBH, GERMANY

Dear Frau Chinbuah,
I congratulate you on the successful event, and thank you for the friendly welcome. We were really pleased that our entry was recognised by the jury, and that we could take a Gold Award back to Berlin. The day - made interesting not least by many stimulating discussions - was brought to a perfect end.
I wish you and your team continued success and all the best.

Liebe Frau Chinbuah,
gratuliere zur gelungenen Veranstaltung und vielen Dank für die herzliche Aufnahme. Dass unser Beitrag von der Jury ausgezeichnet wurde und wir mit einem Gold-Award nach Berlin zurückfahren konnten, hat uns riesig gefreut. Der nicht zuletzt durch die vielen anregenden Diskussionen sehr interessante Tag fand so seine perfekte Abrundung.
Ich wünsche Ihnen und Ihrem Team weiterhin viel Erfolg und alles Gute.

 

MINAKO ARAKAWA
JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY, JAPAN

Dear Cora,
How are you? It has been a wonderful festival, and I would like to thank you for selecting Earth Guide as the Grand Award ...
Best regards

 

CHRISTINA KAHLERT
INDOC INDUSTRIE UND FERNSEHFILM GMBH, GERMANY

Hi Cora,

since the beginning in 2000 I've been taking part in your WorldMediaFestival every year. All the festivals have been exciting events - but this year's was the best one. Thank you very much for all the work you and your team have been investing.

Thanks for eight years! Don't stop offering such a great chance for viewing so many brilliant videos, for networking and having a big party. I'm looking forward to 2008 and to the WorldMediaFestival's 10th anniversary in 2009! I'll be there.

All the best,
Christina

 

MADELEINE SMITH
TVF COMMUNICATIONS, GREAT BRITAIN

Dear Cora,
We just wanted to say big thank you for organising such a wonderful event in Hamburg. We had lots of fun and met some great people!. We are looking forward to returning again next year.

Kind regards,
Madeleine and Alison

 

JIM FAHY
RTE RADIO TELEFIS EIREANN, IRELAND

Hi Cora:
Thanks for your note. Had a really great three days in Hamburg and your festival was great . . .
Again thanks and best wishes.

 

HANS-JOACHIM HERBST
OTOM HDTV & FILMPRODUKTION, GERMANY

Dear Frau Chinbuah,
Unfortunately it has taken me until today to thank you personally for the very successful WorldMediaFestival 2006. The WorldMediaFestival 2006 was a gathering of creative people from the film and television industries of 25 countries. That resulted for me in interesting encounters, discussions and stimulus for my own work. The major closing event in the Delphi Show Palast, which you directed discreetly and competently in the background, united everyone in the pleasure of being there. I wish you every success for the WorldMediaFestival.

Sehr geehrte Frau Chinbuah,
ich komme leider erst heute dazu, mich bei Ihnen persönlich für das sehr gelungene WorldMediaFestival 2006 zu bedanken.
Das WorldMediaFestival 2006 war ein Treffen von Kreativen aus der Film- und Fernsehbranche aus 25 Nationen. Für mich gab es interessante Begegnungen, Gespräche und Anregungen für die eigene Arbeit. Die große Abschlussveranstaltung im Delphi-Showpalast, die Sie diskret und kompetent aus dem Hintergrund lenkten, vereinte alle in der Freude, dabei gewesen zu sein.

Viel Erfolg für das WorldMediaFestival 2007 wünscht Ihnen
Hans-Joachim Herbst

 

RACHEL TOWELL
HEAD OF PRODUCTION, TILE FILMS LTD, IRELAND

Dear Cora and Sara,

I hope you are both keeping well! I'm sorry that I am just getting around to emailing you now - I can't believe the award ceremony was a week last Wednesday - how time flies!!
Many, many thanks for your warm hospitality and efficiency. It was a wonderful event and it was great to have the opportunity to participate in it. I met some really interesting people and even an Irish colleague who I didn't realise was attending!
We have our intermedia Award up on the shelf in the office and are very proud of it!
I hope you have time for a well deserved break before you begin preparing for the World Media Festival 2007 and have a wonderful summer.

Warmest regards from Dublin

 

BJÖRN KASPRING
NIEDERLASSUNGSLEITER, F E L D M A N N media group, GERMANY

Dear Frau Chinbuah
I would like to thank you very much - on behalf on our client as well - for the extraordinarily successful event in Hamburg last week. It is always a pleasure to be able to be part of that special occasion... We're already looking forward to submitting again next year a few highlights of our productions.

With best regards from Düsseldorf

Liebe Frau Chinbuah,
ich möchte mich auch im Namen unseres Kunden recht herzlich für die ausserordentlich gelungene Veranstaltung in der letzten Woche in Hamburg bedanken. Es ist immer wieder ein Vergnügen, an diesem besonderen Event teilnehmen zu dürfen! ...Wir freuen uns schon darauf, auch im nächsten Jahr wieder ein paar Highlights unserer Produktionen einreichen zu können.

Herzliche Grüße aus Düsseldorf

 

REGINE CARDIN
RC1 REGINE CARDIN PRODUCTIONS, FRANCE

Dear Cora
I was very please to attend your festival. The organisation was perfect, and we enjoyed together with my client your Evening Award Ceremony.

Thank you very much
À très bientôt

 

KATHREIN GUENTHER
VIDEOTEL PRODUCTIONS, GREAT BRITAIN

Hello Frau Chinbuah & Team,
... I would like to take this opportunity to thank you very much once again for a professional, interesting, and extremely pleasant festival. We felt at all times well looked after and well informed, and are already looking forward to the WorldMediaFestival 2007. Well done!

Best regards from London

Hallo Frau Chinbuah & Team,
... bei dieser Gelegenheit noch einmal meinen herzlichen Dank für ein professionelles, interessantes und höchst angenehmes Festival.
Wir haben uns zu jedem Zeitpunkt gut betreut und beraten gefühlt und freuen uns bereits auf das WorldMediaFestival 2007. Well done!

Beste Gruesse aus London

 

ALEXANDRA SCHLÖGL
ORF ÖSTERREICHISCHER RUNDFUNK, AUSTRIA

Dear Frau Chinbuah,
...Moreover I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the perfect organisation and the great awards ceremony in Hamburg.

With my very best regards

Liebe Frau Chinbuah,
....außerdem möchte ich mich bei dieser Gelegenheit noch für die perfekte Organisation und die tolle Preisverleihung in Hamburg bedanken!

Mit lieben Grüßen

 

ANGELIQUE LACOUR
PRODUCER/PRESIDENT, DISCOVER FILMS, INC., USA

Hello Sara,
I really enjoyed the Festival and meeting you and your mother. You all did a marvellous job organizing the event and making me feel really welcomed in Hamburg.

Thanks again.

 

JULS BLOOM
FILM DIRECTOR, JIGSAW PRODUCTIONS SDN. BHD., MALAYSIA

Dear Cora,
A very Good Day to you in Hamburg, and hope that this e-mail finds all of you well.
Firstly, on behalf of Ms. Janetbon, our Executive Producer/Electronic Cinematographer, we would both like to say a BIG THANK YOU to you and the entire team at "intermedia," who so wonderfully organised an event that would be remembered for a long time to come.
For Jigsaw MCMXCV, it was a glorious moment; winning the Gold Award in the "Internal Communications" Category for "The Philosophy of Yehan Numata," BUT more so, for the warmth and friendliness that we received from your organisation. Who would have thought that it was our first attendance? Our THANKS further extend to, especially Sara, Amin, and Kojo whom we had the chance of getting acquainted with (smile). Let us also take this opportunity to wish "intermedia" all the very BEST and may the "WorldMediaFestival" continue to be THE EVENT to showcase the extensive productions in modern media across the globe ...It was a great pleasure meeting you . . . As you so rightfully put it, "after all : it's all about communications................" (all smiles).

Thank you.

 

ANDREA ERNST
ARTE-REDAKTION WDR-FERNSEHEN, GERMANY

Dear Frau Chinbuah,
I now have the possibility of thanking you this way for the splendid evening in Hamburg.
I hope you had good and positive feedback from the public and the participants. Here there is considerable pleasure about the prizes!

Liebe Frau Chinbuah,
nun habe ich auf diesem Weg die Möglichkeit, Ihnen für den schönen Abend in Hamburg zu danken.Ich hoffe, Sie hatten ein gutes und positives Feedback des Publikums und der Teilnehmer. Hier im Haus herrscht Freude über die Preise!!
Mit herzlichen Grüßen aus Köln

 

JOZEF VAN HEMELRIJCK
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, VRT-CANVAS (Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroep), BELGIUM

Dear Cora,
Time flies. A month already since we met in Hamburg. I want to thank you again for the invitation - and the awards! The special UN - award really took me by surprise. The news was received with great joy back home. The people involved in the films story "A nose for danger" (Apopo Foundation trains rats to find land-mines) are confident that the prize will open doors internationally. As a matter of fact, the Belgian Minister For Foreign Affairs Karel de Gucht, mentioned the story while on a visit in Zagreb and the Croatian television asked for a copy of the film! Thanks again.

 

THURSTON SMITH
PRODUCTION DIRECTOR, GETTY IMAGES, USA

Cora,
my wife and I had a wonderful time in Hamburg and at the WorldMediaFestival!
We are so happy that we got a chance to tour the city for the brief time that we were in town.
We were told to go have dinner at the Yacht Club, but that will have to be next time...

The ceremony was a lot of fun and was run with great professionalism. I was honoured to be a part of it. We hope to return for many more years to come.

 

GARY E. SWANSSON
PROFESSOR OF BROADCAST AND DIRECTOR OF TELEVISION
MEDILL SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, USA

Hi Cora,
I had a terrific time in Hamburg and very much enjoyed meeting you and your husband.
The event was so well planned it seemed to go flawlessly. Please let me know if I can be of any help in the future - the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University is considered the premier journalism school in America . . Thanks for your hospitality and I hope to see you again soon.

 

LARS MOSSBERG
GROUP FUNCTION COMMUNICATIONS, VATTENFALL AB, SWEDEN

Dear Cora,
thank you so much for a great festival . . .

 

RICHARD KOLLODGE
UNITED NATIONS MINE ACTION SERVICE, USA

Cora,
thank YOU! I had a great time, although it was too brief. And what a thrill it was to come home with two awards!. . . Again, thanks for thinking of me, and I'm sorry I couldn't talk with you. I arrive only about 45 minutes before the ceremony and had to leave very early the following morning.

 

NORBERT VANDER
MANAGING DIRECTOR, NOVALIS GmbH, GERMANY

Hello Frau Chinbuah,
On behalf of my client as well as myself, I would like to thank you for the successful awards evening at the 6th WorldMediaFestival. The evening was a success all round, which we really enjoyed. Allow me in addition a personal remark:
The value of the awards is ever clearer, in that directly after the awards ceremony a large international film production signed a contract with us. The criterion for the selection was the repeated winning of WorldMediaFestival awards. So once again, for this reason as well, my personal thanks.

Hallo Frau Chinbuah,
auch im Namen meiner Kunden möchte ich mich für den gelungenen Abend anläßlich der Preisverleihung des 6.WorldMediaFestivals bedanken. Es war ein rundum gelungener Abend, der uns allen viel Freude gemacht hat. Gestatten Sie mir noch einen persönlichen Kommentar: Der Stellenwert des Awards wird umso deutlicher als, das eine große internationale Filmproduktion unmittelbar nach der Preisverleihung mit uns einen Vertrag geschlossen hat. Kriterium für die Auswahl war der wiederholte Gewinn des WorldMedia Awards. Auch aus diesem Grund noch einmal mein persönlicher Dank.

 

STEFANIE GREB
GREB + NECKERMANN FILMPRODUCTION, GERMANY

Dear Frau Chinbuah,
We enjoyed the Festival very much! The presentation of the awards and the atmosphere among the particpants were pleasant and relaxed, and the music and the venue were excellent. . .

Liebe Frau Chinbuah,
das Festival hat uns sehr gut gefallen! Die Moderation und die Stimmung der Teilnehmer untereinander war angenehm und locker und die Musik und die Location ausgezeichnet. . .

 

Dr. FRANK POPPE AND Dr. TORSTEN FISCHER
PRESS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
ALFRED-WEGENER-INSTITUT FÜR POLAR- UND MEERESFORSCHUNG, GERMANY

Dear Frau Chinbuah,
once again I must compliment you on the extremely successful WorldMediaFestival 2005 in Hamburg. For us these were days full of interesting and profitable contacts, of watching fascinating films, and not least a successful awards ceremony.

Liebe Frau Chinbuah,
noch einmal ein großes Kompliment für das äußerst gelungene WorldMediaFestival 2005 in Hamburg. Für uns waren dies Tage voller interessanter gewinnbringender Kontakte, spannender Filmbeiträge und nicht zuletzt eine gelungene Preisverleihung.

 

JAN SVENSSON
TakeOff, SWEDEN

We did have a very nice day and evening. We did also like very much to watch film during the day. The evening event was very good and in a familiar mode. If you want, we see you next year too!
Congratulation to you and your team

 

Dr. ANDREAS K. SCHMIDT
CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS/PUBLISHING & PROJECTS
MERCK KGaA, GERMANY

Dear Frau Chinbuah,
thank you for the photo - it shows me in animated conversation, which is further proof of the splendid and successful evening. Best wishes from Darmstadt.
vielen Dank für das Foto - es zeigt mich in angeregter Unterhaltung, was ein weiterer Beweis für den tollen und gelungenen Abend ist...
Viele Grüße aus Darmstadt

 

TIM SPENCE
ACCOUNT MANAGER, TVF COMMUNICATIONS, GRET BRITAIN

....thanks for organising a great night....

 

HENDRIK FEIL
DRIFE PRODUCTIONS, GERMANY

Hello Frau Chinbuah,
We're very pleased about the prizes for our KSB corporate image film and had an excellent time in Hamburg. Many thanks for the excellent Festival and its perfect organisation - best wishes from Munich

wir haben uns sehr über die Preise für unseren KSB IMAGEFILM gefreut und hatten eine schöne Zeit in Hamburg. Vielen Dank für das nette Festival und die perfekte Organisation - beste Grüße aus München

 

MATTHIAS KREMIN
WDR WESTDEUTSCHER RUNDFUNK, GERMANY

Dear Frau Chinbuah,
I would like to thank you again most sincerely for the excellent occasion.
The prizes have been very well received here at WDR - naturally, the Grand Award for "Die Neunte" especially. I wish you a good weekend, and send best wishes from Cologne

ich möchte mich nochmals ganz herzlich bedanken für die schöne Veranstaltung.
Die Preise sind hier im WDR sehr gut angekommen - natürlich besonders der Grand Award für "Die Neunte". Ich wünsche Ihnen ein schönes Wochenende und verbleibe mit schönen Grüßen aus Köln

 

EMIKO OKUMURA
CREATIVE HOUSE OKUMURA, JAPAN

Dear Cora Chinbuah,
thank you thank you very much for your hospitality. Your festival was very exciting!! I really enjoyed so much. Our work awarded this year was made for the friendship between Hamburg and Osaka. I'm very happy for this memorial work to get the award.
I hope this award help the stronger communication both cities. Hope I meet the film makers in all over the world again next year!!
Thank you again, Cora-san. Best regards

 

MAIJA LEHTONEN
SUOMEN VISIOTALO OY, FINLAND

Dear Cora,
back home and at work again, but my heart is still in green and flowering Hamburg!
As we sang, "Vielen Danke schön ..." we will once more thank you, Cora, for your hospitality, for the chance to meet interesting people, for the excellent festival and of course for those Silver and Gold Awards, which we appreciate very, very much. They inspire us to create new films for the next year!

Dear Frau Chinbuah !
Unfortunately my German is not good enough to express the feelings I, Kalevi and Seppo have. Therefore I simply say MANY THANKS and all the best greetings from Hämeenlinna!

Liebe Frau Chinbuah !
Leider ist mein Deutsch nicht gut genug um zu erzählen, was ich, Kalevi und Seppo fühlen. Darum sage ich einfach: HERZLICHEN DANK and beste Grüsse aus Hämeenlinna!

 

MICHAEL C. ANDREWS
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN, USA

Cora-
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Your festival is the best I have ever attended, including the ten N.Y. Film Festivals I have been to. Congratulations to you and all those involved in putting on a wonderful and memorable festival. As I said on stage when I accepted the gold award for "A Second Chance", I'm glad you were persistant in convincing me to attend. It was one of the highlights of my professional career. . . ..

Thanks again Cora, you are a delightful person and you did a marvellous job in putting together one of the world's premiere media festivals media festivals. Congratulations. If we are fortunate enough to earn another award next year I hope to see you then.

 

RAINER KARNOWSKI, M.A.
SENIOR MANAGER HEAD OF AUDIOVISUAL COMMUNICATION
EADS EUROPEAN AERONAUTIC DEFENCE AND SPACE COMPANY, GERMANY

First of all heartiest congratulations on the extremely successful event based around acknowledging this year's WorldMediaFestival's prize winners. You succeeded in making what is essentially a tedious business - calling the prize winners, shaking hands, photos, thank you to the world - into a colourful and enjoyable party. Linked with these congratulations is naturally my thanks for the masterly organisation - managing to guide some 300 creative people down orderly paths and keep them there. My guests and I were really most impressed and are already looking forward to the next occasion.

Liebe Frau Chinbuah,
zunächst ganz herzlichen Glückwunsch für die äußerst gelungene Veranstaltung rund um die Siegerehrung der diesjährigen Preisträger des WorldMediaFestivals.
Es ist Ihnen gelungen aus einer per se eigentlich eher drögen Angelegenheit - Aufruf der Preisträger / Händeschütteln / Photo / Dank an den "Rest der Welt..." / Abgang - ein buntes vergnügliches Fest zu machen. Verbunden ist dieser Glückwunsch natürlich mit meinem herzlichen Dank für die organisatorische Meisterleistung, immerhin rund 300 Kreative über viele Stunden hinweg in geordnete Bahnen zu lenken und dort auch zu behalten. Meine Gäste und ich waren wirklich rundum sehr angetan und freuen uns schon auf das nächste Mal! Herzliche Grüße !

 

CHRISTINA KAHLERT
GESCHÄFTSFÜHRERIN
INDOC INDUSTRIE- UND FERNSEHFILM GMBH, GERMANY

We did not want to miss the opportunity to thank you again very sincerely on behalf of our client for a successful Festival. We would like to underline what the winner of the Grand Prix said at the awards ceremony. We, too, would like the WorldMediaFestival to become The international festival. There are many reasons for that. The internationalism achieved at the first attempt is impressive. Each entrant is measured against international competition - but likewise can draw international comparisons, and learn from them. The jury is international. Many productions are after all not conceived just for the German market and must work internationally - so they can be judged by international standards. The variety of categories makes it easy to enter a production where it really belongs - without having to make compromises. In that way, comparable media are only compared with each other. The promise to take considerable account in the judging of how well the target audience is addressed was kept. Thank you that it was not the case - as it is with other festivals - that only those who have poured money into a project get recognised. The awards ceremony was an experience - and I'm sure not just for those who won awards. The setting was original, and the presentation refreshingly relaxed. There are so many starchy awards ceremonies. A personal opinion to conclude with. There are so many hideous trophies. In that respect as well, your Festival distances itself considerably from its competitors. We look forward to the next WorldMediaFestival already.

Sehr geehrte, liebe Frau Chinbuah,
wir möchten es nicht versäumen, uns auch im Namen unsers Auftraggebers noch mal ganz herzlich für das gelungene Festival zu bedanken. Was der Gewinner des GrandPrix bei der Preisverleihung auf der Bühne sagte, möchten wir unterstreichen. Auch wir wünschen uns, daß das WorldMediaFestival zu dem internationalen Festival wird. Dafür gibt es eine Vielzahl von Gründen:
Die auf Anhieb erreichte Internationalität besticht. Der Einreicher muß sich einer internationalen Konkurrenz stellten, kann aber selbst auch internationale Vergleiche ziehen - und etwas daraus lernen. Die Jury ist international besetzt. Viele Produktionen sind schließlich nicht nur den deutschen Markt gedacht und müssen international funktionieren, also auch international beurteilt werden.
Die Vielfalt der Kategorien macht es einem leicht, seine Produktion auch wirklich da unterzubringen wo sie hinpasst - ohne Kompromisse machen zu müssen. Damit werden dankenswerter Weise auch nur vergleichbare Medien einander gegenübergestellt.
Das Versprechen, die zielgruppenadäquate Umsetzung bei der Beurteilung ganz wesentlich ins Kalkül zu ziehen, wurde eingelöst. Danke, daß nicht - wie bei vielen anderen Festivals- nur der zum Zug kommt, bei dem das Geld von der Leinwand tropft. . .
Die Preisverleihung war ein Erlebnis - sicher nicht nur für die Preisträger. Der Rahmen war sehr originell, die Moderation erfrischend locker. Es gibt ja so viele steife Preisverleihungen.
Eine ganz persönliche Meinung am Schluß: Es gibt ja soviel scheußliche Trophäen. Auch hier hebt sich Ihr Festival sehr positiv von vielen anderen Wettbewerben ab.
Wir freuen uns schon auf das nächste WorldMediaFestival.
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Dear Cora,
congratulations! You've sent out this message to us. Now we would like to send it to you. It was a great day and evening. Your 3rd WorldMediaFestival was incomparable and it is unforgetable. We are proud that we had the chance to take part. Please don't ever stop organizing such festivals. The Grand Prix for festival organization goes to...... ....Cora Chinbuah! All the best to you and to WorldMediaFestival.
Best regards . . .
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first of all many many thanks for the organisation of the 4th WorldMediaFestival. Once again you have made a lot of people happy - and who can still say that nowadays? I am proud to have been allowed to be there for the 4th time. Please don't ever give up your Festival!!!!

Liebe Cora,
zuerst Mal vielen, vielen Dank für die Organisation des 4. WorldMediaFestivals. Du hast wieder sehr viele Menschen glücklich gemacht. Wer kann das schon noch heute. Ich bin stolz darauf, schon zum 4. Mal dabei gewesen sein zu dürfen. Bitte Hör' nie auf mit Deinem Festival!!!. . .

 

RAINER ROHRBACH
ÖFFENTLICHKEITSARBEIT, ADAM OPEL AG, GERMANY

With the WorldMediaFestival still resonating, I would like to thank very sincerely for the excellent organisation of the competition - and also especially for the successful awards ceremony. As always, your work demonstrated great professionalism. Please pass on these thanks, which I am expressing on behalf of my colleagues, to your team. We are already looking forward to the next time around, and hope to be part of it again.

Sehr geehrte Frau Chinbuah,
im Nachklang zum WorldMediaFestival möchte ich mich bei Ihnen ganz herzlich für die ausgezeichnete Organisation des Wettbewerbes, auch ganz besonders für die gelungene Verleihungsveranstaltung bedanken. Ihre Arbeit zeugt wie immer von hoher Professionalität. Bitte leiten Sie diesen Dank, den ich auch im Namen meiner Kollegen aussprechen, an Ihr Team weiter.
Wir freuen uns schon auf die nächste Runde und hoffen, wieder dabei sein zu können!

 

HIS EXCELLENCY THE AMBASSADOR OF SAMOA
TAU'ILI'ILI UILI MEREDITH

Dear Cora,
Thank you for the honour and privilege of the invitation to come to Hamburg to receive the Silver on behalf of the Visitors' Bureau and Samoa.
My congratulations to you for such a realised vision! It was great to meet up again with you and your good husband and you have laid such a good foundation to build on for future Film Festivals. I thoroughly enjoyed the Award Ceremony from the Shuttle Boat Ride to the end of the Buddy Holly Show not to mention the actual awards. A great moment for Samoa.

 

ANDERS ENVALL
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR, DOCKHOUSE FILM & TV PRODUCTION AB, SWEDEN

Dear Cora!
What a beautiful experience your festival was!
I have been to a couple of festivals now and worldmediafestival was one of the best arranged and you certainly have the capacity to grow. Hamburg is a very nice town and the beer is good. And the Sekt. Thank you very, very, very much and also congratulations! I am already looking forward to the next WorldMediaFestival.
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Dear Cora,
back home in Gothenburg I am delighted to take with me all the memories from the WorldMediaFestival in Hamburg! It was a professionally run event, and I am glad that our film and media production company Dockhouse participated. Not only because we won the Grand Prix but also because we thin Europe really needs a festival like this. It is important for the growth of our business and it is important for our clients. No other type f event can give us both the excitement of a competition, plus the chance to meet and exchange ideas with interesting people and - at the same time - create an interest big enough at the news desks of newspapers and magazines back home to write about you, your company, your production, your client and the festival. As we see it everyone is a winner at the WorldMediaFestival in Hamburg. We are very glad for the early success of your event, and we will back next year.

 

FREDERIKE EINIG
ECC KOHTESKLEWES, GERMANY

Dear Frau Chinbuah,
thanks so much for the wonderful award night yesterday in Hamburg . . .

Liebe Frau Chinbuah,
vielen Dank für den schönen Award-Abend gestern in Hamburg....

 

PETER KANTERS
PR CONSULTANT, THE NETHERLANDS

Hello Cora,
safe back home. Congratulations for the excellent festival and thanks again for your hospitality in Hamburg

 

MAIJA LEHTONEN
SUOMEN VISIOTALO OY, FINLAND

Hello Cora !
I want to thank you for the excellent festival and Grand Awards night.
It was great to be there.
I wish you and your husband very nice and warm summer days. Sincerely . .
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Good morning Cora,
our team Kalevi, Seppo, Leila and me, we all want to thank you for the WorldMediaFestival-global competition. Again, it was great to be in festival. The atmosphere there was very hearty. Thank you and the whole organisation team. See you again
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Dear Cora, liebe Frau Chinbuah,
Many, many thanks for the impressive Festival and your gracious hospitality.
On behalf of the group of the production team of Suomen Visiotalo Oy we would like to thank you and the whole organization for the intermedia-Globe Gold Award. This prize is fantastic confirmation of the quality of our work. It motivates us for the next projects and if we are fortunate enough to earn another award next year we hope to see you again then.
Nochmals, auch in Namen aller Mitarbeiter von Suomen Visiotalo Oy möchten wir uns für den intermedia Globe-Gold Award herzlich bedanken.
Sydämelliset kiitokset!

 

SUSANNE LIPPERT
MANAGING DIRECTOR
SANTA FE NATURAL TOBACCO COMPANY EUROPE GmbH, GERMANY

Many thanks for the excellent evening....I must congratulate you wholeheartedly. The whole occasion was so well organised and was a lot of fun. I've been to lots of awards ceremonies. But yours paid loving care to all the details. Thank you for the opportunity of being there. Wishing you a pleasant Whitsun holiday.

Liebe Frau Chinbuah,
vielen Dank für den schönen Abend. . . . Ich muss Ihnen ein riesiges Lob aussprechen: Die Veranstaltung war so super organisiert und hat viel Spaß gemacht. Ich war schon bei vielen Preisverleihungen. Aber Ihre war einfach mit viel Liebe zum Detail. Vielen Dank, dass wir dabei sein konnten. Ihnen ein schönes Pfingstfest!
Herzliche Grüße . . .

 

BOB MARSHALL
PROJECT DESIGNER, CINÉCOSSE, GREAT BRITAIN/SCOTLAND

Dear Cora,
. . .Both my clients and I very much enjoyed attending the awards evening in Hamburg on the 15th May. We had a great time and may I congratulate you and the festival team on your hard efforts in putting together a wonderful show. I am sorry we did not get the opportunity to talk with you on the evening, but unfortunately we were unable to get much more time off to enjoy the screenings day and also to see more of Hamburg. . .
With very best regards . . .

 

UTE UND WOLFGANG HUSCHERT
HUSCHERT MULTIMEDIAL, GERMANY
PRÄSIDENT DES BUNDESVERBANDES DEUTSCHER FILM- UND AV-PRODUZENTEN

Ute and I would again like to thank you very much indeed for the invitation to the screening and the successful gala evening. We enjoyed it very much and hope that it will be just as good next year even that means an enormous amount of work for you. With its excellent showing of prize winning films and the short presentations in the auditorium, as well as the awards ceremony at the Delphi, the worldmediafestival has certainly, in my view, placed itself at the head of German festivals and congresses. It was very interesting, informative, entertaining, international and well organised.
Once again thank you, thank you, thank you
.

Liebe Cora, lieber Kojo,
Ute und ich möchten Euch nochmals recht herzlich für die Einladung für das Screening und für den gelungenen Gala-Abend danken. Es hat uns sehr gut gefallen und wir hoffen dass es genauso schön im nächsten Jahr wird, auch wenn es für Euch viel, viel Arbeit ist. Durch die exzellente Vorführung der Preisträger-Filme mit den kurzen Vorträgen im Auditorium und die Preisverleihung im Delphi hat das wwworldmediafestival sich sicherlich, so wie ich es sehe, an die Spitze unserer deutschen Festivals oder Kongresse gesetzt. Es war sehr interessant, informativ, kurzweilig, international und gut organisiert.
Nochmals Danke,Danke,Danke. Liebe Grüße. . .

 

WILLIAM MCCLURE
CBS NEWS LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN

. . . thank you very much for all your hospitality and interesting screenings and personalities. I would like to come again !
Best regards . . .
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. . . Again, my congratulations for organizing such an impressive and rewarding film festival. It was better than Cannes !

 

DR. E. STOCK
BAYER AG, GERMANY

Thank you for the evening in Hamburg, it was a successful event.

Liebe Frau Chinbuah,
vielen Dank für den Abend in Hamburg, es war eine gelungene Veranstaltung.

 

MARK DAMEN
DG IPR-P, BELGIUM

Dear Cora,
. . . The film crew I'm working with right now, stopped filming for one day so I would be able to go to Hamburg. They were all very happy and we did drink champagne today. . .
Greetings
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Dear Cora,
Still filled with emotions of winning the BIG price of the Worldmediafestival, I think every day of that wonderful experience. Every minute of the day I am still thinking about it, as if it were a dream. Is this real? Did I really win this prize on a very challenging festival with lots and lots of quality programs ? It was such a good feeling to know that the jury understands what I did. . . . I also find that the low profile presence of jury members was perfect. In Belgium I have never been nominated for a price on local festivals. On some occasions some members of the jury criticised my film: I have a bad influence on youth, too much sex, too much violence. In Germany though, you understood I use the language of the young one to teach them about something else: the danger of the HIV-virus.
THANKS, THANKS, THANKS.

 

THILO MOSCH
I-D MEDIA AG, GERMANY

Very many thanks for the great event! It was absolutely top-class !...

Hallo Frau Chinbuah,
vielen herzlichen Dank für das tolle Event! Es war echt spitze! . . .
Mit freundlichen Grüssen

 

STEFANO MONACHESI
WERBEWOCHE SCHWEIZ, SWITZERLAND

Thank you for the information. We have already reported about the awards for Flavian Kurt in our Newsmail of 30th April. Am I right in thinking that this is the only Swiss prizewinner? It's good that you publish and distribute the list of winners quickly. In the case of other awards you can sometimes wait months after the ceremony.

Liebe Frau Chinbuah
Vielen Dank für Ihren Hinweis. über die Awards für Flavian Kurt haben wir ins unserem Newsmail bereits am 30. April berichtet (siehe Meldung unten). Soweit ich sehe, ist dies der einzige Schweizer Preisträger?
Schön, daß Sie die Siegerliste schnell veröffentlichen und bekannt machen. Bei anderen Awards muß man manchmal wochenlang warten nach der Preisverleihung.
Freundliche Grüße

 

SEPPO SAARINEN
METRONOME FILM, FINLAND

Thank you!!!

We want to thank you for the wonderful party and fine Festivals all together! We all had good time! I will soon make the reservation about the duplicate of the Globe Silver award about the "Sibelius" film. . .
Yours sincerely . .

 

MARCEL NEUMANN
GESCHÄFTSFÜHRER visavis FILMPRODUKTION, GERMANY

In our hectic daily lives we tend to dedicate ourselves much too quickly to our ‚normal' work after a few moments of celebration. Nevertheless I would to like to express my recogntion of this year's worldmediafestival. The film we entered faced extraordinarily strong competition as well as a high-quality international jury. Seen in that light, the two prizes our entry won take on a particular gleam. The awards will certainly make an effective contribution to our PR work. The granting of special awards from organisations such as the German PR Society and the UN Department of Public Information brings the Festival additional renown. My overall impression at the end of the day was of professional preparation and event organisation.
Frau Chinbuah, I congratulate you once again on the worldmediafestival - a highly successful initiative.

Best wishes from Berlin!

Sehr geehrte Frau Chinbuah,
in unserem hektischen Geschäftsalltag neigen wir allzu oft dazu, nach kurzen Momenten der Festlichkeit uns viel zu schnell wieder der "normalen" Tagesordnung zu widmen. Ich möchte dennoch an dieser Stelle meine Anerkennung im Zusammenhang mit dem diesjährigen worldmediafestival zum Ausdruck bringen.

Der von uns für den Wettbewerb eingereichte Film traf auf eine außerordentlich starke Konkurrenz sowie auf eine hochkarätige internationale Jury. Vor diesem Hintergrund erhalten die zwei Auszeichnungen unseres Wettbewerbs-Beitrags einen besonderen Glanz. Die gewonnenen Preise werden mit Sicherheit effektvoll zu unserer PR-Arbeit beitragen. Die Verleihung von Special Awards durch Organisationen wie die Deutsche Public Relations Gesellschaft oder die Department of Public Information der Vereinten Nationen schenkt dem Festival zusätzliches Renommée. Meinen Gesamteindruck rundet zu guter letzt die professionelle Vorbereitung und Veranstaltungsorganisation ab. Frau Chinbuah, ich gratuliere Ihnen noch einmal zum worldmediafestival, eine gelungene Initiative! Beste Grüße aus Berlin!

 

PETER INGO
AVSET OY, FINLAND

Hi Cora,
Thank you very much for the great festival. . .

Thanks again, see you
Peter

 

HANSJÖRG FUHRKEN
EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR, OGILVYINTERACTIVE, GERMANY

The stay in Hamburg was an inspiration for the team. I regret very much that I couldn't make the date, and have made myself a promise to make up for that next year :-)

Sehr geehrte Frau Chinbuah,
der Aufenthalt in Hamburg hat das Team begeistert. Ich bedauere es sehr, dass ich den Termin nicht wahrnehmen konnte und habe mir fest vorgenommen dies nächstes Jahr nachzuholen :- )

 

KATHREIN GÜNTHER
BELLA VISTA FILM, GERMANY

Both Dr Huber and Frau Eiers from Merck, as well as our our Herr Malasomma really enjoyed themselves at the Festival - many thanks.

. . . Sowohl Herrn Dr. Huber und Frau Eiers von der Merck KGaA als auch unserem Herrn Malasomma hat es auf dem Festival übrigens sehr gut gefallen - vielen Dank dafür. . . .

 

MARTIN SCHNEIDER-HILLEN
GESCHÄFTSFÜHRER AVM MOVING PICTURES GMBH, GERMANY
1. VORSITZENDER DER "AV-MEDIEN NORD ARBEITSGEMEINSCHAFT E.V."

The worldmediafestival has given me the possibility of getting an overview of the industrial film sector in the shortest possible time. After one day I know what "state of the art" is. In the evening I then have the chance to meet sponsors, directors and producers in a pleasant atmosphere.
How could I invest my money better?

Das Worldmediafestival gibt mir die Möglichkeit, in kürzester Zeit einen überblick im Industriefilmsektor zu bekommen. Nach einemTag weiß ich, was zur Zeit "State of the Art" ist. Am Abend habe ich die Möglichkeit bei angenehmer Atmosphäre Auftraggeber, Regisseure und Produzenten persönlich kennen zu lernen. Wie kann ich meine Geld besser investieren ?
Herzliche Grüße und nur das Beste für den Tag . . .

 

ANKE SOSTMANN
ATKON AG, GERMANY

Thank you - it was a very pleasant and successful evening. Can you tell me the name of the group performing? Our client would like to book them for an event.
A suggestion for just a small improvement. It would be great if - at least from the Gold Awards on - examples of the work could be mixed in, to give some idea of the nature of the work. Unfortunately it's rarely possible to find the time during the day to go to the screening.

Hallo Frau Chinbuah,
Danke, der Abend war sehr nett und gelungen. Können Sie mir mitteilen, wie die Showgruppe hieß? Unser Kunde würde die Gruppe gerne einmal für ein Event buchen. . .
Viele Grüße . . .

 

WOLFGANG VÖGELE (MANAGING DIRECTOR)
MARKUS ZIMMER (DESIGNER)
LACON CORPORATE DESIGN-MANAGEMENT GMBH, GERMANY

Dear Mrs. Chinbuah,
On behalf of all my colleagues in LACON Design we would like to thank you very much for the intermedia-Globe GRAND AWARD and the wonderful event! Both the perfectly-organised screening and the successful presentation of the awards exceeded our wildest expectations! We were particularly pleased by the international nature of the others sitting at our table at the gala dinner. As a result, we have been able to return to Lake Constance with not only many unforgettable impressions and the award, but also new friends in Japan, Italy and the United States. We enjoyed the WorldMediaFestival very much and already look forward to being there again next year.

Liebe Frau Chinbuah,
auch im Namen aller Mitarbeiter von LACON design möchten wir uns für den intermedia-Globe GRAND AWARD und die wunderbare Veranstaltung herzlich bedanken! Sowohl das perfekt organisierte Screening als auch die gelungene Award-Verleihung haben unsere kühnsten Vorstellungen übertroffen! Besonders gefreut hat uns die internationale Zusammenstellung unserer Tischnachbarn beim Gala-Dinner. Somit konnten wir nicht nur mit den vielen unvergesslichen Eindrücken und dem Award, sondern auch mit neuen Freunden aus Japan, Italien und den USA an den Bodensee zurückkehren. Wir haben das WorldMediaFestival sehr genossen und freuen uns schon jetzt darauf, im nächsten Jahr wieder mit dabei zu sein!

 

NAILA FAROUKY
SESAMEWORKSHOP, USA

Dear Cora,
I apologize for the delay in my response. I have only just returned to New York since I saw you last in Hamburg - I was on a whirlwind trip to London and Bangladesh. First, I wanted to thank you for everything. The event was a real success and my co-producers and I were thrilled! . . .

 

FLAVIAN KURTH
MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS ASW, SWITZERLAND

Once again very many thanks for the wonderful evening. We returned to Switzerland full of pride and with refreshed spirits...

Liebe Frau Chinbuah,
nochmals herzlichen Dank für den wundervollen Abend. Voller Stolz und mit frischem Elan sind wir in die Schweiz zurückgekehrt.. . .

 

JIRO FUJIWARA
UNIVERSAL JOINT, JAPAN

Dear Ms. Cora Chinbuah-san,
How are you? It was a very wonderful Festival. They were days like a dream for me. Thank you very very very much really. I appreciate your endeavor. It was good to see the image of the world of us. You were allowed to be able to become the person of the world and an acquaintance. I who says again am really grateful. I appreciate your attention to the matter. A new work is made toward the next year.

 

HAGEN GOTTSCHALCK
HAGENFILM GMBH, GERMANY

Still completely bewitched by the wonderful evening yesterday at the WorldMediaFestival awards ceremony, I wanted once again to thank you and your team very sincerely for a magnificent Festival. It really is something special to receive an award at such an outstanding Festival, and to win the Grand Prix is as if one had won an Oscar. We are all pretty proud of the honours which we received yesterday. For us, as a relatively new film production company, this recognition is fantastic confirmation of the quality of our work and also motivates us for our next projects (with which we hope to attending again over the next few years). Many thanks and have a great day.

Liebe Cora Chinbuah,
noch immer ganz verzaubert von dem wunderbaren Abend gestern bei der Preisverleihung des WorldMediaFestival, wollte ich mich noch mal ganz herzlich bei Dir und Deinem Team für dieses grossartige Festival bedanken! Auf einem so hervorragenden Festival ausgezeichnet zu werden ist wirklich etwas besonderes und den Grand Prix zu gewinnen, ist als ob man den Oscar bekommen hätte. Wir sind alle ziemlich stolz auf die Auszeichnungen, die wir gestern erhalten haben. Für uns, als noch relativ junge Filmproduktion, ist diese Anerkennung eine phantastische Bestätigung unserer Arbeit und auch eine Motivation für die nächsten Projekte (mit denen wir hoffentlich in den nächsten Jahren wieder dabei sein werden). Vielen Dank und einen wunderschönen Tag noch!

 

SHEREEN EL MELIGI
ALKARMA PRODUCTIONS, EGYPT

Dear Cora,
I would first like to thank you for a wonderful time in Hamburg, and I hope to see you again next year. It was a great opportunity to meet you.. . . Again I would like to thank you for your gracious hospitality, and wonderful organization of an unforgetable event.

 

JUTTA ZÖRB-ARNOLDI
MERCK KGaA, GERMANY

Many thanks for the marvellous and impressive Festival. Taking part was something very special.

Liebe Frau Chinbuah,
herzlichen Dank für das wunderschöne und beeindruckende Film-Festival. Es war etwas ganz Besonderes, daran teilzunehmen.

 

SEPPO PALMINEN
SMILE AUDIOVISUAL OY, FINLAND Dear Cora,
back in Helsinki, full of energy and excitement. Thank you so much for a wonderful event. At least for me it was a well deserved break to charge batteries. Please, make it two days session next year. We could see more films screened (not just in the video library). My opinion has always been that when I leave Finland for an international festival, I want to be abroad at least three or four days. So, I spend time in Hamburg anyway. Think about it. And thank you for the Grand Award. Hemmo and Tauno were totally shook up and even I (normally prepared for anything) was surprised and happy.

 

AL CACCARILE
WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, USA

Dear Cora and Kojo,
Thank you for the good time at the awards festival. You did a fine job in arranging the program. We were able to make several promising contacts that will be useful for expanding the work we do. It was an honour to be part of the festival. . .

 

TAKESHI INOUE
OSCAR PRODUCTS CORPORATION, JAPAN

Dear Cora Chinbuah,
Thank you the other day. I was very much impressed at the very exciting festival. I improve myself for the confidence and the encouragement, and I want to try it in the step which the next is to again. I am looking forward to the day which it can see again.

 

HELGA LÄHN
ARRI FILM & TV SERVICES GMBH, GERMANY
Unfortunately I had no opportunity to say goodbye to you, and I would like to remedy that now.
Once again thank you very much for everything - it was a splendid party. Best wishes from Munich.

Liebe Frau Chinbuah,
leider hatte ich keine Gelegenheit mich von Ihnen zu Verabschieden, das möchte ich hiermit nachholen. Ich mußte am nächsten Tag früh in den Flieger, weil ich einen Termin hatte. Vielen Dank noch einmal für alles, es war ein sehr schönes Fest. Liebe Grüße aus München

 

EMIKO OKUMURA
CREATIVE HOUSE OKUMURA, JAPAN

Dear Cora Chinbuah,
I appreciate your kindness and enjoyed very much. I'm going to write some articles on your festival and winners in Japanese newspaper and movie magazines. So I have a few questions. . . .
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Dear Cora and Kojo,
I came back to Japan in safety. Thank you very very much for the wonderful awards night. And thank you for your kind help for my guest. It was a great honor for me to get the intermedia globe-Silver and to be charged with the important duty as a presenter on stage. Your festival is just worldwide. Whenever I attend your festival, I can communicate with many people of many countries. The experiences are very exciting. Thank you again for everything you did. I would like to come again next year to make a excellent film.
Many many thanks from Emiko

 

VIKTORIA VACZI
UNITED VISIONS TV & FILM PRODUCTIONS GMBH, GERMANY

First of all many thanks for the splendid event yesterday evening. We were very pleased to be there again this year, and hope to see you again next year

Hallo Frau Chinbuah,
erst einmal herzlichen Dank für die schöne Veranstaltung gestern Abend. Wir haben uns gefreut, dieses Jahr wieder dabei gewesen zu sein und hoffen auf ein Wiedersehen im nächsten Jahr.

 

KLAAS VAN DER MEULEN
KLAAS VAN DER MEULEN'S FILM ASSOCIATION, THE NETHERLANDS

Dear Cora, . . . we had a lot of fun last Wednesday, thank you very much.

 

LUIS FLORES, MODEL AG SWITZERLAND
MARKETING & SALES, MEMBER OF THE CORE TEAM

Good evening Mrs. Chinbuah,
now back in Weinfelden, I would like to thank you very much - on behalf of all of us as Model - for the Intermedia Globe Gold Award " Intelligent Packaging " and the event yesterday in Hamburg. It was personally my first time at the Festival and a special experience. I was very impressed by both the screening and the original presentation of awards. Our producer , MUVI Films of Flurlingen, did not exaggerate when they spoke last year about intermedia's World Media Festival.

We came home with many impressions as well as 'our' Gold Award. If in the future there is a possibility of a new production, we shall certainly try to be among the 'chosen few' again.Greeting from Weinfelden

Guten Abend Frau Chinbuah,
zurück in Weinfelden möchte ich mich auch im Namen aller Model-Mitarbeiter für den Intermedia-Globe GOLD AWARD "Intelligent Packaging" und die gestrige Veranstaltung in Hamburg herzlich bedanken! Für mich persönlich war es die erste Teilnahme und ein besonderes Erlebnis. Sowohl das Screening als auch die originelle Award-Verleihung haben mich sehr beeindruckt. Unser Produzent, MUVI FILMS, Flurlingen/Schweiz hatte nicht "übertrieben" als er mir letztes Jahr vom + intermedia-WorldMediaFestival gesprochen hat. Wir sind nebst "unserem" GOLD AWARD auch mit vielen Eindrücken nach Weinfelden zurückgekehrt. Falls sich in Zukunft die Möglichkeit nach einer neuen Produktion bietet, werden wir versuchen, wieder in die "engere Wahl" zu kommen.
Gruss aus Weinfelden.

 

JOHAN HEURGREN
HEURGREN FILM AB, SWEDEN

Hello,
Thank you for a great festival!….
Regards

 

KATRIN PETERS
BAVARIA FILM INTERACTIVE, GERMANY

Dear Mrs. Chinbuah,
the Festival was a complete success, the event went very well and everyone there was well satisfied. Congratulations for this success . . . .
Many thanks again for everything and best wishes from Munich.

Liebe Frau Chinbuah,
das Festival war ein voller Erfolg, die Veranstaltung gelungen und die Gäste rundum zufrieden. Herzlichen Glückwunsch zu diesem Erfolg........
Vielen Dank noch einmal für alles und herzliche Grüße aus München

 

ACHIM BEISSWENGER
BAVARIA FILM INTERACTIVE, GERMANY

Once again I'd like to thank you very sincerely for the successful event organisation. We at BFI along with our clients were able to have a very enjoyable evening. Best wishes from Film City

Hallo Frau Chinbuah,
ich möchte mich an dieser Stelle nochmals ganz herzlich für die gelungene Organisation bei Ihnen bedanken. Wir, BFI, ebenso unsere Kunden haben einen sehr schönen Abend verbringen dürfen.
Herzliche Grüße aus der Filmstadt

 

THOMAS OTTENSMANN
DIRECTOR NEW MEDIA, BERTELSMANN STIFTUNG, GERMANY

I think the concept of the WorldMediaFestivals is first class, because it rewards work with 'new media' that is unconventional and innovative, but at the same time highly professional.

Hallo Frau Chinbuah,
ich finde das Konzept des worldmediafestivals klasse, weil hier der unkonventionelle (vergl. Web-Design) und innovative aber zugleich höchst professionelle Umgang mit "neuen Medien" prämiert wird.

 

DR. HANS GEORG KLOSE
UNTERNEHMENSKOMMUNIKATION, CLARIANT GMBH, GERMANY

Once again many congratulations on a top-class event. May you have a fair wind for many years to come!

Guten Morgen Cora,
auch auf diesem Wege noch einmal herzlichen Glückwunsch zu einer Topveranstaltung der Extraklasse. Möge Euch der frische Wind nie verlassen!
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Two weeks ago the ITVA awards took place in Cologne...when I compare that to your upbeat party in Hamburg, I can only say I take my hat off to you. You were wonderful, the rooms perfect, the atmosphere great and the band a hit. So once again many congratulations. And I beseech you to make the WorldMediaFestival to Germany;s No 1 - then in future we won't have to worry about all the other rubbish.

Liebe Cora,
vor 2 Wochen fand in Köln die ITVA-Verleihung statt......Wenn ich das mit Deiner rauschenden Party in Hamburg vergleiche, kann ich nur sagen: Hut ab. Du warst wunderbar, die Räume perfekt, die Stimmung Spitze und die Band ein Treffer. Als nochmals: herzlichen Glückwunsch! Und streng Dich bitte an, das Worldmediafestival zur Nr. 1 in Deutschland zu machen, dann können wir uns nämlich den ganzen anderen Quatsch künftig sparen.

 

DR. ULRICH DITTLER
HVB AKADEMIE NEUE MEDIEN, HYPOVEREINSBANK, GERMANY

I would like to thank you again very sincerely for the success of yesterday evening. It was a terrific awards event (special compliments to the outstanding presenters) and a really magical evening in Hamburg.

Sehr geehrte Frau Chinbuah,
ich möchte mich auf diesem Wege für den gestrigen gelungenen Abend ganz herzlich bedanken! Es war eine tolle Preisverleihung ( ein dickes Kompliment an die herausragende Moderation) und ein wirklich traumhafter Abend in Hamburg.