Benn Wiebe
Founder / Producer / Social Impact / Board Member / Speaker
Representation
Executive
Board Member
Global Environment Media (GEM TV)
Member
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Highlights
Produced marketing/licensing for the most downloaded game of all time Subway Surfers
Produced campaigns for Oscar nominee for Best Picture "Don't Look Up"
Produced Oscar Shortlist Nominee "Women of the Gulag"
Produced the winner of SXSW's Grand Jury Prize "Beautiful Something Left Behind"
Ways We Can Work Together
Board Member / Creative Executive / Strategy Consultant
Building Partnerships and Sound Strategies.
Consulting for film and gaming companies/projects to strategize on long term trajectories is a role I love to play. From serving on the Board for Screen South, and Treun House Atelier; to serving as an Advisor for Yea! Impact, Think Film, Global Environment Media, Climate Crisis Hub, SIE Society, or the Advisory Committee for Center for the Digital Future's implementation of GDKP, to consulting for UN Live, Count Us In, SYBO Games, VICE Media, Nørlum, Good Company Pictures, Fanstang, Metan Global Media, United Nations DESA, and feature social impact projects including the Oscar shortlisted "Women of the Gulag", "Beautiful Something Left Behind", and "Funny Tweets".
Producing
Executive Producer / Producer / Consulting Producer
I produce feature documentaries, film festivals, live tours, entertainment news, digital content, unscripted television. Completed 400 episodes of television, 73 film festivals, 24 feature films, 12 red carpets, and 2 world tours. Check out the Projects Page, and you can see some of my credits HERE.
Social Impact / Sustainability Specialist
As an Impact Campaign Producer on Oscar nominated films like "Don't Look Up", Climate Reality Leader, consultant at Count Us In and UN Live, founding member of SIE Society, and communications team member of Playing for the Planet, this is the mission I am on. I own the Arctic Film Festival, helped launch Vice's Change Incorporated as a producer, produced SONY Pictures Festival for the Planet, and consult on several SDG film events as well. So I want to engage with anyone who is here to drive solutions for global change and has opportunities to do so.
Film Festivals
Event Production/Organizing, Moderating, Judging
Here is the full list of film festivals I oversee:
Arctic Film Festival
Firenze Film Festival
Rome Independent Cinema Festival
Prague Film Awards
Budapest Independent Film Festival
Athens Short Film Festival
Santorini Film Festival
Sydney Short Film Festival
Melbourne Short Film Festival
Wellington Independent Film Festival
Annual Copenhagen Film Festival
Annual Aarhus Film Festival
Stockholm Independent Film Festival
Oslo Independent Film Festival
Oslo Shorts Film Festival
Dublin Independent Film Festival
Jakarta Independent Film Festival
CloseUp: Reykjavik Film Festival
CloseUp: Edinburgh Docufest Festival
CloseUp: San Francisco Short Film Festival
Oakland Short Film Festival
LA Festival of Cinema
Arizona Short Film Festival
ABQ Independent Film Festival
Dallas Independent Film Festival
PARTNERED FESTIVALS:
SDGs in Action Film Festival
Arts x SDGs Festival
SONY Picture This Festival for the Planet
Public Speaking & Teaching
Business & Festival Strategies
I have given keynotes at Ubisoft, Playstation, taught Film Business & Festival Strategies at the Kort & Dokumentar Filmskolen (Denmarks largest independent film school), delivered masterclasses at the #2 Arts & Design school in the world University of the Arts London and London Screen Academy, guest lectured at LA Film School, The European Festival Academy, Balkans Beyond Borders, The Art Institutes and spoken at events including Hollywood Climate Summit, Festival de Cannes, Docs Barcelona, Los Cabos International Film Festival, Climate Crisis Film Festival, Arts x SDGs Festival, United Nations High Level Political Forum, COP26 Climate Conference, Gamescom, Develop, EGX
Let's Talk
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