Femke Wolting is one of Holland's leading
independent media producers. In 2000 she was one of the founders
of Submarine, an independent production company for documentaries,
games and animation. Since its formation in January 2000, Submarine
has produced documentaries such as 'The story of Hans Joachim
Klein' and 'My Second Life', the first documentary shot inside
second life. Submarine created an extensive game for renowned
director Peter Greenaway and is currently producing Greenaway's
documentary 'J'Accuse'. Also Submarine produced a variety of games
and animation series such as 'The Amazing Adventures of Kika &
Bob'.
From 1994 to 2002 Femke Wolting was the initiator and programmer
of Exploding Cinema - part of the International Film Festival
Rotterdam - which explored the future of media, and featured
exhibitions, conferences and filmprograms. Between 1995-2000
she worked at the Dutch national public broadcasting network
VPRO as staff member of the digital department and from 1998
as editor and director for VPRO's documentary series 'Laat op
de Avond na een korte wandeling' and 'De Nieuwe Wereld'. Since
1999 Femke Wolting has directed documentaries such as 'It's
The End Of TV As We Know It', a two-hour television documentary
and web documentary about the future of television, the cross
media documentary 'Sneakers' about the rise and rise of the
sportsshoe and 'Viktor & Rolf: Because We Are Worth It',
which followed a year in the lives of avant-garde fashiondesigners
Viktor & Rolf .
Submarine has also created www.Submarinechannel.com, an online
channel that pushes the boundaries of media to create beautiful
hybrids, whether it's bringing a graphic novel to life on screen,
a travel show to your mobile phone, adapting lo-fi Net animations
for high quality TV broadcast, or animating real-life stories.
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