ScreenME Podcast

In this episode of ScreenME, Ulrike Rohn speaks with Estonian film producer and SetVox co-founder Lennart Mathias Männik about the connections between filmmaking, creative education, and startup entrepreneurship.  Lennart reflects on his journey from studying Film Arts at Tallinn University's Baltic Film, Media and Arts School (BFM) to completing a Master’s degree in Culture Management at the...

In this episode of the ScreenME podcast, Ulrike Rohn talks with Ulf Thaler, founder of Kauri Spirit, a virtual events marketing agency based in Erlangen, Germany. The conversation follows Ulf’s entrepreneurial journey from banking and corporate marketing to building interactive event experiences for sports, festivals, and brands. Ulf explains how his background in finance still shapes his work as...

What does entrepreneurship look like before startups even enter the picture ? In this episode of the ScreenMe Podcast, Ulrike Rohn speaks with Olesja Rotar to explore how an entrepreneurial mindset begins to form in childhood. Moving away from the usual focus on startups, universities, and ecosystems, this conversation goes back to the very beginning: curiosity, initiative, and the ability to noti...

In this episode of the ScreenME Podcast, Ulrike Rohn is joined by Anette Kairikko from Turku University of Applied Sciences in Finland and Merle Levassor from Tallinn University in Estonia. Together, they explore what student entrepreneurship really means today. The conversation takes a broad view of student entrepreneurship, going far beyond start-ups and company creation. The guests discuss entr...

In this episode, Ulrike Rohn talks with Ksenija Djuricic, an expert in entrepreneurship and foresight. They discuss the concept of entrepreneurial foresight, emphasizing its importance as a learned competence that combines deep and broad knowledge. The conversation explores how entrepreneurs can build future-oriented visions, the significance of contextual knowledge, and the role of weak signals i...

In this episode of the ScreenME Podcast, host Ulrike Rohn talk to Alice Kattago, alumna of Tallinn University's BFM and co-founder of SyncHub, a platform aiming to make music licensing simpler, faster, and more transparent. Starting from her journey through music publishing, artist management, and pan-European music industry research, Alice explains what music sync actually is—and why licensi...

In this episode of the Screen Meet podcast, Ulrike Rohn interviews Christian Zabel about the evolving landscape of influencers as entrepreneurs. They discuss the changes in influencer operations over the years, the unique characteristics that differentiate influencers from traditional entrepreneurs, and the key competencies required for success in this field. The conversation also touches on the i...

In this episode of the ScreenME Podcast, host Ulrike Rohn speaks with Ermo Säks , a PhD researcher at BFM and member of Tallinn University’s EXU (Enterprise x University) team, who brings nearly two decades of entrepreneurial and television-production experience into the academic world. Together, they explore why entrepreneurship education is becoming increasingly important for media students, dra...

In this episode of the ScreenME Podcast, host Ulrike Rohn talks with Philippe Rixhon, chair of management board at Valunode, about one of the most pressing challenges facing today’s creative industries: how to manage and protect content rights in a world of generative AI and global digital distribution.  Philippe shares his journey from early research and policy consulting for the European Commiss...

Media work can feel like a dream—and still make you sick. In this ScreenME episode, host Ulrike Rohn talks with Mark Deuze (University of Amsterdam) about his new book, Well-Being and Creative Careers: What Makes You Happy Can Also Make You Sick (Intellect) . Drawing on industry surveys and occupational health research, Deuze unpacks three structural stressors that repeatedly show up across film/T...

In this episode of the ScreenME Podcast, host Ulrike Rohn talks with Marta Materska-Samek—assistant professor at Jagiellonian University, Chair of the Creative Industries Working Group at the Polish Ministry of Development and Technology, and expert in cultural innovation and policy. Their wide-ranging conversation dives into the concept of the triple transformation —digital, green, and social—and...

In this episode of the ScreenME Podcast, host Ulrike Rohn speaks with Niall O’Leary from the Hincks Centre for Entrepreneurship Excellence at Munster Technological University, Ireland. Together, they dive into how evidence-based entrepreneurship research can reshape training for film producers, drawing from the CresCine project that aims at understanding and enhancing the international competitive...

In this episode of the ScreenME Podcast, host Ulrike Rohn is joined by Martin Aadamsoo , one of the key figures behind Estonia’s transformation from a collapsed post-Soviet film landscape to a thriving, internationally recognized audiovisual ecosystem. Martin shares his firsthand experience building crucial institutions—including the Baltic Film, Media and Arts School (BFM) and Estonia’s first reg...

In this episode, host Ulrike Rohn is joined by Tanya Escudero to delve into an often-overlooked area in academic training: the entrepreneurial mindset. Drawing on their experience designing and teaching a course for PhD researchers at Tallinn University in Estonia, developed within the framework of the C-Accelerate project funded by the European Union, Ulrike and Tanya discuss how entrepreneurial...

In this episode of the ScreenME podcast, host Ulrike Rohn is joined by Päivi Maijanen, Associate Professor at LUT University Business School in Finland and Visiting Professor at University of Trento, Italy. Päivi brings decades of experience studying strategic leadership and organizational change in media companies, with a particular focus on how technology — and more recently, generative AI — is...

Description: In this episode of ScreenMe Podcast , Ulrike Rohn sits down with Chad Bowser , a producer, entrepreneur, and innovator who is challenging traditional filmmaking models. With a background in Hollywood, tech startups, and music production, Chad is now exploring how AI, virtualization, and decentralized collaboration can reshape the way films are made. Chad shares his vision of a "n...

In this episode of the ScreenMe Podcast, host Ulrike Rohn has a chat with Kirill Volkov, a graduate from the BA study program in Advertising and PR at the Baltic Film, Media, and Arts School (BFM) and the founder of Wedia Productions. Kirill shares his journey from being a self-taught teenage videographer—experimenting with a drone and an action cam—to becoming an award-winning producer collaborat...

In this compelling episode of the ScreenMe Podcast , host Ulrike Rohn from Tallinn University's Baltic Film, Media and Art School dives into the world of narrative journalism and media entrepreneurship with Daniel Vaarik, a well-known innovator in the media industry in Estonia. Daniel is the founder of Levila, a groundbreaking media channel that produces investigative stories, documentaries,...

In this episode of the ScreenME podcast, Ulrike Rohn sits down with Fidel Namisi, a Kenyan-born, South Africa-based screenwriter and producer with multiple international awards to his name. Fidel shares the journey that led him to launch his own production company, following a frustrating experience in a theoretically focused film school that pushed him to seek hands-on creative experiences. Fidel...

In this episode of the ScreenMe Podcast, host Ulrike Rohn speaks with Ana Cecília, a researcher and professor specializing in innovation labs within the media sector. They explore the concept of innovation labs, their interdisciplinary nature, and the role they play in fostering creativity and problem-solving in media. Ana shares examples of various innovation labs, discusses the importance of inn...

In this episode of the ScreenMe podcast, Ulrike Rohn engages in a conversation with Silver Laadoga, an expert with 20 years of experience in video and audio streaming. Silver shares his journey as the founder of Videolevels—a company that helps businesses to launch their custom streaming platforms. They delve into the future of video content, the importance of companies owning their own streaming...

In this episode of the ScreenMe podcast, Ulrike Rohn interviews Alex Stolz, the founder and CEO of Future of Film. They discuss the current dynamics in the European film industry, the role of data analytics in connecting films with audiences, and the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship in the industry. Alex also talks about the Future of Film Incubator, which supports filmmakers in devel...

In this episode of the ScreenMe Podcast, host Ulrike Rohn has a chat with Apurva Ganoo, a lecturer in entrepreneurship at Aalto University School of Business in Finland. Together, they dive deep into the critical aspects of teaching entrepreneurship and redefining the concept of value in this field.  Apurva shares his insights on creating an engaging, inclusive, and practical entrepreneurship educ...

This episode of the ScreenME Podcast features Christian Hoffmeister, founder and CEO of DCI Institute, strategic advisor on Web 2 and Web 3 business models and author of multiple books, including Google Unser and the first NFT-connected book Tokenized.  In his chat with the ScreenME Podcast host Ulrike Rohn, Christian Hoffmeister discusses the significant potential and future implications of Web3...

In this episode of the ScreenME podcast, our host Ulrike Rohn engages in a conversation with Martin Hansen, Executive Senior Advisor at VIA University College in Denmark, which has 20,000 students across 8 different campuses. At the core of the conversation lie the concept of imagination and imagineering and their role in driving entrepreneurial ventures, entrepreneurial teaching, as well as unive...