After studying production and media business at the University of Television and Film (HFF) in Munich and a longer stay in Los Angeles, Bettina Brokemper established herself as a producer in Cologne in 2001. Two years later, she – along with Helmut Hartl and Stefan Telegdy - founded Heimatfilm, her own company. Its productions include the Berlinale winner Bal (Bal – Honey, 2010) by Semih Kaplanoğlu; Margarethe von Trotta's worldwide success, Hannah Arendt (2012); Nicolette Krebitz's Wild (2015), which was highly acclaimed in Sundance; and most recently, Jan Bonny's Wintermärchen (Germany. A Winter’s Tale, 2018), which premiered in Locarno. Furthermore, as managing director of Zentropa Köln, Brokemper, who has often taught at various film schools and was awarded the Prix Eurimages in 2008, has contributed to co-producing all of Lars von Trier's films since Dogville (2003). She has also worked with many other directors, including Eran Riklis, Christoph Hochhäusler, Małgorzata Szumowska and Rupert Everett.