Degrees in Media Studies, German Philology, Constitutional Law (University of Bern), Marketing (Management Center St. Gallen), certified consultant (SAWI). Media specialist at Swiss Television SF DRS (1994-1998). Programme director of the first Swiss private channel TV3 (1998-2001), CEO of MTV Central (2001-2003), CEO of MTV Central & Emerging Markets (2003-2008), board member of VIVA Media AG (2004-2008). Since 2008 Catherine Mühlemann has been self-employed as an entrepreneur in TIME industries, an investor (in E-commerce, among others) and member of boards of directors, including Somedia AG, Jungfraubahn Holding AG and Vice President of Switzerland Tourism.

Degree in Ethnology and Film Studies from the University of Zurich, Ph.D. in Ethnology. Kino Xenix, Zurich (1986 – 2002), collaboration in founding the “Zauberlaterne”, the children’s film club (1998 – 2001), cofounder of «regard bleu» the ethnographic film festival at the Ethnographic Museum, University of Zurich (2002), head of the Visual Anthropology Department at the Ethnographic Museum, University of Zurich (2006 – 2008). Board member of ARF/FDS (2008 – 2020). Member of St. Gallen Film Foundation commission (2012 – 2019). Collaboration Acquisitions for Xenix Filmdistribution (since 2013).

Producer, associate and managing director of Plan B Productions GmbH and Plan B Film GmbH. Producer of fiction, short and art films, as well as numerous commissioned and advertising films, including: “Nichts passiert” by Micha Lewinsky (2015); “Zu Zweit” (2010) by Barbara Kulcsar; “Strawberry” (2011) and “By the window” (2008) by Andro Wekua; “Las Pelotas” (2009) by Chris Niemeyer; “Homo Sapiens Sapiens” (2005) by Pipilotti Rist and also line producer for “Pepperminta” (2009). Board member of GARP.

Studied cinema at HEAD–Genève. Cofounder of Cinema Spoutnik, Laïka Films and Paradigma Films. Board member of the Swiss Film Academy and the Antenne romande of the Swiss filmmakers’ association ARF/FDS.
Former President of ARF/FDS and AROPA. Former Vice-President of the Federal Film Commission and REGIO Films.
Films (selection): SQUATTERS (1995), PAS DE CAFE, PAS DE TELE, PAS DE SEXE (1999), ABSOLUT (2004), DAWN (2014), ET ISRAËL FUT… (2018)

Co-founder and managing director of DCM in Berlin. Since 2008 international productions of films such as “Kon-Tiki” (2011), Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut “Quartett” (2011), the adaptation of Nick Hornby’s bestseller “A Long Way Down” (2012), the children’s film trilogy “Bibi & Tina” (2013-15), or «Mediterranea» (2015). Since 2010 DCM has also distributed films in Germany (“The Artist”, “La grande bellezza” and “Carol” as well as the Swiss box-office hits “Dürrenmatt” and “Schellen Ursli”, among others). Since 2013 distribution activities also in Switzerland.

From 2011 to 2017 Deputy director of the Culture Department for the City of Zurich, responsible for the business administration of the department and the city’s own cultural institutions. She acquired in-depth knowledge in the field of foundations while representing the City of Zurich in several cultural foundations (Zurich Film Foundation, among others). Prior to this, she managed the media centre for the Swiss National Exhibition (Expo.02) and represented building owners in both the public and private sectors.

After graduating from the University of Fribourg, Aline Schmid studied scriptwriting in Stuttgart. With Intermezzo Films she has produced several creative documentaries and fiction features, such as SONITA (Sundance / IDFA) and BROKEN LAND (Locarno / Rotterdam). She participated in the programs Emerging Producer (Jihlava 2013) and Producer on the Move (Cannes 2015). In 2016 she founded Beauvoir Films. Her latest productions include THE GIRL AND THE SPIN (Berlinale 2021) and L'ART DU SILENCE (Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis 2022).