Since 2007 Member of German Film Academy
Since 2004 Co-Programmer of Cambridge International Film Festival UK
Since 2000 Member of AG dok (doc filmmakers in Germany)
Since 2000 Lifelong supporter of PROJETO UERE, human rights organisation for endangered street children in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, founded by Yvonne Bezerra de Mello
1988 – 2009 Member of Women in Film, Germany
