Production company Kinomaton Berlin was founded in 2006 by Sarita Sharma and Rusta Mizani. Since 2012, Sarita Sharma has taken over the company and heads operations under the label KINOMATON.

Sarita started her film career as a violist on Peter Greenaway’s “The baby of Macon”. She holds a Law Degree from University of Hamburg and a Postgraduate Diploma in Media Management from Bournemouth University. She is an alumna of Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris (La Fémis/Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg), EURODOC, Documentary Campus, Emerging Producers (Jihlava), Producer’s Network (Cannes), ShiftF and the Green Consultant Training of HdM Stuttgart.

Sarita is burning for documentary storytelling. She has been producing internationally awarded documentary films and audiovisual content for cinema, TV, internet, mobile phones, live events and science projects. Her main interest lies with stories about wildlife/nature, culture, history and science.

Aside from her producer work, Sarita has held positions at Filmuniversität Babelsberg as Multiplatform Consultant, at Prix Europa and International Short Film Festival Hamburg as Jury Member, and engages as independent expert for the Creative Europe - Media Program of the EU Commission. She is also active as a consultant on story and concept development, funding and financing and green producing/storytelling.

Office dogs Lenny and Nala support the company from under the table by offering a canine perspective.