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We are Dani Brown, Frida Giulia Franceschini, and Cathy Walsh, a Berlin-based team of intimacy coordinators and choreographers, friends and collaborators for over a decade. Each of us brings 20 years of experience in movement, performance, and physical storytelling, and together we founded MINT in 2025 to bring a movement-informed, playful, and ethical approach to intimate scenes.
As queer artists and parents, we understand the power of trust, empathy, and clear boundaries. Our roots in Berlin’s alternative arts scene, combined with international experience, shape a philosophy that blends care, freedom, and daring.
At MINT, we integrate embodied expertise into every project. We support creative teams in approaching intimacy with ease and clarity, adapting seamlessly across stage, screen, and experimental performance — in English, German, and Italian — always honoring the uniqueness of each collaboration.

Pic: Emilia von Senger

One year ago, we had our very first credit as Intimacy Coordinators on the film Protagonist by Nathalie Seidl.
After 12 months of activity we wrapped on our 13th production across film, television, and theatre.
This first year has been a ride: learning, innovating, building safer, more consensual, and sustainable workplaces while collaborating with great teams to make beautiful scenes.
We’re proud that none of our projects required reshoots, and that performers could step into the work with clarity and agency.
Some of our earliest productions are now premiering — and we can’t wait to share more soon. Here’s to another year of growth, empowerment, and captivating storytelling!

#IntimacyCoordination #Film #Theatre #OnSetCare #ConsentForward #GermanFilmIndustry

Last week at the Achtung Festival Berlin, we attended the premiere of PROTAGONIST by Nathalie Seidl.
‘A woman on the verge of emotional collapse is replaced by a more efficient version of herself’.

Frida and Dani worked as Intimacy Coordinators on the film.This project marked our first film production and the beginning of our collaboration in this role. 20 months later, together as MINT, we have worked across 13 films, 2 series, and 6 theatre productions.

We are grateful for this beginning, and for the trust placed in us along the way! Thank you to Nathalie and the entire team 🪄

#IntimacyCoordination
#AchtungBerlin
#DFFB
#filmproduction

Last week at the Achtung Festival Berlin, we attended the premiere of PROTAGONIST by Nathalie Seidl.
‘A woman on the verge of emotional collapse is replaced by a more efficient version of herself’.

Frida and Dani worked as Intimacy Coordinators on the film.This project marked our first film production and the beginning of our collaboration in this role. 20 months later, together as MINT, we have worked across 13 films, 2 series, and 6 theatre productions.

We are grateful for this beginning, and for the trust placed in us along the way! Thank you to Nathalie and the entire team 🪄

#IntimacyCoordination
#AchtungBerlin
#DFFB
#filmproduction

Zu Wenig

In January 2026 MINT got to work together on a film for the first time. Zu Wenig is a beautiful, but intense short episodic film re-framing femicide to bring much needed awareness to the reality of this epidemic. The work is brilliant, and it will premiere on the 5th June!

CAST

Ep 1
Mai Duong Kieu @maiduongkieu
Paul Wollin @paul_wollin_harv

Ep 2
Badmómzjay @badmomzjay
Jule Hermann @julehermanno
Timocin Ziegler @timocin_ziegler

Ep 3
Jan Krauter @_jankrauter_
Sabrina Amali sabrina.amali
Franziska Junge @fraziskajunge.office

CREW
Director: Anna Schimrigk @anna_schimrigk
Producers: Selina Kaiser @selinafeyy
Greta Wolf @gretawolf_
Production: EASYdoesit @easydoesit_berlin
1. AD: Max Hemmersdorfer @M.hemmersdorfer
DOP: Arsenij Gusev @arsenijgusevdop
Costume: Lotti Marmuth
Set Design: Emma Langschwager
Make Up: Ester Nyakato Rüppe

@danibrownberlin @frigiulka @cathysqwalsh

Zu Wenig

In January 2026 MINT got to work together on a film for the first time. Zu Wenig is a beautiful, but intense short episodic film re-framing femicide to bring much needed awareness to the reality of this epidemic. The work is brilliant, and it will premiere on the 5th June!

CAST

Ep 1
Mai Duong Kieu @maiduongkieu
Paul Wollin @paul_wollin_harv

Ep 2
Badmómzjay @badmomzjay
Jule Hermann @julehermanno
Timocin Ziegler @timocin_ziegler

Ep 3
Jan Krauter @_jankrauter_
Sabrina Amali sabrina.amali
Franziska Junge @fraziskajunge.office

CREW
Director: Anna Schimrigk @anna_schimrigk
Producers: Selina Kaiser @selinafeyy
Greta Wolf @gretawolf_
Production: EASYdoesit @easydoesit_berlin
1. AD: Max Hemmersdorfer @M.hemmersdorfer
DOP: Arsenij Gusev @arsenijgusevdop
Costume: Lotti Marmuth
Set Design: Emma Langschwager
Make Up: Ester Nyakato Rüppe

@danibrownberlin @frigiulka @cathysqwalsh

We were so happy when The Berliner approached us for a feature article, and we had a great time talking with the journalist Louise East. Check out the article in this month’s magazine, out now.

#louiseeastberlin
#theberlinermag
#anna_schimrigk
#plutofilm.de
#juliandietrich
#andressyou
#g.thatsme
#easydoesit_berlin

We were so happy when The Berliner approached us for a feature article, and we had a great time talking with the journalist Louise East. Check out the article in this month’s magazine, out now.

#louiseeastberlin
#theberlinermag
#anna_schimrigk
#plutofilm.de
#juliandietrich
#andressyou
#g.thatsme
#easydoesit_berlin

We were so happy when The Berliner approached us for a feature article, and we had a great time talking with the journalist Louise East. Check out the article in this month’s magazine, out now.

#louiseeastberlin
#theberlinermag
#anna_schimrigk
#plutofilm.de
#juliandietrich
#andressyou
#g.thatsme
#easydoesit_berlin

We were so happy when The Berliner approached us for a feature article, and we had a great time talking with the journalist Louise East. Check out the article in this month’s magazine, out now.

#louiseeastberlin
#theberlinermag
#anna_schimrigk
#plutofilm.de
#juliandietrich
#andressyou
#g.thatsme
#easydoesit_berlin

In April and July 2025 Cathy and Dani each worked on different episodes of Die Notärtzin Season 2.

It is now available to watch on ARD Mediathek and has been nominated for the Jupiter Award from Cinema magazine!
https://jupiter-award.de/abstimmung/

We’re delighted to have had the opportunity to work on this show. So much work happens behind the scenes to bring a show like this to life. We’re delighted and grateful for this experience and the wonderful cast and crew we got to share it with. We learned so much!

#IntimacyCoordination #MINT #Television #Series #DieNorärztin

Foto: SWR / Oliver Feist

@ardmediathek @danibrownberlin @cathsqwalsh @frigiuka @m.hemmersdorfer

In April and July 2025 Cathy and Dani each worked on different episodes of Die Notärtzin Season 2.

It is now available to watch on ARD Mediathek and has been nominated for the Jupiter Award from Cinema magazine!
https://jupiter-award.de/abstimmung/

We’re delighted to have had the opportunity to work on this show. So much work happens behind the scenes to bring a show like this to life. We’re delighted and grateful for this experience and the wonderful cast and crew we got to share it with. We learned so much!

#IntimacyCoordination #MINT #Television #Series #DieNorärztin

Foto: SWR / Oliver Feist

@ardmediathek @danibrownberlin @cathsqwalsh @frigiuka @m.hemmersdorfer

INFINITY
Directed by Julie Kelleher
Written by Hannah Moscovitch

Cathy has just been in Cork Arts Theatre working with an incredible team of artists on Infinity, an expertly woven drama about time and love. Infinity is inspired by scientific concepts of time while remaining grounded in the very human predicaments of its beautifully drawn characters.

INFINITY is the first of the Re:Directing programme 2026. A series of contemporary plays platforming three Cork theatre directors, produced by Cork Arts Theatre and funded by The Arts Council.

Cast
Timmy Creed as Elliot
Martha Dunlea as Carmen
Bláithín MacGabhann as Sarah Jean
Creative Team
Directed by Julie Kelleher
Set & Lighting Designer Aedin Cosgrove
Composer and Sound Designer Fiona Sheil
Costume Designer Valentina Gambardella
Movement & Intimacy Director Cathy Walsh

Photos by Marcin Lewandowski

#IntimacyDirection #MovementDirection#Theatre#CorkTheatre#Mint

@mint @cathysqwalsh @alldayjk @corkartstheatre @timmycreed @martha_dunlea @blaww_heeen

INFINITY
Directed by Julie Kelleher
Written by Hannah Moscovitch

Cathy has just been in Cork Arts Theatre working with an incredible team of artists on Infinity, an expertly woven drama about time and love. Infinity is inspired by scientific concepts of time while remaining grounded in the very human predicaments of its beautifully drawn characters.

INFINITY is the first of the Re:Directing programme 2026. A series of contemporary plays platforming three Cork theatre directors, produced by Cork Arts Theatre and funded by The Arts Council.

Cast
Timmy Creed as Elliot
Martha Dunlea as Carmen
Bláithín MacGabhann as Sarah Jean
Creative Team
Directed by Julie Kelleher
Set & Lighting Designer Aedin Cosgrove
Composer and Sound Designer Fiona Sheil
Costume Designer Valentina Gambardella
Movement & Intimacy Director Cathy Walsh

Photos by Marcin Lewandowski

#IntimacyDirection #MovementDirection#Theatre#CorkTheatre#Mint

@mint @cathysqwalsh @alldayjk @corkartstheatre @timmycreed @martha_dunlea @blaww_heeen

INFINITY
Directed by Julie Kelleher
Written by Hannah Moscovitch

Cathy has just been in Cork Arts Theatre working with an incredible team of artists on Infinity, an expertly woven drama about time and love. Infinity is inspired by scientific concepts of time while remaining grounded in the very human predicaments of its beautifully drawn characters.

INFINITY is the first of the Re:Directing programme 2026. A series of contemporary plays platforming three Cork theatre directors, produced by Cork Arts Theatre and funded by The Arts Council.

Cast
Timmy Creed as Elliot
Martha Dunlea as Carmen
Bláithín MacGabhann as Sarah Jean
Creative Team
Directed by Julie Kelleher
Set & Lighting Designer Aedin Cosgrove
Composer and Sound Designer Fiona Sheil
Costume Designer Valentina Gambardella
Movement & Intimacy Director Cathy Walsh

Photos by Marcin Lewandowski

#IntimacyDirection #MovementDirection#Theatre#CorkTheatre#Mint

@mint @cathysqwalsh @alldayjk @corkartstheatre @timmycreed @martha_dunlea @blaww_heeen

In August 2025, Cathy worked on a beautiful and intense short film Hitzewelle (AT), directed by Philine Jo Hammon and Patrick Fleischer.

The film explores what happens when the perpetrator of sexual violence is not a stranger, but a friend. It addresses the dilemma between society's obligation to condemn violence and the uncertainty when it affects one's own friendship.

Everyone on this film was an absolute pleasure to work with, from cast and crew, to parents and stunts, it was a beautiful and very moving experience.

Hitzewelle is now finished and will have its premiere on March 14, 2026.

A production by Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF

#IntimacyCoordination#Film#MINT

In August 2025, Cathy worked on a beautiful and intense short film Hitzewelle (AT), directed by Philine Jo Hammon and Patrick Fleischer.

The film explores what happens when the perpetrator of sexual violence is not a stranger, but a friend. It addresses the dilemma between society's obligation to condemn violence and the uncertainty when it affects one's own friendship.

Everyone on this film was an absolute pleasure to work with, from cast and crew, to parents and stunts, it was a beautiful and very moving experience.

Hitzewelle is now finished and will have its premiere on March 14, 2026.

A production by Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF

#IntimacyCoordination#Film#MINT

In August 2025, Cathy worked on a beautiful and intense short film Hitzewelle (AT), directed by Philine Jo Hammon and Patrick Fleischer.

The film explores what happens when the perpetrator of sexual violence is not a stranger, but a friend. It addresses the dilemma between society's obligation to condemn violence and the uncertainty when it affects one's own friendship.

Everyone on this film was an absolute pleasure to work with, from cast and crew, to parents and stunts, it was a beautiful and very moving experience.

Hitzewelle is now finished and will have its premiere on March 14, 2026.

A production by Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF

#IntimacyCoordination#Film#MINT

This past October, Dani and Cathy were incredibly fortunate to receive a grant to attend the FEST FILM LAB Choreography and Movement Direction in Film workshop with the legendary Francesca Jaynes (Gravity, XMen, Muppets, House of the Dragon, the list goes on and on…)
Alongside her brilliant collaborator, Dale Mercer, the generosity was real — not just in technical insight, but in the behind-the-scenes stories, lived experience, and the quiet wisdom of decades spent shaping movement for the screen.
Add to that an inspiring cohort of directors, broadcast directors, dancers, choreographers, ADs, and producers, and the exchange became something rare: expansive, grounding, and deeply Inspiring.
It’s the kind of learning that stays with you.
The kind that reshapes how you see the work.
The kind you wish never had to end.
We didn’t want it to end AND at the same time we are still digesting :)) THANK YOU FRAN, DALE and participants, xxx MINT

#FESTFILMLAB #MovementDirection #ChoreographyForFilm #MovementDirection #FilmChoreography CreativeProcess LifelongLearning BehindTheScenes WomenInFilm DanceToScreen ArtistsSupportingArtists Grateful CatalystBerlin FranciscaJaynes DaleMercer CathyWalsh DaniBrown DanniaVanessa AnatoliTsampa CharlotteVerminck TonyGregory

This past October, Dani and Cathy were incredibly fortunate to receive a grant to attend the FEST FILM LAB Choreography and Movement Direction in Film workshop with the legendary Francesca Jaynes (Gravity, XMen, Muppets, House of the Dragon, the list goes on and on…)
Alongside her brilliant collaborator, Dale Mercer, the generosity was real — not just in technical insight, but in the behind-the-scenes stories, lived experience, and the quiet wisdom of decades spent shaping movement for the screen.
Add to that an inspiring cohort of directors, broadcast directors, dancers, choreographers, ADs, and producers, and the exchange became something rare: expansive, grounding, and deeply Inspiring.
It’s the kind of learning that stays with you.
The kind that reshapes how you see the work.
The kind you wish never had to end.
We didn’t want it to end AND at the same time we are still digesting :)) THANK YOU FRAN, DALE and participants, xxx MINT

#FESTFILMLAB #MovementDirection #ChoreographyForFilm #MovementDirection #FilmChoreography CreativeProcess LifelongLearning BehindTheScenes WomenInFilm DanceToScreen ArtistsSupportingArtists Grateful CatalystBerlin FranciscaJaynes DaleMercer CathyWalsh DaniBrown DanniaVanessa AnatoliTsampa CharlotteVerminck TonyGregory

In early 2025, Frida worked on her first film set as an Intimacy Coordinator as part of MINT, on Champions und Wir by Paul Hordych.

The film explores how the loving space between childhood best friends Josh and Chicco is gradually blocked by toxic ideas of masculinity at home and at the football club.
Champions und Wir is now finished and will compete at the 47th Max Ophüls Film Festival from 19–25 January 2026.

We’re grateful for a collaboration shaped by trust, clear communication, and a team-wide commitment to care throughout the process.

Photos by © Deborah Bode
A production by Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF

#IntimacyCoordination #MINT #FilmSetPractice #MaxOphülsFestival

@mint @frigiulka @filmfestival_maxophuelspreis

Frida Giulia Franceschini is a performance artist and intimacy coordinator based between Berlin and Bologna. With a background in visual arts, video, and contemporary dance, she trained at Rotterdam Dance Academy and S.E.A.D. Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance, later developing her practice between Brussels and Berlin. She completed her intimacy coordination training with SafeSets (UK/SA).
At MINT, Frida approaches intimacy coordination through a somatic, trauma-informed, and consent-based practice. Drawing on her choreographic background and an embodied understanding of power, consent, and trust, she cultivates safer and braver spaces that encourage authentic connection and creative risk-taking. Her IC work centers care, agency, and collaboration, supporting performers and creative teams in shaping intimacy with clarity, integrity, and play.

Pic: Emilia von Senger

Dani holds a BA in Dance with a specialization in Choreography from ArtEZ (NL, 2005) and completed her intimacy coordination training with Principal Intimacy Professionals in January 2025.
At MINT, Dani approaches intimacy coordination with the same values that have anchored her performance career: informed consent, artistic rigor, and a belief that trust is as critical as any tool used to tell the story. Her work is bolstered by training in mental health first aid, conflict de-escalation, and equity and inclusion, ensuring she supports productions not only creatively but ethically—so that brave work can happen safely.

Pic: Emilia von Senger

Dani holds a BA in Dance with a specialization in Choreography from ArtEZ (NL, 2005) and completed her intimacy coordination training with Principal Intimacy Professionals in January 2025.
At MINT, Dani approaches intimacy coordination with the same values that have anchored her performance career: informed consent, artistic rigor, and a belief that trust is as critical as any tool used to tell the story. Her work is bolstered by training in mental health first aid, conflict de-escalation, and equity and inclusion, ensuring she supports productions not only creatively but ethically—so that brave work can happen safely.

Pic: Emilia von Senger