Jens-Hagen Schwadt was born in 1963 in Cottbus and lives in Güstrow. Since 1994 he’s been chairman of the Landesverband Filmkommunikation e.V. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. This is the umbrella association of the film clubs and cultural cinemas in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and it has built up a permanent network of cultural cinemas. About 36 screens, organised in screening circles, are regularly served with quality films. Film tours are a speciality of the association and its dedicated members.