About Minibus Media.

Minibus Media is a video production- and communication-consultancy created in Germany in 2004, focused on the field of social development. We aim at using communications as a tool to civic activism and human empowerment. Our Minibus has already driven to Angola, Brazil, Germany, Malawi and Mozambique, working with Non Governmental Organisations, individuals, civil society and international donors.

Our mission
Minibus Media works with people from all over the world to use participatory video and community radio to strengthen media literacy, build critical thinking, and tackle misinformation in their everyday lives.

Our vision
A world where the human rights of every individual are respected and freedom of expression is experienced by all.


Our team.

Our team consists out of a multicultural group of communication and multimedia experts, based in Berlin (Germany) and in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Together we bring more than a 100 years of experience into the work of Minibus Media. What is most important to us is the spirit to remain open minded and to enjoy creating something meaningful with new and different people and projects from all over the world.
  • H.-Christian Goertz

    H.-Christian Goertz

    Founder and director
    H.-Christian Goertz is a Berlin-based documentary filmmaker, educator, and founder of Minibus Media with more than twenty years of experience leading over 65 media workshops worldwide

    Having spent three years living and traveling across Southeast Asia from 1998 to 2001, he shared everyday life with people in ten different countries, learning from their diverse ways of seeing and shaping the world. This close, day-to-day experience of different cultures has deeply influenced his approach to media and education, strengthening his belief that genuine participation begins with listening and creating space for multiple perspectives. His long-standing commitment to education and knowledge sharing has taken him to various African countries, where he has facilitated media workshops that gave him first-hand insight into what is often missing in local and international media coverage.
    Innovative, ambitious, and always engaging participants at eye level, he continuously explores new technologies to advance Minibus Media’s vision.

    Alongside his international projects, he lectures on media and communication at various public and academic institutions in Berlin.

      chris@minibusmedia.org
  • Niels Hillner

    Niels Hillner

    Graphic Designer
    Niels Hillner is Minibus Media graphic designer. Born in Germany, he studied in Italy at the renowned "Istituto Statale d`Arte Pescara", focusing his studies on typography. Afterwards he specialized himself in Communication Design at the Design Academy in Hamburg and in Berlin, where he graduated in 2002. Niels has vast experience in the advertising and publishing industry . Since 2006, he plays an important role in the development of graphic design material for Minibus Media.

      niels@minibusmedia.org
  • Marius Timmermans

    Marius Timmermans

    Music producer
    Marius was already interested in music since his early childhood. At the age of five he began playing the drums and was involved in various bands of different musical genres throughout the following years.

    Since 2001 he opened his own recording studio and produces music for a variety of different artists and genres within the music and film industry.

      marius@minibusmedia.org
  • Oliver Jackel

    Oliver Jackel

    Photographer
    Oliver has been involved in the multimedia industry since the 1980s as a writer and became familiar with various tasks within the press world before he established himself as a photographer. Since 1995 he has been working as a freelancer for magazines such as "Der Spiegel", "Style and the family tunes", and "Das Magazin".

      oliver@minibusmedia.org
Citizenship DRC
Kanimambo. Hip Hop Mocambique
Hivos - People unlimited
Vitanas. Pflegen und Wohnen
SOS Habitat-Angola
Polana Serena Hotel

Contact information

H.-Christian Goertz
Founder and director
Länderallee 29
14052 Berlin
Germany
   +49 30 605 077 81
  +49 30 269 339 10
  chris@minibusmedia.org

Our projects worldwide