ORGANISER, ADVISOR, JUROR AT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS
DR. UWE SCHMELTER IS AN ORGANISER, ADVISOR, JUROR AT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS, FROM 1982 CONSULTANT FOR FEATURE AND EXPERIMENTAL FILM AT GOETHE INSTITUT, INSTITUTE DIRECTOR IN MANILA, COPENHAGEN, SEOUL/PYONGYANG AND REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR EAST ASIA IN TOKYO.
VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE GERMAN KOREAN SOCIETY, HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS ACCOLADES AS CULTURAL INTERMEDIARY, PARTICULARLY BETWEEN SOUTH AND NORTH KOREA, OTHERS INCLUDE HONORARY CITIZEN OF SEOUL, THE JOSE RIZAL AWARD OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE CROSS OF THE ORDER OF MERIT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY.