Alumni
ZFF Academy
Talents 2020
ZFF Academy Participants 2020
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Aylin Gökmen
Director/Editor/Producer · Swiss-Turkish, b.1990
University of Lausanne and DocNomads alumna. Latest documentary premiered at Locarno FF. Co-founder of the production structure A Vol d’Oiseau.
avdofilms.com | aylin.gokmen.ch(at)gmail.com
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Ben Donateo
Filmmaker/Writer/Editor · Swiss, b.1988
Living in Lugano. Director of the short film BURNT. LAND OF FIRE, shown at Locarno FF 2020. Participant of “Colombian Jungle with Werner Herzog”.
bendonateo.com | bendonateo(at)gmail.com
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Bernhard Wenger
Writer/Director · Austrian, b.1992
Austrian Film Award and Max Ophüls Award for Best Short Film. Developing 1st feature – part of Cinéfondation Résidence of Festival de Cannes.
bernhardwenger.com | film(at)bernhardwenger.com
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Charlotte Rey
Junior Producer · Swiss-French, b.1984
From Geneva. Junior Producer at Elefant films working on several fictions, doc and series. Graduate of Film Section at Lausanne University.
elefantfilms.ch | charlotte.rey(at)elefantfilms.ch
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David Clay Díaz
Writer/Director · Austrian-American, b.1989 HFF Munich.
AGONIE was nominated as Best First Feature at Berlinale 2016. ME WE (Coop99) coming out 2021. Developing projects with Walker+Worm, Mona Film. Represented by Homebase, Berlin.
clay.davidm(at)gmail.com | +436509264181
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Erec Brehmer
Writer/Director · German, b.1987
Graduate of HFF Munich. Scholarship recipient of Drehbuchwerkstatt Munich 2020. Cinematic release of his 1st feature LA PALMA in June 2020.
erecbrehmer.com | hello(at)erecbrehmer.com
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Jessie Mangum
Producer · British-Australian, b.1978
Credits include the FIPRESCI winning LOOTED, CONSTELLATIONS (Palm Springs), and RALPH (Winner IF Awards, Aus). She has projects in development with the BFI & Story Futures.
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Kristian Håskjold
Writer/Director · Danish, b.1989
Living in Copenhagen. Writer and director of the Danish TV show CHEMO BRAIN, which premiered at Sundance 2020. Studied directing at the Danish independent film school SUPER16.
kristianhaskjold.com
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Léon Yersin
Writer/Director/AD · Swiss, b.1990
Living in Geneva. Writer and director of the short film FAIT DIVERS, which premiered at Locarno FF 2018. Graduate of HEAD, cinema department.
leon.yersin@gmail.com
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Lino Rettinger
Creative Producer · German, b.1990 Cologne-based.
Producing fiction and doc for cinema, e.g. EASY LOVE (premiere Berlinale 2019) was theatrically distributed in Germany, Switzerland and many countries around the world.
lichtblick-film.com | lino.rettinger(at)lichtblick-film.de
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Malina Nwabuonwor
Writer/Script Consultant · Austrian, b.1994
Berlin/Vienna-based. Film-Studies in Vienna and Mexico City. Freelancer, Author at Panthertainment and Mentor at “Diverse Geschichten”-Script-Development.
Agent: pagemagnet.de | malina.n(at)gmx.at
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Marek Čermák
Writer/Director · Czech, b.1991
Prague based filmmaker, student of FAMU & occasional journalist. Involved in A. Holland’s CHARLATAN and currently developing his 1st feature film HOMELAND.
marek-cermak(at)seznam.cz
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Marisa Meier
Producer/Writer · Swiss, b.1992
Graduate of Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in International Producing. Focusing on innovative formats and socially relevant topics, based in Zurich and Berlin.
marisameier.ch | mail(at)marisameier.ch
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Minos Nikolakakis
Writer/Producer/Director · Greek, b.1980
Living in Greece. Directed & produced the feature ENTWINED which premiered in TIFF2019. Also graduate civil engineer of University of Patras.
minosnikolakakis.com | info(at)minosnikolakakis.com
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More Raça
Writer/Director · Kosovar, b.1992
Debut film ANDROMEDA GALAXY (2020) won Glocal in progress award at San Sebastian FF and world premiered in the main competition at the Sarajevo FF.
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Raphaela Schmid
Director/Scriptwriter · Austrian, b. 1990
Studying at Filmakademie Wien. Wrote & directed several shorts, latest short FISH LIKE US won the Jury Prize at VIS & Best Short at Diagonale. Working on 1st feature.
raphaela.schmid(at)zoho.com
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Roman Hodel
Director/Cinematographer · Swiss, 1989
Alumni of Lucerne School of Art and Design. Internationale Kurfilmtage Winterthur premiere of short BLUELIGHT (2014, co-dir.: Lena Mäder) and La Biennale di Venezia world premiere of THE GAME (2020).
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Séverine Tibi
Producer · French, b.1993
France/UK-based. Co-founder of Sevana Films, which produced films on three continents so far. Working on feature BIRTHDAY by Lara Zeidan, supported by the Mediterranean Film Institute.
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Yana Eresina
Producer/Writer/Actress · Austrian-Russian, b. 1990
Based in Vienna. Producer of AM HIMMEL, which won the First Steps Award 2018. Graduate of Lee Strasberg Institute NYC & Vienna Film Academy.
yana.eresina@gmail.com
ZFF Academy
Alumni
Earlier Years.
ZFF Academy Alumni 2019
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Adrian Spring
Adrian Spring
Writer/Creative Producer - Swiss, b. 1987Living in Lucerne. Writer and producer of the SRF TV/web series NR. 47, which won the Swiss TV Prize 2018. Graduate of Swiss School of Journalism.
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Akos Gerstner
Akos Gerstner
Director/Writer · German, b. 1979Born in Budapest, based in Berlin and Munich. Scholarship recipient of Drehbuchwerkstatt Munich and Alfred Döblin Award. Graduated from HFF Munich with MR.LOVE BOMB (2016).
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Beatrice Minger
Beatrice Minger
Director/Writer · Swiss, b. 1980Studied Film, German and Modern History in Zurich, Berlin and Lausanne. Short LOVE A LITTLE shown at 54th Solothurner Filmtage. Currently working on 3 projects incl. 1st feature DIE FLUT.
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Corinne Steiner
Corinne Steiner
Producer · Swiss, b. 1985Producer at tellfilm (Zurich) and BearPit Films (Berne). Previously she worked for production companies such as C-Films AG, Vega Film AG and Turnus Film AG.
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Ion Papaspyrou
Ion Papaspyrou
Director/Writer · Greek, b. 1987Currently based in Athens. He directed a number of commercials, TV shows and doc series. Latest short I AM NOT HERE NOW won several awards. Debut feature ANNA NORA CHLOE in development.
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Kantarama Gahigiri
Kantarama Gahigiri
Director/Writer · Rwandan-SwissBorn in Geneva. MA in Cinema and International Relations. TV5 Monde Best Francophone Film Award for 1st feature TAPIS ROUGE. Alumni of La Fabrique Cinéma, Cannes 2019 with 2nd feature in development TANZANITE.
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Lou Rambert Preiss
Lou Rambert Preiss
Director · French, b. 1993Based in Paris. ECAL graduation short STONE AGE won Best Swiss Newcomer Award at 71th Locarno Film Festival. Guest artist at “Fabrique du regard” (LE BAL). Currently writing his new short film.
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Luis Campos
Luis Campos
Director/Producer/Writer · Portuguese, b. 1985MA in Film Directing and PhD Candidate of Media Arts. Founder of the production company Squatter Factory, the GUIÕES Festival and the Script Lab PLOT. His short CARGA won over 10 awards.
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Magdalena Chmielewska
Magdalena Chmielewska
Director/WriterVienna-based director schooled at the Filmakademie Wien and Wajda Masterschool of Directing. Several award-winning shorts e.g GRETCHEN AM SPINNRADE (2015) and AM HIMMEL (2018). Working on 1st feature.
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Maria Sigrist
Maria Sigrist
Director · Swiss, b. 1985Sigrist’s focus lies in telling female-oriented stories for a variety of genres. She’s known for short films such as GIRL and BOY ON THE ROCKS, BEATRIX and the TV-feature DIE EINZIGEN.
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Martin Monk
Martin Monk
Director/Writer · German, b. 1985MA-student at Filmakademie Wien. Latest short FAVORITEN (2019) premiered at Cannes Cinéfondation. Previous short ALPHAMÄDCHEN in official selection of Max-Ophüls-Prize. Working on 1st feature.
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Min Min Hein
Min Min Hein
Director/Producer · Myanmar, b. 1987Founder of BurmaCat Films in Yangon. 1st recipient of Myanmar/ US Fulbright Scholarship in Film. Credits include the award-winning LISTEN (2017). Working on 1st feature doc about a traditional woman dancer from Myanmar.
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Nic Fforde
Nic Fforde
Director/Writer · British-Irish, b. 1986London-based. Directed an array of commercials and music videos. Latest short RALPH STYLES ULTRA (2018) received a best short film award and several nominations. Feature project in development: A MODEL WIFE.
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Satindar Singh Bedi
Satindar Singh Bedi
Director/Writer · IndianPost-graduate of FTII, India. His thesis KAMAKSHI (2015) premiered at Berlinale, screened in over 40 festivals and won more than 20 awards. In development: WOMAN IN THE WELL, ARDHÁ and CUSP.
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Sophie Linnenbaum
Sophie Linnenbaum
Director · German, b. 1986MA-student at Filmuniversität Konrad Wolf. Berlinale premiere of short DUOLOGUE (2016). Several prize awarded shorts incl. PIX (2017) winning the German Short Film Award. Latest short: DAS MENSCH.
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Sylvie Leray
Sylvie Leray
Producer/Distributor · French, b. 1976Based in Madrid. Founder, owner and managing director of REVERSO FILMS, Spain in 2018. Distributed more than 80 films in the function of General Director at ARTCAM FILMS in Prague. 3 films in production.
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Torfinnur Jákupsson
Torfinnur Jákupsson
Writer · Faroese, b. 1984Writer of first Faroe crime series TROM, selected for Berlinale’s „Co-Pro Series“ (2019). Currently working on neo-western feature LÝ (announced) and a new political drama series (soon to be announced).
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Vojtěch Strakatý
Vojtěch Strakatý
Director/Writer · Czech, b. 1988Writer and assistant director of various films, Industry Project Coordinator at Karlovy Vary IFF. In preproduction for 1st feature ETERNAL PEACE supported by The Czech Film Fund for the development stage.
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Yan Decoppet
Yan Decoppet
Producer · Swiss, b. 1994Junior Producer at GoldenEggProduction, Geneva. Studied filmmaking at New York Film Academy and Interactive media design at ERACOM, Lausanne. Currently producing upcoming short film AS SEMIMORTAS.
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Zoë Dobson
Zoe Dobson
Director · BritishDirector of DURAN DURAN: THERE IS SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW (BBC), WHY DO WE DANCE (Sky Arts) and Challenge Alexa winning short THE CUNNING MAN (2019) starring Game of Thrones actor Simon Armstrong.
Alumni Migros Support Programme 2019
Our partner Migros advertises the so-called funding project «Ideenförderung für Spielfilme» twice a year. The selected participants get a exclusive access to join part of the ZFF Academy. This initiative aims at bringing together as many talents as possible and giving them a chance to interact with each other.
Alumni Migros Support Programme 2019
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Sarah Born
Sarah Born
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Alessandra Gavin-Mueller
Alessandra Gavin-Mueller
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Lisa Gertsch
Lisa Gertsch
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Elena Hazanov
Elena Hazanov
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Klaudia Reynicke
Klaudia Reynicke
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Stefan Staub
Stefan Staub
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Julia Tal
Julia Tal
Producer, Director