Die ZFF Academy in Zahlen: In 20 Jahren haben wir 432 Talente unterstützt, gefördert und Tausende von neuen Connections ermöglicht!

2024: 20 Alumni

Alexandre Schild – Director

Amir Zargara – Director

Anne-Louise Lucas – Producer

Antonio Sequeira – Director

Blaine Fuller – Director

Clara Stern – Director

Fabrizio Musica – Screenwriter

Isaac Tomiczek – Screenwriter

Isabella Oliveira Parise Kröger – Screenwriter

Jessica Riches – Screenwriter

Jethro Massey – Director

Juefang Zhang – Producer

Kristine de Leon – Producer

Lena Milovic – Director

Loredana Rehekampff – Producer

Margaux Fazio – Director

Michael Kalb – Producer

Pascal Glatz – Screenwriter

Perihan Incegöz – Director

Sophia Mocorrea – Director

2023: 19 Alumni

Carlo Beer – Writer & Director

Charlotte Hamblin – Writer, Director & Actor

David Franciscus – Writer & Creative Producer

Elham Ehsas – Director & Actor

Émile V. Schlesser – Writer, Director & Visual Artist

Jennifer Lane – Writer, Producer & Actor

Kristina Wagenbauer – Writer & Director

Laura Klippel – Producer & Co-Founder of Bandenfilm

Laurens Pérol – Writer, Director & Producer

Loïc Hobi – Writer & Director

Lukas Nathrath – Writer, Director & Actor

Lydia Rui – Writer & Director

Rebecca Martin – Writer

Ryushi Lindsay – Director

Sara Bonakdar – Producer

Sasha Xiaoyan Li – Writer & Director

Simon David – Director

Stefan Staub – Writer

Thomas Mataheru – Producer & Founder of DotInk Cinema

2022: 20 Alumni

Aleksandra Kostina – Producer

Aurélie Oliveira Pernet – Director

Christian Wehrlin – Writer & Creator

Dwayne LeBlanc – Director & Writer

Edwin Charmillot – Director, Producer & Writer

Eli Zuzovsky – Writer & Director

Georden West – Director, Editor & Writer

Hussen Ibraheem – Writer & Director

Ida Kat Balslev – Director & Writer

Joele Walinga – Director

Margarita Amineva-Jester – Producer

Marta Romanova-Jekabsone – Producer

Mathieu Volpe – Director

Michael Graf – Producer

Paul Marques Duarte – Director & Screenwriter

Pranav Bhasin – Director, Writer & Producer

Sabina Smitham – Producer

Taratoa Stappard – Writer & Director

Viv Li – Director

Yuval Shapira – Director

2021: 17 Alumni

Andreas Elsener – Director, Writer & Producer

Ariel Gutiérrez – Director & Writer

Barbora Berezňáková – Director

István Kovács – Director

Jason Bradbury – Director & Writer

Jelena Vujović – Author & Director

Jessica Hefti – TV Producer

Magdalena Welter – Producer

Maria Laskaridou – Creative Producer

Marta Cruañas Compés – Producer

Massih Parsaei – Writer & Director

Natalia Sinelnikova – Director & Writer

Paulo Carneiro – Writer & Director

Saskaris Stora – Writer & Director

Till Ellrich – Writer & Director

Youssef Youssef – Writer & Director

Zamo Mkhwanazi – Writer & Director

2020: 18 Alumni

Aylin Gökmen – Director & Producer

Ben Donateo – Director & Writer

Bernhard Wenger – Director & Writer

Charlotte Rey – Producer

David Clay Diaz – Director & writer

Eric Brehmer – Director & Writer

Jessie Mangum – Producer

Kristian Håskjold – Director & Writer

Léon Yersin – Director & Writer

Lino Rettinger – Producer

Malina Nwabuonwor – Writer

Marek Čermák – Director & Writer

Marisa Meier – Producer & Writer

Minoas Nikolakakis – Director, Producer & Writer

More Raca – Director & Writer

Raphaela Schmid – Director & Writer

Roman Hodel – Director

Séverine Tibi – Producer

2019: 20 Alumni

Zoe Dobson – Director

Yan Decoppet – Producer

Vojtěch Strakatý – Director & Writer

Torfinnur Jákupsson – Writer

Sylvie Leray – Producer & Distributor

Sophie Linnenbaum – Director

Satindar Singh Bedi – Director & Writer

Nic Fforde – Director & Writer

Min Min Hein – Director & Producer

Martin Monk – Director & Writer

Maria Sigrist – Director

Magdalena Chmielewska – Director & Writer

Luis Campos – Director, Producer & Writer

Lou Rambert Preiss – Director

Kantarama Gahigiri – Director & Writer

Ion Papaspyrou – Director & Writer

Corinne Steiner – Producer

Beatrice Minger – Director & Writer

Akos Gerstner – Director & Writer

Adrian Spring – Writer & Creative Producer

2018: 20 Alumni

Anton Peterson – Director & Writer

Govinda van Maele – Director & Writer

Jude Chebab – Director & Writer

Kabir Mehta – Director & Writer

Katia Lom – Director, Writer & Animator

Lony Welter – Director & Writer

Lukas Feeigelfeld – Director & Editor

Małgorzata Wabińska – Producer

Marc Mounier – Producer

Mariann Sofiasdóttir – Writer

Marysia Nikitiuk – Writer

Monica San – Writer

Samantha Collins – Writer

Philip Zakrzewski – Producer & Writer

Savvas Stavrou – Director & Writer

Sharon Angelhart – Director & Writer

Slava Doytcheva – Director & Writer

Tereza Kotyk – Director, Writer & Curator

Tomáš Pavlíček – Director

Wendy Pillonel – Director & Writer

2017: 25 Alumni

Asli Özarslan – Director

Ben Vandendaele – Producer

Christian Johannes Koch – Director & Writer

Cosima Frei – Director & Writer

Daniel Grove – Director & Writer

Franziska Sonder – Producer

Ivan Bakrac – Director & Writer

Jakub Viktorin – Producer

Jela Hasler – Director

Jiří Sádek – Director & Producer

Kaisa El Ramly – Director & Writer

Karen Newman – Producer

Klara Kochańska – Director & Writer

Manuela Piemonte – Writer

Masha Kondakova – Director & Writer

Mohamed Jabaly – Director

Pia Hellenthal – Director & Writer

Samuel Grandchamp – Director & Writer

Shirley Bruno – Director & Writer

Susanne Meures – Director

Synia Pappa – Director & Writer

Teymur Hajiyev – Director & Writer

Tia Kouvo – Director

Thanasis Neofotistos – Director

Yvann Yagchi – Director

2016: 25 Alumni

Aline Fischer – Director & Writer

Cecilia Verheyden – Director & Writer

Christophe M. Saber – Director

Engin Kundag – Director, Writer & Producer

Fiona Ziegler – Director & Writer

Fisnik Maxhuni – Director & Writer

George Teltzidis – Director & Writer

Giacun Caduff – Director & Producer

Hadas Ben Aroya – Director & Writer

Hallvar Witzø  – Director & Writer

Jan-Eric Mack – Director & Writer

Jenni Toivoniemi – Director & Writer

Lisa Brühlmann – Director & Writer

Lorcan Finnegan – Director

Luca Ribler – Director & Writer

Mauro Mueller – Producer, Writer & Director

Marc Wilkins – Director

Marina Klauser – Director

Martin Kosok – Producer

Michaela Cajkova – Producer

Ola Jankowska – Director

Sigrid Andrea Bernardo – Director

Teodor Kuhn – Director

Tilman Kolb – Producer

Uisenma Borchu – Director

2015: 24 Alumni

Annie Gisler – Director & Writer

Beatriu Vallés Jimenu – Director, Writer & Producer

Brendan Uffelmann – Director of Photography

Damian John Harper – Director & Writer

Facundo Scalerandi – Director & Writer

Filippa Bauer – Director

Franziska Pflaum – Director

Henri Steinmetz – Director

Jakob Beurle – Writer & Director of Photography

Jakob M. Erwa – Director

Julia Hönemann – Director of Photography

Laurentia Genske – Director

Maurice Hübner – Director

Maximilian Haslbeger – Director & Producer

Michael Binz – Director & Writer

Nicolas Steiner – Director & Producer

Nora Fingscheidt – Director & Writer

Partick Vollrath – Director

Piet Baumgartner – Director

Sabine Jankowski – Director of Photograpgy

Sophia Bösch – Director & Writer

Stefan Dux – Director of Photography

Štěpán Altrichter – Director

Steven Swirko – Director & Producer

2014: 32 Alumni

Alexandre Powelz – Director & Writer

Anja Reiss – Director

Benjamin Chimoy – Director & Writer

Caroline Bobek – Director & Writer

Dominik Locher – Director & Writer

Filippo Demarchi – Director & Writer

Friederike Jehn – Director

Georg Tiller – Director & Writer

Golo Schultz – Producer & Composer

İlker Çatak – Director

Ines Schiller – Writer & Producer

Jakob Lass – Director & Writer

Jeshua Dreyfus – Director, Writer & Producer

Jörg Kundinger – Director & Producer

Julia Walter – Director

Lena Knauss – Director & Writer

Maurizius Staerkle Drux – Director & Writer

Mickey Nedimovic – Writer & Director

Monja Art – Director, Editor & Producer

Nikola Ilic – Director & Writer

Pawan Kumar – Director & Writer

Pierre-Adrian Irle – Director, Writer & Producer

Rajko Jazbec – Producer

Ramon Zürcher – Director & Writer

Rebecca Panian – Director & Writer

Samuel Perriard – Director, Writer & Producer

Sylvain Coisne – Director & Writer

Sylvia Borges – Director & Writer

Timon Birkhofer – Director

Valerie Gudenus – Director & Writer

Valerie Heine – Director & Writer

Yoav Parish – Director, Writer & Producer

2013: 27 Alumni

Aron Lehmann – Director

Anna von Dziembowska – Producer

Bryn Chainey – Writer & Director

Christoph Rainer – Director

Clara Trischler – Director

Felix Schaffert – Writer & Director

Florian Eichinger – Producer, Director & Writer

Gabriela Betschart – Director

Giacun Caduff – Director & Producer

Hanna Doose – Writer & Director

Isabell Šuba – Director

Julian Grünthal – Director

Katrin Gebbe – Director & Writer

Laureano Ladislao Gutiérrez – Producer

Lena Vurma – Producer

Lisa Glock – Writer

Luca Zuberbühler – Director

Luka Popadic – Director, Screenwriter, Producer

Markus Zucker – Director of Photography

Matthias Weidenhöfer – Producer

Mauro Mueller – Producer, Writer & Director

Moritz Springer – Director

Oliver Schwarz – Director

Rocio Lopez – Producer

Sebastian Fritsch – Director & Producer

Stefan Schaller – Director & Writer

Talkon Hamzavi – Writer, Director

2012: 35 Alumni

Alex Schmidt – Director

Andri Hinnen – Director

Anja Salomonowitz – Director

Carsten Unger – Writer & Director

Constanze Schumann – Producer

Corina Schwingruber – Director

Elmar Imano – Director

Evi Goldbrunner – Director & Writer

Florian Knittel – Director & Writer

Geraldine Zosse – Director & Writer

Hannes Baumgartner – Director & Writer

Hüseyin Tabak – Director & Writer

Iris Sommerlatte – Producer

Joachim Dollhopf – Writer & Director

Jonas Carpignano – Director

Julian Pörksen – Director & Writer

Katharina Kress – Writer

Kyle Patrick Alvarez – Director & Writer

Martin Guggisberg – Director

Marvin Kren – Director

Mauro Mueller – Producer, Writer & Director

Nick Brandestini – Director & Producer

Oliver Kienle – Director & Writer

Pola Beck – Director & Writer

Ralph Etter – Writer & Director

Severine Cornamusaz – Director

Sheenu Das – Producer

Sophie Stäglich – Producer

Stefan Gieren – Producer

Thaïs Odermatt – Writer & Director

Timo von Gunten – Writer & Director

Tina von Traben – Director & Writer

Toke Constantin Hebbeln – Director

Umut Dag – Director & Producer

York-Fabian Raabe – Director, Producer & Writer

2011: 19 Alumni

Amaury Berger – Writer & Director

Aminta Iseppi – Producer

Andres Jud – Writer & Director

Anna Katharina Brehm – Writer & Producer

Annkatrin Hausmann – Director

Carlo Pisani – Writer & Director

Christian Werner – Writer & Director

Christoph Arni – Producer

Dario Schoch – Producer & Writer

Hannes Baumgartner – Director & Writer

Isabelle Stüssi – Director

Jolanta Wieczorek – Director & Writer

Karsten Prühl – Writer & Director

Natascha Cartolaro – Editor

Rebecca Panian – Writer & Director

Shirin Saghaie – Director

Stefan Eichenberger – Producer

Talkhon Hamzavi – Writer & Director

Ulla Lehmann – Producer

2010: 19 Alumni

Andrea Roggon – Director

Anna Juliane Grossheim – Writer & Director

Anna Katharina Wohlgenannt – Director

Benny Jaberg – Director & Writer

Corina Schwingruber – Director

David Berger – Director

Eleonore Meier – Producer

Katrin Gebbe – Director & Writer

Luc Gut – Director

Marie-Catherine Theiler – Writer & Director

Natascha Beller – Writer & Director

Quinn Evan Reimann – Director & Writer

Ramon Giger – Director

Samuel Flückiger – Producer & Director

Sebastian Stern – Director

Stefanie Klemm – Writer & Director

Thaïs Odermatt – Writer & Director

Tiziana Sarro – Director

Tobias Walker – Producer

2009: 20 Alumni

Anita Blumer – Director

Anna Thommen – Director

Barbara Seiler – Writer & Director

Christoph Heller – Director

Claudio Cea – Editor & Director

Eric Andreae – Director, Writer & Editor

Irene Ledermann – Director

Isabelle Gattiker – Producer

Julia Tal – Editor, Writer & Director

Kaya Inan – Editor & Director

Lorenz Merz – Director & Writer

Marcel Wehn – Director

Markus Dietrich – Writer & Director

Matthias Günter – Writer & Director

Michael Kupczyk – Director

Nasha Gagnebin – Writer & Director

Patrick Karpiczenko – Writer

Rolf Hellat – Director

Sarika Hemi Lakhani – Producer

Tobias Nölle – Director & Writer

2008: 25 Alumni

Alex Eslam – Director

Andreas Zimmermann – Director

Andrina Mracnikar – Writer & Director

Anke Hentschel – Writer & Director

Anne Thoma – Director

Caroline Daube – Producer

Cihan Inan – Director & Writer

Daniel Casparis – Writer & Director

Daniel Young – Director

Felix von Muralt – Director & DoP

Frederik Steiner – Writer & Director

Gil Wiener – Director

Hanna Maria Heidrich – Director

Henning Kamm – Producer

Ivana Lalovic – Director

Krystof Zlatnik – Writer & Director

Leonidas Bieri – Writer & Director

Lucas Vossoughi – Producer & Director

Marc Brummund – Writer & Director

Markus Welter – Editor & Director

Michael Koch – Director

Simon Jaquemet – Writer & Director

Sophie Narr – Writer & Director

Thomas Peter – Writer

Tunje Berns – Producer

2007: 21 Alumni

Andrea Nobile – Director

Bastian Günther – Director

Bernie Forster – Director

Birgit Grosskopf – Director

Carmen Stadler – Writer & Director

Christine Wiederkehr – Director

Corinne Garfin – Director

Dan Wechsler – Producer

Dominique Müller – Director

Fulvio Bernasconi – Director

Germinal Roaux – Director

Jeanne Waltz – Director

Kaspar Winkler – Producer

Lukas Schmid – Director

Marek Beles – Director

Markus Mörth – Director

Michael Finger – Director

Moritz Gerber – Director

Peter Luisi – Director

Pierre Monnard – Director

Stefan Müller – Producer

2006: 26 Alumni

Alex Kleinberger – Editor & Director

Alexander Joho – Writer

Andrew Katumba – Director

Anette Lober – Director

Angela Rohrer – Director

Benjamin Weiss – Director

Caroline Velan – Producer

Claudia Jucker – Director & Producer

Dominique Fleury – Writer & Director

Hanna Salzer – Writer & Director

Joël Louis Jent – Writer & Producer

Lawrence Grimm – Writer & Director

Liliane Keller – Writer & Director

Louis Frédéric Golay – Editor, DoP & Producer

Malgorzata Schneider – Writer

Marcel Schneider – Director

Meret Burger – Producer & Director

Patrick M. Müller – Producer

Ralph Etter – Writer & Director

Shari Yantra Marcacci – Writer & Director

Simone Häberling – Producer

Stefan Kollmuss – Writer

Stéphanie Chuat – Writer & Director

Song Yun Long – Writer & Director

Thomas Buschbeck – Director

Véronique Reymond – Director & Writer

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