Director and architect from Bolzano, works across opera, theatre, artistic events and museum exhibitions. He collaborates with various theatres and festivals in Italy and across Europe, creating productions that bridge the gap between tradition and innovation. In 2024, he received the Abbiati Prize from Italian music critics for Best Director.
Film critic at Deutschlandfunk / Deutschlandfunk Kultur. She presents the weekly film programme Vollbild, which covers new films, major international film festivals and the latest news from the world of cinema.
Associate Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economics and Management at the Free University of Bolzano-Bozen. He was a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the J.W. Goethe University (Frankfurt am Main). He researches the relationship between society, art and cinema and is the author of the book L’occhio della madre. A cosa serve l’arte contemporanea (Castelvecchi, 2024).
Austrian curator and cultural practitioner. She studied Slavic Studies at the University of Innsbruck and her doctoral research focuses on Soviet-Central Asian cinema. Since 2019, she has been director of IFFI – Internationales Film Festival Innsbruck. She is also co-director of Film Campus Innsbruck, is active in FÖFF – Forum of Austrian Film Festivals, and represents it on the Austrian Cultural Council.
He has been working in the film industry since 1979, as a director and journalist for various newspapers and radio stations. In 1992, together with three colleagues, he founded and ran the children’s film club La Lanterna Magica (www.lanterna-magica.org). He has been working with the Locarno Film Festival since 1986. He became its artistic director in 2005. From 2009 to 2025 he headed the Cinémathèque Suisse, and from 2017 to 2023 he served as president of the FIAF (International Federation of Film Archives).
