Lecturers

Lecturers

Robert MA Film

Robert Müller

Coach

Christian Zimmermann MA Film

Christina Zimmermann

Coach

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Christophe Merkle

Associate lecturer

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Sonja Kilbertus

Coach

Fred MA Film

Fred Truniger

Head of the Master's Programme in Film

Florian MA Film

Florian Krautkrämer

Lecturer

Katharina Knust

Katharina Knust

Artistic Assistant

Elke MA Film

Elke Rentemeister

Senior Research Associate

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Alina Manolache

Instructor: Documentary Design

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Manuel Weber

Lecturer

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Laurence Favre

Lecturer

Additional Lecturers

Anja Kofmel MA Film

Anja Kofmel

Lecturer

Tina Ohnmacht Portrait

Tina Ohnmacht

Lecturer

External Mentors

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Nadine Häusler

Nadine Häusler completed several internships in radio and television before enrolling in the video program at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in 2015. After graduating in the summer of 2018, she completed several internships in sound production in German- and French-speaking Switzerland. Since then, she has been working as a freelance sound engineer on documentary and feature film sets and serves as a guest lecturer at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.

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Eleonora Camizzi

Eleonora Camizzi, born in Olten in 1994, studied video at HSLU (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Design Film Art) and graduated in 2020 with a focus on editing. Since then, she has been working as a freelance editor and director, as well as a producer. The film THIS FILM IS A GIFT (2019 / Assistant Director & Editor) by Anja Salomonowitz was nominated for the Austrian Film Award and won the Franz Grabner Prize for Best Feature-Length Documentary. LETZTE NACHT (2023 / Editor) by Lea Bloch won the Pardino d’oro for Best Swiss Short Film at the Locarno Film Festival. In 2023, Eleonora co-founded am Limit Filmproduktion with Kezia Zurbrügg and Patrik Näpflin. BILDER IM KOPF (2024) is her directorial debut and also the first am Limit production.

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Carlos Isabel

(he/him) Born in 1985 in Toledo, Spain. Studied art at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Complutense University of Madrid. Since 2009, he has been working as a freelancer in the fields of cinematography, animation, directing, and post-production. In 2017, he earned a Master’s degree in Cinematography from the KONRAD WOLF Film University Babelsberg. He has collaborated with various institutions on artistic research projects related to virtual reality. His work focuses on documentary films and experimentation with new media.

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Thaïs Odermatt

Thaïs Odermatt earned a Bachelor’s degree in Video from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts – Design & Art and a Master’s degree in Documentary Film Directing from the KONRAD WOLF Film University Babelsberg. Her films, including “Nid hei cho,” “Kurt und der Sessellift,” and her editing work on “En la Boca” (by Matteo Gariglio), and “Ann’s Pub” (Thabea Furrer), have been screened and honored at numerous national and international film festivals. “Amazonen einer Grossstadt” was honored with the Swiss Film Award for Best Graduation Film by the Swiss Film Academy in 2021. Her animated short film “Bandwurm Alexis & die Operndiva” had its world premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in 2025.

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Chantal Molleur 

Chantal Molleur worked in the Canadian media art scene for over two decades before moving to Switzerland in 2005 and co-founding White Frame, where she serves as co-founder and chief curator. Since then, she has curated over sixty projects, including film screenings and exhibitions that foster dialogue between moving images, contemporary artistic practices, and a diverse audience. In addition to her curatorial work, she is a mentor and adjunct lecturer at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Design Film Art, and supports emerging artists in developing strategies for promotion and distribution. She has also served on juries and expert panels for art institutions in Switzerland and Canada. Molleur is a member of IKT – International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art, Visarte, AICA International, and Balimage.

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Marcy Goldberg

Marcy Goldberg is a Swiss-Canadian film and cultural studies scholar specializing in documentary film, dramaturgy, Swiss film history, and gender studies, among other areas. She teaches courses in film, media, and cultural studies, as well as academic writing, at several Swiss art colleges. Marcy moderates discussions and panel discussions at festivals and cultural events and works as a freelance writer, translator, and media consultant. She is a frequent guest on film and culture programs on SRF Radio and Television. M.F.A. in Film & Video, York University (Toronto). Co-editor with Simon Spiegel and Andrea Reiter of *Utopia and Reality: Documentary, Activism and Imagined Worlds* (University of Wales Press, 2020).

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Kai-Peter Uhlig

Attorney in Zurich since 2005; became a partner at the law firm Werder Viganò in 2010, where he advises on copyright law, the film industry, media, and audiovisual culture. Previously practiced law in Berlin starting in 1996, serving as General Counsel for a globally active film production company with a rights catalog. Also received university and practical training there; studied in Paris and Moscow. Ph.D. from the University of St. Gallen. Co-author of a commentary on the Swiss Copyright Act; contributions to handbooks on copyright contracts and film production.