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Philipp Fussenegger

Philipp Fussenegger is an Austrian director, screenwriter, and producer. His film Henry received the FIRST STEPS Award in 2016. His documentary debut I Am The Tigress (2021) screened at festivals including Hot Docs and IDFA. Teaches of Peaches premiered at the 2024 Berlinale and won the Teddy Award. His new documentary about Berlin’s legendary KitKatClub is about to premiere. He is currently developing the sci-fi drama Kokeshi, a film exploring body transformation and the algorithms designed to help humans find their perfect match.

Cordula Kablitz-Post

Cordula Kablitz-Post was born in Aachen and studied German literature, English studies, and theatre studies with a focus on film and television in Munich and Berlin.

In 1994, she founded the production company Medusa Film, where she produced, among other projects, music videos that she also directed. A year later, Cordula Kablitz-Post established the film and TV production company avanti media in Berlin.

Since the late 1980s, Cordula Kablitz-Post accompanied Christoph Schlingensief in his cinematic work. In 1997, together with Schlingensief, she developed “Talk 2000,” a satirical talk show featuring high-profile guests, which she directed. Numerous documentaries for ARD, ZDF, Deutsche Welle, Spiegel TV, Zeit TV, and Premiere followed. In 2000, Cordula Kablitz-Post and Christoph Schlingensief resumed their collaboration for the cult series “U 3000” (MTV), which they had developed together. Since 2001, she has produced Arte’s best-known documentary series “Through the Night With…”, which received four Grimme Awards in 2006.

In 2001, Cordula Kablitz-Post founded avanti media fiction, through which she produces feature films and high-end documentaries for cinema and television.

For “Because You Only Live Once – Die Toten Hosen on Tour,” Cordula Kablitz-Post wrote the screenplay, directed, and produced the first feature-length documentary film about the band. The film celebrated its world premiere at the 69th Berlinale in 2019 and became the most successful documentary of the year.

Since 2020, Cordula Kablitz-Post has been working on the theatrical documentary “Hyper Hyper – H.P. Baxxter and Scooter,” which was released in cinemas in 2022.

Susanne Heuer

Susanne Heuer is a screenwriter, performer, and show producer.

After studying linguistics, literary studies, and gender studies at the University of Regensburg—where she already explored post-feminism in her doctoral thesis—she moved to London in 2014. There, she lectured in German language, culture, and translation at the renowned King’s College London. At the same time, she began training with London’s largest burlesque company, the House of Burlesque, created her artistic persona “Lilly Mortis,” and won the Newcomer Award “Burlesque Idol” in 2015 with her unconventional performances.

In 2016, she founded the queer-feminist burlesque trio “The Velvet Creepers” in Berlin and has since produced consistently sold-out shows in the city. Since 2017, she has also been an active member of the collective “House of Lunacy” (formerly “Bad Bruises”) and an integral part of Berlin’s queer scene.

In 2019, her performance installation “Queen of Guts” became the centerpiece of the immersive exhibition “DREAMWORLD.” In 2020, she co-produced OVERMORROW and, together with The Velvet Creepers, designed and curated the feminist performance space within the immersive art exhibition. The project, hosted at the renowned club “Salon zur Wilden Renate,” featured performances, visual art, and installations and was initiated in response to club closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.

She continues to live and work in Berlin in two worlds: as a performer (Lilly) and as a writer (Susanne). In her work, she combines political spoken word with body-positive performance. Most recently, in 2021, her queer-feminist “Velvet Varieté” was staged at Berlin’s oldest ballroom.

Dino Osmanovic

Dino Osmanovic, born in 1985 in Doboj (Bosnia and Herzegovina), completed his secondary education before studying MultiMediaArt in Salzburg, where he earned his Bachelor’s degree. He later pursued a second degree at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF Munich), specializing in cinematography.

Alongside his work as a freelance cinematographer, he serves as an Artistic Research Associate (50% position) in the Cinematography program at HFF Munich. As a lecturer, he teaches seminars including “Visual Impact,” “Theory of Camera Movement,” “Camera Movement,” and “Forms of Documentary Film.”

He has collaborated successfully with funfairfilms and Philipp Fussenegger as cinematographer on “Henry” (First Steps Award 2016, nomination for the Austrian Film Award 2017) and “Bester Mann” (Max Ophüls Prize 2018, nomination for the Austrian Film Award 2019). The funfairfilms production “Bester Mann” screened successfully at numerous international festivals and received awards including the Max Ophüls Prize 2018 for Best Medium-Length Film, as well as a nomination for the Austrian Film Award in 2019.

For the film “I Am the Tigress,” he worked with funfairfilms as cinematographer and co-director.