After graduating from the NFTS and the Film University Babelsberg, Johannes Schubert has worked in Austria, Germany and the UK.

His producer credits include the Hot Docs Audience Award winner Dear Future Children and the European Film Award-nominated short Kontener. Schubert is one of the producers on Jessica Hausner’s second English-language film Club Zero which celebrated its world premiere in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival 2023. Currently, he is producing the next Markus Schleinzer film Rose, starring Sandra Hüller in the lead role.
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In 2019, Johannes Schubert was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list. He participated in the EAVE Producers Workshop and was selected in 2022 as Producer on the Move. Since 2023, he has been part of ACE Producers.
Schubert is a member of the Austrian, German, and European Film Academies.

Due to political persecution, Suli Kurban – together with her mother and brother – fled from Ürümchi (Western China) to Germany in 1999. After living six years in a home for asylum seekers, Kurban took on the leading role in a film project about excluded young people in 2007. In 2019 she graduated from the University of Television and Film in Munich (HFF). Two years later, Kurban took over the editorial management for the social media project „ichbinsophiescholl“. She was awarded the European Civis Media Prize for one of her reports for the German public-service radio and television broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR).

Growing up in the US and Germany, Samuel Gheist gained early filmmaking experience through an intensive program at NYC's School of Visual Arts. Since 2018, Gheist is based in Ludwigsburg, Germany and is active as screenwriter, script editor and translator. His credits include shows for Netflix and Sky, such as the German series Barbarians. He completed his studies in screenwriting at the renowned Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. His work got nominated for the prestigious First Steps Award.

Patricia DiCerto has been involved over the past three decades in the casting of more than twenty-five Woody Allen films, including serving as casting director on such notable films as MATCH POINT, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS*, TO ROME WITH LOVE*, VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA, BLUE JASMINE*, CAFÉ SOCIETY* WONDER WHEEL, A RAINY DAY IN NEW YORK and the recently released COUP DE CHANCE, starring Melvil Poupaud and Lou de Laage. She also cast Allen’s TV series for Amazon Studios, CRISIS IN SIX SCENES which stars Allen, Elaine May, and Miley Cyrus.

In addition to her long-standing collaboration with Woody Allen, DiCerto has worked on both large studio projects and independent features with such directors as James L. Brooks, Nora Ephron, David Frankel, Mike Nichols, Alan Parker, Sydney Pollack, and Martin Scorsese, and alongside many of the industry’s famed casting directors, notably her longtime association with Juliet Taylor. Most recently, DiCerto cast award-winning AMERICAN MURDERER, ALLSWELL (Tribeca Film Festival best screenplay winner), festival favorite SHARE (Amazon Prime) and Julia Stiles’ feature directorial debut WISH YOU WERE HERE.

*Artios Award nomination from the Casting Society of America.

Mirkamel ("Mirka") Tourghoun, an Uyghur digital director graduate from the University Léonard De Vinci in Paris, has garnered experience as a 3D animation director for international projects at Vinci Construction. Beyond his professional pursuits, Tourghoun is a passionate Uyghur activist with a deep commitment to music and visual creation. Actively participating in numerous documentaries, films, and artistic projects related to his culture and Uyghur topics, he shares his experience with the European Uyghur Institute, primarily focusing on the artistic aspect. In addition to his endeavors, Tourghoun is a composer and musician, leading a collaborative project centered around Uyghur poems with his band Wtfkistan.

Raised in a small village in Danyang, South Korea, Jieun Yi moved to Berlin in 2006 to study cinematography at the Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg. For O Beautiful Night, she was nominated for Best Cinematography at the 2020 German Film Awards and for the German Camera Award in the Feature Film category. In 2023, Yi received an invitation to the Berlinale Special Gala section of the Berlin International Film Festival with Sun and Concrete ("Sonne und Beton") by David Wnendt. Based on the bestseller by Felix Lobrecht, the film received four nominations for the German Film Award 2023, including Best Feature Film. Pretty Face ("Hübsches Gesicht"), a miniseries that Yi shot in 2022, was nominated for the 2023 Grimme Award. She lives and works in Berlin.

Carla Luffe, born 1989, is an editor based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her work spans wide between fiction and commercials. Starting her career at Zentropa, she eventually graduated from The National Film School of Denmark in 2015, and has quickly after that moved to become one of the leading young editors in Scandinavia, working with directors such as Billie August & Martin Werner. Her sensitive eye for emotion and timing has given her a well known reputation among the Scandinavian film- and commercial community. One of her latest films, The Guilty won the 2018 Sundance Audience Award. She lives in NYC.

After studying design, fashion and interior design, Austrian-born Tanja Hausner began her career creating the costumes for her sister Jessica Hausner's student films. She went on to work with Ulrich Seidl, Sebastian Meise and Philipp Stölzl, among others. At the German Film Awards she received four nominations and two awards for her work on Chess Story ("Schachnovelle") and Sisi & I ("Sisi & Ich"). The Austrian Film Award honoured her with five nominations, including another award for Chess Story and an earlier award for the film Angelo. Great Freedom ("Große Freiheit"), one of her most recent projects, won the Jury Prize at Cannes, the German Film Award and the Austrian Film Award, both in major categories. Tanja Hausner is a member of the Austrian Film Academy and the Association of Austrian Film Designers (VÖF).

Tanja Däberitz has established a career as an Assistant Director, collaborating on a range of internationally recognized productions with directors such as Tom Tykwer, Fatih Akin, and the Wachowski siblings. Her work includes films like Cloud Atlas and the series Babylon Berlin, where she was involved in managing complex shoots. Tanja worked on both film and television projects, with further notable titles such as Deutschland 86, Rheingold, Davos 1917, and Netflix’s Sense8. Her experience spans independent cinema as well as larger productions across Europe and internationally.

Sarah Golding is a freelance script development executive working in feature films in the UK, France, Germany and Austria. Before joining Rainy Day Films she was Head of Development for Potboiler Productions, where projects developed included The Constant Gardner (Academy Award and BAFTA nominated screenplay) and Brothers of the Head. She has also been Head of Development for Skreba Films, Development Manager at Zenrith Entertainment and Script Consultant for Yorkshire Television, Pagoda Films and Fair Game Films. Recent features on which she has worked include Lady Macbeth (2016), Another Me (2014), Patagonia (2010), The Edge of Love (2008) and The Escapist (2008). She has been a tutor on the MA Producing course at the National Film and Television School since 1998.

Fabian Lieb has gained experience in a diverse range of companies and disciplines. These include film production, marketing, design and editorial work. In 2020, he completed his bachelor's degree in film production with first-class honours and is now working on various international projects. His focus is on production and creative direction - always with an eye on unique, provocative and intimate stories and narrative styles.

Ayturk Tashpolat is currently an undergraduate pursuing Cinematic Arts BFA degree at Indiana University Bloomington. As an Uyghur herself she was influenced by the concerning human rights issues in her hometown and decided to become a filmmaker to tell the Uyghurs' stories. She is an active member of her film club and has worked in different positions in student film projects.