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Raquel Kishori Dukpa
Raquel Kishori Dukpa is a screenwriter, creative producer and casting director. She studied at the University of Hildesheim, specialising in film, queerfeminist theory and popular culture.
She has been part of the production company JÜNGLINGE since 2016 and worked as casting director, producer and in research for the collaborative debut film Futur Drei (No Hard Feelings). Together with Faraz Shariat and Paulina Lorenz, Raquel develops and produces a wide range of feature film and series projects. In 2020 she was writer and casting director for the 6th season of the youth series DRUCK (ZDF/funk) and was honoured with the German Acting Award 2021 for her outstanding work.
Her screenplay work includes the medical series KRANK (Apple TV) and the anthology series ZEIT VERBRECHEN, for which she wrote the episode Love by Proxy (RTL+), which premiered in the Berlinale Panorama in 2024. She was also the writer for the German adaptation of the series Euphoria (RTL+).
As a creative producer, Raquel accompanies numerous projects, most recently the ARD series Schwarze Früchte by creator Lamin Leroy Gibba. She also curates and moderates the queerfeminist event series CINEMA & CONTEXT together with Tara Afsah and Lilian Pfeuffer, most recently at the Volksbühne Berlin. Raquel also advises production companies on the topics of anti-racism, diversity and inclusion.
Coaching offer: Diversity and inclusion / portrayal of marginalised people in film
Films and series not only describe realities, they also produce them. I see films and series as media that shape our self-images, the idea of who we can be and the society we want to live in. For me, the focus is on the perspectives of those who are negatively affected by discrimination and marginalised perspectives that should be told. Instead of reproducing and further expanding discrimination, I want to try out approaches in storytelling and production that are critical of discrimination. For me, content and production methods always go hand in hand, so that the focus is also on making work safer for everyone.
I advise editors, production companies, authors and film teams from an anti-racist and queerfeminist perspective on a discrimination-critical approach to the development, casting and production of films and series. In doing so, I draw on collective knowledge and a long academic tradition of racism, feminism and queer theory.
Languages: German, English
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Philippe Woodtli
Philippe Woodtli is a producer, screenwriter and director as well as a partner at Fidelio Films International and owner of WOOP Prod. AG. He has extensive expertise in the use of AI technologies in film production. By using various AI tools in the development of screenplays and post-production, he provides innovative impulses and optimises creative and technical processes.
In the short film ‘The Ugly Chickens’, based on a story by George R. R. Martin, AI was successfully used to save the post-production and avoid costly reshoots. Other projects include the upcoming short film ‘Vagabond’, which Philippe is writing, directing and producing. His multi-award-winning documentary ‘Sound of Silence’, which he wrote, directed and produced, demonstrates his versatility and visionary approach to modern filmmaking.
Coaching offer: ‘AI in film production’
Philippe Woodtli offers a comprehensive approach that ranges from brainstorming and the development of detailed storyboards to the integration of AI in post-production. His experience includes involvement in the AI development of a series for SRF and the successful use of AI in the post-production of a limited series for George R.R. Martin. He was able to show how modern technologies not only enrich creative processes, but also optimise production costs, for example by avoiding costly reshoots.
Languages: German, French and English
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Katja Zellweger und Dennis Schwabenland
Katja Zellweger (she/her), freelance cultural journalist, e.g. in the film sector since the Critics Academy at the Locarno Film Festival 2018 (Film Explorer, Film Bulletin, Cinema Yearbook and Indiewire), Critics Jury of the 22nd Black Movie Film Festival 2021. Since 2019 Head of Communications at Reso - Dance Network Switzerland. Previously deputy editorial director of the Berner Kulturagenda and worked in production, mediation and dramaturgy at the Schlachthaus Theatre. In the CAS Cultural Journalism at the ZHdK, she created a theatre play based on autobiographical research.
Dennis Schwabenland (he/him), freelance director & actor, e.g. mockumentary ‘the holycoaster s(HIT) circus’, winner of the Berner Filmpreis 2016, co-director of the theatre group PENG! Palast theatre group. Various theatre productions with documentary material, including ‘Gilgamesh Origin’ in collaboration with the Al Kasaba Theatre, Ramallah Palestine, ‘FIGHT! Palast #membersonly’ based on the novel Fight Club and “Mülheim Absturz Ruhr” a documentary theatre solo about the social crash of his family. In 2024 he was politics and culture editor at Radio RaBe. Schwabenland is currently working on a documentary film about his home town of Landiswil in Emmental.
Coaching offer:
Interview practices x Dealing with biographical material - questions about the ethical handling of personal stories
Personal stories and ‘real’ people in films stand for authenticity. Documentary or (auto)biographical projects thrive on the fact that true experiences are revealed and told in a different context.
What dependencies and ethical obligations arise from this kind of artistic collaboration with people in front of the camera? And how do you practise respectful and fair treatment of the shared stories as well as the eyewitnesses, victims and perhaps even actors who re-enact the stories?
Our programme is aimed at documentary filmmakers. We offer mentoring based on our m2act-funded project ‘Biography & Stage’, which is based on interviews with artists, participants and experts who deal artistically with biographical stories. Together, we review the mentee's project using a working method in which we divide the film into five phases: from the idea to the project structure and discussions with the participants (preliminary talks and shooting) to the transformation into the finished film and its release - including reflection on the ‘after’. We share experiences, scrutinise procedures and encourage ethical behaviour. It is possible that we will work with role plays and example situations - all with the aim of asking ethical questions at every stage and ideally recording these in an agreement together with the participants. In this way, we create a good working atmosphere and develop a concise, reflective project.
Language: German
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Important note: Applications must be submitted exclusively via the Migros Culture Percentage online application portal. If you do not yet have a login for the application portal, you first need to create one before you can access the application form.
