She’s been with ZeLIG since the early years. In charge of various administrative, financial and business aspects. She’s also involved in the executive production of students’ graduation films, as well as many other projects for ZeLIG, including ESoDoc – European Social Documentary. (nadia.caruso@zeligfilm.it)
Lotte Gibitz worked as a film editor at German broadcaster WDR for ten years before coming to ZeLIG in 1990 to held seminars on editing. She is responsible for the student secretariat and oversees the organisation of a host of ZeLIG activities. Since 2004 she's project assistant of the training ESoDoc - European Social Documentary. (lotte.gibitz@zeligfilm.it)
Lorenzo Paccagnella is a co-founder of ZeLIG, member of the cooperative’s Board of Directors and coordinator of ZeLIG’s activities. He worked as a graphic designer and photographer in the late 1970s. In the early 1980s he co-founded the production company Prisma, where he held different positions, including director of photography, film editor, director and producer. He has made more than a hundred documentary and commercial and institutional films, many of which have been shown at film festivals and broadcasted. He has also conceived and produced several multimedia projects. At ZeLIG he works as a coordinator. (lorenzo.paccagnella@zeligfilm.it)
Heidi Gronauer is director of ZeLIG since 1990 and she is responsible for the development of the various documentary related projects and productions the school realizes. Since 2004 she is Head of Project of ESoDoc – European Social Documentary. She has worked in Berlin as a journalist and cultural manager in film and theatre before embarking on projects in Italy collaborating on programming and international relations of the Filmfestival Trento Cinema International Encounters with Music for Cinema, organising cultural exchanges between Germany and Italy, like Adventure in Europe–City of Berlin, Pirati Teatrali and school theatre series in German and English language Teatrando ... in lingua straniera. (heidi.gronauer@zeligfilm.it)
Ferruccio Cumer is a co-founder of ZeLIG and president of the cooperative since 1990. He has held courses on the history of cinema at ZeLIG and other institutions, and has been a member of the Radio-Television Services Committee for the Autonomous Province of Bolzano. For many years he directed Cineforum in Bolzano. He created the Cinema Library, and wrote the manual 'Cinema per la didattica' published by Junior, and co-authored, along with Federica Cumer, the five-volume series entitled 'Itinerari nel cinema'. He’s columnist of the Corriere dell’Alto Adige (Corriere della sera). (ferruccio.cumer@zeligfilm.it)
"Attending ZeLIG means living in an extended family, where students and teachers alike share their different experiences and backgrounds. It’s a small community that brings together different languages, cultures, ways of thinking. For me, teaching at ZeLIG year after year has been a chance to be able to contribute to the formation of people who have decided to dedicate themselves to an area of study that’s so beautiful and complex. It’s a way to help them find the means of expression that’s right for them. And it’s give and take, because I really get so much out of my teaching experience. I am grateful to ZeLIG and to my students for such a pleasant and fruitful exchange.”
“The high point of ZeLIG’s activities is its focus on radically subjective documentaries. ZeLIG gives students the chance to discover their own way of expressing themselves artistically.”
“ESoDoc is one of those rare occasions where I have been feeling part of a trans cultural community, worried about the responsibility of images and projects in the fight for the endorsement of social values and a better world.”
“Life is bigger than fiction! Documentary films help us to understand the 'beyond' of life, not being helplessly forced to only see the surface. Brave filmmakers dare to look there. For those young people we need engaged schools and training programs to educate, motivate and support – to make the world a better place, a tiny bit very day - so does ESoDoc and the ZeLIG School for Documentary - go there!”
“I’ve been a regular guest teacher at ZeLIG since 1996. I’ve worked with so many different groups of students and teachers. ZeLIG has grown and changed, but one thing remains the same: returning to ZeLIG means coming back to old friends! You get the feeling that you’re part of one big family. Everyone involved gives it their all. People here are curious and passionate about what they’re doing. It’s a pleasure to teach here!”
