After training in languages, he worked on various digital projects in visual communications. He came to ZeLIG in 2005 and since then has spearheaded the organisation of ZeLIG’s international initiatives. He coordinates ESoDoc – European Social Documentary, a workshop dedicated to developing documentary and crossmedia projects based on social themes. He’s also in charge of ZeLIG’s presence on social media, and other communication platforms. A passionate musician and photographer, he still dreams of becoming an astronaut. Member of the Board of Trustees (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Tutor at ZeLIG’s three-year program since 2010 and Responsible of the same program since September 2025. He is also Vice-President of the cooperative. He has worked in both documentary and feature film productions, and has collaborated intensely with director Pietro Marcello. He engineered the live sound for the film “La Bocca del Lupo”; was assistant director for “'Il Silenzio di Pelesjan”; and was in charge of organisation for “'Bella e Perduta” – all award-winning films at top international film festivals, including Venice, Berlin, Toronto and Torino. He organises independent film series since many years, writes poetry and holds a B.A. and a Master in Anthropology of Development. He graduated from ZeLIG in 2007. (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Chairman of the cooperative, Renate Mumelter (1954, Bolzano), Dr. phil, journalist (Deutsches Blatt im Alto Adige, press officer for the City of Bolzano, collaborations with Rai Südtirol, FF, Neue Südtiroler Tageszeitung, various magazines), and film critic. Retired since July 2016. Contributor to the Filmclub. Co-founder of the ZeLIG Film School. Together with Sabine Gruber, she manages the literary estate of Anita Pichler, with various publications and translations. Other works include Contro Corrente. Das Deutsche Blatt im Alto Adige (Klein, Mumelter, Pallaver), Cinema. Film in South Tyrol since 1945 (Raetia Verlag), Die Landesmutter. Waltraud Gebert Deeg (2021), and Sturzflüge. Voli in picchiata. 1982–2004. Eine Kulturzeitschrift (2021). (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view 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!”
“Where else can you access 3 weeks of world-class lectures as well as one-on-one mentoring with leading professionals in documentary film, NGOs, cross-media? Perhaps most important of all, you join a dedicated and generous peer group of participants who make up the growing ESoDoc family, and that network becomes essential for many productive years to come.”
“A home. The name on the doorbell is ZeLIG. As a guest, I’m welcomed into this filmmaking family. There’s everything we need here: work room, kid’s room, closets full of equipment. Brothers and sisters learn to work and play together – they amaze their parents and themselves! Responsibility and love bubbling up in the same cauldron. There are lots of kids here. Lots of films, too. It’s a first step, an unforgettable one. We must take it in order to learn and move on.”
