28.04. ‐ 03.05.2026
TEAM 2026

All responsibilities at a glance!

Festival Directors

GREGOR MARIA SCHUBERT
Festival Director // Artistic Director // Artistic Director Future German Cinema
g.schubert[at]lichter-filmfest.de

JOHANNA SÜß
Festival Director // Artistic Director // Artistic Director Future German Cinema
j.suess[at]lichter-filmfest.de

LUKAS ROTHE
Assistant to the festival management

FERDINAND GUTEMANN
Assistant to the festival management

Head Office

MARCELA AGUILAR LÓPEZ
Production management
m.aguilar-lopez[at]lichter-filmfest.de

KENNETH HUJER
Head of Press and Public Relations
k.hujer[at]lichter-filmfest.de

MAREN BURGER
Editorial and media production

GULLIVER GÖTTING
Finances // Accounting

Interns

LEONIE SCHEMEL
Assistant to the festival management

MONEEB ZIA
Media production

MOSES ERSTLING
Press and Public Relations

Program

International Film Program

JOHANNA SÜß
Selection Committee International Feature Film
j.suess[at]lichter-filmfest.de

MARCELA AGUILAR LÓPEZ
Selection Committee International Feature Film
m.aguilar-lopez[at]lichter-filmfest.de

LUIS FELIPE RAGUÁ
Selection Committee International Feature Film

NICOLAS SCHUMANN
Selection Committee International Feature Film

RUDOLF WORSCHECH
Selection Committee International Feature Film

FERDINAND GUTEMANN
Assistant Committee International Feature Film


SAUL JUDD
Selection Committee International Short Film
s.judd[at]lichter-filmfest.de

MICHAEL HACK
Selection Committee International Short Film
m.hack[at]lichter-filmfest.de

Regional Film Program

KENNETH HUJER
Selection Commitee Regional Feature Film
k.hujer[at]lichter-filmfest.de

MAREN BURGER
Selection Commitee Regional Feature Film

IRIS DIVÉ
Selection Commitee Regional Feature Film

STEFAN MÜLLER
Selection Commitee Regional Feature Film


MEGHANN MUNRO
Selection Commitee Regional Short Film
m.munro[at]lichter-filmfest.de

ELISA GREHL
Selection Commitee Regional Short Film

FERDINAND GUTEMANN
Selection Commitee Regional Short Film

KIRSTEN MAYER
Selection Commitee Regional Short Film

LAURA ALBERMANN
Selection Commitee Regional Short Film

LEILA HASCHTMANN
Selection Commitee Regional Short Film

THARAKA SRIRAM
Selection Commitee Regional Short Film

Congress Future German Cinema

GREGOR MARIA SCHUBERT
Concept // Program planning
g.schubert[at]lichter-filmfest.de

JOHANNA SUESS
Concept // Program planning
j.suess[at]lichter-filmfest.de

KENNETH HUJER
Concept // Program planning

MAREN BURGER
Coordination

TIM ABELE
Editorial

RÜDIGER SUCHSLAND

ANNA DE PAOLI

URI AVIV

Film Series Future German Film

GREGOR MARIA SCHUBERT
Selection Committee Future German Cinema
g.schubert[at]lichter-filmfest.de

TOBIAS HÜSER
Selection Committee Future German Cinema
t.hueser[at]lichter-filmfest.de

MEGHANN MUNRO
Selection Committee Future German Cinema

MONIKA SANDHACK
Selection Committee Future German Cinema

SABINE SCHULTZ
Selection Committee Future German Cinema

Virtual Reality Storytelling

PHILIPP MEHLER
Director Virtual Reality
p.mehler[at]lichter-filmfest.de

LICHTER Art Award

SAUL JUDD
Director LICHTER Art Award 
s.judd[at]lichter-filmfest.de

SHAKIRA LEIJEN
Project Manager

Workshop of Film Criticism

BERT REBHANDL 
Direction

CAROLIN WEIDNER
Direction

TIM ABELE
Coordination

MARCELA AGUILAR LÓPEZ
Coordination

Supporting Program

JOHANNA SÜß
Side-program coordination
j.suess[at]lichter-filmfest.de

Graphics & Website Programming

MICHAELA KESSLER
Graphics - des res
contact[at]desres.de

ANNA-LENA GÜNTHER
Graphics - des res
contact[at]desres.de

NORBERT MICHEEL
Website programming
Laut und Schoen GmbH

Production

Press & Public Relations / Editors

KENNETH HUJER
Head of Press & Public Relations, editorial management
k.hujer[at]lichter-filmfest.de

TOBIAS HÜSER
Press & Public Relations, editorial management
t.hueser[at]lichter-filmfest.de

MAREN BURGER
Editorial management

LUKAS ROTHE
Editorial management program booklet

TIM ABELE
Editorial management

MOSES ERSTLING

Intern



Location Management

MARCELA AGUILAR LÓPEZ
Festival center management

LUKAS ROTHE
Festival center management

NATASCHA BERNER
Event coordination

MARIE BRILLA
Event coordination

Hospitality / Accreditation / Volunteers

TIMO SCHREPP
Guest Management // Coordination Accreditation
t.schrepp[at]lichter-filmfest.de

BEN UNGER

Guest Management // Coordination Accreditation
b.unger[at]lichter-filmfest.de

MARCELA AGUILAR LOPEZ
Coordination volunteers

LUKAS ROTHE
Coordination volunteers

ANNA-LARA WEIDINGER 
Coordination Jury Support // Jury Support Regional Feature Film
l.weidinger[at]lichter-filmfest.de


Translation

LAURA ALBERMANN
Translation management

EMMA GRIMM
LISA FEDOROVA
THAO PHAM
YARA GROHNERT
ANDREA MEISELBACH
NICOLE OBÉE
ANTONIA FORMENT
SANA ALJADAAN
MARIKE STERN
MALIKA FINKE
KLARA ROTHMANN
Translation

Documentation

MAKSIM FINOGEEV
Festival documentation management

PHILIPP GOLDBERG
Festival documentation 

LINH DIEU 
Festival documentation

VANESSA HOFFMANN
Festival documentation

KLAUS REDMANN
Festival documentation

Technical Production

INTERAURAL AUDIO

PHILIPP MEHLER
Technical management 
p.mehler[at]lichter-filmfest.de

JANIS SCHMIDT
Copy disposition
j.schmidt[at]lichter-filmfest.de

Catering

VIRGINIE DORSO
Festival kitchen (Chez Vivi)

ANKE KLUß
Festival kitchen

LIDIA
Bar-Management

Joker

NIKOLETA SKRAPARA