Karin Heberlein
Director
Born in Basel and raised in Zurich, she studied acting at the Central School of Speech & Drama in London. After graduating, she worked as an actress at various theaters in England and Scotland and toured international festivals. In 2012/13 she was a scholarship holder of the 24th Screenwriting Workshop at the HFF in Munich and has since worked as a freelance writer and director.
Her debut film SAMI, JOE UND ICH celebrated its world premiere at the Zurich Film Festival 2020 and has been touring international festivals ever since. She is a member of the European Film Academy and the Swiss Association of Directors and Screenwriters ARF/FDS. In 2022, she was part of the publication Filmstern für DiCH, a portrait of Swiss female directors.
Her debut film SAMI, JOE UND ICH celebrated its world premiere at the Zurich Film Festival 2020 and has been touring international festivals ever since. She is a member of the European Film Academy and the Swiss Association of Directors and Screenwriters ARF/FDS. In 2022, she was part of the publication Filmstern für DiCH, a portrait of Swiss female directors.
Katrin Jaggi
Swiss Architect and Urban Designer
Katrin Jaggi is a Swiss architect and urban designer. After earning her diploma from ETH Zürich, she worked for several bureaus as well as for the City of Zurich. She used to be the deputy head of the city's Department for Urban Development. Today, she specializes in quality procedures, quality control, and jury competitions. She is a member of several commissions in the field of urban development.
From 2011 to 2017, she was the vice president of the board of Theaterhaus Gessnerallee Zürich. In 2016, she founded Welcome to School, a school for teenagers and young adults in an ongoing asylum procedure. The school educates over 90 students daily and offers them a broad and rich education, focusing on inclusion through culture and arts.
From 2011 to 2017, she was the vice president of the board of Theaterhaus Gessnerallee Zürich. In 2016, she founded Welcome to School, a school for teenagers and young adults in an ongoing asylum procedure. The school educates over 90 students daily and offers them a broad and rich education, focusing on inclusion through culture and arts.
Lara Dalileh Wolf
Actress and Singer
Lara Dalileh Wolf is a Persian-Swiss actress and singer. She is based in Los Angeles, New York, and Zurich. She holds an MSc in Psychology from the University of Zurich and is a graduate of the Lee Strasberg Theater & Film Institute in NYC. She is an original and current member of the Primitive Grace Theatre Ensemble co-founded by David Zayas and Paul Calderon in NYC, where she has developed and work shopped her writing and continues honing her skills as an actress.
Lara is known for her role as Princess Nour on ABC's Quantico, starring opposite Priyanka Chopra. Later this summer, starting July 18th, she will be seen as Queen Berenice in the Peacock original series Those About To Die, starring Anthony Hopkins and directed by Roland Emmerich and Marco Kreuzpaintner.
Lara also stars opposite Golshifteh Farahani in the upcoming film Reading Lolita In Tehran, based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Azar Nafisi and directed by Eran Riklis, as well as starring in the period film The Performance (directed by Shira Piven and starring Jeremy Piven and Robert Carlyle).
Lara is known for her role as Princess Nour on ABC's Quantico, starring opposite Priyanka Chopra. Later this summer, starting July 18th, she will be seen as Queen Berenice in the Peacock original series Those About To Die, starring Anthony Hopkins and directed by Roland Emmerich and Marco Kreuzpaintner.
Lara also stars opposite Golshifteh Farahani in the upcoming film Reading Lolita In Tehran, based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Azar Nafisi and directed by Eran Riklis, as well as starring in the period film The Performance (directed by Shira Piven and starring Jeremy Piven and Robert Carlyle).
Maria Sorensen
Art and Film Curator
Maria Sorensen is an independent art and film curator, writer and researcher. Combining her experience of growing up in an authoritarian country with her background in Film and Visual Arts, her curatorial practice focuses on highlighting important societal issues using strong and powerful artistic language.
She writes for a London-based Index on Censorship magazine covering culture and politics and has previously worked for various film channels curating a World Cinema program. Having lived and worked in the US, London, Copenhagen and Tokyo she is currently based in Zurich, Switzerland where she collaborates with Zurich Film Festival. She has a postgraduate degree in Curating and is currently doing MA in Cultural Critique at Zurich University of Arts (ZHdK).
She writes for a London-based Index on Censorship magazine covering culture and politics and has previously worked for various film channels curating a World Cinema program. Having lived and worked in the US, London, Copenhagen and Tokyo she is currently based in Zurich, Switzerland where she collaborates with Zurich Film Festival. She has a postgraduate degree in Curating and is currently doing MA in Cultural Critique at Zurich University of Arts (ZHdK).
