Programme Directors

Hannah Delfauro is a trained graphic designer and graduated from the University of Vienna in 2023 with a degree in Theatre, Film, and Media Studies. They are currently pursuing a Master’s degree in the same field, with a strong focus on queer-feminist theory, archival research, alternative historiographies, and experimental film.
Since 2023, they have been part of the ProPro Producer’s Programme team, where their responsibilities include workshop coordination and communication. Hannah is also actively involved with the queer-feminist film festival QUEERTACTICS in Vienna.
In addition to their academic and curatorial work, Hannah has worked in the art world as a studio assistant, production manager, and performer for various exhibitions. They also create experimental music video works and are engaged in painting, further exploring the intersections of visual media, sound, and identity.
Driven by a deep passion for creativity, Hannah works across disciplines, constantly seeking new perspectives and approaches.

Eva Fischer is a specialist in immersive media, AI, and experimental art, known for her pioneering work at the intersection of creativity and technology. Her experience bridges artistic practice, innovation strategy, and university-level teaching, ensuring that digital transformation is handled with nuance and ethics. As an independent curator, festival director, and cultural manager, she has been director of the media art festival Civa since 2021 and the sound:frame – festival for audiovisual art, which she initiated in 2007. Between 2016 and 2019, she led the production of the Diagonale film festival in Graz and was COO of the International Screen Institute in Vienna between 2023 and 2025. She has been teaching experimental media and immersive art at various universities since 2011.

Kai May’s expertise stems from 15 years of experience in the film industry as a managing director/CEO of film production companies. His area of practice, therefore, covers not only the legal but also the business aspects of film and TV productions and other media and entertainment products. He advises national and international clients on the full life cycle of audiovisual content (film, TV, OTT) from rights acquisition through the stages of development, financing, structuring, and (co-) production, until exploitation and distribution, including the evaluation of film libraries and the improvement of revenue streams. He is also a lecturer at Film University Babelsberg. Kai is Lawyer and Partner at Unverzagt Rechtsanwaltwälte.

Djamila Grandits is a Vienna-based curator and film programmer. Part of CineCollective and D—Arts. Currently working on the pre-selection committee of Berlinale Panorama she is a former member of the non-fiction commission of Zürcher Filmstiftung. She previously programmed with Diagonale, DOK Leipzig, Kasseler Dokfest, sixpackfilm, frameout and tricky women – tricky realities. Djamila cares about entanglements and the exploration of collective spaces.

Zsófia currently runs two companies, Leverage Point Ent and Palbion Films, which she co-founded. With years of experience in the UK film industry, she has worked with major companies like BAFTA albert, eOne, and Picturehouse Entertainment. Her passion lies in merging storytelling and filmmaking with sustainability. She’s always exploring how the two can align, both in her work and personal life. Sci-fi, historical dramas, and fantasy are her go-to genres, especially as she’s drawn to the (un)sustainable futures they often explore. She has worked on shows such as Hijack, Dune: Prophecy, Moon Knight, and films like Lee, Poor Things, and Nosferatu.

Klara Pollak is a producer working at Vienna-based Freibeuterfilm on the debut features WHO IS AFRAID OF GOD? (dir. Rosa Friedrich), developed at Torino Script Lab; ADVENT (dir. Lorenz Tröbinger) and SOLDIER (dir. Vivian Bausch), selected for Talent LAB 2024.

As an independent producer, she has successfully collaborated with filmmaker Antoinette Zwirchmayr on several avant-garde films, including IN THE SHADOW OF UTOPIA, which premiered at Berlinale 2018; DEAR DARKNESS, which had its world premiere at CPH 2022 in Copenhagen; and LAND WITHOUT WORDS, invited to FID Marseille 2024.

She is a graduate of the MAIA Workshop Program and an EAVE Marketing Alumni.

Alongside her career in production, she is part of the management team of ProPro Producers Programme for Women, a training workshop and initiative by the Austrian Film Institute for female film producers.

Tereza is a filmmaker, producer, and consultant with a documentary directing degree from FAMU, a former Head of Industry at CPH:DOX, East Doc Platform, and Program Manager of dok.incubator. Alongside her other employments, Tereza has been serving as the International Program Consultant of Chicken and Egg Pictures since 2016 and as a mentor and programme advisor of various trainings, funds, and festivals, such as EAVE, Documentary Campus, Doc Society, IDFA, Ex Oriente, Doc Lab Poland, and Doc Lab TLV.