Future Skills: Die neuen Jobs der Filmbranche

For Oliver, narration is adventure. Based on personal experience, his VR Installation Me & My Brain creates a shared social space, providing a new vision of the brain through art. His plays travelled internationally, e.g. “khaddafi rocks” directed by Philipp Seymore Hofmann at the Public Theatre, New York. He produced theatrical and TV feature films, mostly based on his screenplays, and shown among others on Sky Movies and ZDF and cinemas. Oliver is a frequent lecturer, among others at Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin (dffb), and lead international workshops e.g. at Theatertreffen Berlin. Together with Kathrin Brunner, he founded mYndstorm productions to bring movement to the structures – between the galloping development in the field of film, science, VR, AI and visual Art.

As Manager of AI Strategy at LEONINE Studios, Danilo Pejaković leads the implementation of artificial intelligence in the media sector. His academic background combines a diploma in Production and Media Management from HFF Munich and a master's degree in Media Informatics from LMU. He gained practical expertise in media production as a producer and managing director at Sova Pictures during his studies. At Bavarian Broadcasting (BR), he drove projects in synthetic media with a focus on generative AI as a developer. This combination of creative media production and technological innovation now shapes his work at LEONINE Studios.

Insa Wiese, born in 1978 in East Frisia, has made significant marks as a breath of fresh air in Bavaria’s cultural scene. Known for her dynamic involvement, she served as the artistic director of Regensburg Short Film Week and as a board member of the Association of Bavarian Film Festivals. Passionate about XR and immersive storytelling, she curated innovative XR exhibitions and short film programs. Since 2020, she's a committee member for the Short + Innovative section at MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein. In February 2022, she joined Start Into Media as a project and partner manager.