FESTIVAL TEAM 2025
We are very pleased to introduce our team for this year.
DINO REKANOVIC / Founder and Director
Dino is an experienced project manager and cultural practitioner with over 10 years of expertise in coordinating international art and cultural events, with a strong focus on contemporary photography.
He possesses in-depth knowledge of contemporary art, curatorial practice, and visual culture. His work centers around analog photography, experimental formats, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Dino is known for his creative and structured approach, excellent communication skills and a strong team-oriented mindset.
He is driven by a passion for artistic research, cultural exchange, and innovative exhibition formats that explore the intersections of image, process, and perception.
MICHAEL LAUBSCH / CO-DIRECTOR
Michael is one of the few Germans living in Vienna ;-), now for almost eleven years. Photography has always been an essential part of his life, although his professional focus lies more on words and civil engagement. Michael’s analog photo work focuses on reportage, documentation of social interaction and deals a lot with the heart of Europe, which for him is based in the East and South East of our continent. His work was exhibited in Vienna, Berlin, Skopje and he is currently preparing for a show in Japan.
FUXI DÜRLER / EXHIBITON DESIGN
Fuxi is a visual artist based in Vienna and Leipzig. In his artistic practice he is exploring the relation between the viewer and the viewed, searching for ways to challenge the common perception of the world around us. Through his education at “Schule Friedl Kubelka für künstlerische Photographie” he has developed a great passion for analog technics and visions. At the festival, he is responsible for coordinating and designing the exhibition of our Open Call Winners.
SABRINA ECKERSTORFER / VOLUNTEER MANAGER
Sabrina is a visual artist and creative writer from Vienna & Montreal. Although her experience as a neuroscientist and experimental psychologist set her out to be working in a research lab, her interests for analog photography and alternative printing processes pulled her towards a different kind of lab. At Rotlicht, she has been in charge of recruiting & managing the volunteers for the festival’s galleries – in particular, for the set-up, supervision & dismounting of our HQ’s exhibitions, bookshop, bar and art market.
LORENA FRKAT / GRAPHIC DESIGN
Lorena is a graphic designer with a passion for visual communication based in Vienna. Her studies at "die Graphische Wien", alongside her freelance work, shaped the way she approaches design and visual storytelling. In 2022, under the Christmas tree, she discovered her passion for analog photography with a point and shoot that sparked a love for the tactile, experimental process of film. Since then, her engagement with analog techniques (and collection of analog cameras) have continued to grow.
MAX HABDANK
Max Habdank is coming from Germany and discovered his love for Vienna and analog photography during his exchange semester in 2019. Favorite subway: U6 – Favorite camera: Nikon F3. Since then his camera accompanies him every day. During the Rotlicht Festival 2025 he will be there as a stand-in wherever help is needed and will, among other things, coordinate the artists in the different locations.
HANIN HANNOUCH / CURATOR
Hanin Hannouch is Curator for Analog and Digital Media at the Weltmuseum Wien, where she is responsible for the collections of photography, film, and sound. Currently, she is writing her monograph on the history of color photography in Imperial Germany, as well as another book on the history of the photography collection at the Weltmuseum Wien.
THOMAS LICEK
Thomas organized and developed the Month of Photography in Vienna since its first edition in 2004. Later he became Managing Director of Eyes On – Month of Photography Vienna, and President of the European Month of Photography (EMOP).
Currently he is mainly involved in the establishing of Reflektor, a platform for self-published photobooks.
ULRIKE MAYRHUBER / GRAPHIC DESIGN
discovered her passion for analog photography at the Fotoakademie in Graz. As a final project of her studies in information design, she explored analog photographic processes and wrote the illustrated manual „Die Faszination des analogen Bildes“ as her final thesis. Today she still puts the photographic process into the center of her work. Ulrike lives and works as a graphic designer and photographer in Vienna and is part of the photolab Lumen X.
At the moment taking a little Baby break, coming back soon 🙂
ALIZA PEISKER / Social Media
Aliza Peisker studied history of arts at the university of Vienna. She is a co-editor at the Vienna based online magazine Bohema, where she manages the art department. She bought her first analog camera right when she moved to Vienna in 2020 (to get the artsy Viennese student spirit) and has further developed a passion and big interest for the art of analog photography ever since.
Thomas Raab / COORDINATION & MANAGEMENT
Thomas Raab is a visual artist based in Vienna. He discovered his passion for analogue photography when he found an old point & shoot camera that used to belong to his parents. His analogue work focuses on contextualising personal experiences and his love for language through the medium of photography. When he is not out working on his photo projects, Thomas studies English and Geography at the University of Vienna. He first joined ROTLICHT in 2024 and is now heavily involved in the organisation and coordination of this year’s festival.
AMAR TAHIROVIC / VIDEO & IT SUPPORT
Amar is a full-time video editor and video animator. He studied Media Informatics and Visual Computing at the Vienna University of Technology. He supports our team as IT specialist as well as everything regarding the video production.
FESTIVAL HELPING HANDS
LEONARDO J. CHAMIZO
Leonardo J. Chamizo is a Director of Photography and Camera Operator based in Vienna, who specializes in music videos, art, commercials and corporate events. He is also a filmmaker with experience in documentaries and short films. Originally from Havana, Cuba, Leonardo has documented numerous music and film events collaborating with contemporary artists. Part of the 2018 Documentary Production for Film and Television by NYU (TISCH School of the ARTS) Special Programs in Havana and the Maurice Kambar Institute of Film and Television, he worked for the Ludwig Foundation in Havana. Aside from filming and photography, he enjoys music, sports and traveling.
SELLMA FRÜHWIRTH / COORDINATION & MANAGEMENT
Sellma has a deep passion for analog photography, which she started to pursue alongside her corporate career. With over a decade of experience in operations she now combines her love for business and art. This year, she has joined our team, bringing her skills to lead various operational tasks and to support our team creatives in the art area.
GODA KRASTINAITYTE
ISABELLA JÖCH
TERHAS BERHE TAREKEGN / PHOTO & VIDEO
Terhas Berhe is a photographer and filmmaker. Her work focuses on the everyday to social issues that looks critically at notions of documentary storytelling. She is interested in the long-term processes working with other forms such as photography, video and performing art to trouble her narratives. She deeply believes that every human being has a powerful story to share if we give them time & space.
FELICE DROTT / VIDEO
Felice works as a video journalist and photographer with a growing love for analog processes. At Rotlicht Festival she portrays some of our fantastic artists and jury members via video. Her super-kraft is to find and capture “the essential glow” of a person.
ROMAN BEIER / WORKSHOP & VOLUNTEER COORDINATION
Roman Beier started out as a volunteer at Rotlicht Festival and sticked to the team ever since. His passion for analog photography began when film was still affordable and analog cameras where sold either as paperweights or collector’s items. Roman loves to print his work in the darkroom and watch the developer do it’s magic. For him, pursuing an analog craft is a way to keep calm in an ever-changing world. Besides, he just likes to take pictures on film for no particular reason.
ALESSANDRA D`INTINO / GRAPHIC & SOCIAL MEDIA
Italian photographer, story teller and graphic designer living in Vienna.
Born in Varese in 1978, she was raised with a classical education in italian literature and philosophy. She attended 1999 the University of Image, a post-secondary training school of Fondazione Industria Onlus Milan, a non-profit organization founded by the photographer Fabrizio Ferri, whose philosophy deeply influenced her way of thinking.
She worked in advertising since the first decade of 2000, both in Italy and in the German speaking countries.
Since 2013 she has dedicated herself to visual art and photography: analogue, digital and old alternative processes such as albumen print.
In the team of Rotlicht Festival she is collaborating in the Graphic Design and the Social Media Management.
NEREIDE KLUGER / PARTNERSHIPS
Nereide is a portuguese queer photographer who joined the Rotlicht Festival as a volunteer in 2023.
She made her first drawings with light when she was 18 with her Minolta XE5. One year later she was spending her days under the red lights of AR.CO art school’s darkroom, and since then her passion for analog photography never faded. She has lived in several countries, engaging with different film communities. She currently works as a portrait photographer in Vienna.