Alexander Hahn

Director, Screenwriter, Producer

Alexander was born in Riga, Latvia (then part of the USSR), the son of Olga Hahn, a textile specialist, and Waldemar Hahn, an X-ray engineer, former wrestling champion and passive dissident. At the age of 10, Alexander left the Soviet Union together with his parents and his large family - the ice hockey coach Georg Hahn (uncle), the fishmonger Paula Hahn (grandmother), the asthmatic railroad gardener Erwin Hahn (grandfather) and his one-toothed great-grandmother. In 1989 he emigrated again, to Austria, where he graduated from the Vienna Film Academy in 1996.
His first feature film “Far Away From St. Petersburg” won the Gold Special Jury Award at the Houston International Film Festival in 1993 and was shown at the AFI Film Festival in Los Angeles.
In the course of his career, he has worked with Maria de Medeiros, Chulpan Khamatova, Birgit Minichmayr, Tobias Moretti, Detlev Buck, Dominique Pinon and many others.
Alexander is the father of two sons, Daniel and Maximilian.

Feature film:

2024	Taurins Junior
2023	Taurins Senior – Artdocfest Riga, Audience Award 2024, nominated – Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Best Baltic Film 2023, nominated
2011	Monsieur Taurins
2007	Midsummer Madness – Latvian Film Award 2009, nominated for best screenplay
2005	Schön, dass es dich gibt (TV) (co-writer)
2003	The Last Soviet Movie – European Film Awards, Selection 2004
1992	Far Away From St. Petersburg – Houston International Film Festival, Gold Special Jury Award 1993 – Best First Feature, Alexandria 1993

Maiga Werner

Screenwriter

Maiga, a passionate nature lover, embodies freedom and authenticity. As a fire horse, Gemini and manifesting generator (profile 6/2), she finds fulfillment in creation and design. Her identity is expressed both in her storytelling and in the quiet seclusion of her own herb kingdom. In the midst of the untouched nature of the Hunsrück, she dedicates herself to her wild herb nursery “Naturkräutergarten” - a place where freedom and creativity are allowed to flourish.

Scripts (feature film):
Satyrikon, The Glade, Orgeluse, The Chauffeur

Novels:
Terre Marveile (Trilogie)

Alex Taube

Director, Screenwriter, Producer

Alex is a passionate and creative filmmaker who explores both linear and non-linear narrative styles. His expertise extends to storytelling and design for games, where he collaborates with scriptwriters and directors to craft cinematic gaming experiences, such as designing cutscenes. Additionally, he conducts workshops on film and games and provides coaching sessions.

Feature films:

2024	Taurins Junior (producer)
2023	Taurins Senior (co-producer) – Artdocfest Riga, Audience Award 2024, nominated – Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Best Baltic Film 2023, nominated

Marco Maria Dresen

Managing Director, Producer

With a passion for visual aesthetics, Marco has been working as a photographer and cinematographer for many years. His focus is on feature film - from arthouse cinema to sophisticated mainstream -, image film and commercials as well as architectural and corporate photography. He works with renowned architects, film productions and TV stations and is also a certified Green Consultant Film & TV.

Feature films:

2024	Taurins Junior (producer)
2023	Taurins Senior (co-producer) – Artdocfest Riga, Audience Award 2024, nominated – Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Best Baltic Film 2023, nominated
2013	Herbstflattern (DoP) – 47. Hof International Film Festival, New German Film Prize 2013, nominated
2009	Atemlos (DoP) – Max Ophüls Prize 2012, Selection Medium-length Film, nominated
2008	Crazy Times (DoP)
2006	Fragments (DoP)
2004	The Farewell (DoP) – New York International Independent Film & Video Festival, Best Feature 2005, nominated