Jasmin Tabatabei (Germany), leading actress of perspektive's opening film Altiplano

Festival Opening - Wed, Sept 30, 7 pm

Fatou Bensouda (Gambia), Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and protagonist of the film The Reckoning

Panel Discussion - Sat, Oct 3, 8.15pm - following the film screening

Iris Berben (Germany), actress and author of Frauen bewegen die Welt

Public Reading - Sun, Oct 4, 5pm

Adrián Biniez (Argentinia), director of the film Gigante and winner of the Berlinale Silver Bear 2009.

Q&A - Thu, Oct 1, 9pm - following the film screening

Neil Brandt (South Africa), producer of Sea Point Days

Q&A - Wed, Oct 7, 6.45pm and Sat, Oct 10, 5pm - following the screening

Danny Chanoch (USA/Germany), protagonist of the film Pizza in Auschwitz 

Q&A - Fr, Oct 2, 7pm - following the film screening

Helge Cramer (Germany), filmmaker and supervisor of the youth video project Heldengesülze as well as the film team

Q&A - Sun, Oct 4, 11am - following the film screening

Shaheen Dill-Riaz (Bangladesh/Germany), director of Koran Children

Q&A - Sun, Oct 4, 5pm - following the film screening

Bettina Haasen (Germany), director of the film Hotel Sahara

Panel Discussion- Thu, Oct 1, 6.45pm - following the screening

Gustav Hofer and Luca Ragazzi (Italy), directors and protagonists of Suddenly Last Winter

Q&A - Wed, Oct 7, 9pm and Fri, Oct 9, 9.30pm - following the screeings

Ullabrit Horn and Tina Geißinger (Germany), director and protagonist of the film Stolz und Trauer – Was von der AEG Familie übrig bleibt

Q&A - Sat, Oct 3, 11am - following the screening

Narges Kalhor (Iran), director of The Rake

Q&A - Thur Oct 1, 20.45 and Sun Oct 11, 3.15pm - following the film screenings

Regina Kiwanuka (Germany/Uganda) and Veronika Dimke (Germany), protagonist and director of the film Fear I Have Not

Q&A - Sun Oct 11, 11am - following the film screening

Petr Lom (Canada), director of Letters to the President

Q&A - Tue, Oct 6, 7.15pm - following the film screening

Manu Luksch (GB/Austria), director of the film Faceless

Q&A - Sat, Oct 3, 6.45pm - following the film screening

Hollman Morris (Colombia), journalist and protagonist of Unwanted Witness

Q&A - Mon, Oct 5, 9.30pm - following the film screening
 

Bram van Paesschen (Belgium), director of Wherever There Are People, Problems Are Never Lacking

Q&A - Thu, Oct 8, 20.45pm - following the film screeing

Ilse and Femke van Velzen (Netherlands), directors and producers of Fighting the Silence

Q&A - Sat, Oct 3, 8.30pm - following the film screening