Jury

  • ARMIN SCHNEIDER

    ARMIN SCHNEIDER

     Armin Schneider is the founder and managing director of the Young Talent Foundation Berlin (YTF Berlin).
  • EMILIA STOEVA, Prof. Dr.

    EMILIA STOEVA, Prof. Dr.

     Prof. Dr. Emilia Stoeva is a cinematographer with years of experience with more than 40 documentaries, documentaries, scientific popular, corporate and advertising films.
  • GLEDIS BICA

    GLEDIS BICA

     Gledis Bica is a film director, screenwriter, producer, and film festival director from Tirana.
  • JIVKO KONSTANTINOV

    JIVKO KONSTANTINOV

     Jivko Konstantinov graduated with a bachelor's degree in "Philosophy" and master's degrees in "Psychology" and "Journalism" at Sofia University.
  • MADLEN CHOLAKOVA

    MADLEN CHOLAKOVA

     Madlen Cholakova is an actress, theatre educator and journalist. Since 2003 she resided permanently in New York, USA.
  • MAJA NOVAKOVIC

    MAJA NOVAKOVIC

     Maja Novaković is an Art History Master's holder and Ph.D. candidate studying Sergei Parajanov's poetics of heritage.
  • MARTIN MARKOV

    MARTIN MARKOV

     Martin graduates at The National Academy of Fine Arts – BA in Illustration and an MA in Directing at the National Acadamy of Theatre and Film Arts.
  • NIKOLA PIOVESAN

    NIKOLA PIOVESAN

     As a filmmaker, he won more than 100 awards in hundreds of festivals worldwide (including the prestigious Italian Silver Ribbon and many Oscar Qualifying festivals), writing and directing short films, animations, documentaries and music videos. He’s also a teacher of Film Language and Screenwriting.
  • PRIIT TENDER

    PRIIT TENDER

     He has worked with the most outstanding Estonian animation studios Eesti Joonisfilm and Nukufilm, making films both in 2D and stop motion. Priit’s latest film “Dog-Apartment” was shortlisted for Oscar.
  • ROMANNA LOBACH

    ROMANNA LOBACH

     Romanna Lobach is a Ukrainian-born Greek actress, artist, and producer who founded and runs the production company AKRAN.
  • UMUT TURKMEN

    UMUT TURKMEN

     Umut Can Türkmen is a Board Member of the Izmir Cinema Culture and Education Association. He works professionally in the fields of video production and translation.
  • VESSELA DANTCHEVA

    VESSELA DANTCHEVA

     Vessela Dantcheva is a producer, director and creative force behind some of the most popular independent Bulgarian animated shorts over the last 15 years
  • ZDRAVKO RUZHEV

    ZDRAVKO RUZHEV

     Assistant professor Zdravko Ruzhev is a teacher in the "Audiovisual Production" department of National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts "Krastyo Sarafov".