Jury

  • Rozalia Las

    Rozalia Las is an award-winning director, writer and visual artist.
  • SANDI SISSEL

    Sandi served as Director Of Photography on the Oscar nominated Salaam Bombay.
  • Sandy Lieberson

    He has been a major figure in the film industry in Europe and America since the 1960s, having acted as agent for among others, Sergio Leone, Peter Sellers, Richard Harris, Lindsay Anderson and the Rolling Stones.
  • Sirin Erensoy

    She has directed several short films and documentaries and has, more recently, been working as a local producer for international productions with a leg in Istanbul. Furthermore, she is a guest lecturer at the faculty of Communication of Kadir Has university.
  • Slobodan Pešić

    As a writer/director, he has worked for TV and film companies in the USA, UK, Germany, and Yugoslavia.
  • Stefan Milovic

    After receiving his Specialist in Audiovisual Production degree, he began working in Radio Television of Montenegro, where he produced a couple of short films and a music video that represented Montenegro at Eurovision.
  • Svetoslav Draganov

    His works as an author, director and producer are MDR award winner at Leipzig Dokfilm festival, 2001- Life is Wonderful, isn’t it?, The Merry Boys - IDFA 2003, Young at Heart winner of special Prix Europa 2003, Amateurs - Golden Rhyton for the best Bulgarian documentary of 2005, Life Almost Wonderful - 2013 - IDFA 2013- feature length competition and special mentions at ZagrebDox 2014 and Sofia Film Fest at 2014.
  • Svetoslav Stoyanov

    He is a director, producer, and co-founder of the production company Portokal, whose films have been internationally awarded and distributed.
  • Tchavdar Pentchev

    IN 2003 TCHAVDAR WENT TO PARIS WHERE HE DEVELOPED AND NURTURED HIS CRAFT AS A COMEDIAN AT THE ‘COURS RENÉ SIMON’ FOR THREE YEARS. A LOVER OF THE ARTS, TCHAVDAR LEARNED OVER THE YEARS HOW TO PLAY PIANO, DANCE, CHOREOGRAPH, SING AND DRAW ALONG WITH ACTING.
  • Teodora Markova

    Her professional career began as a journalist at Darik Radio, and since 2008 she has been working as a film and television scriptwriter.
  • Tsanko Vasilev

    He is a sought lecturer for many festivals in Bulgaria and abroad. He has led various educational programs for young film professionals in film producing, creative industries and entrepreneurship.
  • 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.
  • Ursula Renneke

    Ursula Renneke studied acting at the University of Arts. She went to Berlin in order to resume her conceptual work as actress and has been involved in developments of stage plays in the Neukölln Opera, the Ballhaus Ost, the Fourth World and the Theaterdiscounter.
  • Vanya Rainova

    Vanya Rainova is an award-winning writer and producer who is a managing partner at Portokal, a creative lab for filmmaking and photography founded in 2000. She produced PRIDE (30 min., drama), which opened in Locarno Film Festival and went on to win the Grand Prix at the Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival, and a nomination for the European Film Awards, among 20 other recognitions.