Jury
Joško Marušić
Jury president
Born in 1952 in Split. An architect who professionally works in comics, caricatures, illustrations and animated films. Considered one of the classics of the Zagreb school of animated film. His films Inside and Out, Fisheye, Skyscraper, Perpetuo, Home Is the Best... and more recently I Love You Too, Why Did They Come by Train, In the Neighbourhood of the City and Euthanasia won prestigious, often top prizes at the most important festivals in the world. Author and producer of the feature-length animated film The Rainbow. Former artistic director of Zagreb Film and the director of the World Animation Festival in Zagreb. Founded animation studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. As a visiting professor, lectures in animation theory at several European universities. He was the editor of the popular TV show Colored Light. He is known chiefly for his newspaper cartoon columns. Lives and works in Zagreb.
Želimir Gvardiol
Narcisa Darijević Marković
Obtained her BA from the Department of Film and TV Directing, Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. Her graduate film Magic, awarded for debut film and direction at international and domestic festivals, was the Serbian representative for the Oscar in the student film category. She makes documentaries, TV shows, directs in the theater. Her most notable films: Mediana 2000, Even-Odd, Light on the Hill, Frescoes of Studenica: Thoughts of Eternity... She is a regular professor and head of the Department of FTV Directing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. Teaches Documentary Film and Sound Direction. Since 2000, she has been a member of the Association of Film Artists and Serbia's Association of Film Directors. She is on the council of the international festival Short Form. Artistic director of the International Student Documentary Film Festival Clear Rivers.
Aleš Pavlin
Film and television producer. Co-founder and co-owner of PERFO Production, one of the leading Slovenian independent film and TV production companies, established in 2005. Graduated from the University of Economics, Ljubljana – B. Sc. Econ. and later got PhD from the University of Drama Arts, Belgrade. He is also a professor at the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (AGRFT) in Ljubljana. In 2012, the European Film Promotion (EFP) selected him for the Cannes program Producers on the Move. Member of the European Film Academy (EFA), the European Producers Club (EPC) and The National Council for Culture of the Republic of Slovenia.
Pjer Žalica
Scenarista, režiser, producent i montažer rođen u Sarajevu 1964. godine. Profesor režije i scenarija na Akademiji scenskih umjetnosti Sarajevo. Član EFA. Njegovi filmovi su prikazani na brojnim festivalima, kao što su: Kan, Toronto, Lokarno, London, Tribeka i osvojili su preko 50 nagrada, uključujući EFA „Feliks“ najbolji dokumentarac; EFA Discoveri; „Srebrni leopard” Locarno FF; Sarajevo FF; Velika nagrada Varšave. Izabrana filmografija: kao reditelj – „Praznik rada” (2022, dugometražni), „Koncentriši se, baba“ (2020, igrani), „Rob“ (2013, dokumentarni), „Orkestar“ (2011, dokumentarni), „Kod Amidže Idriza“ (2004, igrani), „Gori vatra“ (2003, igrani), „Djeca kao i svaka druga“ (1995, dokumentarni), „MGM Sarajevo“ (1994, igrano-dokumentarni), „Godo Sarajevo“ (1993, dokumentarni); kao scenarista/producent – „ Buick Riviera“ (2008, producent, igrani), „Žaba“ (2017, scenarista, igrani), „Zehra i Fortuna“ (2010, scenarista, igrani), „Savršeni krug“ (1997, scenarista, igrani).