Krzysztof Gierat
Head of Jury, Poland
Film expert. Graduate of the Jagiellonian University, studied at the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Member of the Polish and European Film Academies. Director of the Krakow Film Festival. Founder and president of Krakow Film Foundation.
Liana Mimran Osadon
Head of Jury, Israel
Producer. Head of distribution and foreign affairs at the School of Audio & Visual Arts, Sapir College. Director of the New Cinema Competition of the Cinema South International Film Festival.
Denis Ivanov
Head of Jury, Ukraine
Co-founder of Odessa International Film Festival, Children Kinofest and Kyiv Critics Week; head of ARTHOUSE TRAFFIC film company; distributor and producer. As a producer, he made 6 feature films and over 40 shorts.
Gideon Kouts
Head of Jury, France
Film critic, journalist, broadcaster, writer, researcher. Member of FIPRESCI juries at major IFFs. Vice-President of the French Union of Cinema Journalists, Honorary President of the Foreign Press Association, Professor of Communications at Paris 8 University.
Laurent Danielou
Head of Jury, France
Sales agent, distributor, producer. In 2015 founded LOCO FILMS, a Paris-based productions and world sales company. Produced and co-produced Éric Rohmer’s TRIPLE AGENT, Philippe Leclerc’s PRINCESS OF THE SUN, Alexander Sokurov’s ALEXANDRA and other films.
Giedrė Beinoriūtė
Lithuania
Filmmaker, screenwriter, producer. D.Arts in Film. Head of Film and TV Department at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Member of the Lithuanian Filmmakers Union. Participant of Listapad IFF. Her films won both national and international acclaim.
Diana Ashimova
Kazakhstan
Artistic director of Bastau International Festival of student and debut films. Co-founder of “Kazakhstan Cinema” LLP. International Program Consultant on Central Asia for Cairo IFF, founder of A Team film company. NETPAC member.
Can Kılcıoğlu
Turkey
Directed award-winning short film THE CAT ON THE ROAD and a feature KARNAVAL (screened in Youth on the March competition at the Minsk IFF Listapad in 2014), as well as a video project P.S. WATCH IT WHEN YOU ARE 35. Curated a cinematographic exhibition US ACTUALLY. Teaches at Craft Acting School and Kadir Has University.
Anastasia Kharytonenka
Belarus
Film expert, PhD (History of Arts). Associate Professor of the Department of Management, History and Theory of Screen Arts of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts. Teaches history and theory of cinema. Writes academic articles on Belarusian and world cinema.
Lucy Virgen
Mexico
Journalist, film critic and programmer. Has written for several magazines, works extensively in radio. Founding editor of “The Thinking Eye”. Former artistic director of the Guadalajara IFF. Works with several film institutions in Latin America.
