The 30th edition was marked by jubilee celebrations

City of Kosice / 21. – 28. june 2024 / 8 days / 13 sections / 50 countries / 143 films / 171 projections

The festival introduced a new competitive section – the International Competition of Films from Central and Eastern Europe, highlighting the event’s international character. The honorary award Actor’s Mission was presented to Antónia Lišková and Maroš Kramár. The Golden Camera award was given to three exceptional directors – Miloslav Luther (Slovakia), Cristi Puiu (Romania), and Sergei Loznitsa (Ukraine), who not only personally introduced their films at the festival but also held masterclasses. The organizers signed a memorandum extending their cooperation with the city of Košice for another ten years.

Photogallery

Opening ceremony, 21.6.2024

Arrivals of guests, 21.6.2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš, Peter Stas, Lukáš Klimek

Photo: Marek Vavruš, Peter Stas, Lukáš Klimek

Photo: Marek Vavruš, Peter Stas, Lukáš Klimek

Golden Camera Award Ceremony: Sergej Loznica, 27.06.2024

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Golden Camera Award Ceremony: Cristi Puiu, 21.06.2024

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Golden Camera Award Ceremony: Miloslav Luther, 21.06.2024

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Film Presentation: Aquabelles from Prandorf, 22.6.2024

Photo: Lukáš Klimek

Film Presentation: Aquabelles from Prandorf (Palo Korec), 23.6.2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš

Film Presentation: MMXX, 22.6.2024

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Uvedenie filmu Zenith, 22.6.2024

Photo: Lukáš Klimek

Film Presentation: The Case of Bohumil Modrý, 22.6.2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš

Film Presentation: Kalman’s Day (Szabolcs Hajdu, Matyas Prikler), 23.6.2024

Photo: Peter Stas

Film Presentation: Ultima Thule (Klaudiusz Chrostowski), 23.6.2024

Photo: Miroslav Mať

Film Presentation: Fakir (Roman Ďuriš, Michaela Hošková), 23.6.2024

Photo: Peter Stas

Film Presentation: I Don’t Love You Anymore (Zdeněk Jiráský), 24.6.2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš

Film Presentation: Returns to Pictures of the Old World (Róbert Šulák, Petra Machalíková, Dušan Hanák), 24.6.2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš

Film Presentation: We Will Not Fade Away (Stéphane Siohan), 24.6.2024

Photo: Miroslav Maťo

Film Presentation: Zenith (György Kristóf), 24.6.2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš

Film Presentation: 8 Views of Lake Biwa (Marko Raat), 24.6.2024

Photo: Miroslav Maťo

Film Presentation: Goodbye Julia (Mohamed Kordofani), 25.6.2024

Photo: Miroslav Maťo

Film Presentation: The Mammoth Hunt (Aiste Stonyte), 25.6.2024

Photo: Miroslav Maťo

Film Presentation: The Invasion (Sergej Loznica), 26.6.2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš

Film Presentation: Fakir (Roman Ďuriš, Michaela Hošková), 26.6.2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš

Film Presentation: Olympic Halftime (Haruna Honcoop), 26.6.2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš

Film Presentation: Via Slovakia (Víťazoslav Chrappa, Tomáš Bartaloš, Slavomír Duchovič, Martin Ciel), 26.6.2024

Photo: Lukáš Klimek

Film Presentation: Maria´s Silence (Dāvis Sīmanis, Viera Langerová), 26.6.2024

Photo: Lukáš Klimek

Film Presentation: Shelter (Antónia Lišková), 27.6.2024

Photo: Lukáš Klimek

Film Presentation: The Legend of the Silver Fir (Maroš Kramár), 27.6.2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš

Film Presentation: The Invasion (Sergej Loznica), 27.6.2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš

Film Presentation: Olympic Halftime (Haruna Honcoop), 27.6.2024

Photo: Lukáš Klimek

Film Presentation: 8 Views of Lake Biwa, 27.6.2024

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Short films I, Claude Johann Čierny, 22.6.2024

Photo: Lukáš Klimek

Short films I, Claude Johann Čierny, 23.6.2024

Photo: Miroslav Maťo

Short films II, Peter Hošták, 22.6.2024

Photo: Lukáš Klimek

Short films II, Peter Hošták, Martin Kaňuch, 24.6.2024

Photo: Miroslav Maťo

Short films III, Iman Behrouzi (film director – Three Sisters), Martin Kaňuch, 22.6.2024

Photo: Peter Stas

Short films III, Iman Behrouzi (film director – Three Sisters), Martin Kaňuch, 25.6.2024

Photo: Miroslav Maťo

Short films IV, Albin Biblom, Andres Heger Bratterud, Martin Kaňuch, 23.6.2024

Photo: Miroslav Maťo

Short films VI, Hillke Ronnfeldt, Martin Kaňuch, 26.6.2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš

Press conference: Miloslav Luther, 22.6.2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš

Press conference: Cristi Puiu, 23.6.2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš, Lukáš Klimek

Press conference: Memorandum o spolupráci, 23.6.2024

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Press conference: Otvorenie Filmového chodníka Košického svetového kraja, 25.6.2024

Photo: Peter Stas

Press conference: Sergej Loznica, 26.6.2024

Photo: Peter Stas

Press conference: Antónia Lišková, 26.6.2024

Photo: Peter Stas

Press conference: Maroš Kramár, 27.6.2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš

Masterclass: Miloslav Luther, 22.6.2024

Photo: Lukáš Klimek

Masterclass: Cristi Puiu, 23.6.2024

Photo: Peter Stas

Masterclass: Michal Kollár, 23.6.2024

Photo: Miroslav Maťo

Masterclass: Patrik Pašš, Tomáš Koňařík, 25.6.2024

Photo: Lukáš Klimek

Masterclass: Sergej Loznica, 26.6.2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš

Film Profession: 1st, 2nd AC (Assistant Camera), June 22, 2024

Photo: Lukáš Klimek

Film Profession: Film Marketing, June 24, 2024

Photo: Peter Stas

Film Profession: Color Grading, June 24, 2024

Photo: Miroslav Maťo

Presentation of the film preparation: Joe The First – Branko Cap, Juraj Čurný, June 24, 2024

Photo: Miroslav Maťo

Film Profession: Video Operator / DIT (Digital Imaging Technician), June 25, 2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš

Film formats and their collectible value – Juraj Čurný, June 25, 2024

Photo: Miroslav Maťo

Film Profession: SFX – Special Effects, June 25, 2024

Photo: Lukáš Klimek, Marek Vavruš

Film Profession: Film and TV Sound Engineer, June 26, 2024

Photo: Miroslav Maťo

Film Profession: Costume Designer, June 27, 2024

Photo: Lukáš Klimek

15th Anniversary of the Audiovisual Fund, June 27, 2024

Photo: Lukáš Klimek

Film Profession: Gaffer (Lighting Technician) – Daniel Kontuľ (Filmarina), June 28, 2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš

Opening of the Photography Exhibition by Miro Nôta, June 21, 2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš

Golf – Malá Ida, June 22, 2024

Photo: Miroslav Maťo

TV JOJ Autograph Signing, June 22, 2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš

Concert – Lipa sings Lasica, June 22, 2024

Photo: Lukáš Klimek

Morning yoga with Jaiwanti from New Delhi, June 23, 2024

Photo: Miroslav Maťo

DIE! Goldstein Performs Drowned Paradise, June 23, 2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš, Miroslav Maťo

Closing of the Exhibition Miro Žbirka – Years and Days, June 23, 2024

Photo: Peter Stas

Concert – malinyJAM, June 23, 2024

Photo: Miroslav Maťo

Rozprávky pre malé Pastelky (Fairy Tales for Little Crayons), June 23, 2024

Photo: Lukáš Klimek

Welcome reception for delegations at Contesa Café, June 23, 2024

Photo: Peter Stas

Slovak Film Institute – Book Launch: Máme svoj film! by Petra Hanáková & Martin Palúch, June 23, 2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš

Opening of the Exhibition Art in Motion, June 24, 2024

Photo: Peter Stas

Bez šepkára (Without a Prompter) – Talk Show with Milan Kolcun, June 24, 2024

Photo: Miroslav Maťo

Bez šepkára (Without a Prompter) – Talk Show with Milan Kolcun, June 24, 2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš

Industry & Media Session, June 25, 2024

Photo: Lukáš Klimek

Live Recording of Baláž & Hubinák – Talkshow – Guests: Antónia Lišková and Maroš Kramár, June 26, 2024

Photo: Marek Vavruš

Concert of Film Music – Mirka Partlová & Ján Slezák, June 26, 2024

Photo: Lukáš Klimek

Visit to Ostrožovič Winery, June 26, 2024

Photo: Lukáš Klimek

Photography Exhibition by Ctibor Bachratý, June 21–28, 2024

Photography Exhibition by Stana Topoľská & Maroš Ďatko (TV JOJ), June 21–28, 2024

Interview: actress Eva Sakálová (Čarodejník Kajtek / Kajtek the Wizard), 22.6.2024

Interview: producer Marián Urban (Čarodejník Kajtek / Kajtek the Wizard), 22.6.2024

Interview: producer Václav Kadrnka and director Michal Hogenauer (Nočný pokoj / Calm in the Canopy), 22.6.2024

Interview: director Michal Kollár (Villa Lucia), 22.6.2024

Interview: director Palo Korec (Akvabely z Prandorfa / Aquabelles from Prandorf), 22.6.2024

Interview: producer Martin Novosad (Případ Modrý / The Case of Bohumil Modrý), 22.6.2024

Interview: director Peter Gašparík (Stopy – boje v Banskej Štiavnici / Footprints: Fighting in Banská Štiavnica), 22.6.2024

Interview: Miloslav Luther – Zlatá kamera / Golden camera, 22.6.2024

Interview: actress Zhanna Ozima (Redakcia / The Editorial Office), 23.6.2024

Interview: producer Katarína Krnáčová (Redakcia / The Editorial Office), 23.6.2024

Interview: author Petra Hanáková (kniha Máme svoj film! / We Have Our Film! book), 23.6.2024

Interview: director Claude Johann Čierny (Beyond Anachronism: Eons of the Binary), 23.6.2024

Interview: director Klaudiusz Chrostowski (Ultima Thule), 23.6.2024

Interview: director Peter Hošták (Zima a tma / Cold and Dark), 23.6.2024

Interview: producer Mátyás Prikler (Kálmánov deň / Kalman’s Day), 24.6.2024

Interview: producer Stépahne Siohan (Nezhasneme / We Will Not Fade Away), 24.6.2024

Interview: director Iman Behrouzi (Tri sestry / Three Sisters), 24.6.2024

Interview: director Zdeněk Jiráský (Už ťa nemám rád / I Don’t Like You Anymore), 24.6.2024

Interview: director Albin Biblom (Dobývanie vesmíru / The Conquest of Space), 24.6.2024

Interview: director Andres Heger-Bratterud (Krása zachárni svet / Beauty Will Save the World), 24.6.2024

Interview: director Mohamed Kordofani (Zbohom, Júlia / Goodbye Julia), 25.6.2024

Interview: director Róbert Šulák and dramaturg Petra Macháliková (Návraty k Obrazom starého sveta / Returns to Pictures of the Old World), 25.6.2024

Interview: Sergej Loznica – Zlatá kamera / Golden camera, 26.6.2024

Interview: Antónia Lišková – Hercova misia / Actor’s Mission, 26.6.2024

Interview: director Roman Ďuriš and cameraman Michaela Hošková (Pokiaľ ja žijem /Fakir), 26.6.2024

Interview: Maroš Kramár – Hercova misia / Actor’s Mission, 27.6.2024

Interview: director Marko Raat (8 pohľadov na jazero Biwa / 8 Views of Lake Biwa), 27.6.2024

Interview: director Hilke Rönnfeldt (Štúdia empatie / A Study of Empathy), 27.6.2024

Interview: director Dāvis Sīmanis (Máriino mlčanie / Maria’s Silence), 27.6.2024

Interview: actor Slavomír Duchovič (Via Slovakia), 27.6.2024

Interview: cameraman Tomáš Bartaloš (Via Slovakia), 27.6.2024

Interview: director Víťazoslav Chrappa (Via Slovakia), 27.6.2024

Interview: actor Marián Mitaš, 23.6.2024

Interview: actress Danica Jurčová, 22.6.2024

Interview: Bohumír Bobocký – Audiovizuálny fond, 27.6.2024

Closing ceremony through the lens of photographer Peter Stas, 27.6.2024

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Closing ceremony through the lens of photographer Lukáš Klimek, 27.6.2024

Closing ceremony through the lens of photographer Marek Vavruš, 27.6.2024

Festival guests through the lens of photographer Miro Nôta

Jury of the International Feature Film Competition

Mano Khalil, Anna Kryvenko, Marek Kubo

Jury of the International Short Film Competition

Lucia Hurajová, Martin Kuba, Krzysztof Sienkiewicz

Jury of the International Competition of Central and Eastern European Films

Birgit Beumers, Sylvia Huszár, Anna Ladinig

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Final press release

The 30th jubilee edition of the Art Film IFF is coming to an end and on Thursday evening the closing ceremony took place in the Kunsthalle, at which the Blue Angel, the Golden Camera and the Actor’s Mission honorary award were presented. The awarding ceremony was held in a pleasant spirit, but important social messages were also conveyed. The well-known moderator Bruno Ciberej led the festival audience through the festive evening. He opened the ceremony by presenting the JOJ Cinema Audience Award for a feature-length film. The highest number of audience votes and the award went to Katalina Moldovai’s Without Air. TV JOJ reporter Katarína Kleknerová announced the awarded film.

In the International Competition of Short Films category, the professional jury decided to give special recognition to three short films, namely An Orange from Jaffa, Cross My Heart and Hope to Die and finally Nun or Never!. But the final moment of the Short Film Competition was the Blue Angel, awarded to Bill Morrison’s Incident, a reconstruction of the 2018 Chicago police shooting. The American director spoke to the festival audience and expressed his gratitude through a video message. Czech filmmaker Martin Kuba, a jury member, said at the award ceremony: “Choosing the winner was not easy at all. It’s rare to see so many quality and strong short films in one competition. However, finally, we opted for the film Incident, which cleverly uses modern surveillance technology to reconstruct the tragedy from all human perspectives. The fragments of the incident of illegal shooting by the police put together a larger picture of society, fear and prejudice, which is the driving force behind the recurrence of such tragedies.

After the short film competition came the newly established competition category International Competition of Central and Eastern European Films. The jury awarded the Blue Angel for the best film from Central and Eastern Europe to the feature debut of Polish director Klaudiusz Chrostowski, Ultima Thule. The award was presented by the jury chair Sylvia Huszár from Hungary and the Audiovisual Fund director Vladimír Burianek. The director of the winning film, Klaudiusz Chrostowski, received the award in person. In his speech, he thanked the crew members and revealed his intention to shoot another film from the Polish-Slovak border area. The jury awarded special recognition to the animated film Pelikan Blue, directed by László Csáki.

Three special recognitions were also awarded in the acting category. The first was earned by actor Clément Faveau for his role in the comedy drama Holy Cow!. Recognition also went to the female acting duo of the winning film Goodbye Julia – Eiman Yousif and Siran Riak. The third recognition went to the Japanese film Rei by debut director Toshihiko Tanaka. Toshihika’s thank-you speech was delivered via a video call from distant Hokkaido, and he revealed to the festival audience that he was going to shoot his next film there.

In the Blue Angel category for Best Actress, the award went to Danish actress Trine Dyrholm for her performance in The Girl with the Needle. The award was presented by the chairman of the jury of the feature film competition, Kurdish-Swiss director and screenwriter Mano Khalil and Ing. Ľudovít Šipoš, a Member of the Board of Directors and the Financial Director of Východoslovenská energetika (Eastern Slovakia Energy Company), to the director of The Girl with the Needle, Magnus von Horn, as the award-winning actress was unable to attend the festival in person. The Blue Angel for Best Male Actor went to Danish actor Sebastian Bull for his role in Gustav Möller’s prison drama Sons. Sebastian Bull received the award in person. Martina Fatykova, Marketing Manager, TIPOS National Lottery Company and Mano Khalil, member of the jury, presented it to him. “This is my first award in my life and I will always remember it,” the award-winning actor said in his thank-you speech.

The jury awarded the Blue Angel for Best Director to director Magnus von Horn for his haunting drama The Girl with the Needle, inspired by the horrific events in Denmark in the period shortly after the end of WWI. This was Magnus’ second time on stage and the award was presented to him by Mano Khalil and Gergely Santha, on behalf of EUK Force. “Thank you very much to the festival and the jury for having a good taste. It’s a film about the unwanted and how to remain a good person even when the world around you is evil,” said Magnus von Horn in his thank-you speech.

The Golden Camera Award for outstanding contribution to the field of cinema was received at the ceremony by the famous Ukrainian director Serhiy Loznitsa from the hands of the festival’s art director Martin Palúch. In his speech, the art director Martin Palúch revealed interesting facts from the filmography of the famous director. In 1996, the Art Film IFF selected one of Loznitsa’s first films, the documentary Today We Are Going to Build a House (1995, co-directed by Marat Magambetov), for the Student Film Competition. “It is a great honour for me! We must have the opportunity to make films about important and difficult issues in our history. I say this because I feel that the ground is beginning to disappear from under our feet and it is important to draw attention to this and to make films like this. Peace to Ukraine and all of us,” said the winner of the Golden Camera award, Serhiy Loznitsa, in his speech.

Since 1995, the Actor’s Mission Honorary Award has been presented at the Art Film IFF to actors for their outstanding contribution to the art of acting. Two honorary awards were presented at the ceremony. The first Actor’s Mission Award went to the actress Antónia Líšková. The actress began her career in Rome and became known for her numerous roles in Italian films. She received the award from Adriana Kronerová, who worked closely with Lišková on the series Mistresses and the films Happy New Year and Happy New Year 2: Dobro došli.

The second honorary award, the Actor’s Mission Award, went to the Slovak actor Maroš Kramár. The award was presented to him by his son Timur Kramár, who in a moving speech described Maroš not only as an actor but also as a great father. “Thank you very much, Art Film, for this award. Film is a wonderful thing and my work is also wonderful. However, lately, I’ve been encountering this notion that ‘you’re an actor and don’t meddle in politics.’ However, I think this is not the right view. Film, theatre and culture in general are not here for entertainment only. Culture should also educate and teach us. I think it is very important in these times for culture to mirror this period,” said the laureate of the Actor’s Mission award in his thank-you speech.

The final point of the closing ceremony was the presentation of the Blue Angel Award for the Best Feature Film. The professional jury awarded this prestigious award to the Sudanese drama Goodbye, Julia, which tells the story of the friendship of two women with different religious beliefs. Director Mohamed Kordofani arrived in person in Košice and received the award from the jury member Man Khalil. “I shot this film a year and a half ago. When the post-production of the film started, we said that after finishing the film, we had to release it at home in Sudan, but three months after we finished it, the war began in Sudan. Since then I have been travelling the world showing this film. I’m a bit tired of it, but I’m lucky compared to the Sudanese who stayed in Sudan. I therefore call on the politicians to stop this war and I call on you to put pressure on the authorities that can help Sudan,” said Kordofani.

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Anna Kryvenko

Anna Kryvenko is an Ukrainian visual artist and filmmaker based in Prague and Kyiv. She is a graduate of the Centre for Audio‑visual Studies at Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU, Prague). Her films and performances were screened at Dok Leipziig, ZagrebDox, Visions du Reel Nyon, Jihlava IDFF etc. She participated in several solo and group exhibitions. With her found‑footage
film Silently Like a Comet (Potichu jako kometa, 2014) she won prize for the Best Experimental Act at FAMUFEST, Prague (CZ). Her film Listen to the Horizon (Poslechnout horizont, 2015) won prize for the Best Czech Experimental Documentary, Jihlava IDFF (CZ). Her first feature documentary film My Unknown Soldier (Môj neznámy vojak, 2018) won Special Mention at Zagreb Dox and other awards. Her newest feature work in progress project Sun of the Living Dead was presented at Marché du Film by Cannes Film Festival 2020.
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Mano Khalil

Mano Khalil is a Kurdish-Swiss filmmaker born in Syrian Kurdistan who currently resides and works in Switzerland. From 1981 to 1986, he studied history and law at Damascus University in Syria. Subsequently, from 1987 to 1994, he pursued studies in fiction film direction in the former Czechoslovakia. Between 1990 and 1995, Khalil worked as an independent film director for Czechoslovak television and later for Slovak television. Since 1996, he has been based in Switzerland, working as a director and producer. In 2012, he founded Frame Film Production in Bern. His first feature documentary Our Garden of Eden (Unser Garten Eden, 2010) premiered at Berlinale. This was followed by Beekeeper (Der Imker, 2013) which won at the DOK.fest in Munich. After his first feature fiction The Swallow (Die Schwalbe, 2016) he released the documentary Hafis & Mara (2018) and the successful drama Neighbours (Nachbarn, 2021), which was screened at more than 200 film festivals and won 70 awards worldwide.
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Marek Kuboš

Marek Kuboš graduated from the University of Žilina at the Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, then studied at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, where in the 1990s he became part of a strong generation of young Slovak documentary filmmakers (P. Kerekes, M. Škop, J. Vojtek, Z. Piussi, J. Lehotský, R. Kirchhoff). He started his professional career with internationally acclaimed films such as A Photographer’s Journey (Cesta fotografa, 1995), Train Station 2nd Class Kraľovany (Žel. st. 2. tr., 1998), Voice 98 (Hlas 98, 1999) and Just a Little Propaganda (Taká malá propaganda, 2001). In 2018, he made his debut as a director of The Last Self‑Portrait (Posledný autoportrét). He followed a similar process – interviewing filmmakers of three generations – to make his second feature film ± 90 (2022). He also makes music videos. His films are characterized by their thematic diversity and social commitment. In particular, he uses humor and a detached view.

Jury of the International Short Film Competition

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Lucia Hurajová

Lucia Hurajová is a theatre and television actress and also a producer. In 1997–2001 she studied at the Department of Acting at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava in the class of Božidara Turzonová and in 2009–2013 she completed her doctoral studies in the field of theatre science. During her acting studies, she completed a one‑year internship in Paris at the Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique. After her studies, she worked as a freelance actress. She became a tribal member of the Túlavé divadlo, where she is still active today. She has also been a guest in many productions of other theatres in Bratislava, such as the GUnaGU Theatre, the Arena Theatre, the Nová scéna Theatre, the P. O. Hviezdoslav Theatre and the Studio L+S. She has acted in several Slovak
and Czech films (e.g. An Ambiguous Report About the End of the World, Hannah and Her Brothers, Two Syllables Behind, Little Kingdom), TV series and radio plays.
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Martin Kuba

Martin Kuba studied directing at FAMU in Prague. Until now, he has mainly worked on short films. These have been screened at more than 70 festivals around the world, for example in Montreal, Warsaw, Karlovy Vary and Cairo. His last short film Vinland (2022) won the Magnesia Award for Best Student Film at the 30th Czech Lions, the Trilobit Award for Outstanding Audiovisual Work, and the Best Film Award at the Pragueshorts Festival. He is now completing his feature debut, the genre drama Three Weeks Under the Sea. In addition to filmmaking, he also works in documentary photography and humanitarian issues.
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Krzysztof Sienkiewicz

Krzysztof Sienkiewicz is based on Polish-Belarus borderland. He is a cultural animator and organizer of ZUBROFFKA International Short Film Festival and local travelling project Filmowe Podlasie Atakuje! He also works as a curator of film screenings. Fan of ends of the world and all kinds of borderlands.

Jury of the International Competition of Central and Eastern European Films

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Birgit Beumers

Birgit Beumers is Professor emeritus in Film Studies, Aberystwyth University (UK) and currently affiliated with the University of Passau (Germany), where she is working on a research project that explores the film industries of Central Asia. Previously, she has taught in Russian Studies at Cambridge and Bristol universities. She specialises in Russian culture, cinema and theatre, and the cinemas of the former Soviet territories, especially Central Asia. She has published widely on Russian and Central Asian cinema, including A History of Russian Cinema (2009); she has edited, among other titles, A Companion to Russian Cinema (2016) and Cinema in Central Asia: Rewriting Cultural Histories (with Gulnara Abikeyeva, Michael Rouland, 2013). She is editor‑in‑chief of the journals KinoKultura (online) and Studies in Russian and Soviet Cinema (T & F). She is a member of FIPRESCI.
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Sylvia Huszár

Sylvia Huszár is a theatre scholar, translator, and producer with a strong international background. From 1983 to 1988 she studied philosophy, aesthetics and theatre studies at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts and the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava. Since 1988 she has been living and working in Budapest. She has worked as a film and theatre and visual arts collaborator at the Slovak Institute in Budapest. Since 1994 she has been working as a researcher at the Hungarian Theatre Institute. In 2007-2012 she was a press officer and foreign relations manager at the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest. In 2007 she collaborated with Béla Tarr on the film The Man from London. Besides the project‑management, publishing, and translation activities, she focuses on professional and consultancy cooperation with theatre festivals at home and abroad.
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Anna Ladinig

Anna Ladinig studied Slavic and Romance Studies at the University of Innsbruck and in the course of her studies spent time in Kazan’, Moscow and Tashkent. Her dissertation deals with Central Asian cinema of the 1960s and 70s. Since October 2019 she is the director of IFFI – International Film Festival Innsbruck and since 2022 she is co‑spokesperson of FÖFF – Forum of Austrian Film Festivals. Furthermore, she is co‑director of Film Campus Innsbruck and part of Kulturrat Österreich.