Jury

Born in 1982 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. She graduated film and TV directing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade with the omnibus film “October”. For years she has been working as an independent film professional on film and television projects of various formats. In addition to this experience, her artistic development and personal maturation moved in the direction of an engaged film, whether it was an author’s or a special-purpose film. With her debut documentary “Occupied Cinema” she won several awards, the film was screened at numerous local and international film festivals. Her short feature film “We Did Not Start a Fire” was premiered at the “Free Zone Film Festivan” in Belgrade in 2021. She is currently working on the development of a screenplay for a feature film. She currently lives in Belgrade.

Born in Zagreb in 1981. Graduated in 2004 from the Graphics Department of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. After graduating, he worked as a graphic designer for three years. In 2011 he enrolled at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, at the Department of Film and Television Directing. In 2020, he graduated from MA study of film and TV directing, majoring in fiction film at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb. His films have been screened at many festivals in Croatia and abroad (Oberhausen, Jihlava, 25 FPS, Animafest, Animateka, Zagreb Film Festival, Tabor Film Festival, Croatian Film Days and others). Since 2009, he has been an active member of the Zagreb Cinema Club, where he makes his first films. Since 2018, he has been the president of the Zagreb Cinema Club and continues to direct the activities of the association in the creation of an amateur film scene. He is the leader of many film workshops for children, youth and adults in other associations and organizations.

Reem Shilleh interlaces research, moving image, curatorial, editing, archival, and writing practices to question the infinite formations of memory and collectivity. She lives and works between Brussels and Ramallah. Reem Shilleh’s practice is informed by a long research project on militant and revolutionary image practices in and around liberation and emancipatory struggles, in particular Palestine, its diaspora, and solidarity network. She is a member and co-founder of Subversive Film.