Forum of European Cinema Cinergia

JURY COMPETITION FOR THE BEST EUROPEAN DEBUT headed by Krzysztof Zanussi  

Krzysztof Zanussi - jury president. He was born in Warsaw in 1939. In 1960 he started studying the film direction at the Lodz Film School. Since 1966 he has directed many documentaries, features for cinema and TV, in Poland and abroad. He is also stage and opera director. From 1974 to 1981 vice-chairman of the Polish Filmmakers Association. From 1979 chief manager and director of Tor Film Studio in frames of which he has produced a great number of important films, among them the work of his friend, the late Krzysztof Kieślowski (co-produced his trilogy Three Colours: Blue, White, Red) Among Krzystof Zanussi best known films are: Spiral, Structure of Crystal, Behind the Wall, Imperativ, Paradigma, Constans, Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease, Persona non grata.

Bruno Chatelin - From 1995 fest21. com blog platform and filmfestivals. com the biggest film around the world website co-founder. Film producer connected with Emotion Film Factory (short Ensemble was screen in Cannes festival this year). From 1977 he was in charge of the launch of around 250 American films in French market during his tenure as Marketing Director and Managing Director for Sony Pictures, (former Columbia Tri Star Films) and Fox. The website company he manages runs the leading festivals portal(listening over 4500 film festivals and events worldwide). This portal receive 370 000 monthly average visits. The member of European Film Academy and founder of Hollywood European Awards festival to promote the best European cinema in L.A.

Gabriela Muskała - film and theatre actress, playwright. Graduate Film School in Lodz (1994). She played leading roles in the films The Queen of Angels, Aria Diva, The Journey and others. She also played in awarded in Venice festival French-speaking film All Winter Without Fire. Great popularity brought her the role of Eve in the TV series The Londoners, for which she was nominated for Oustanding Actress Award at the TV Fest in Monte Carlo. At the theatre she performed in Mariusz Grzegorzek productions: Agnes of God and Glass menagerie and many others. Her playwrights Journey to Buenos Aires and Daily Soup have been translated into English, German and Italian and for many years they are successfully going in Lodz and Warsaw theatres. At the last film festival in Gdynia she received the Award for the Best Actress in Supporting Role in Wymyk by Greg Zgliński.

Kathrine Windfeld - Danish film director. She graduated as a film director from the Polish Film School in Lodz (1990-1995). She studied film production in Northern School of Film&TV in the UK. She has directed feature films, Tv series, short films and documentaries. Her breakthrough came with the TV series in 3 seasons: The Crown, The Regicide and The Sacrifice. She has also directed several episodes of the Swedish police series Wallander. The Escape is her debut as a feature director. Right now she is in postproduction with her 2nd feature, the new Swedish Hamilton film with excellent actor Mikael Persbrandt as the main character.

Piotr Kotowski -animator of film culture in University Cultural Centre Chatka Żaka UMCS in Lublin. He graduated Polish Philology in UMCS. Organizer of numerous film events. He is involved in film criticism. Co-founder of Black Cat distribution company. Since 1999 vice-president of the Polish Federation of Film Discussion Clubs. Winner of the individual awards for film culture promotion. Jury member of many international film festivals (Locarno, Karlovy Vary, Czelabinsk, Planete Doc Review). Founder and head of Summer Film Academy in Zwierzyniec from 2000. Studio Cinemas Network expert.

JURY FOR THE A. MUNK COMPETITION

Filip Bajon A film and theatre director, a screenwriter and a prose writer. Graduated from a Faculty of Law at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan and the Film and Television Directing Department at the PWSFTviT in Lodz. Multiple award winner. The head of the film studio Dom. A member of Polish Filmmakers Association. An academic teacher at the PWSFTviT in Lodz as well as in the Radio and Television Department at the Silesian University in Katowice. Since 2008 he has been the dean of the Film and Television Directing Department at the PWSFTviT in Lodz.

Jacek Bławut Director, screenwriter and cameramen. Graduated from Depertment of Cinematography in Lodz Film School. Lecturer in Polish as well as foreign film schools. Member of European Film Academy, PISF Board member. Marek Koterski's film cameramen (Day of the Wacko) and Krzysztof Kieslowski's (Ten Commandments). Documentaries director: (The Wariror, Born Dead, The Abnormal) He directed feature film "Before the Twilight". He won many prizes.

Stanisław Szymański A film camera operator. Graduated from the Cinematography Faculty of PWSFTviT in Lodz, between 1997-99 he was a vice-president of Lodz's Film School. An academic teacher at PWSFTviT in Lodz.

Jakub Burakiewicz He was born in 1987 in Warsaw. A student of Cinematography Department at the PWSFTviT in Lodz. In the past few years he worked on multiple short drama and documentary films as well as radio projects and music video clips.

Piotr Złotorowicz Student Wydziału Reżyserii PWSFTviT w Łodzi. więcej