JURY
President of the Jury
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Timur Weinstein
Producer
General producer of the NTV television company, member of the International Academy of EMMI, Academy of Russian Television, Russian Academy of Cinematographic Arts.
Main Competition Jury
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Artem Vasilyev
Producer
CEO of METRAFILMS Studio. Producer of such films as «Paper Soldier», «A Room and a Half», «Act of Nature», «Under the Electric Clouds», «Anna's War», «Dovlatov», «The Humorist».
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Nigina Sayfullaeva
Director and screenwriter
Russian film director, screenwriter and producer. The creator of such films as «About love. Only for adults», «What is my name», «Loyalty».
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Stephen Mao
Producer
Stephen Mao is an American film producer and President of Studio Mao a film production, distribution, and finance company.
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Jacqueline Semha Gmach
Jewish activist, writer
Author of From Bomboloni to Bagel: A Story of Two Worlds. A board member of San Diego Organizations, Anti-Defamation League, Agency for Jewish Education, American Technion Society, etc. She is a project director of USC Shoah Foundation.
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Nick Holdsworth
Journalist, film critic
Writer, journalist and filmmaker with 25 years’ experience of covering Russian and Eastern European affairs.
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Nikita Lavretski
Director
Nikita Lavretski made his feature film debut with «Belarusian Psycho» which received the Best Belarusian Film Award at the 2015 Minsk International Film Festival Listapad. His 2019 feature «Sasha's Hell» was selected by Moscow International Film Festival.
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Svetlana Ustinova
Actress
Theatre and film actress, producer, scriptwriter. Graduated Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, with Vladimir Grammatikov as professor. In 2018 she was accepted to Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre's troupe.
Documentary Film Competition Jury
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Yevgeny Gindilis
Producer
Russian film and tv producer. A member of the European Film Academy and Kinosouyz. Creator of several film markets: CentEast Moscow, Red Square Screenings, Kinopoisk FM. CEO of TVINDIE Film Production.
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Georgy Molodtsov
Director
Director, producer and VR expert. Board member of the Russian Documentary Guild. As director and creative director at the Social Advertising Laboratory he implemented more than thirty social-issue campaigns.
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Denis Kataev
Journalist, film critic
Journalist, host of the information service, as well as programs «Artificial selection» and «Lectures» on the Rain TV channel.
Narrative Short Film Competition Jury
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Kirill Vasilyev
Director
Director of the film «Well, Hello, Oksana Sokolova», the TV series «Fitness». The winner of the film festival «Koroche» 2016.
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Yanna Buryak
Producer
Founder of the Mimesis film company and co-founder of the distribution company VOSTOK. Mimesis' most successful films are: «Fedor's Journey Through Moscow At The Turn Of The XXI Century» and «Milk».
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Dmitry Yakunin
Producer
Director of the Youth Center of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, Secretary of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, General Producer of the All-Russian Project «Short Film’s Day», Director of the Moscow Film Festival «Budem Zhit».
