JURY
President of the Jury
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Leonid Yarmolnik
Producer, actor
Soviet and Russian actor of theater, cinema, voice-over and dubbing, producer, TV and radio presenter. Producer of the films «Hipsters», «Odessa». Winner of the State Prize of Russia.
Main Competition Jury
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Victoria Isakova
Actress, producer
Russian theater and film actress and producer. Honored Artist of Russia, winner of the Government of the Russian Federation Award, as well as such awards as «Chaika», «Triumph» and «Golden Eagle"
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Zara Abdullayeva
Film critic, art historian
Author of numerous articles and books, including those on Kira Muratova, Ulrich Seidl, «Postdoc.Game/non-game» and others. Lectures at the MFS, Garage, HSE and the Jewish Museum and Centre of Tolerance.
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Pablo Rojas Castillo
Director
Documentary filmmaker from Guatemala. Graduated from VGIK (non-fiction film workshop of B.Y. Karadjev, E.I. Reznikov) and the School of Documentary Film and Theater of Marina Razbezhkina and Mikhail Ugarov.
Documentary Film Competition Jury
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Andrey Apostolov
Film historian
Film historian, editor-in-chief of Lenfilm studio, program director of Gorky fest and Window to Europe film festivals.
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Anton Zhelnov
Journalist
Russian journalist and documentary filmmaker. Winner of the TEFI award in the Best Documentary Project category for the movie Brodsky is Not a Poet.
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David Shneiderov
Director, film journalist
Soviet and Russian director,TV and radio presenter, teacher, film journalist.Member of the Board of the Guild of Russian Film Critics and Historians, member of the Eurasian Academy of Television and Radio.
Narrative Short Film Competition Jury
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Nadezhda Rechter
Producer
Head of the international direction of Star Media studio, develops and produces TV series and movies for Russian streaming platforms. Among her works are the TV series «Your Honor», the black comedy «Aurora», etc.
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Anton Bilzho
Director
Screenwriter, director, writer. He has made ten short films and five feature films, including The Tale of Eugenia and Me, Dream Fish, Ambivalence, Swan Lake.
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Timur Aliev
Film critic
Editor of Kinopoisk, film critic, psychologist. Graduate of the Industria School of Film and Television. He has written for the magazines Iskusstvo, Afisha Daily, KinoTV, RBC Life and Forbes.