GRAND JURY

Mira Fornay (1977)

Studied film direction at FAMU, Prague, continued at the prestigious National Film and TV School in London, where she received the Royal Scholarship. In 2009 Mira Fornay debuted with her feature film Foxes (2009), world premiere at the International Critics’ Week at Venice IFF in 2009. Her second feature, My Dog Killer (2013), was premiered at the Rotterdam IFF in 2013, receiving the Hivos Tiger Award. Both films were also successfully presented at international festivals worldwide. Mira Fornay is now working on her third feature Cook, F**k, Kill – Frogs with No-Tongues, which she will also presented at the Pitch&Feedback platform within the Karlovy Vary IFF Industry Days.

FIPRESCI JURY

Viliam Jablonický (1948)

Studied aesthetics, art history and history of culture at the Faculty of Philosophy at the Commenius University in Bratislava with his graduation thesis Aesthetic and Social Function of Film Criticism. Also worked as a culture editor for Folk’s Voice, Film and Theatre, Slovak Daily and The Bridge. He is a freelance publicist and pedagogue, focusing mainly at culture and film art. Author of the Filmmaker Viktor Kubal (1993) monography, co-author of many other publications.

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updated: 04.07.2014