Slovak Jurors at Berlinale IFF 2012

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MONIKA VIŠNIAROVÁ (programmer, Slovak Queer Film Festival)

Graduated in Screenwriting from The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and received MA degree in Arts Policy and Management from Birkbeck, University of London.
She has been a programmer for the Slovak Queer Film Festival since 2009, when the festival re-launched as an independently programmed major event. Since 2010, Monika has also been a co-programmer for the Prague International Film Festival Febiofest, responsible for Another Shore, a programme strand showcasing the best in contemporary queer cinema.

She lives in London, works at the British Film Institute and is currently developing various independent arts projects.

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MATÚŠ KRAJŇÁK ÄRCIVOJVODA (student of film direction, Film Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin)

Born 1988 in Slovakia, graduated with a Bachelor degree in film directing from The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. Currently, he studies film direction at the Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin.

His films Real Men (2010) and Are You Feelin‘ Good (2011) were successfully presented at numerous film festivals. His film Why Don‘t You Dance? (2009) was shot during studies at the Belgian Sint Lukas Hogeschool Brussel.