Jury

Branislav Milatovic graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Cetinje, Department of Film Direction. His shorts “All of That” (2012) and “A Head Full of Joy” (2018) have been screened at over 50 film festivals around the world (Sarajevo Film Festival, Krakow Film Festival, Vilnius International Film Festival, Drama International Short Film Festival, Hamburg International Short Film Festival, etc.), where they won 5 awards. His short documentary “Obrad” premiered at Camerimage Film Festival in Poland in November 2020. He is currently working on his first feature film with the working title „No Reverse” , which was supported in the categories of script development and project development at the Film Center of Montenegro competitions. During 2022, the same film participated in one of the most prestigious film workshops, the MIDPOINT Feature Launch workshop, as well as in the FirstFIlmsFirst workshop. He is the co-producer of the film “Guardians of the Formula” (director: Dragan Bjelogrlić).

Ivana Todorović is an award winning director of short socially engaging films shot in Belgrade and New York. Her films focus on exploring the trauma and recovery through the work of empathy. Her documentaries Na kraju puta, Ademovo ostrvo, Ja kada sam bila klinac, bila sam klinka, A Harlem Mother, Represent and Svakodnevnica romske dece u bloku 71 and her feature Kada sam kod kuće, were shown at more than 200 international film festivals, among others in Berlin (Berlinale Shorts competition program), Rotterdam and Sarajevo. She won more than 40 awards and her films have been shown in the Anthology Film Archives in New York, Cultura de Contemporanea de Barcelona and can be found in the video library of The New York Times and Aeon.

Sabina Krešić – has a masters in economics with many years of experience working in the cultural sector. Her beginnings are connected to the independent theatre scene in Rijeka, primarily to the TRAFIK theatre. Since 2016 she’s been professionally engaged in film production when she was hired as a producer in the Fade In production house in Zagreb. Her films were screened and awarded at many festivals such as – Sheffield Doc/Fest, DocLisboa, Trieste, Sarajevo and True/False film festivals. Her film Tvornice radnicima by the author Srđan Kovačević is one of the most awarded and appreciated Croatian documentaries in contemporary cinematography. Her focus is mainly on documentaries even though she produced one feature film (Punim plućima, director Radislav Jovanov Gonzo; won 2 Golden arenas at the Pula film festival in 2022). In 2023 she started her own production Rastika and a studio with her colleagues Mezzanine Collective for film production and picture post-production.