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THE JURY
ARIADNA CABROL
Ariadna Cabrol studied Meisner technique with Javier Galito Cava in Barcelona and later went to London to study at LISPA (London International School of Performing Arts). Her last work as an actress has been "The Quantum Devil" in Serbia, where a group of scientists will have to investigate life beyond death. He has worked in several international productions, "The Island of Oblivion" (giving life to the Greek myth Calypso), "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara" (shot between Spain and India and a box office success in the latter country) or Sweet Street (nominated for the British Independent Film Festival) where the life of Isabella, a prostitute on the streets of Leeds, is followed. She also in national projects such as "El Inocente", "Eloïse", etc. In her acting career, she has also started working in the world of dubbing.
BŁAZEJ JANKOWIAC
Błażej Jankowiak has been creating since 2008 under the name of 9Liter Movies, a production house created together with his father. Since then, he has directed hundreds of Polish music videos, being mainly associated with the cooperation with the leaders of the Polish hip-hop scene. In 2015, "Eternal", a short music film for the Slovak artist, premiered. The film had a great impact in Europe and around the world, winning many awards, creating an innovative form of music video. A year later, another film for Rytmus "Priepast", also based on the director's characteristic, oneiric style, had its premiere. The film repeated the festival's success by winning a number of awards, according to some, pushing the boundary set by "Eternal". Jankowiak won this film at the New York Hip Hop Film Festival in the Best Director category. The greatest festival success, however, was brought by the music video made for the Polish rapper JANO PW "Theoretically", which won a total of 6 selections and 5 awards at various international festivals. Jankowiak creates music videos together with the permanent team creating 9Liter Films, cooperating at the same time with a number of specialists from various film divisions.
EVA MUÑOZ
After studying at the Superior School of Audiovisual Production (ESRA) in Paris, Eva Muñoz wrote and directed her first solo short film Muñecas in 2018, self-produced with great economy of means. Made in Spanish, Muñecas is her first foray into psychological terror and has been selected at festivals in France and abroad. In 2020, Eva ella directs Hannya, from the hand of Mayami Production, a short film in which she explores the horror of social unrest and the confrontation with the paradox of love with a Japanese legend as a backdrop. In recent months, Hannya has been very successful, as it has been selected in a score of festivals in France and abroad (Fantaspoa, Grimmfest, Aurora, Thess International Short Film Festival, Macabro, etc.), in addition to receive numerous awards.
MAURO MAUAD
Mauro Mauad is an actor, director, writer and composer born in Northern Patagonia, Argentina. His beginnings were musical. Until he travels to Mexico where he begins his acting career. Since 2004 he has worked in more than 40 productions as an actor. He arrived in Colombia in 2010. There he founded FUNDACTORES, a non-profit foundation to train integral actors where, in addition to being a teacher, he writes and digests plays and films. In 2019 he opens the ALPATACO FILMS production company. In 2020 and at the time of the Pandemic, he writes and directs the awarded I DO NOT WANT TO BE WITHOUT YOU.
PHILIP WHITE
In a career spanning well over a decade Philip has become one of the leading figures in the wedding industry. He is the first winner of the UK’s best filmmaker title at the Wedding Industry Awards. He went on to win further TWIA awards for the next 5 years; Philip was recognised as one of the world’s top 5 most influential event filmmakers in a poll voted for by over 600 industry peers; Sony recognised him as an industry certified expert and was later commissioned by Sony to produce a series of short inspirational films exploring his unique approach to filmmaking; Philip also launched the educational side of his business (Wedding Industry Masterclass). Philip’s work in the wedding industry has taken him to over 30 different countries, both as a keynote speaker and in a judging capacity for international photo / video awards. His work and features have appeared in numerous global publications.
VASIL BOGDANOV
Vasil Bogdanov graduated from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia with a bachelor's degree in Animation. He has made a few animated movies over the years the most recent being "Under Pressure". He is now working at "Hands Down Studios" filling the roles of animator, storyboard atrist and character designer, while on the side also working as a freelance animator doing animated music videos for music artists from around the world.
