FEATURE FILMS JURY
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ALEXEY GERMAN Jr., Russian film director and screenwriter.
After earning his directing degree from the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (class of Sergey Solovyov and Valery Rubinchik) in 2001, Lexey went to work at Lenfilm Studio.
Alexey holds Golden Bear and Silver Bear for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography from Berlin Film Festival.
His films won prizes and awards also from the international festivals in Venice, Munich, Rotterdam, as well as multiple festivals based in Russia.
ALEXANDRA REVENKO, russian stage and film actress.
In 2012, Alexandra completed her studies at the Moscow Art Theater School and went on to be a stage actress to join, in 2021, the Theater in Malaya Bronnaya.
Alexandra first appeared on screen in 2006 in Mikhail Vedyshev’s melodrama My Estranged Sister. She is known also for her roles in the screen version of Martyr, sports drama Moving Up (2017), Silver skates (2020), among the other 20 films she appeared in.
ANDREY APOSTOLOV, film critic, editor, producer.
Andrey is the editor-in-chief at Lenfilm Studio, teacher at the Russian State University of Cinematoraphy and the Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka), and Programming Director of Gorky Fest and Window to Europe film festivals.
SHORT FILMS JURY
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VLADIMIR KOTT, stage and film director, screenwriter, producer and editor.
Vladimir holds awards from multiple national and international festivals, including Nika and Golden Eagle. He is best known for the films Fly (2008), Gromozeka (2010), Rock Bottom (2014), Stone-Cold Carp (2017), The Protectors (2018), Disorganizer (2022), Peter Leshchenko: Whatever Happened (TV series, 2023).
KONSTANTIN MANKOVSKY, screenwriter, TV series and film producer, general producer at Black Box Production.
Konstantin wrote and produced Aunt Marta, Polytech, CyberIvan, Rodkom, Kitchen: The Battle For Hotel, The Fun And Loud ‘90s, Psychologesses, Clearly An Adult Film, Always On Vacation, The Border of Worlds, to name a few.
PEDRAM SADRAEI TABATABAEI, Iranian film director, screenwriter and producer.
Pedram holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Art and tenured position at a university in Iran, teaching and doing research in the fields of Cinema, Philosophy, Theater, Photography, and media. He is the founder of Pedram Sadraei Film School and has been a jury member for more than thirty international film festivals.
DOCUMENTARY FILMS JURY
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EKATERINA PRONKO, Newsroom Director at the Kultura Channel.
Ekaterina started her career as a documentary filmmaker and producer in 2007 and serves also as Director General at SINTEZ-INTEGRA Film Company
GUNILLA BRESKY, Swedish documentary filmmaker, journalist.
Gunilla is known, for Dear Vera, Blood Road, Night Witches, Under A Rusty Star, I Stop time, K-141, among other films.
REGIS TREMBLEY, documentary filmmaker, USA.
Documentary filmmaker Regis Tremblay, USA. Regis made a film about Russell Bonner Bentley, The Donbas Cowboy, who came to Donbass in 2014 to fight with the self-defense forces of its people. At Yalta IFF, the RF Ministry of International Affairs awarded Regis Tremblay with Lapel Badge “For Contribution to Peacemaking Efforts”.
CHILDREN’S FILMS JURY
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TATIANA MIROSHNIK, film writer, director and producer.
Tatiana earned her degree in screenwriting from the Russian State University of Cinematography. She runs the KinoNiva Children’s Film Studio and coordinates film sections at the National Children’s Filmmaking Forum BOOMERANG. With experience in digital pedagogy, Tatiana contributes to the International Online Media Contest Among Teenagers “No Statute of Limitations: The Unconquered”. Tatiana is a member of the Russian Filmmakers Association.
IRINA VOLKOVA, film writer and director, editing director, teacher.
Irina is a regular participant and winner of awards from national and international film festivals. She teaches film directing and editing at G.N. Danelia Higher Courses of Screenwriting and is a course coordinator at HSE Art and Design School in Moscow.
GULKAIR TILENBAYEVA, film producer, chair of Kyrgyzstan Cinema Owners Association, member of Cinematika Board of Directors.
Popular Science Films Jury
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Pavel Maryandyshev
D.Sc. (Eng.), Associate Professor, Acting Rector of M.V. Lomonosov Northern (Arctic) Federal University.
Alexander Saburov
Associate Professor and Director of NArFU Institute for Strategic Development of the Arctic, Arctic Floating University expedition leader
Anna Trofimova
NArFU Arctic Biomonitoring Laboratory, Arctic Floating University assistant expedition leader
