Jury

Max Azoulay - Jury President

Max Azoulay, born in 1947 in Marrakech, is the founder and current director of the academy of film-making (ESRA). Graduates  in Paris as part of the first graduating class from the University of Paris - Dauphine.
At 25 years, after many experiences in the filming of companies, production and teaching in higher education, Max Azoulay created the ESRA.
ESRA was founded in 1972 in Paris, till today in the program of the Academy are included all the novelties in the film industry. From sound engineering to 3D animation. In addition to his Parisian site, the ESRA, has establishments across the world (Nice, Rennes, New York and in Skopje).
In his 35 year experience, Azoulay creates films, writes articles, edits pedagogic editions and he is a part of many festival juries.

Antonio Mitrikieski - Jury Member

He is born in Skopje and graduated at the State School of Theatre, Film and TV in Lodz, Poland in 1987, in the department of Film Directing.
After Plenty of shorts and documentaries, He directs his first feature film “Across the Lake” which is Macedonian-Polish Co-Production, in 1997.
In 2003, He filmed his second feature film “Like a Bad Dream” (Macedonian-Croatian-English Co-Production). In 2006 He published the poetry collection “A Trip”. He is currently lecturing Film Directing at the Skopje Faculty of Drama Arts.

Stanislav Semerdjiev - Jury Member

Prof.Dr. Stanislav Semerdjiev (1963) is the rector of the national academy for theatre and film arts (NATFA) – Sofia, Bulgaria.He is also the president of the Bulgarian association of Film, TV and Radio scriptwriters (BAFTRS) and vice-president of the world association of Film and Tv schools (CILECT).
He has written articles in specialized Bulgarian Newspapers and Magazines, He is also author of the monograph, “A Short History of the WORLD Screenwriting” – VOL1 USA (1994). He has served as president or jury member for many international Film Festivals.