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International Festival Jury - 2024

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VLADO JOVANOVSKI
President

Vlado Jovanovski was born on February 27, 1967, in Probishtip. He graduated at the University "St. Cyril and Methodius", at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Skopje, at the department for dramatic actors in the class of Prof. Ljubisa Georgievski in 1991.
Since 1992 he works in the Macedonian National Theater - Skopje.
Vlado Jovanovski is one of the most prominent Macedonian actors, who has performed exceptional acting roles in numerous plays realized in theaters in Macedonia.
In the field of film, extremely well-known characters have come to life as a result of Vlado`s work in important Macedonian films that were also presented on the international film scene, and which are remembered to this day and are an example of masterfully played roles for the new generations of actors.
His film career includes numerous films, but also TV series, including:
"DUST" by Milcho Mancevski, MACEDONIA/ITALY/GREAT BRITAIN, 2001.
"BAL-KAN-KAN" by Darkо Mitrevski, MACEDONIA, 2005.
"MOCKING OF CHRIST" by Yani Bojadzi, MACEDONIA, 2018.
"LIBERATION OF SKOPJE" by Danilo Šerbedžija and Rade Šerbedžija, MACEDONIA/CROATIA/FINLAND 2016
"ILLUSION" by Svetozar Ristovski, MACEDONIA, 2007
"CHILDREN OF THE SUN" by Antonio Mitrićeski, MACEDONIA/SERBIA, 2014
"THE BIG WATER" by Ivo Trajkov, MACEDONIA/CZECH REPUBLIC, 2005
"THE SECRET BOOK" by Vlado Cvetanovski, MACEDONIA, 2006
"THE THIRD HALF" by Darko Mitrevski, MACEDONIA/CZECH REPUBLIC, 2012
"TO THE HILT" by Stole Popov, MACEDONIA, 2014
"ANKA" by Dejan Acimović, FRANCE/CROATIA, 2017
"THE END OF THE WORLD", short film by Yanni Boyadzi, MACEDONIA, 2010
"THE MAN WITH A STRANGE HABIT OF HITTING ME ON THE HEAD WITH AN UMBRELLA" short film by Vardan Tozia, MACEDONIA, 2012
"PURE WATER", TV series by Jani Bojadzi, Macedonia, 2023
"DEFENDER" TV series by Jelena Svetlicic and Gojko Despotovic, SERBIA, 2021

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ELEKTRA VENAKI

Electra Venaki is a film editor, researcher, and lecturer at many academic establishments in Greece. She is the founder and general director of www.altcine.com, (2012) a platform dedicated to Balkan cinema and she ran for five editions of the online Balkan short film festival altcineAction!, (2012-2016). She is a visiting expert at the Laboratory for Environmental Communication and Audiovisual Documentation (LECAD), Department of Architecture, University of Thessaly.  From 2016 to 2017, she served as General Director of the Greek Film Centre. She has worked as a film editor for more than 35 years and among her collaborations, there are many awarded films at Thessaloniki International Festival. She won the editing and sound editing IRIS award of the Hellenic Film Academy for her work on the movie Behind the Haystacks, 2022. Her papers on editing and film sound have been published in many collective books, official editions, and renowned magazines. She is currently a Project Manager of the New Film Restoration Lab of the Greek Film Archive.

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PREDRAG MILOJEVIC

Predrag was born in Belgrade. He completed studies in film production at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade and studies of acting at ATA in Bologna. In the 90s, he wrote film reviews for more than 10 specialized film magazines and daily publications. He is also the first general secretary of the Association of Film Journalists and Critics in Serbia. He has worked on several film projects, including several documentaries for ZDF, ARTE, and ORF. In 2001, he founded his own production company and produced 4 feature films, TV shows, and theatrical performances. He was part of the jury at several international and domestic film festivals. He is one of the founders of the Alpe Adria Culture Network from Vienna. He is the founder and Director of the International Film Festival of Mediterranean Film in Trebinje in Herzegovina.