We’d like to introduce the Jury of the films competitions. This year the Golden Anteaters will be given by:
KAJA KLIMEK
translates films, sometimes writes about them (for Film, Dwutygodnik, Filmwebu) and constantly discusses them – with viewers, whenever the opportunity arises, with authors at festivals, with other critics in the media, with students at the Warsaw and Gdansk Universities, and most importantly: with the kids as part of the film education programs of the Stowarzyszenie Nowe Horyzonty and Filmoteka Szkolna.
PIOTR KOTOWSKI
film publicist, translator, film culture animator. Co-founder of the distribution company Black Cat that he introduced to the Polish screens many important titles of modern cinema with. Arthouse Cinemas Network expert, long-standing vice-chairman of Polish Federation of Film Societies. Jury member at international film festivals (Locarno, Karlowe Wary, Czelabińsk, Planete Doc Review, Łagów). Originator of Summer Film Academy in Zwierzyniec. Two-time winner of the Polish Film Institute awards: for Summer Film Academy (2008) and for Film Society „Bariera” (2009).
MICHAŁ J. ZABŁOCKI
filmmaker who has been working in many professions associated with cinematography since 1972, mainly as a production manager and executive producer of several dozen fiction films, but also as an operator, scriptwriter, musician and publicist. He’s a lecturer at Warsaw Film School and Kozminski University. Author of 7 editions of industry lexicons ‘Movie production in Poland’; co-author of ‘English-Polish dictionary of film entries’; writer of ‘Organisation of fiction film production in Poland’ and regular columns in a quarterly journal ‘FilmPRO’.
BARTOSZ ŻURAWIECKI
Eminent film journalist, blogger, one of the most respected film critics in Poland. He used to publish in “Film” and “Przekrój” magazines, currently he writes for “Kino”. A laureate of the Krzysztof Mętrak award and the Polish Film Institute award for his blog – “What you can’t see”. Bartosz has been with us for a long time as well, he has been serving as the Golden Anteaters Juror since 2012.