SHORT FILM GRAND PRIX JURY

ANDREAS HORVATH [Austria]
Andreas Horvath was born in 1968 in Salzburg, Austria. He is a photographer and filmmaker. In 1993, he published a photo book on the American Midwest. His book on Yacutia, Siberia was published in 2003 (available in the States at Antique Collectors’ Club). He made a number of documentaries including “The Silence of Green” (2002) and “This Ain’t No Heartland” (2004) for which he has won various international awards. He won the Chicago Doc Grand Prix in 2004.

KAREL OCH [Czech Republic]
Karel Och was born in 1974 in the Czech Republic. He studied Law, and graduated in Film History and Theory from the Charles University in Prague. Since 2001 has been working for the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic as a member of the official festival’s selection committee and programmer of the documentary competition. He is a member of the Czech FIPRESCI section and publishes for numerous magazines including Vinepur, Illuminace and Respekt.

RUSSELL PORTER [Australia]
Russell Porter has worked extensively in film and television – primarily in documentary – for over thirty years as a scriptwriter, director, script editor, producer, executive producer and institutional manager. He has over a hundred film and TV credits, and several Australian and international awards. He also has extensive international experience and recognition as a film teacher at major film schools in the USA, Australia, Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, Argentina and Spain. From 2000 to 2004 Coordinator/Director of Documentary Program in Film & Video Department, Columbia College Chicago. In 2003-2004 Founder/Director of International Student Documentary Competition, the world’s first student festival exclusively devoted to a documentary genre.