Jury

Feature Length Competition Jury

President of Jury

Danny Krausz

(Producer/Austria)

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Danny Krausz founded DOR FILM with Milan Dor in 1988 to create an innovative production studio for young directors. Many years of experience as a founder was an ideal background for DOR FILM's successful development into one of the leading feature film production studios in Austria. As a board member of EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs), Danny has been a trainer for young producers around Europe for many years. He has produced over 100 films and TV programs, many of which are by the first time directors.

Jury

Hong Sang-soo

(Director/Korea)

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Born 1960 in Seoul, Hong studied filmmaking at Chungang University and California College of Arts and Crafts, and received an MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1996, he made his directorial debut with The Day a Pig Fell into the Well, to the great critical acclaim, followed by Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors and Woman Is the Future of Man,establishing himself as a leading Korean filmmaker. Hong also taught screenwriting at the Korean National University of Arts until 2002.
In 2004, he founded his own production company Jeonwonsa.

Jury

Ricardo De Angelis (ADF)

(Cinematographer/Argentine)

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Ricardo De Angelis has been working as a director of photography since 1980. His third feature film A Place in The World was nominated for the Oscar. He was a consultant concerning digital cinema for Apple Latin-America from 2000 to 2004, and taught at the International School of Film and television (EICTV) in Havana, Cuba and in the Duoc of Santiago de Chile. He served as a jury in various festivals. He has shot 16 feature films, 8 of which were shot in high definition 24P.

Jury

Morio Amagi

(Producer/Japan)

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Born 1962 in Fukuoka, Amagi graduated from Japan Academy Of Moving Image and worked on sets with directors like Yasuo Furuhata, Masahiro Shinoda, Junya Sato, Akira Kurosawa, and Masayuki Suo. In 1994, he established Cine Bazar. His producing credits include Cutie Honey, Otakus in Love, Lorele - The Witch of the Pacific Ocean, Spring Snow, and Closed Note.
He is a resident of a rental office at SKIP City Sai-no-Kuni Visual Plaza.

Jury

Masako Imai

(Screenwriter/Japan)

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Born 1970 in Osaka, Imai graduated from School of Education at Kyoto University. She is a member of Japan Writers Guild. Her script Pakodate-jin won awards at Hakodate Harbour Illumination Film Festival and subsequently made into a feature film of the same title. Yukidaruma no shi won top prize at Hoso Bunka Foundation. Her writing credits include Japan-Iran co-production The Wind Carpet (2003), Japan-US co-production Jenifa (2004), Helen The Baby Fox (2006) and Angel's Egg (2006).

Short Length Competition Jury

President of Jury

Masanobu Takashima

(Actor/Japan)

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Takashima made his debut with TV series "Jun-chan no ouenka." He also starred in a popular TV series "Hotel" which aired from 1990 to 2002. His other TV credits include "Tokai no Mori" for TBS, "Taiheiki" for NHK, "Double Kitchen" for TBS, "Kiken na Aneki" for CX, "Kochira Honikegamisho" for TBS, and "Theresa Ten Story" for ANB. His film credits include Yamada babaa ni hanataba o (1990), Infection (2004), Free and Easy 18 (2007), A Tale of Mari and three puppies (2007), and L change the WorLd (2008).

Jury Members

The jury consists of 5 members of the Citizens' Circle to Support SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL.

Yoshio Ito (Former NHK Producer)
Fumio Ehara (NPO Saitama Audio-Visual Volunteers)
Itaru Hasegawa (Former TV Asahi Producer)
Hiroshi Tsuchida (President of Nichiei Co., Ltd.)
Akiko Saita (Film Critic)


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