4-8.12.2024 / Białystok

Introducing The Jury of the ON THE EDGE Competition!

Introducing The Jury of the ON THE EDGE Competition!

The jury will evaluate films bordering on experiment and video art!

 

Kuba Mikurda (Poland)
Director and scriptwriter, author of documentary films. Graduate of psychology at the Jagiellonian University, doctor of philosophy. He completed the Programme for Creative Producers at the Wajda School. Author of numerous publications on cinema. Lecturer at the Lodz Film School. Member of the European Film Academy.

Momoko Seto (Japan)
She was born in Tokyo in 1980, travelled to France to study Art at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Marseille, then at the Le Fresnoy National Studio of Contemporary Art. Momoko has been working as a film director at the CNRS (National Centre of Scientific Research) in Paris, since 2006. In 2021, she received the prestigious CNRS crystal for her work which combines art and science. For her personal work, she makes several short films related to nature, the microcosm, using different shooting techniques. These films have received awards at numerous festivals (pre-selected for the French Césars, Audi prize at the Berlinale, grand prize at the Paris fantastic film festival, etc.). She is now working on her first feature film.

Norika Sefa (Kosovo)
Filmmaker, writer, director and producer. She is best known for her 2021 debut film “Looking for Venera”, which established her as an emerging talent. The film won and was nominated for many prestigious awards, it also represented Kosovo for the Oscars. Her films are heterogeneous in style, merging fiction and documentary, pieces that create atmosphere rather than stick to a conventional narrative. Norika’s previous work includes “Kiss Me, Now” (2020), along with “Desde Arriba” (2020), are wo hybrid documentaries. Norika’s newest documentary is soon to be released, she is now working on her second fiction film. Norika is already a member of the European Film Academy.