Introducing the Jury of the ON THE EDGE Competition!

Anne Gaschutz (Germany)
Director and programmer of the FILMFEST DRESDEN – International Short Film Festival. She has worked as a production assistant and production manager on numerous short film projects. In 2021 she became a member of the Pardi di domani Selection Committee at Locarno Film Festival. She is also one of the initiators of Talking Shorts, an online platform that focuses on short film criticism, and a member of the European Film Academy.

Fiona Armour (USA)
The Associate Curator at the Telluride Film Festival. She has been with the Festival for 12 years, beginning as a Program Associate and later serving as Program Coordinator. Her focus is on short film curation, assisting in the selection of the international Filmmakers of Tomorrow programs. A graduate of the European Film College, she has contributed writing to the International Film Festival Rotterdam and is also an artist and experimental documentary filmmaker.

Vítězslav Chovanec (Czech Republic)
Vitezslav currently works at the Czech Film Center, where he is responsible for promoting Czech documentaries and short films. He also runs Mad Reels, a new festival distribution initiative for short and documentary films. Additionally, Vitezslav serves as an advisor to the programming team of the One World Human Rights Film Festival in Prague and writes for the film magazine “Cinepur”.