International Jury Thessaloniki Film Festival

INTERNATIONAL JURY

The seven-member International Jury called to judge the films of the International Competition section and to award the Golden and Silver Alexanders, (Euros 37,000 and 22,000 respectively) plus a number of additional awards backed by Euros 25,000 in cash, is composed of:





Michael Ondaatje, Writer (Canada), President



Diablo Cody, Screenwriter (USA)



Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Director (Turkey)



Lisa Stantic, Producer (Argentina)



Emilie Dequenne, Actress (Belgium)



David Robinson, Film critic (UK) and



Dionisis Savopoulos, Composer (Greece)

FIPRESCI JURY

The five-member FIPRESCI Jury called to judge films in the International Competition and the Greek Films 2008 sections is composed of:



Guenther Jekubzik, President (Germany)



Margit Tonson (Estonia)



Olga Markova (Bulgaria)



Andrzej Bokuwiecki (Poland)



Nikos Kourmoulis (Greece)

BALKAN FUND JURY

The five-member Balkan Fund Jury called to award four projects in the 2008 Balkan Fund script workshop is composed of:



Richard Kwietniowski, Screenwriter/director (Poland/UK)



Milcho Manchevski, Screenwriter/director (FYROM)



Simon Perry, Producer and Chief executive of the Irish Film Board (Ireland)



Razvan Radulescu, Screenwriter (Romania)



Christina Kallas, Screenwriter/producer (Greece/Germany)