Jury

Film and talent development specialist, currently a senior consultant with the British Council's Film Department, leading their new talent initiatives. She has previously worked as a film programmer for the Independent Cinema Office in the UK, and was programme director at London Short Film Festival. She was the creative producer and programmer at Birds Eye View Films, where she helped to develop and launch their highly successful Reclaim the Frame audience development programme.

She has worked as an animation specialist at the National Film Archive, is a lecturer in the animation department at the Moholy‑Nagy University of Art and Design, and was a co‑founder and curator of the Primanima International Animation Festival. She has served on the jury of numerous international animation festivals and has curated retrospective animation programs.

Dénes Nagy is a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. In 2013, his film Soft Rain (Lágy eső) won the Grand Prize at the very first Friss Hús. His debut feature film, Natural Light (Természetes fény), received the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival. His documentary Kurtág Fragments (Kurtág-töredékek), about the composer György Kurtág on the occasion of his 100th birthday, was released in cinemas this year.

I graduated in 2000 from the editing department of the University of Theatre and Film Arts, in the class of Hajnal Sellő. Since then, I have edited numerous feature films, documentaries, television productions, short films, commercials, and music videos.

I’m very happy that at this year’s Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival I can participate not only as an enthusiastic viewer, but also as a professional jury member delegated by the Hungarian Society of Cinematographers (HSE).

An award-winning film editor recognized at Hungarian and international festivals. He has edited more than 10 feature-length films and dozens of short films. He is the vice president of the HSE, has taught at University of Theatre and Film Arts (SZFE), and in addition to editing, he also works as a second unit director.