Festival Juries
Finále Plzeň 2022
International Jury for Feature Length Live Action and Animated Films
Matthias Luthardt
Dana Rogoz
Nataliya Libet
Anila Gajevic
Javier Garcia Puerto
International Jury for Documentaries
Victoria Leshchenko
Margit Lillak
Galina Stepanova
International Jury for TV and Internet Production
Tibor Forizs
Anna-Lena Theobald
Cristina Cepi
International Jury for Short Student Films
Triin Tramberg
Petra Ondřejková
Selection committee for competition films
Eva Veruňková Košařová
Peter Badač
Pavel Smejkal
David Brabec
Pavlína Kalandrová
Lenka Tyrpáková
Daniel Vadocký
Student Jury for Feature Length Live Action and Animated Films
Jan Tvrz
Lukáš Pazderník
Marek Dvořák
Kristýna Kalátová
Pavlína Bauerová
Student Jury for Documentaries
Kateřina Moravcová
Zuzana Jandová
Štěpánka Skálová
Student Jury for TV and Internet Production
Samuil Trenov
Iuliia Berestovskaia
Sofia Denisova
International Jury for Feature Length Live Action and Animated Films

Matthias Luthardt
He studied film directing at the HFF Konrad Wolf in Potsdam-Babelsberg. He also completed the Masterclass for Young European Film Producers in Ludwigsburg and Paris. His debut film “Pingpong” was screened in 2006 at the Cannes Film Festival in the “Semaine de la Critique” and received several awards there, as well as at other international film festivals. The film was nominated at the European Film Awards in the category European Discovery. Luthardt has also worked on numerous documentary films. He co-directed the feature documentary “Jesus liebt Dich” (Berlinale 2008), made several contributions to the documentary episodic film series 24h (Berlin, Israel and Europe) as well as “Cinékino,” a German-French ten-part documentary about European cinema. His film “Der Tag, an dem ich meinen toten Mann traf,” based on the novel by Andreas Paluch and Robert Habeck, was invited to the 2009 Berlinale and screened at national and international festivals. His most recent works include the experimental short “Die Wahrheit” and the German-French cinema co-production “Luise”. Matthias Luthardt is a member of the European Film Academy.

Dana Rogoz
Dana Rogoz is a Romanian actress and public figure. She started her acting career as a child, starring in numerous children’s films and different TV series. In 2008 she graduated the National University of Theatre and Film "I.L.Caragiale". In 2012, she received the Romanian Union of Filmmakers award for the best female interpretation in the short film "Try Not to Blink" directed by Radu Dragomir. In 2013 she performed together with Christoph Waltz and Lucas Hedges in "The Zero Theorem" directed by Terry Gilliam. Many other roles followed in theater and film. In 2019 she had the premiere in main competition at Sarajevo Film Festival with the film "MO" directed by Radu Dragomir, as the lead actress, a role that brought her several nominations and awards for best actress and also international acclaim. This year she had the premiere of "V lete ti poviem ako sa mám" directed by Marta Ferencova in Slovakia and Czech Republic. Next year she will have her debut as a director and scriptwriter.

Natalia Libet
She works as a film producer mostly with ESSE Production House and Digital Religion. In 2019-2021, she brought First Cut Lab to Ukraine. She has also joined Bratislava's Febiofest, London's The Calvert Journal Film Festival and Wiesbaden's goEast as a jury member. She has had annual audits with Big 4, obtained an MBA in the U.S. Natalia is responsible for the educational programs at the Film Industry Association of Ukraine (FIAU). She is a winner of 2000 Edmund Muskie/Freedom Support Act Graduate Fellowship Award, a member of Ukrainian Film Academy, an alumna of Midpoint Institute’s Cold Open, LIM and EURODOC. In 2022, Natalia is an Emerging Producer with Ji.hlava IDFF and a Producer Under the Spotlight at Marche du Film. Natalia's selected filmography includes “Stop-Zemlia” (2021) world premiere – Berlinale Generation 14plus, Crystal Bear Youth Jury Award Berlinale Generation 14+; “Parthenon” (2019) world premiere – the 34th Critics’ Week at the 76th Venice IFF; “ANNA”, (2019) world premiere – Shorts Competition at the 72th Cannes IFF, BIFA Best Short Award 2019.

Anila Gajevic
Anila Gajević was born in Sarajevo in 1979 where she graduated in Bosnian literature and language. As a former journalist and editor, in 2008, she founded ZONA, the first talent agency in Bosnia and Herzegovina which is today among the leading agencies in Southeastern Europe and beyond. Her agency represents some of the most prominent actors and young talents from the Balkans and Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey and Spain. As an agent, she has represented actors in numerous international projects such as „Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol“, „The November Man“, „Snowpiercer“, „Legends“ „Skyfall“ „The Last Christmas“, „Gomorrah“, „Game of Thrones“, „In Order of Disappearance“, „Der Pass“, „Success“, „Cold War“, „Jack Ryan“, „Munich Games“, „Before We Die“, „42 segundos“, “Everybody Loves Diamonds“...
Screen International listed her in 2016 as one of the „Future Leaders: Agents“. In her country, she received two awards „Lady Boss“ and „Woman of the Year“ for entrepreneurship. She is a member of the Association of filmmakers in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Film Academy.

Javier Garcia Puerto
Cofounder of REC International Film Festival of Tarragona in 2001 and artistic director since 2006 and Film Programmer at Tallinn Black Nights IFF. Graduate in History (URV) and Audiovisual Communication (UPF). He has worked in historical research, as a documentary scriptwriter and university professor. Film and video curator, he has organized exhibitions and programs in Brazil, Israel, Colombia, US or China and collaborated with institutions such as KunstWerke (Berlin), Instituto Cervantes or the Cineteca Nacional de México. Jury in festivals in South Africa, Hungary, Costa Rica, France or Siberia including the Berlinale (Generation). Programmer at Tallin Black Nights FF (Estonia), where he's delegate for Spanish speaking countries and editor of ‘Rebels with a cause' competition. During 2014/17 he was the main curator of the project OFF THE WALL, which brought European films on tour in over thirty cities in nine countries in Europe and America (www.offthewallproject.eu).
International Jury for Documentaries

Victoria Leschenko
Victoria has a master degree in cultural studies (Kyiv-Mohyla Academy). She been working as a programmer for more than 10 years, including 4 last years as a program director at Docudays UA – which were quite hectic due to covid-19 and demanded both responsible and creative approaches to still keep running the festival. For example, in March 2020, Victoria developed new formats for film screenings and festival events in very tight deadlines, and together with her team moved the Docudays UA online in just a month. She has experience in programming film programs at Ukrainian film festivals (Molodist IFF, Docudays UA IHRDFF) and film organizations. In 2022, together with her fellow programmer from Docudays UA and film critic Yulia Kovalenko she established "sloїk film atelier". Its first and recent film curator project is a collaborative work with Deutsche Kinemathek – a program of Ukrainian film screenings in Germany named "Perspectives of Ukrainian Cinema".

Margit Lilak
Margit Lillak was born in Estonia. In 1999, she graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts with a degree in scenography (BA). In 2002, she received her Master's degree in screenwriting at the Royal Holloway College (UK). Her short film Pastacas was awarded with the main prize at the EstDocs Film Festival in Toronto (2011). In 2012, she made her first feature-length documentary 40+2 weeks about her pregnancy and home birth. In 2019, her second documentary feature The Circle premiered at Ji.hlava IDFF and travelled to over thirty festivals around the globe. The Circle was nominated for the Best documentary award at Estonian Film and TV awards. Margit received the annual prize for an outstanding social documentary film by Estonian Cultural Endowment.

Galina Stepanova
Galya Stepanova is a film programmer and producer. Currently, she is the programming and acquisitions manager for creative documentaries at Current Time TV, as well as the East Silver Market coordinator and programmer at the Institute of Documentary Film in Prague. In 2022 she also acted as a documentary film consultant for Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Previously, she worked in film production and education in France, Armenia and the Czech Republic, including four years as executive producer at HYPERMARKET Film on Dmitry Bogolyubov’s Town of Glory, and Vitaly Mansky’s Putin’s Witnesses and Gorbachev. Heaven. Galya holds an MA in Film Programming and Curation from the National Film and Television School in the UK.
International Jury for TV and Internet Production

Tibor Forizs
He started his career at the Hungarian Public Television as a feature film curator and editor. He came on board at RTL Klub as a film buyer and scheduler in 1998 and later he was appointed head of acquisitions and scheduling in Fall 2001. His career at RTL Hungary spanned a total of 23 years where he was involved in the content acquisition and programming activities of the group’s major free-to-air channel, seven additional cable channels and its newly created AVOD streaming proposition, RTL Most. He later resurfaced at Antenna Group’s CEE channel portfolio consisting of 22 pay-TV channels and two OTT services in 12 countries, serving as their regional programming director. He is currently a freelance acquisitions, programming and co-production consultant for various media and distribution companies in Hungary and Central and Eastern Europe.

Anna Lena Theobald
Anna-Lena is a screenwriter and producer based in Berlin. After her MA degree in Philosophy she studied Producing at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (dffb). She has worked on feature films and TV productions from Germany, China, Canada and the US. In 2022 she graduated from Serial Eyes, Europe's premier training program for TV writers and producers. Currently Anna-Lena is developing her first TV show as a headwriter and showrunner, which is produced by Achtung Panda! and co-produced by SWR.

Cristina Cepi
She studied foreign languages / University of Bucharest and immediately after graduation she joined one of the top TV commercial channels in Romania. 3 years after, she took another turn in her professional life joining one of the key distribution company in Romania. Soon she became one of the top self-recommended professionals in the field of all rights movie distribution with expertise in the Romanian market and CEE footprint. Between 2011-2013 she was part of the central team in Czech Republic in charge with implementing Voyo VOD platform across CME markets. With a vast experience in the VOD field, Cristina is looked at as a key player in the region. Sales and acquisitions of all types of programming are her specialty as well.