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international competition jury 2021

Born in 1987 in Lannemezan, France, Boris Labbé is an artist and animation film director working between France and Spain. His art comes through several forms: short films, audiovisual concerts and video installations. He has been collaborating with Sacrebleu Productions since 2013. His short film The Fall was selected in special screenings at the 57th Semaine de la Critique, Cannes Festival. In 2020, he collaborated with the choreographer Angelin Preljocaj and signed the video scenography for his Swan Lake.

Michaela Pavlatova is an animation director from Czech Republic. Her short animation films (Words, words, words, Repete, Tram) have received numerous awards at international film festivals including an Oscar nomination, Annecy Cristal, Golden Bear in Berlinale, Grand Prix at the International Animation Festival Hiroshima. In 2021 she finished a feature animation film My Sunny Maad. She is a chair of an Animation Department at FAMU Prague. 

A Polish self-taught Director and Animator, he has been making animation films since the 1990’s and now teaches animation at the National School of Cinema, Television and Theatre in Łódź. Retrospectives have been dedicated to his work at the MoMa in New York, the National Museum, Brazil and the Tokyo International Forum. His full-length film Kill It and Leave This Town was put forward in the Berlinale contest, 2020. He realizes performances of live design with different musical ensemble: from Rock bands to Symphonic Orchestras.

animated painting competition jury 2021 / Renato Guttuso Award