Short Film Jury 2024

The short film jury of the FilmFestival Cottbus 2024 brings together three outstanding filmmakers:

Szilárd Bernáth (HU): director whose debut film LARRY 2022 was honoured with two awards in Cottbus. He is currently working on his second feature film in Berlin.

Eglė Vertelytė (LT): Screenwriter and director whose feature film MIRACLE screened at over 50 festivals. She is working on other films such as 9th STEP and TASTY, which is premiering here.

Magdelena Ilieva (BG): Director who gained worldwide recognition with her short films THE SON and JUMP. Her feature film debut ETERNITY PACKAGE has it´s world premiere here.

With their combined expertise and unique perspectives, this jury will honour the festival's most exciting and innovative short films and discover outstanding new talent in the film world.

Full biographies here.