Members of the jury of the 5th Prague Short Film Festival:
Keiko Takahashi, Producer, Co-founder Short Shorts Film Festival, Japan
Jitka Rudolfová, Film Director, Czech Republic
Scott Sanders, Film Director and Screenwriter, USA
Tómas Lemarquis, Actor, Island
Tomáš Baldýnský, Film Publicist, Czech Republic
More information about jury members could be found here
Program of the 5th edition of the Festival is announced in the section films where all information about the program sections, films and directors biographies could be found.
Tickets will go on sale on January 15 in the box office of Svetozor Cinema. Single ticket price is 60 CZK.
See the catalogue for more information.
The fifth annual Prague Short Film Festival, organized by the producers of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, will take place on January, 20- 24, 2010 in Prague’s Světozor cinema. As in the previous years, this year’s three competition and nine non-competition sections will present the best short films created over the last year by talented young filmmakers from all over the globe.
This year’s festival focus will be on Spain and Japan, and thematic sections will be dedicated to football in short film. The highlight of this year’s festival will be short films about love by five Russian directors. There will also be the first films of today’s famous directors, award winning films from the world’s most prestigious festivals and competitions, experimental films and even an overview of the work of the youngest generation of Czech filmmakers.
More information could be found in the press release
Grand Prix prize
EUR 500
The Ground Beneath, director Rene Hernandez, Australia
Jury verdict: “Story with the strong emotional charge, compact filmmaking and promising directing.
Special Jury Mentions
Wrestling, director Grímur Hákonarson, Iceland
E Finita La Commedia, directors Jean-Jullien Collette and Oliver Tollet, Belgium
Audience Award
This is Her, director Katie Wolfe, New Zeland
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