Committees 2023
The European Film Academy unveils the selection experts and nomination committees involved in the awarding procedures for the European Film Awards 2023 in a complete list – for more information please see the Regulations of the 36th European Film Awards:
SELECTION EXPERTS
Feature Film Selection
Kevin Chan (distributor/UK)
José Luis Cienfuegos (festival programmer/Spain)
Monica Felea (distributor/Romania)
Vanja Kaluđerčić (festival director/Croatia)
Tine Klint (sales agent/Denmark)
Ira von Gienanth (distributor/Germany)
Documentary Film Selection
Ada Solomon (Academy Board – producer/Romania)
Hanka Kastelicová (producer/Czech Republic)
Catherine Le Clef (distributor/Belgium)
Victoria Leshchenko (programmer/Ukraine)
Orwa Nyrabia (programmer/The Netherlands/Syria)
NOMINATION COMMITTEES
EUROPEAN DISCOVERY – Prix FIPRESCI
Kaleem Aftab (film writer, programmer and producer/UK)
Janet Bariş (FIPRESCI – film critic/Turkey)
Bettina Brokemper (Academy Board – producer/Germany)
Paola Casella (FIPRESCI – film critic/Italy)
Virginie Devesa (Academy Board – sales agent/France)
Liisa Holmberg (film commissioner/International/Finland)
Martin Horyna (FIPRESCI – film critic, festival programmer/Czech Republic)
Alik Shpilyuk (FPRESCI – film critic/Ukraine)
Britt Sørensen (FIPRESCI – film critic/Norway)
EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Nevina Satta (Academy Board – film commissioner/Italy)
Antonio Saura (Academy Board – sales agent/Spain)
Sune Lind Thomsen (CARTOON representative/)
Anna Zača (festival programmer, director/Latvia)
EXCELLENCE AWARDS JURY
Matteo Cocco, cinematographer, Italy
Mdhamiri Á Nkemi, editor, UK
Maria Shub, production designer, Ukraine
Armaveni Stoyanova, costume designer, Bulgaria
Eglė Mikalauskaitė, make-up & hair artist, Lithuania
Gina Keller, sound designer, Switzerland
Zviad Mgebry, composer, Georgia
Mårten Larsson, VFX supervisor, Sweden
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY YOUNG AUDIENCE AWARD
Nomination Committee:
Sarita Christensen (producer/Denmark)
Joana Domingues (Academy Board – producer/Portugal)
Vėjūnė Dūdėnienė (exhibitor/Lithuania – ECFA representative)
Mikk Granström (festival programmer/Estonia)
Daniel Lundquist (festival programmer/Sweden)
assisted by four representatives of the European Film Club’s Consultation Group:
Liva from Latvia
Ifigenia from Greece
Sanya from Italy
Denny from Croatia