International Jury

This Jury will adjudicate the Best International Short Film Award and the Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards.

Andrei Gorzo

Andrei Gorzo was born in 1978 in Romania. He studied Film History, Criticism and Theory at Bucharest’s National University of Drama and Film and at New York University. He has recently completed a PhD thesis (on the New Romanian Cinema of the 2000s) at Bucharest’s National University of Drama and Film, where he is currently teaching and doing research. He is also contributing weekly film criticism to two Romanian magazines (Dilema Veche and 24 FUN), as well as curating the Next International Short and Medium Length Film Festival (held in Bucharest).

Alexandra Heneka

Alexandra Heneka worked for several years in feature film script development. Looking for more creative and diverse filmmaking possibilities, she moved to the world of the short film. Since 2008, she has been a member of the sales department of KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg. She is also involved in her own photography and film projects.

Qasim Riza Shaheen

Qasim Riza Shaheen is a British artist based in Manchester with an international repertoire. His work has been presented at prominent venues and festivals throughout the UK, including: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, The National Review of Live Art, Glasgow; Liverpool Biennial and at British Dance Edition. His publications include Only the Moon To Play With (Arts Council England 2004), Khusra: Stains & Stencils (Shisha 2007), Liliquoi Blue: God Made Me A Boy (City Arts 2010) and Nine Acts of Reciprocity (Anokha Laadla 2010).

National Jury

The National Jury will adjudicate the Best Irish Short Film Award and the Claire Lynch Award.

Felim MacDermott

Felim MacDermott studied Film Production at IADT and holds a Masters in Screenwriting from the Huston Film School. In 2002, with his colleague, Declan McGrath, he authored Screencraft: Screenwriting, a book exploring the craft of scriptwriting with some of its greatest exponents. In 2003, Felim and Declan ran the Visions of Kieslowski Festival in Galway, celebrating the late Polish master’s legacy with many of his closest collaborators and members of the Irish filmmaking community. From 2006 to 2010, Felim was the Artistic Director of the Galway Film Fleadh. He now lectures on Film and Television at GMIT.

Alexandra Gramatke

After finishing her studies in Slavonic and German Literature, Alexandra Gramatke worked as a freelance interpreter for literature and documentary films. In 1994, she joined the ‘Thede,’ a Hamburg-based group of documentary filmmakers. As a member of this group, she made several films, for example, Dynamo Kiev – Good Old Boys (2000). She has also worked as a production manager, a publisher and a film curator. Since 2008, she has been the managing director of the KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg, a short film distributor, and organiser of the annual Hamburg International Short Film Festival.

Tom Climent

Tom Climent is an artist based in Cork. Operating in both painting and sculpture, he focuses on the creation of space, investigating the boundaries between abstraction and representation. His work is in the collections of The Central Bank, The National Treasury Management Agency, UCC, The National Self-Portrait Collection, The Opera House and Cork City Council. He has also had solo shows at The Hunt Museum, The Fenton Gallery, The Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, and Triskel Arts Centre, and many more.

Made in Cork Jury

The Made In Cork Jury will adjudicate the Made In Cork Award for Best Short Film.

Margaret Greene

Margaret Greene is the General Manager of the Gate Cinemas (Cork, Midleton, Mallow and Douglas). Having joined The Gate Group in 1996, she began as Duty Manager in Cinema World Douglas, then becoming Manager of the Gate Cork when it opened in 1998. Cinema is in the blood for Margaret, whose parents owned and ran the Ormonde Cinema in Midleton, and booking films for the four Gate cinemas is her favourite part of the job.

Dan Boyle

Dan Boyle is a former TD, former Senator, former Cork City Councillor, and the outgoing Chair of the Green Party. A long-time friend of Cork Film Festival, he has been an active participant in the arts life of Cork City and has served on the boards of several arts centres and galleries. He is currently realising his own musical ambitions with the imminent release of his first album, Third Adolescence.
In 2012, he plans to publish a book detailing the Green Party’s experiences in government.

Trish Brennan

Trish Brennan lives in Cork and is Head of Fine Art (acting) at C.I.T. Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork. She studied Film, Video and Photographic
Arts (BA Hons) at Westminster University, London, followed by an MA
in Fine Art from the National College of Art & Design, Dublin. While she currently works in education, she has a broad and diverse experience of working in the arts, including visual arts practice, production, management and policy development