NETPAC JURY

PRESIDENT OF THE JURY

Film critic, author, festival organizer, India

 

PREMENDRA NATH MAZUMDER is a film critic, author, and organizer. He writes extensively on cinema. He is the Vice President of the Federation of Film Societies of India, General Secretary of the India Chapter of the International Federation of Film Critics, and Editor of the quarterly film journal E-CineIndia (ISSN:2582-2500). He works for many national and international film festivals in India and abroad as the chairman, program director, curator, festival coordinator and consultant. He has served the jury in more than forty important international film festivals worldwide. He is the founder of the South Asian Short Film Festival, and World Film Festival Kolkata. He has been honored with the Ritwik Ghatak Award (Rajshahi, Bangladesh, 2016), Satyajit Ray Memorial Award (Asian Film Foundation Mumbai, India, 2018) and Vijaya Mulay Lifetime Achievement Award (Kerala, India, 2023) for his contribution to cinema on various capacities.

 

 

Film scholar, critic, professor, Bulgaria

 

Andronika Martonova is a film scholar, critic, expert and university lecturer in the area of Asian cinema. She is a full professor at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Institute of Art Studies, Screen Arts Department, where she is currently the Deputy director.
Author of two monographs, numerous critical and scholarly publications in the field of Asian cinema and Bulgarian film culture. She is a guest lecturer at the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts (NATFA) and at the Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’ – Center for Eastern Languages and Cultures. Her main courses are ‘Aesthetics and History of Asian Cinema’, ‘Visual culture of East and Southeast Asia’, ‘Visual culture of India and Iran’, ‘History and diversity of Traditional Asian Theatre’. Member of Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers (Film Critics Guild), FIPRESCI and NETPAC.
As a film critic she was a jury member of numerous international film festivals – in Warsaw (Poland), Bangkok (Thailand), Brisbane (Australia), Sofia (Bulgaria), Almaty (Kazakhstan), Bitola (Macedonia), Kochin (India), Vladivostok (Russia), Nis (Serbia), Astana (Kazakhstan), Beijing (China), Bengaluru (India).

 

 

Film producer, researcher, Master of Arts, Russia

 

Sardana Savvina is a film producer and scholar. She has extensive experience in promoting indigenous Sakha cinema at national and international levels. Since 2010, she has worked actively to advance the recognition of Sakha cinema through film festivals, academic publications, and cultural programs and activities.