The Jury of the Feature Film Competition will include: Géza M. Tóth, Steve Henderson and Weronika Placzek.
There are five films in the selection of the Feature Film Competition. A three-member jury will decide which of them will win. Who will be part of the jury?
Géza M. Tóth
Oscar nominated film director, opera director, PhD, DLA university professor, founder of the KEDD Animation Studio, Budapest, member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. As a filmmaker and producer he created some author's short films (e.g. Icar, Maestro, Ergo, Mama, Yes, Matches), animation tv series (e.g. Berry and Dolly, The Kuflis, Boribon, Mitch-Match, Tales of Nasreddin Hodja), experimental art projects, immersive projects and opera directions (e.g. XYZ, The Miraculous Mandarin, Duke Bluebeard’s Castle, The Wooden Prince, Nibelung Tetralogy, Mattheus Passion). He has been teaching from 1994 at some art universities, such as MOME, Budapest; Royal College of Art in London; Babeș–Bolyai University, Cluj and University of Theater and Film Arts in Budapest, where he was the rector from 2014 to 2019.
Steve Henderson
Steve holds several prominent positions in the animation community. As Festival Director & CEO of Manchester Animation Festival, the UK’s largest animation event he leads the artistic direction of the organisation. As co-owner and editor of Skwigly.com, the nation’s leading online animation magazine and community platform he contributes articles and regularly conducts podcast interviews with top figures in the animation industry. He also consults for industry and sits on juries of major international festivals. With a scholarly background, Steve obtained a PhD from Loughborough University, concentrating on Animation Archives and British Children's Television Animation and has taught at various institutions.
Weronika Płaczek
Weronika Płaczek (ur. 1985) – cultural activities animator, founder and head of the International Animated Film Festival Animocje. Since 2009, she has been associated with Municipal Centre of Culture in Bydgoszcz, where as a curator she coordinates projects related to animated films and is responsible for organizing and coordinating musical and interdisciplinary events. She serves as a jury member at festivals (Opolskie Lamy, ReAnima Festival, StopTrik Festival), selects films (including for the Zoom-Zbliżenia Festival, Lublin Film Festival, Animocje, Fonomo Music & Film Festival, Warsaw Animation Festival), and curates film screenings (including for Animocje, Fonomo Music & Film Festival, StopTrik Festival, LGBT+ Film Festival, Warsaw Animation Festival).
All competition films will be screened during the 18th edition of the Animator Festival between June 5 and 13, 2025 in Poznan.
