Jury 2011

Max Andersson (Artist in residence)

Sweden/Germany

Max Andersson began reading and drawing comics early, aged four. He found the ink smelled almost as good as gasoline. He wanted to become a mechanic but his parents insisted on comics. His first comic was silent and ended with the main character being blown to pieces by dynamite in his pants. Later he learned the alphabet. After a few decades, he got bored and made movies instead. His first films were in 35 mm colour cinemascope with Dolby stereo sound. After a while he advanced to 16 mm with mono sound. Finally he made a black and white silent film on super 8 mm. Then he started with comics again. Since then, his work has appeared in the form of books in several languages, as well as in major anthologies including Strapazin, Lapin, Hôpital Brut, Zero Zero and Stripburger. His drawings, objects and installations have been shown in various exhibitions in Europe and the USA. Max Andersson currently lives and works in Berlin. His new film Tito On Ice is a feature-length documentary based on events following the release of his latest graphic novel Bosnian Flat Dog (co-author: Lars Sjunnesson).

Bibliography (selection):
Container (2005)
Bosnian Flat Dog (2004)
Death & Candy (1999)
L'Excavation (1997)
Pistolen Johnny (1997)
Vakuumneger (1994)
Pixy (1992)

Filmography:
Tito On Ice (2011)
Lolita Separates (1989)
Varför är det så mycket svart (1988)
Spik-Bebis (1987)
Ingen Kommentar (1987)
One Hundred Years (1984)

Marcel Jean

Quebec, Canada

A film and literature graduate of Montreal University, Marcel Jean is the author of several books on Quebec cinema and animated films. He was curator of animation at the Quebec Film Library from 1996 to 1998 and in 1999 he became head of the animation studio for French program at the National Film Board of Canada. While working there he has produced or co-produced several internationally awarded films, including Black Soul (Martine Chartrand, 2001), Aria (Pjotr Sapegin, 2001), Brainwashers (Patrick Bouchard, 2002), Accordion (Michèle Cournoyer, 2004), L’homme sans ombre (Georges Schwizgebel, 2004), Tragic Story with Happy Ending (Regina Pessoa, 2005) and Sleeping Betty (Claude Cloutier, 2007). Since 2005, he runs his own production company, Central Unit Production.

Marcel Jean has taught history and aesthetics of film at the University of Montreal since 1986. He has also directed fiction shorts (Le rendez-vous perpetual, 1989; Vacheries, 1990) and three documentaries. He also wrote the script of Dehors novembre (Patrick Bouchard, 2005).

Carolina López Caballero

Spain

Film curator, animator and writer
She is currently directing two film events in Catalonia (Spain): Animac-LLeida, the International Animation Festival of Catalonia, and Xcèntric, the cinema of CCCB (Centre of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona). She also curates 'Little Stories of Cinema' for MACBA (Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona) and collaborates with Artfutura (art and new media festival).

Carolina is a graduate of the University of Barcelona (Fine Arts) and also studied animation in England at East Surrey College where she graduated with her film Swan Song (1992). After working as a free-lance animator in Barcelona, she moved to the U.S. to work for MTV and Locomotion. In 1993 she created Anima't – the animation section of Sitges International Film Festival of Catalonia and directed it for 10 years. As a director, she has made some commercials, TV programmes and a short film for Nickelodeon (Mum’s Birthday- 2002). Carolina is the editor of the book on experimental film Xcèntric, 45 Films Against the Grain. In 2009 she opened 8deagosto, the animation and digital department of a live-action production company in Barcelona, where she worked as the executive producer until last year.

Andy Glynne

UK

Andy is an award winning filmmaker, author and producer. Currently he is Managing Director of Mosaic Films, and the Chief Executive of the Documentary Filmmakers Group. Andy was initially trained as a clinical psychologist, and became involved in documentaries around 15 years ago, when he founded the Documentary Filmmakers Group, the national documentary organisation in the UK. He recently wrote the critically acclaimed book Documentaries and How to Make Them and has directed and produced numerous award-winning films for broadcasters both in the UK and overseas, most recently winning a BAFTA in 2010 for the animated documentary series Animated Minds. He has been instrumental in creating specific strands for new filmmakers for British Television as well as creating projects for new and emerging filmmakers in India, Africa, the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe, and has actively contributed to making animated documentaries in the UK and overseas.

Vuk Jevremović

Germany/Spain

Born in Frankfurt in 1975. He studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, and graduated in 2002 with Professor Joseph Kosuth. His drawings and paintings have been exhibited in a number of European galleries. After directing and producing a series of internationally awarded short films (Panther, Tagebuch and Patience of the Memory were Oscar qualified), Jevremović worked as a professor at the Escola Massana, Barcelona. He has held painting, drawing and animation workshops in Germany, Tunisia, Estonia, Lebanon, Spain, Portugal, Pakistan, Russia and Colombia. He is a frequent juror in animated film festivals worldwide. Vuk Jevremović currently lives and works between Hvar, Croatia, and Barcelona, Spain.