Introducing the 21st Animateka Children’s Jury!

The Children’s Jury is the one who decides on The Elephant Children Jury Award, for films in the Elephant in Competition programme. A monetary award in the amount of €1,000.

You can check out the video where they introduce themselves here:

 

Člani žirije so:

The members of the jury are:

 

Maša Bečaj Berkopec

I’m 12 years old. I’m a girl scout, I play the piano, dance hip hop, and sing in a choir. I like to read, draw, watch films. But most of all, I like to hang out with my friends and play with our cat, Ford.

 

Nil Ferro Seliškar

My name is Nil Ferro Seliškar, I’m 10 years old, and I’m in Year 5 of primary school. I’ve played the drums since I was 4. In Ljubljana, I have a band with Marjan Stanič called Duo Hecktis. In Macedonia and Iceland, I’ve played as a DJ at festivals Makedox in Icedocs.

My DJ name is BabyEyesANGB (Analog beaters). I like films a lot, I go to Makedox every year, it’s a film festival. I grew up in a family of filmmakers, my mum is a director, and my dad is a cinematographer. I like animated films best; my favourite animator is Hayao Miyazaki.

 

Emil Vanja Mlakar Smrekar

My name is Emil, I’m 9 years old and I’m in Year 4 of the Trzin Primary School. I play the zither, which I like a lot. I also play football and basketball. I love to hang out with my friends, and I like trampolines. I enjoy comics and animated films, especially at Animateka and Kinodvor, where I can also meet the filmmakers. I like doing origami and making animations with modelling clay. I hope the films will be good so we have a tough decision to make, and I hope we get on well as a group.

 

Matevž Pikl

Hi, I’m Matevž, I’m 13 years old and I go to the Nove Jarše Primary School. Ever since I was little, I’ve liked playing with Lego, constructing anything from miniatures to working robots. I’ve also learned stop motion so I can make animations. I love reading and drawing comics, my favourite one is still the Dungeon series. I like watching films and animations. Star Wars and Wall-E were among those I liked best. I’ve played the drums since Year 2 of primary school. In my free time, I hang out with my friends a lot and play basketball.

 

Ida Šturm

My name is Ida Šturm, I’m 12 years old, and I’m in Year 7 of primary school, where my favourite subject is English. In my spare time, I like to draw, be creative, read, and listen to Taylor Swift. I like fantasy, action, and romantic films, my favourite one is The Hunger Games. I have attended a few Elephant animation workshops and I enjoyed them a lot. I’m excited to be a juror at a film festival.

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