Jury members of the previous festivals

16th KECSKEMÉT ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL (2023)

Hungarian competion’s Jury

Ferenc CAKÓ – animated film director, Hungary
István DAMÓ – graphic artist, illustrator, painter, Hungary
Ducki KRZYSZTOF – graphic artist, poster designer, illustrator, Poland–Hungary
Éva M TÓTH – animated film director, university professor, Hungary
Péter VÁCZ – animated film director, teacher, Hungary

European competition’s Jury

Viktor DUDÁS – film expert, Hungary
Tamás ITTZÉS – violinis, composer, university professor, Hungary
Sam ORTI – animated film director, Spain
József FÜLÖP – rector of the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME), Hungary
Mauro CARRARO – animated film director, Italy
István Zoltán TÓTH – director of contant of Media Service Support and Asset Management Fund (MTVA), Hungary

15th KECSKEMÉT ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL (2021)

Hungarian competion’s Jury

Dóra BARTA – dancer, choreographer, Hungary
Éva DEMETER – director of Alexandre Trauner ART/Film Festival, Hungary
Tamás Dr. KOLLARIK – producer, lawyer, university professor, film director, Hungary
András Imre NYERGES – sound engineer, music director, sound system designer, audio consultant, teacher, Hungary
Tamás WALICZKY – animation and new media artist, Hungary

European competition’s Jury

Szabolcs MENYHEI – concept artist, Hungary
Milorad KRSTIC – painter, multimedia artist, animation film director, Slovenia–Hungary
Zoltán VARGA – film historian, Hungary
Balázs BAKSA – animation film director, digital graphic artist, Hungary
Márta HORVÁTH – television film editor, Hungary
Béla KLINGL – animation film director, producer, Magyarország

14th KECSKEMÉT ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL & 11th FESTIVAL OF EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILMS AND TV FILMS (2019)

Hungarian competion’s Jury

János BÁN – writer, journalist, Hungary
Gábor CSUPÓ – animator, producer, film director, graphic designer, USA
Pál Sándor LAKATOS – sculptor, Hungary
Zsolt PÁPAI – film historian, film critic, Hungary
Ishu PATEL – animated film director, producer, photographer, India

European competition’s Jury

Éva Katinka BOGNÁR – animated film director, teacher, illustrator, Hunary
Michaël DUDOK DE WIT – Academy Award-winning animated film director, France
Péter GERENCSÉR – film historian, senior lecturer, Hungary
Otto ALDER – teacher, filmmaker, photographer, Switzerland
Dr. Mohamed GHAZALA – assistant professor of animation, vice President of ASIFA, Egypt
Balázs MEDVECZKY – televíziós médiaszolgáltatási igazgató, Magyarország / Director of Television Media Services, Hungary

13th KECSKEMÉT ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL & 10th FESTIVAL OF EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILMS AND TV FILMS (2017)

Hungarian competion’s Jury

Alexey ALEXEEV – film director, animator, composer, Russia
Gábor BÖSZÖRMÉNYI – film critic, publisher, editor-in-chief, Hungary
Abi FEIJO – animation film director, producer, Portugal
Seyed Alireza GOLPAYEGANI – head of the animation masters department at the University of Arts of Tehran, Iran
Dennis TUPICOFF – film director, animator, producer, Australia

European competition’s Jury

Edit BAKOS – director of the Uránia National Cinema, Hungary
Ferenc BÁRDOS – leader of the Medium Film Club, Hungary
Réka DIVINYI – dramaturg, aesthete, Hungary
Kreet PALJAS – programme director for the Anilogue International Animation Festival, Estonia
Ferenc VARSÁNYI – director, producer, teacher, Hungary
Albert Hanan KAMINSKI – animated film director, Israel
Éva MAGYARÓSI – artist, director, Hungary
András PÉTERFFY – film director, producer, professor, Hungary
György RÁDULY – director of the Hungarian National Film Archive
Éva VASS – director of the M2 Channel

12th KECSKEMÉT ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL & 9th FESTIVAL OF EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILMS AND TV FILMS (2015)

Hungarian competion’s Jury

Paul BUSH – animated film director, United Kingdom
János KRISKÓ – TV editor–presenter, teacher, Hungary
Gergő SÜVEGES – TV editor–presenter, Hungary
Péter SZOBOSZLAY – animated film director, Hungary
Koji YAMAMURA – Academy Award-nominated animated film director, Japan

European competition’s Jury

Olivier COTTE – animated film historian, film director, France
Alejandro R. GONZÁLEZ – professor, the artistic director of Anima, Córdoba International Animation Festival, Argentina
Tibor HIRSCH – professor, film historian, Hungary
Klára Dr. MUHI – film critic, film historian, dramaturge, Hungary
Vince ZALÁN – professor, film historian, Hungary

11th KECSKEMÉT ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL & 8th FESTIVAL OF EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILMS AND TV SPECIALS (2013)

Hungarian competion’s Jury

Sándor BUGLYA – film director, cinematographer, producer, professor, Hungary
Bahget ISKANDER – photographer, Hungary
Sayoko KINOSHITA – animated film director, producer, Japan
István OROSZ – graphic artist, film director, Hungary
Izabela PLUCINSKA – animated film director, Poland

European competition’s Jury

Anita KILLI – animator, film director, Norway
Andrea KISS –animated film director, illustrator, graphic artist, Hungary
László ÖVEGES – architect, photographer, Hungary
György GATTYÁN – producer, owner of the Docler Holding Hungary
Béla TERNOVSZKY – animated film director, Hungary

10th KECSKEMÉT ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL & 7th FESTIVAL OF EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILMS AND TV SPECIALS (2011)

Hungarian competions’s Jury

Georges SCHWIZGEBEL – animated film director, Switzerland
Katalin GLASER – animated film director, Hungary
Brigitta IVÁNYI-BITTER – art historian, Hungary
Balázs ECKHARDT – television director, Hungary
Raoul SERVAIS – animated film director, Belgium
Michel OCELOT – animated film director, France

European competition’s Jury

Nelson SHIN – animated film director, South Korea
Tomm MOORE – animated film director, Ireland
Éva VEZÉR – executive director of Hungarian Film Union, Hungary
János RÓZSA – film director, producer, Hungary
Monique RENAULT – animated film director, France-Netherlands

9th KECSKEMÉT ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL & 6th INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ANIMATED FEATURE FILMS AND TV SPECIALS (2009)

Hungarian competion’s Jury

Ferenc ROFUSZ – Academy Award-winning animated film director, Hungary
Clare KITSON – commissioning editor of animation at Channel 4, writer, translator, United Kingdom
Jimmy T. MURAKAMI – animated film director, producer, Ireland
Tomek DUCKI – animated film director, Hungary
Gábor Dr. FARKAS – architect, Hungary

International competition’s Jury

Co HOEDEMAN – Academy Award-winning animated film director, Canada
Jannik HASTRUP – animatd film director, Denmark
Margit ANTAUER – animation curator (Animafest Zagreb), Croatia
János KENDE – cinematographer, Hungary
Pál SIPOS – editor-in-chief of cultural programmes at Hungarian Television, Hungary

8th KECSKEMÉT ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL & 5th INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ANIMATED FEATURE FILMS AND TV SPECIALS (2007)

Hungarian competion’s Jury

Géza M. TÓTH – animated film director, Hungary
László GYERGYÁDESZ Jr. – art historian, Hungary
Jerzy KUCIA – animated film director, producer, Poland
Paul DRIESSEN – animated film director, animator, writer, Canada
Katalin RADÓCZY – programme director, Minimax TV, Hungary

International competition’s Jury

David EHRLICH – film director, animation journalist, film professor, USA
Philippe MOINS – co-director of ANIMA, the Brussels International Animation Film Festival, Belgium
Zsolt RICHLY – animated film director, professor, Hungary
György KÁRPÁTI – journalist, newspaper editor, film critic, lecturer, Hungary
Tess Mallinson FÖLDES – animated film director, producer, France

7th KECSKEMÉT ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL & 4th INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ANIMATED FEATURE FILMS AND TV SPECIALS (2005)

Csaba VARGA – animated film director, founder of Varga Studio
Bruno EDERA – animation journalist, Switzerland
Cristina LIMA – Festival Programmer and Organizing Member of CINANIMA International Animation Festival, Portugal
Jean-Philippe SALVADORI – communication manager of Wissembourg International Animated Film Festival (RICA), France
János PROBSTNER – founder and director of the International Ceramics Studio, Hungary

6th KECSKEMÉT ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL & 3rd INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ANIMATED FEATURE FILMS AND TV SPECIALS (2002)

Priit PARN – animated film director, artist, Estonia
Phil MULLOY – animated film director, animator, United Kingdom
Takashi NAMIKI – animated film producer, Japan
Mihály ITTZÉS – music educator, Hungary
György BÁRON – film critic, film historian, Hungary

5th KECSKEMÉT ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL & 2nd INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ANIMATED FEATURE FILMS (1999)

Giannalberto BENDAZZI – film critic, film historian, Italy
Borivoj Dovniković BORDO – animated film director, Croatia
Ferenc BUDA – poet, Hungary
Luc DEGRYSE – animated film director, Belgium
Judit Dr. KÖRMENDY-ÉKES – Member of the National Radio and Television Authority, Hungary

4th KECSKEMÉT ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL & 1st INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ANIMATED FEATURE FILMS (1996)

Jurij NORSTEIN – animated film director, Russia
Nicole SALOMON – co-founder of the Annecy Animation Workshop, France
Piotr DUMALA – animated film director, Poland
Gábor KARÁTSON – writer and painter, Hungary
Attila JANISCH – film director, Hungary

3rd KECSKEMÉT ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL (1993)

Giannalberto BENDAZZI – film historian, Italy
Josko MARUSIC – animated film director, Croatia
Sándor KÁNYÁDI – poet, Hungary
Jean-Francois LAGUIONIE – animated film director, France
László LUGOSSY – film director, Hungary

2nd ANIMATION FILM WEEK (1988)

John HALAS – animated film director, honorary president of ASIFA, Hungary–United Kingdom
László FÁBIÁN – film critic of the Film Színház Muzsika magazine, Hungary
Éva FORGÁCS – art historian, Hungary
Béla KOVÁCS – dramaturge, retired editor-in-chief of the Hungarian Television, Hungary
Lajos PINTÉR – poet, journalist of Forrás journal, Hungary
Péter TÍMÁR – film director, cinematographer, Hungary

1st ANIMATION FILM WEEK (1985)

István NEMESKÜRTY – director of the Hungarian Film Institute, Hungary
Lóránd BERECZKY – director General of the National Gallery, Hungary
László BODÓ – section editor of the Dunántúli Napló, Hungary
Sándor SIMÓ – film director, Hungary
Endre SZEKÉR – deputy editor-in-chief of Forrás, Hungary
Tamás VEKERDY – psychologist, Hungary
József ZELNIK – director of the national council for public education, Hungary