
JUNIOR PITCH PROFESSIONAL JURY


Flóra Chilton
Film Director, Winner of the 2024 Cinemira Pitch Forum
Director, cinematographer, and multiple Hégető Honorka Award-winning filmmaker, currently serving as the Artistic Director of Északi Támpont, where he creates films on social issues. In 2024, his short fiction film Széllel szemben (Against the Wind) won both the Hungarian Motion Picture Award and the Hungarian Film Critics’ Award. He is currently a grantee of the Hungarian Academy of Arts. In 2023, at the Cinemira Pitch Forum, his animated film project Toldi lányok (Toldi Daughters) won both the professional jury and the student jury awards.

Dávid Lafka
Development Producer, Digic Studio
Dávid Lafka gained ten years of experience in the Hungarian film industry and television series production as a director, assistant director, and producer. In 2015, he joined Digic Pictures, a 3D animation studio, where he previously worked as Head of the Directors and Art Directors team. He now serves as a Development Producer, leading the development of scripts for family animated films in the studio’s new division, which focuses on creating original IPs. Outside of his professional work, Dávid is also a passionate storyteller: as the creator of the Sztori Podcast, he explores the power of stories.

András Bödör
Head of Brand and Communications Strategy at Magyar Telekom
As a marketing communications manager of Westel0660, the “thirties” Westel and T-Mobile, András took part in carrying out one of Hungary’s largest rebranding projects — transforming Westel into T-Mobile. From 2007, he served for four years as the head of brand and marketing communications for T-Mobile and T-Home. In 2011, he left Magyar Telekom to work as a freelance communications and brand expert, supporting brands such as Toyota and Invitel. In 2016, he rejoined Magyar Telekom as a brand expert to lead the project aimed at defining the Telekom brand’s purpose, and later worked on bringing that purpose to life.

VI. CHILDREN’S AND YOUTH PITCH FORUM – PROFESSIONAL JURY


Judit Romwalter
Producer, Head of Sparks
Independent producer and managing director of SPARKS in Budapest. She studied at ÉSIAME in France, HEC in Belgium, and two universities in Budapest, and in 2021 completed a professional producer training program at UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television in the United States. She has worked in the film industry since 1996 and has been involved in the (co)production and production of independent films, international co-productions, and projects supported by the National Film Institute since 2007. Her films have been presented at international festivals such as Cannes, Montreal, SXSW, San Sebastian, Camerimage, Tallinn, Shanghai, and Sarajevo. Her mission is to support the young generation of filmmakers with professional and technical contributions.

Katalin Bakos
Editor, director, screenwriter, member of the Television Decision Committee of the National Film Institute
She began her career more than four decades ago as an assistant director at Iskolatelevízió (School Television) alongside György Palásthy, working on the TV series Családi kör (“Family Circle”). Among her independent directing works is the cultural-historical series Csodálatos fák (“Wonderful Trees”), created in collaboration with Marcell Jankovics and awarded the Nívó Prize. She later spent several years in the Art Editorial Department of Duna Television under the leadership of Sándor Sára, where she made documentaries on the Kner family, Antal Szerb and Kunó Klebelsberg, as well as portrait films and film essays on Miklós Hubay, Ágnes Gergely and István Fekete. Her work received the Duna Television Nívó Prize and the Kamera Hungária Grand Prize in the Cultural Category (Poems). Since 2009, she has worked again for MTV (Hungarian Television) as editor-director of the Memento documentary series, later serving as Deputy Head of the Cultural Editorial Department, Editor-in-Chief and Intendant at MTV Zrt. In 2015, she became Head of the Public and Documentary Editorial Department at Duna Zrt., overseeing both radio and television, as well as Production Director of the Virtuosos Chamber music program. She currently serves as Advisor to the CEO.

László Nyikos
Founder and Head of Derengő Animation Studio
CG expert and entrepreneur with fourteen years of experience in the animation industry. He has worked on a wide range of projects worldwide, from retail productions to Marvel films. For the past ten years, he has led the Hungarian animation studio Derengő.

Tamás Kollarik
Film Expert, Associate Professor at MOME, Member of the NFI Television Board
Award-winning film expert and filmmaker, recipient of the Bánffy Miklós Award and the Hungarian Film Award. He is an Associate Professor at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design. For nearly a decade, he was the creator and head of the Hungarian Media Patronage Program, he has also served as director of the National Audiovisual Archive and the Bűvösvölgy Media Literacy Education Center. Currently, he is a member of the National Film Institute’s Television Board and the Film College of the National Cultural Fund, as well as Chair of the ART Committee. Tamás has been involved in the creation of numerous film productions, both as a creator and producer. He is also active as a jury member at national and international film festivals, as well as an organizer and speaker at professional conferences. He has authored or edited several professional books and monographs.

Péter Svéd
Senior Creative Producer, Digic
Péter Svéd serves as Senior Creative Producer at DIGIC’s newest business unit, DIGIC Productions. With more than 20 years of versatile professional experience, he helps lead DIGIC’s feature-length animation and original IP development efforts, working alongside Sándor Rabb and the small but powerful development team. Previously, Péter held Executive Producer and Head of Production roles at renowned CG studios in Sydney, Australia. Throughout his career, he has contributed to the realization of numerous high-end CG projects for clients such as Activision, Ubisoft, Riot Games, Square Enix, Toyota, Bethesda Softworks, and Warner Brothers IE. On the Netflix animated series Battle Kitty—with nearly 400 minutes of content—Péter further expanded his expertise in large-scale production management.

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