KIDS & YOUTH INTERNATIONAL LIVE-ACTION SHORT FILM JURY

Kirstine Vinderskov

Commissioning Editor for Children's and Youth Fiction at the Danish Film Institute
Throughout her career, she has worked on the development, financing, production and distribution of content for children and young people. She is currently a commissioning editor for children's and youth fiction at the Danish Film Institute. Previously, she headed the development of children's and family content at Nordisk Film Distribution, where she worked on the development of Oiii, the children's channel of the national broadcaster TV2 Play, in Norway and Denmark. Previously, she headed the children's channels of the public broadcaster DR – DR Ramasjang and DR Ultra – and also oversaw the strategic development of DR Ultra. She worked as a book editor at Carlsen, a publishing house specialising in children's and young adult literature, as a radio host on 24syv's parenting programme Forældreintra, and as chair of the board of Det Lille Teater, a theatre for children aged 3–10.

Mihály Schwechtje

Director
Film and theatre director and writer. He graduated from the University of Theatre and Film Arts in 2010 with a degree in film directing. His first feature film, Hope You Die Next Time :), was screened at numerous Hungarian and international festivals. His work often deals with social and generational issues affecting young people. He teaches at Budapest Metropolitan University and Eötvös Loránd University.

Anna Vághy

Editor
She works as an editor on fiction and documentary films. She first studied literature and film theory in Budapest, then continued her studies in England, where she graduated as an editor. Her first film job was as an assistant editor on Son of Saul. She later edited the feature films Six Weeks and Raw Material, as well as the documentaries Tales from the Prison Cell, My Own Forest and the HBO documentary Cabin Pressure. Over the past year, Bálint Kenyeres's short films have been her most important projects. She is currently working on two feature films, while also mentoring young people making their first films and teaching classes as part of the Stereo Film Circle.

KIDS & YOUTH INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION JURY

Katalin Sárdi

Animation Director
She graduated from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, where she earned both her BA and MA degrees, and then began teaching animation at the Illyés Art Academy while working as a freelance animator. She loves everything related to animation and drawing, from comics to film. Her work is often inspired by surreal and psychological themes, and she would like to continue experimenting with the animation medium in this direction. As part of this, she is also exploring new methods for developing drawn animation through digital media.

Péter Vácz

Animation Director
Péter Vácz is an animation film director based in Budapest. His 2013 MOME graduation film, Rabbit and Deer, won more than 125 international festival awards. Since then, he has directed stop-motion and live-action short films, adaptations of poems, music videos and commercials. His personal animated film Kutyafül premiered at Annecy in 2025 and has since won 35 international awards. He regularly gives lectures and workshops, has been president of AA1 since 2023, and has been a doctoral student at the MOME Doctoral School since 2025.

Viktória Traub

Animation Director
She graduated in animation from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in 2008, and in 2006 spent a semester at ESAD in Portugal on an Erasmus scholarship. In 2026, she earned her doctoral degree in Multimedia DLA at MOME. Her short films Iron Egg, Mermaids and Rhinos, and Shoes and Hooves have been invited to numerous festivals around the world and have received acclaim. In 2018, the Association of Hungarian Film Critics named Mermaids and Rhinos the best animated film of the year. Her latest film, Shoes and Hooves, which premiered in 2024, has received awards at numerous festivals from South America to Denmark, including the Best Animated Short Film awards at the Viborg Animation Festival and the Oscar-qualifying Guanajuato Film Festival.

CRITICS’ AWARD

Lilla Gyöngyösi

Journalist, Critic, Editor
Born in Budapest in 1992. She graduated in Literature and Cultural Studies at Eötvös Loránd University and from the MÚOSZ School of Journalism. She is a journalist, critic and editor. Since 2011, she has published articles on film, literature and cultural topics in several publications (Filmvilág, Filmtett, Prae, Kulter, Filmhu, Filmtekercs), and also worked as an editor at Litera. She is a regular correspondent at the Cannes, Venice and Berlin film festivals and a recurring guest on several podcasts. From 2022 to August 2026, she was editor-in-chief of Filmtekercs.

Gellért Kovács

Film critic, journalist
He became a film journalist largely through self-education, having studied film history for only a short period. He has been publishing since the late 1990s and is currently a contributor to NLC, while also writing for Filmvilág. He is highly active on social media. He worked in cinemas for many years and spent several years talking to children about films as part of a Budapest cinema programme aimed at students. He began working in radio in the latter part of the 2000s, at the then-emerging “very music-heavy” MR2 Petőfi Rádió, and has been behind the microphone ever since – most recently hosting a weekly film programme on radiocafé. He also brought his nickname, “Filmszerész”, with him from Petőfi. He believes listeners and readers have grown more attached to the name, so he has kept it, although he prefers to be thought of as a film critic. “That makes more sense, after all.”

Gabi Both

Journalist, Editor, Children's Author
As the founding editor-in-chief of Meseutca, Hungary's first online forum dedicated to children's books, and later as editor-in-chief of the online children's literature magazine MeseCentrum, she worked in the field of children's culture for eight years. She wrote a storybook for each of her three children. She has edited around one hundred children's books and moderated approximately the same number of book launches. Since 2015, she has been a copy editor/journalist at WMN Magazine. She has published countless articles on film, theatre, music and literature. Cinemira is one of the causes closest to her heart.

JURY OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT COMPETITION

Rozália Szeleczki

Director

Benjámin Lengyel

Actor

Zoltán Mártonffy

Producer

JUNIOR MUSIC VIDEO COMPETITION JURY

Marci Mehringer

Singer

Sisi

Rapper

Jákob Ladányi Jancsó

Director

JUNIOR VIDEO COMPETITION JURY

Jázmin Hollósi

Digital Content Creator

Benedek Lampert

Photographer

Peti Puskás-Dallos

Singer, Actor, Television Personality

Eszter Lányi

Director of Training, National Film Institute

Dániel Deák

Festival Director, Friss Hús

Nóra Lakos

Screenwriter, Director, Producer, Cinemira Festival Director

AWARDS

Grand Prize: Best Hungarian Short Children’s Film – Children’s Jury

Grand Prize: Best Hungarian Short Youth Film – Student Jury

Best International Live-Action Short Film for Children and Youth

Best International Animated Short Film for Children and Youth

DIGIC Special Award: Best Hungarian Animated Short Film for Children and Youth

Critics’ Award: Jury of Hungarian Live-Action and Animated Films

Best Student Film Award

Best Video Competition Award (four categories + 1 Grand Prize)

The jury reserves the right to award more or fewer prizes than announced in certain categories, or, where appropriate, to award no prize at all.

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CONTACT
Email: cinemirafilmfest@gmail.com
Phone: +36205919882

VENUE
Marczibányi Square Cultural Centre
1022 Budapest, Marczibányi tér 5/A