Members of international expert jury
2023 Neum Animated Film Festival
Osman Arslanagić (BiH)
He was born in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. After graduating from Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo he started working with television, film and stage scenography. He is a professor for the course Scenography, Costume and Masks at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo and the Academy of Arts and Culture in Osijek. He was the director of Open Stage Obala and the Sarajevo War Theatre. In addition to countless scenography for TV shows and feature films he has worked on over 150 theatre plays, operas and ballets. He has received a dozen regional and international scenography awards as well as the annual Collegium Artisticum award for design. He has collaborated with the director Nina Klefling for many years on numerous plays, dramas and operas. In Komedija theatre he worked on The Servant of Two Masters, Black Comedy, Pure Madness, The Taming of the Shrew, Ella and Marylin, Skup...
Carolyn Gair (USA) is the owner of Bowling4Rhinos Productions in Los Angeles. She is a prolific and accomplished Director, Head of Story, and Story Artist who has worked with all of the major studios including Disney, Warner Bros, Universal, Illumination and Paramount. A Sheridan College of Animation graduate, Carolyn’s work has spanned three decades - breathing life and humor into such TV classics as Tiny Toons, Animaniacs and Kim Possible. Her work as a Director at Disney Feature Animation led her to collaborating on multiple projects with Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter including Jungle Book 2, Brother Bear 2, and the successful Tinkerbell franchise. After Disney, Carolyn worked with Chris Meledandri on Illumination's Hop and Despicable Me. Carolyn was a lead story artist on Free Birds - working with writer/producer David Stern and director Ash Brannon; and served as Brannon’s head of story on the Mandoo feature, Rock Dog. She's workshopped gags with comedians Steve Martin and Eddie Izzard, helped develop and punch-up scripts, and contributed to the overall structure and narrative of multiple feature films. Her work is Emmy and Annie nominated, and has been seen in over twenty countries and translated to multiple languages. In her spare time, Carolyn creates stop-motion CheeseMan shorts for her YouTube Channel and Instagram account @Bowling4Rhinos and is currently directing a stop-motion feature “RETURN TO KELLOGG“ at Bowling4Rhinos Productions. Still proudly Canadian, she is also an “ex-pat extraordinaire”!
Galia Osmo (Izrael) is a producer, director, and animator of short animations and live-action commercials. And a puppet and set designer based in Israel. She received her B.A. in industrial design from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem and her M.F.A. in Film and Television Studies from Tel Aviv University. Short films Galia created during her studies were screened at festivals in Israel and internationally and on television channels. Galia's first stop-motion independent film, One Last Wish, Based on "What, Of this Goldfish, Would You Wish?" by Etgar Keret, which she produced, directed, and animated, has been selected to more than 70 international festivals and earned fifteen international awards for the best animation. The film participated and received an award from NAFF 2022. Galia strives to connect people with nature for a healthy and sustainable coexistence. She has created several animations in collaboration with environmental organizations. She wishes to continue her goal by combining her two great passions of environmental awareness and animation to create and tell compelling stories to make a change. These days, Galia is collaborating on animation and VR short films and teaching the next generation of Stop-Motion animators.
Mario Knezović (BiH) He was born in Mostar in 1979. In Zagreb, he studied Polish language and Slavic studies, while in Mostar, he studied journalism. The creator, author, and frontman of the music ensemble Zoster, which has become one of the most prominent bearers of the modern BiH rock scene, and is the author of over 50 works issued on four albums. His original works have been included in documentaries and feature films as well as performed at festivals. He is the author of music for several theatre plays. He appeared in a dozen feature films as an actor.
Carolyn Gair (USA) is the owner of Bowling4Rhinos Productions in Los Angeles. She is a prolific and accomplished Director, Head of Story, and Story Artist who has worked with all of the major studios including Disney, Warner Bros, Universal, Illumination and Paramount. A Sheridan College of Animation graduate, Carolyn’s work has spanned three decades - breathing life and humor into such TV classics as Tiny Toons, Animaniacs and Kim Possible. Her work as a Director at Disney Feature Animation led her to collaborating on multiple projects with Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter including Jungle Book 2, Brother Bear 2, and the successful Tinkerbell franchise. After Disney, Carolyn worked with Chris Meledandri on Illumination's Hop and Despicable Me. Carolyn was a lead story artist on Free Birds - working with writer/producer David Stern and director Ash Brannon; and served as Brannon’s head of story on the Mandoo feature, Rock Dog. She's workshopped gags with comedians Steve Martin and Eddie Izzard, helped develop and punch-up scripts, and contributed to the overall structure and narrative of multiple feature films. Her work is Emmy and Annie nominated, and has been seen in over twenty countries and translated to multiple languages. In her spare time, Carolyn creates stop-motion CheeseMan shorts for her YouTube Channel and Instagram account @Bowling4Rhinos and is currently directing a stop-motion feature “RETURN TO KELLOGG“ at Bowling4Rhinos Productions. Still proudly Canadian, she is also an “ex-pat extraordinaire”!
Galia Osmo (Izrael) is a producer, director, and animator of short animations and live-action commercials. And a puppet and set designer based in Israel. She received her B.A. in industrial design from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem and her M.F.A. in Film and Television Studies from Tel Aviv University. Short films Galia created during her studies were screened at festivals in Israel and internationally and on television channels. Galia's first stop-motion independent film, One Last Wish, Based on "What, Of this Goldfish, Would You Wish?" by Etgar Keret, which she produced, directed, and animated, has been selected to more than 70 international festivals and earned fifteen international awards for the best animation. The film participated and received an award from NAFF 2022. Galia strives to connect people with nature for a healthy and sustainable coexistence. She has created several animations in collaboration with environmental organizations. She wishes to continue her goal by combining her two great passions of environmental awareness and animation to create and tell compelling stories to make a change. These days, Galia is collaborating on animation and VR short films and teaching the next generation of Stop-Motion animators.
Mario Knezović (BiH) He was born in Mostar in 1979. In Zagreb, he studied Polish language and Slavic studies, while in Mostar, he studied journalism. The creator, author, and frontman of the music ensemble Zoster, which has become one of the most prominent bearers of the modern BiH rock scene, and is the author of over 50 works issued on four albums. His original works have been included in documentaries and feature films as well as performed at festivals. He is the author of music for several theatre plays. He appeared in a dozen feature films as an actor.
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