The jury will watch the films included in this year’s competition and will award a prize for Best Film (1.000 euros), as well as a Special Jury Award (500 euros).

Kati Kallio

Kati Kallio (She/her) is an award winning dance filmmaker from Finland. Kallio lives in Helsinki and works internationally as an artist, curator and teaches dance film making. Her films have been screened internationally in film, dance and dance film festivals as well as broadcasted on television. By May 2025, her film Walks with Me had received 19 awards. She received in 2024 a special award ‘Tanssin maineteko’ from the Circus and Dance Union in Finland for her works in the field of dance film in Finland.

Judith State

Judith is a professional dancer and choreographer with a strong foundation in classical ballet and bachelor degree in foreign languages (English and Spanish). She has received international scholarships at Broadway Dance Centre (New York) and the ImpulsTanz Festival (Vienna). In 2019, she created the autobiographical modular project Emlék – remembering, which includes a performance, concert, workshop, and short film inspired by R.M. Rilke, selected for international festivals and awarded for cinematography and experimental short film. In 2023, she continued her artistic exploration with the project Ember, collaborating with musician Radu Dumitriu and performer Istvan Teglas. She also worked with Eszter Salamon on MONUMENT 0.8: Manifestations (Brussels, 2020). Judith teaches contemporary dance at Linotip – Independent Choreographic Center, CNDB, and WASP, and has been a mentor at the Ideo Ideis festival since 2018.

As an actress, she debuted in Sieranevada (Cannes, Gopo nomination) and later collaborated with Cristi Puiu (Malmkrog), Marius Olteanu (Monștri. – Gopo Award), Daniel Sandu (Tata mută munții), Liviu Mărghidan (Castelul Crăiței), Gyuri Kristoff (Zenith), and Cristian Mungiu (R.M.N., Cannes 2022). Judith combines her choreographic and acting work with her passion for music.

Andreas Hannes

Andreas Hannes is a choreographer, performer and film curator working at the intersection of movement, rhythm, and cinematic thinking. Drawing from his background in classical percussion and film, his choreographic work explores gravity, vibration, and proximity as forces that shape a constantly transforming body. Central to his practice is skipping—a physical technique and poetic gesture—which he continues to develop since his SNDO graduation performance The City (2018).

His distinct choreographic language has been recognized with, amongst others, the BNG Bank DansPrijs (2020). His works include Tremble (2019), Warping Soul (2020, Aerowaves Twenty22 selection), Reverberated Emissions (ICK Dans Amsterdam, 2022), Sway (Julidans, 2023) and Anthology (Julidans, 2026).

Andreas is an associate artist at Dansateliers Rotterdam (2025 to 2028). In addition to his choreographic work, he has been affiliated with Cinedans FEST since 2011 and currently acts as the artistic leader of the festival.