Marie-Pauline Mollaret (Film Critic)

Marie-Pauline Mollaret is a notable French film critic and journalist who has made significant contributions to the field of cinema criticism.

As a film critic, she has written for various publications, offering her insights on films, directors, and the cinematic landscape.

As a journalist and film critic, Marie-Pauline Mollaret contributes to the French monthly magazine L’Avant- Scène Cinéma and to Bref, a journal dedicated to short films, among other publications.

She has been part of the short film selection committee for the International Critics’ Week at Cannes since 2016 and she has been Head of the Short Film Selection Committee for Semaine de la Critique in Cannes since 2023, after being a selector on this committee for six years.

She is also a programmer for the Annecy International Animation Film Festival (Graduation Films) and for PIAFF - Paris International Animation Film Festival (experimental animation competition and youth audience selection), and is involved in the feature film preselections for the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma in Montreal.

Stanislav Tomić (Director)

Stanislav Tomić (b. 1972) graduated Film and TV Directing from the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art.

He has directed over 40 documentary films, fiction short and medium-length films, as well as popular TV series.

His films were shown at numerous festivals, among which Sarajevo, Motovun, Teheran, Oberhausen, Edinburgh, Munich, Siena, Warsaw and Trieste. 

His first feature film, Josef (2011), an independent low-budget war film, was very well received by critics and awarded for its special effects.

His second feature, Lavina (2017), a camp and queer comedy, was the opening film of the Croatian national film festival.

His latest feature film, Tune Up (Po tamburi), was selected in 2021 for Pula Film Festival (Croatia), Cinedays Festival of European Film (Skopje, North Macedonia) and Cottbus Film Festival (Germany).

Manuela Hărăbor (Actress)

Manuela Hărăbor is a Romanian film, theatre and television actress. She graduated in 1991 from the "Ion Luca Caragiale" National University of Theater and Cinematography in Bucharest.

Manuela Harabor starts acting at the age of four, making her debut in Veronica (1973).

Her father, Enache Harabor, was a professional in the special effects department, therefore she practically grew-up in the National Film Studios, Bucharest, in between sound stages and her father workshop.

The role that put her in the spot light was Simina from Padureanca (1987).