AA
JURY AA Animation Avantgarde – International Competition
Lara Bellon (DE/AT)
Festival Director
Lara Bellon is interested in curatorial processes and collective practices at the intersection of artistic and socio-political discourse. She is the co-director of the Tricky Women Tricky Realities Festival and served as the artistic director of this human world – International Human Rights Film Festival until 2022.
Nicolas Brault (CA)
Filmmaker
Multi-award-winning animation filmmaker and associate professor, Nicolas Brault is director of the École d'art at Université Laval, Québec City, Canada. His films screen worldwide and are presented as gallery installations, earning awards at Annecy, Animafest Zagreb and Vienna Shorts, among others.
Piotr Kardas (PL)
Festival Director
Piotr Kardas is the director and spiritus movens of the O!PLA Animation Festival and the Rising of Lusitania – AnimaDoc Film Festival. He is co-initiator and program director of the CRAFT International Animation Festival in Indonesia and serves as curator and juror at film festivals in Poland and abroad.