THE /COMPETITION JURY

JONAS GOVAERTS (*1980 in Antwerp, Belgium) is a music video -, television – and film director. He directed a couple of award-winning shorts like FOREVER (2005), OF CATS & WOMEN (2007) and ABUSED (2008), before making his feature debut with the neo-slasher CUB (2014, /slash½  2015) for which he received the Award for Best Direction at Sitges in 2014. Most recently, he co-directed the 9-part television thriller TABULA RASA (2017), which was a hit in Belgium and is currently streaming on Netflix. Govaerts continues to make music videos for popular Belgian bands like dEUS, Magnus & Millionaire.

SABRINA REITER (*1983 in Klagenfurt, Austria) is an actress, best known for her first role in a feature film in IN 3 TAGEN BIST DU TOT (2006) and the sequel IN 3 TAGEN BIST DU TOT 2 (2008). She acted in numerous Austrian TV series, such as “Braunschlag” and recently co-directed the short film UNSERE ZEIT WIRD KOMMEN (2017) in which she also plays the lead.

TILL KLEINERT (*1980 in Berlin, Germany) is a director and writer. He studied direction at the German Film and Television Academy (dffb) in Berlin and wrote and directed a number of short films which enjoyed success at national and international festivals and won numerous awards. His graduation feature DER SAMURAI (/slash½ 2014) premiered at the Berlinale in 2014 and had a successful festival run including the US premiere at Tribeca Film Festival in New York. Till Kleinert is currently writing and developing a TV series called “Hausen”; shooting is expected to start in 2019.