ELBE DOCK AWARD

Traditionally, among the films screened will be also films nominated for the ELBE DOCK AWARD, many of which have already won awards at prestigious festivals.

New this year is the introduction of a new competition section in addition to the existing ED AWARD FOR CENTRAL EUROPIAN SHORT FILM, which is the ED AWARD FOR NORDIC SHORT FILM, which expands the range of films and industry guests that ELBE DOCK will welcome this year. The category includes documentaries as well as animated and feature films.

In this year's programme, there are a total of 25 films nominated for the ED AWARD FOR CENTRAL EUROPIAN SHORT FILM and 15 films nominated for the ED AWARD FOR NORDIC SHORT FILM. The nominated films can be found in the programme under the tags "CENTRAL" and "NORDIC".

THE JURY FOR THE ED AWARD FOR CENTRAL EUROPIAN SHORT FILM

Dagmar Sedláčková is a producer and partner at MasterFilm.

Gudrun Sommer is the director of the DOXS RUHR festival and owner of the consultancy agency fair enough, which deals with sustainability in film and culture.

Rebekka Garrido is a producer and head of post-production with many years of experience in the film industry.

Tereza Czesany Dvořáková works as the head of the Department of Production at FAMU, assistant professor at KFS FF UK and lecturer at the Department of Documentary Film at FAMU. She is the (co-)author of scientific and popular science publications, including three books for children on film and television.

THE JURY FOR THE ED AWARD FOR NORDIC SHORT FILM

Birgitte Weinberger is the artistic director of OFF – Odense International Film Festival; Denmark's oldest film festival and the country's only Oscar, EFA, and Robert-qualifying short film festival.

Hrönn Marinósdóttir is the founder and director of the Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF), which takes place annually at the end of September.

Liisa Nurmela has more than ten years of experience in festivals, film and communications. She has been working with the Gothenburg Film Festival since 2020, where she is currently the Industry Communications Manager.