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The chairman of the jury. Chairman of the Einstein Foundation; President of the University of the Arts Berlin; Board of the  Berlin Public Broadcasting Company ARD/Germany (2011-2023).

A member of European Film Academy (EU) and Alliance of Cinema Auteurs (Lithuania) organizations; Managing director of Lithuanian Filmmakers Union (2017 – 2021); Founder of production company called Tremora with Ignas Miškinis , whose films have won over hundred awards in the festivals.

DLA studied in Budapest at University of Theater and Film (SzFE) and in Prague at the film university FAMU; Program director of the Hungarian Motion Picture Festival (the Hungarian national film festival; Curator of the annual festival Budapest Classics; Expert of of the early Hollywood film and the Central European cinema.

Theatre and Film Critic; PhD in Art Studies; Professor at Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University; Head of Department of Film Criticism and Theory; Head of Dissertation Board; Culture Analysis; Author of several books and articles.

Georgian director, writer and producer. His first feature film “The Other Bank” premiered at the Berlin Film Festival’s Generation section in 2009 and won over 50 international prizes, was nominated at European Film Awards in the nomination “European Discovery”;  His second feature “Corn Island” won the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2014 and was shortlisted for the Academy’s best foreign language film in 2015. Founder of the “Wagonet” Film Production Company.