Short Film Jury

Ádám Breier

Ádám Breier Ádám Breier earned his Master’s degree in Communication at PPKE. He then completed a screenwriting course in New York, followed by graduating in film directing from the EICTV (Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión) in Cuba.

His short fiction and documentary films have been screened at festivals in more than twenty countries worldwide. He has received several awards, including Best Latin American Short Film at the A-category Zinebi Film Festival in Bilbao.

In Hungary and France, he has also directed commercials and radio plays. He has lived and worked in France, Cuba, and the United States, and speaks French, Spanish, English, and Hungarian fluently.

Those Who Remained Lefkovics (original title: Lefkovicsék gyászolnak) is his first feature film, which became the most-watched Incubator-supported film in Hungarian cinemas. He is currently working on his second feature film, The Green Messiah (Zöld Messiás).

Dr Gábor Gelencsér

Dr Gábor Gelencsér Gábor Gelencsér (1961) is an Associate Professor with habilitation at the Department of Film Studies, Institute of Art Theory and Media Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), and an editor of the journal Pannonhalmi Szemle.

His primary field of research is the history of Hungarian cinema after 1945.

His most recent book is: Camera Eye: The Cinema of Ferenc Grunwalsky. Budapest: Kijárat Publishing, 2026.

Éva Katinka Bognár

Éva Katinka Bognár Éva Katinka Bognár is a faculty member of the Animation Department at MOME (Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design). Her short film Hugo Bumfeldt has received numerous awards, inc-luding the Children's Jury Prize at the 62nd Oberhausen International Short Film Festival and the Jury Award for Best Animated Short at the Austin Film Festival.

Since 2016, she has been creating illustrations for children's literature and has become an acclaimed illustrator of several children's books.

Since 2019, she has contributed to the visual development of regional projects as a guest lecturer at the CEE Animation Workshop. In addition, she works as a production designer for animated series and directs and designs educational films commissioned by Hungarian museums.