15^th ATHENS INT’L FILM FESTIVAL ‘OPENING NIGHTS’

16 – 27 September 2009

 

                  Become a member of the Youth Jury of the Athens Festival ‘Opening Nights’

 

Athens International Film Festival has enacted for 5 years now the official award of the Festival to be given by an official Jury, which is constituted by 9 Film and Drama students aged 18-25, from all over the European Union.

 

During the Festival, the members of the Jury will also attend a series of cinema seminars in English.

 

The young people who will participate in the Jury must:

 

1. be between the age of 18-25 years old.
2. be citizens of one of the 27 countries of the European Union.
3. study/have studied cinema (direction, script, production, photography etc.) in a public or private institution. Drama students will also be accepted.
4. be fluent in English
5. be absolutely available during the period of 16 – 27 September 2009.
6. have the willingness to watch all the films of the “Competition Section” and attend the cinema seminars as well as to be able to pronounce a fair crisis in order to grant the awards.

 

 

 

The coordinators of the Festival will provide to all young jury members hotel accommodation, airplane tickets and a daily amount of money for their nutrition.

 

Those who are interested may send:

a. a brief curriculum vitae with an ID photo if available

b. the TOP-10 of their most favourite films of 2008-2009

c. a text up to 500 words in English or French on a film or on a film topic they select 

 

Submit your applications via:

 

• e-mail : niki@nullpegasus.gr
• post office : 5 Benaki str., 152 38, Halandri, Athens, Greece
• fax : +30 2106061108

 

with the indication FOR THE YOUTH JURY OF THE FESTIVAL “OPENING NIGHTS”