International Jury The seven-member International Jury called to judge the films of the International Competition section and to award the Golden and Silver Alexanders, which are backed by substantial purses in cash-please refer to the August 25 press release-plus a number of additonal awards, is formed by,

MARCO BELLOCCHIO - PRESIDENT
Film Director

Piacenza, 1939. He studied film at Rome's Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and London's Slade School of Fine Arts. At the age of 26, he made his first feature, I pugni in tasca, which won an award at the Locarno Film Festival and won him international acclaim. He has since made another 15 feature films. Nonconformist and uncompromising, his work criticizes the repressive aspects of the principal social institutions.

BOB RAFELSON
Film Director

New York, 1933. He studied philosophy at Dartmouth College and the University of Benares, India. His film Five Easy Pieces (1970) gained him international acclaim and received two Academy Award nominations, for Best Screenplay and Best Film. He has collaborated with Jack Nicholson on six films, of which the best-known is The Postman Always Rings Twice. Many of his films are adaptations of noir novels.

THIERRY JOUSSE
Film Director, Film and Music Critic

Nantes, 1961. He was chief-editor of the "Cahiers du cinema" (1991-1996) and music critic for "Inrockuptibles" magazine (1996-2000). He has collaborated on radio programs on music and film. He has directed three short films and has written two books on music and film (John Cassavetes, Le retour du rock). He is currently preparing his first feature film.

NIKI KARIMI
Actress

Teheran, 1971. She has appeared in 19 films, many of which have been screened at international film festivals, while others have become cult hits in Iran. She herself has received awards in Iran, as well as at international festivals, such as San Sebastian, Taormina and Cairo. In 2001 she directed a documentary entitled "To Have or Not to Have", which won an award at the Iranian Documentary Film Festival.

MIROLJUB VUCKOVIC
Film Critic, Journalist

Yugoslavia, 1952. In 1995, he became General Manager of the Yugoslav Film Institute, for which he had been carrying out research and projects since 1979. He has been Programme Director of FEST, the Belgrade International Film Festival, since 1997. He is Chairman of the recently established South East European Cinema Network - SEE CN. He has also worked as a TV producer and an advisor to various international film festivals.

FATMIR KOCI
Film Director

Tirana, 1959. He attended the Academy of Fine Arts and the Film School at Tirana. His first feature film, Necrology (1994), received a Special Mention for Best First Feature Film at the Montreal World Film Festival in 1996. Alternative Head, a video documentary shot in 1996 won several awards at international festivals. Ηis film Tirana Year Zero won the Golden Alexander at the 42nd Thessaloniki International Film Festival.

ACHILLEAS KYRIAKIDIS
Film Director, Film Critic, Author

Cairo, 1946. His publications include prose writing, collections of literary and film essays, as well as about forty translations, among which almost the entire literay oeuvre of Jorge Luis Borges and Luis Sepulveda, and works by Queneau, Perec, Genet, Echenoz, et al. He has made seven short films which have received awards both in Greece and abroad.

Fipresci Jury The five-member Fipresci Jury called to judge and award films in the International Competition as well as in the New Horizons and the Panorama of Greek films sections is composed by,

Elie Castiel (Canada), President
Dubravka Lakic (Yugoslavia)
Nina Tsyrkun (Russia)
Carlo Gentile (Italy)
Christos Mitsis (Greece)