THE JURY OF THE 45th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Miklos Jansco Film Director / President
	1921, Vac, Hungary, 1921. He studied law, ethnography and art history, and then film directing at Hungary's Academy of Performing Arts. He directed his first feature film in 1958. His film, The Round-Up (1965) won him international acclaim. It was followed by many films, including the award-winning The Red and the White (1967), Silence and Cry (1968) and his masterpiece, Red Psalm (1972). He received Lifetime Achievement Awards at the Cannes (1979) and Venice (1990) film festivals.
Valerio Adami Painter
	Bologna, Italy, 1935. Felice Carena's studio, his meeting with Oskar Kokoschka in Venice and the Accademia di Brera with Achille Funi, were the landmarks of his education. He has traveled, lived and held solo exhibitions and retrospectives in many cities all over the world. In 1971, he made the film Vacanze nel deserto. One of the most important painters of our time, he is also a published writer and a set designer.
ArsinŽe Khanjian Actress
	Beirut, Lebanon, 1958. An actress with an international career on stage and screen, she is best known for her ongoing collaboration with filmmaker Atom Egoyan, in whose films Exotica, The Sweet Hereafter, and Felicia's Journey she had a starring role. She has received several awards for her acting, including a Genie Award for Best Leading Actress for her performance in Egoyan's Ararat (2002).
Yannis Bakoyannopoulos Film Critic
	Athens, 1934. He studied law and political science in Athens. He worked as a journalist and film critic, and presented radio and TV programmes on cinema. He was the Culture Minister's Special Advisor on Cinema (1993-2004). He has written hundreds of articles and essays in collective publications, newspapers and magazines, as well as entries on cinema for encyclopedias.
Alexander Payne Film Director
	Omaha, Nebraska, USA, 1961. He studied at Stanford University and UCLA, from where he graduated with an M.F.A. in filmmaking. His first feature film, Citizen Ruth, won the award for best screenplay at the 37th Thessaloniki IFF. His next two films, Election (1999) and About Schmidt (2002), starring Jack Nicholson, also won numerous distinctions at home and abroad. His latest film, Sideways, is screening at this yearΥs festival.
Donald Ramvaud Producer
	Anglo-Italian, he is co-founder of the European Script Fund (part of the MEDIA Program). His production credits include Farewell My Concubine, Central do Brasil and Cidade de Deus, nominated for 4 Oscars in 2004. In 2003, he launched Buena Onda Films, a sales agent/production company that helps filmmakers retain creative and artistic control of their work.
Kent Jones Film Critic
	Associate Director of Programming at the Film Society of Lincoln Centre in New York. He is also Editor-at-Large at "Film Comment", and a frequent contributor to many other magazines, newspapers and journals in America and Europe. HeΥs the author of a book on Robert Bresson's L'argent. He is also the co-writer of Il mio viaggio in Italia, a documentary on Italian cinema directed by Martin Scorsese, and a co-director and writer with Scorsese of Lady by the Sea.