Shadows Shorts Jury
Eric Dinkian
Eric Dinkian is a film editor working both for television and cinema. He teaches editing in film schools. He is a journalist for www.devildead.com, a webzine specialized in horror films and has published many articles for Mad Asia, a magazine specialized in Asian cinema. He has directed three short films (Kaojikara, Precut Girl and Yukiko) that have garnered international attention for their original story lines and strong capacity to impact the viewer. He is now working on his first feature film.
Jukka-Pekka Laakso
Jukka-Pekka Laakso (b.1959) is the festival director (since 2002) and president of the board of directors at Tampere Film Festival. He has worked for the festival already in early 80´s on the floor level, and has been involved with the selection and programming since 2000.
Jukka-Pekka Laakso acts also as the executive director for Pirkanmaa Film Centre (since 1998), a local film centre in Tampere. The film centre is a non-profit organisation that runs an art-house cinema and works extensively with media education. He has also worked as a free-lance filmcritic for radio and magazines. Jukka-Pekka Laakso acted as the chairman of the National Council for Cinema between 2004-2009. This position bought him also a seat at the National Council for the Arts.
Jukka-Pekka Laakso is member of European Film Academy.
Antonio José Navarro
Born in Barcelona in 1966. Film critic and historian, member of the AEHC (Spanish Association of Cinema Historians). Navarro is a regular contributor to specialized magazines, including “Dirigido por”, “Imágenes de Actualidad”, “Nocturno” (Italy) and “Nosferatu”, and to the weekly publication “Time Out Barcelona”. He is author of the book Alien/Los inconquistables and co-author of Frankenstein. El mito de la vida artificial and Bette Davis. Retrato de una loba.
He is currently a member of the selection committee and programmer for the Sitges International Film Festival and head of the Publications Department from 2001, where he has edited the following books and monographic publications: La nueva carne. Una estética perversa del cuerpo (2002), El Eurowestern (2002),Europa Imaginaria Cinco miradas sobre lo fantástico en el Viejo Continente (2006), El demonio en el cine (2006), Viaje alucinante: Sitges 1968-2007 (2007), American Gothic. El cine de terror USA 1968-1980 (2007), Explorando mundos: el cine de ciencia-ficción(2008), King Kong 75 años después (2008), Las sombras del horror. Edgar Allan Poe en el cine (2009) and Pesadillas en la oscuridad.El cine de terror gótico (2010).