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Harry Macqueen
Harry is an actor and filmmaker from the UK.
In 2015 he wrote, directed, produced and starred in the micro-budget feature film “Hinterland”, which was nominated for several awards and screened in many festivals around the world.
His second feature as a writer/director, “Supernova”, starred Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci. The film premiered in competition at the San Sebastian Film Festival in 2020 to rave reviews. It was shortlisted for two BAFTA Awards and a European Film Award. In 2022 “Supernova” was voted one of the ‘Best British Films of the 21st Century’ by critics.
Harry has won numerous acting awards both in the UK and internationally.
Judith State
Judith State is a professional dancer with a classical ballet foundation and a foreign languages bachelor's degree in English and Spanish.
An ISVP dance scholarship holder of Broadway Dance Centre in New York, as well as a WEBdance scholarship holder of the ImpulsTanz Vienna.
In 2016 she was cast in one of the leading roles of acclaimed director's Cristi Puiu "Sieranevada", marking her debut in cinema and the beginning of a new stage in her life. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and brought her a Gopo Award nomination for Best supporting actress. In 2018 she collaborated with Cristi Puiu again for "Malmkrog" and was cast in the leading role of Marius Olteanu's debut, "Monsters.", which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival, and awarded Judith with a Gopo for Best actress in a leading role. In 2020 she collaborated with Daniel Sandu for "The Father Who Moves Mountains", and Liviu Marghidan for "Refuge" (leading roles) and in 2021 with Hungarian director Gyuri Kristoff as the lead of his dance feature film “Zenith”. She was then cast in the leading role of acclaimed director’s Cristian Mungiu “RMN”, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022.
She's currently working as both performer/choreographer and actress, combining these fields with her passion for music and singing as well.
Nicoletta Romeo
From 1999 to 2006 she worked as Head of Programming for the Venice International Critics Week, an autonomous section of the Venice Film Festival. From 2000 to 2007 she worked as a programme advisor for the Thessaloniki Film Festival and 4 Ecrans, Paris. Since 1996 she has been collaborating with the Trieste Film Festival, and in 2016 she was appointed TSFF Artistic Director.
She curated several retrospectives dedicated to Greek, Romanian, Polish, Georgian and Yugoslav cinema.
She has served as jury member in numerous European film festivals and has collaborated with training programmes such as Midpoint Feature Launch, First Cut Lab and Czech Film Springboard as a consultant.
For a few years she worked as a translator for some subtitling companies based in Italy and UK.
In 2012 she funded with other two partners the production company Mansarda Production. Among others, she produced the documentary “L’ultima spiaggia” (The Last Resort) by Thanos Anastopoulos and Davide Del Degan, which premiered in May 2016 at Cannes in the Official Selection-Special Screenings.
Darko Peric
Born in Serbia (Kladovo) Darko started his professional career in Spain in 2008, acting in TV series. Before that he has been living in Serbia, Romania and Germany (Berlin) where he played in numerous independent short films and theatre plays.
His first major job was in the Spanish series “Crematorio” for Canal Plus in 2010. After this, he continued working in Madrid in different productions, from different series to feature films. In 2015 he performed in “A perfect day” directed by Fernando León de Aranoa with Benicio del Toro and Tim Robbins.
In 2016 he was cast for the Spanish series for Atresmedia “Mar de la plástico” where he plays the role of “Oso”, main villain in the series. This role shifts his career and gives him greater visibility in the industry.
Darko Peric was cast in 2017 to interpret the role of Helsinki in the series original title “La Casa del Papel” on “Money Heist” as it’s known to English speaking audiences. Created by Álex Pina, the series was originally produced by Atresmedia until 2016 when Netflix acquired the rights to stream the series and distributed through their streaming service worldwide. “Money Heist” has become the most successful Netflix production and in 2018 the Spanish series won in the category Best Drama at the 46th Annual International Emmy Award.
Michel Franco
Awarded at Cannes for After Lucia (2012), Chronic (2015) and April's Daughter (2017), and winner of the Silver Lion in Venice for the terrifying New Order (2020), Mexican Michel Franco will also be present at Transilvania IFF.22, where he will be part of the Official Competition Jury. Director, screenwriter, and producer, he has quickly established himself as one of the most original voices of contemporary Latin America: "I no longer try to impose an aesthetic on a film. At the beginning of my career, I had more rules, but now I'm very relaxed. I had more cinematic references, and now I have none. I borrow more from books than films. In a way, the aesthetic of my films is very close to my way of being."
Since his 2009 debut Daniel & Ana, Franco has brought complex, often shocking stories to the screen: "I like to look at the dark side of human nature, and to do that I have to challenge my characters. I don't believe that when we are put to the test the best will come out of us." Part of the festival programme, viewers will have the opportunity to see the Mexican filmmaker's latest film, Sundown (2021), in which Tim Roth and Charlotte Gainsbourg play a couple faced with a life-threatening situation during their holiday in Mexico.