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Christopher Lee (UK), actor
Guest of honour and receiver of our Lifetime achievement award, the Vicious Old Cat. His films are featured in the Retrospectives section.
Master Class with Christopher Lee will take place on Friday, July 29 at 19:00h at the Main Square. It will be hosted by Phillip Bergson.
Legendary actor who has appeared in over 250 movies and created countless unforgettable characters. He is also a successful singer. He has received awards for his contribution to the cinema from the United States, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Great Britain. In 2009 he was knighted by Prince Charles.
Selected filmography: Tale of Two Cities(1958), Dracula(1958), The Mummy(1959), The Devil Rides Out (1968), The Oblong Box (1969), The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970), The Wicker Man (1973), The Three Musketeers (1973), The Man with The Golden Gun (1974), Airport '77 (1977), 1941 (1979), Gremlins 2 (1990), Lord of The Rings Trilogy (2001-2003), Star Wars: Episode 2 (2002)
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Menahem Golan (IL), producer, director and script writer
Guest of honour and receiver of our Lifetime achievement award, the Vicious Old Cat. His films are featured in Retrospectives section.
Master Class with Menahem Golan will take place on Thursday, July 28 at 20:00h Culture House Cinema. It will be hosted by Phillip Bergson and Dinko Tucaković.
One of the most important independent film producers of all times who has, together with Yoram Globus, left an undeniable mark on the 80s, and one of the founders of Israeli cinema.
Selected filmography: Operation Thunderbolt (1977), Enter the Ninja (1981), Death Wish 2 (1982), Missing in Action (1984), Love Streams (1984), Lifeforce (1985), American Ninja (1985), The Delta Force (1986), Cobra (1986), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986), Barfly (1987), Over the Top (1987), Masters of the Universe (1987), Powaqqatsi (1988), Bloodsport (1988), Night of the Living Dead (1990)
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Dinko Tucaković (SER), director and writer, program director of the Museum of Yugoslav Cinematheque
President of the Vicious Cat Jury and author of short film Letter featured in Cat's Boutique section.
Director, writer, film theorist and critic. His films have been screened at numerous national and international film festivals, at which he has also won several prizes. Since 1989 he is the programming director of Yugoslav Film Archives.
Selected filmography: Six Days in June (1985), Berenice (1990), State of the Dead (2002), Censored Without Censorship (2007)
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Carlos Areces (SPA), actor, illustrator and comic artist
Lead actor in The Last Circus, featured in the Vicious Cat competition program.
Very popular Spanish comedian. Has previously collaborated with Alex de la Iglesia on first Spanish sci-fi sitcom Pluton BRB Nero. One of lead actors in Spanish Movie, one of the most successful Spanish films in last few years. He is also an illustrator and comic artist. Recently appeared alongside Santiago Segura in Torrente 4 and also acts in Nacho Vigalondo’s upcoming film Extraterrrestre.
Selected filmography: Spanish Movie (2009), The Last Circus (2010), Torrente 4: Lethal Crisis (2010), Extraterrestre (2011)
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Andreas Marschall (GER), director and script writer
Director of horror Masks, featured in the Vicious Cat competition program.
In 2004 he directed the well-received horror anthology Tears of Kali. He is also known as creator of artwork for numerous metal bands, such as Obituary, Blind Guardian, In Flames and Kreator. He also directed Kreator's video documentary Hallucinative Comas.
Filmography: Kreator - Hallucinative Comas (1991), Der Kali Prozess (2003), Tears of Kali (2004), Masks (2011)
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Heiner Thimm (GER), producer, director and actor
Producer of horror Masks, featured in the Vicious Cat competition program.
He has collaborated with Andreas Marschall on Tears of Kali and was also associate producer of Jesus Franco’s 2002 film Killer Barbys Vs Dracula and director of documentary video for band Haggard.
Selected filmography: Tangled (2000), Killer Barbys Vs Dracula (2002), Tears of Kali (2004), Shoot the Duke (2009), Masks (2011)
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Stevan Filipović (SER), director and script writer
Director of drama Skinning, featured in the Vicious Cat competition program.
He studied at Belgrade’s Faculty of Dramatic Arts, won many student awards and scholarships, and graduated with feature film ‘Shaitan’s Warrior’ which has set completely new standars in fantastic genre in Serbia. It has also won the Vicious Cat at Grossmann 2006.
Filmography: Shaitan's Warrior (2006), Skinning (2010)
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Mad Squirrel FX (SER), special & visual FX team
Special FX for film Skinning, featured in the Vicious Cat competition program. At the Vampire's Ball on Saturday, they will take care of the transformation of visitors into vampires.
Mad Squirrel FX is comprised of Sendy Kumalakanta and sisters Lana and Beca Rakanović. They have collaborated on many films, TV series and theatre pieces. Their work was praised by Richard Taylor of Weta Workshop. This is already their third year of masking the visitors of Grossmann for the final event of the festival.
Selected filmography: Shaitan's Warrior (2006), Tears for Sale (2008), Skinning (2010)
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Damir Lukačević (GER/CRO), director and script writer
Director of sci-fi drama Transfer, featured in the Vicious Cat competition.
He was born in Zagreb and has studied at the German Film Academy in Berlin. In 1996 he received the German Film Award in Gold for his short film Foreign Homeland. His feature debut Going Home won the Ver.di-award for Best Director and the Geneva-Europe Screenplay Award in 2003.
Selected filmography: Fremde Heimat (1996), Gottes Besuch (1998), Heimkehr (2004), Transfer (2010)
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Marek Dobeš (CZ), director and script writer
Writer of the script for Kajinek, featured in our Europe Express section.
He was already at the first edition of Grossmann with his film Choking Hazard and since then he is our regular collaborator. He graduated from the Charles University in Prague. He is the author and writer of extremely popular Czech TV show Místo nahoře and its sequel Místo v životě. He is also the organiser of Bloody X-Mas Fest.
Selected filmography: I was a Teenage Intellectual (1999), Explicitni dukaz (2002), Choking Hazard (2004), Kajinek (2010)
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Phillip Bergson (UK), film critic and journalist
Member of the Vicious Cat Jury.
Already as a student he founded the Oxford Film Festival. He has programmed or assisted many international festivals (IMAGFIC in Madrid, Valencia Cine Jove, Las Palmas, Ashdod, Festroia, Islantilla). He is a visiting lecturer at the PCFE Film School in Prague and has served on FIPRESCI and other juries in Cannes, Berlin, Haifa, Leipzig, Lecce, Thessaloniki, Karlovy Vary, Bratislava, Cottbus, Pula, Mlada Boleslav and Znojmo.He does not smoke, but drinks Slovenian slivovitz and white wines very gladly.
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Gergely Trócsányi (HUN), actor and musician
One of lead actors in dark comedy Taxidermia, featured in our European Express section. Lead singer of rock group Hollywoodoo which has contributed music for Taxidermia, and will also perform live at Saturday's Vampire's Ball.
Filmography: Taxidermia (2006), Süti (2007), Epilogue (2010)
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Diana Barrows (USA), actress and singer
Special guest and VIP host of the Queen of the Scream competition
Known for her role in Friday the 13th Part 7: The New Blood. Has appeared in numerous other films and TV series such as Freddie’s Nightmares and Charles in Charge. She also has been in various stage productions through out the world and has a few hits in Europe with her music career.
Selected filmography: Izbrana filmografija: Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988), My Mom’s a Werewolf (1989), She’s Out of Control (1989), The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
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Lars Nilsen (USA), Fantastic Fest
Member of the Vicious Cat Jury.
He has been programmer at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas in Austin Texas since 2004. He is also the head of repertory programming at Fantastic Fest, the largest genre fim festival in the USA which takes place at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, which was also declared the best cinema in the US by Entertainment Weekly.
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Boris Petkovič (SLO), director
Director of music documentary In the Year of Hip Hop, featured in the Noisy Cat competition.
Graduated in film direction at EICAR Film School in Paris, where he was also teaching for three years. Since 2008 he is living and working in Slovenia. His films received numerous awards.
Selected filmography: 10 Years of Free 48 (1995), Desperado Tonic (2004), paris.love (2006), Election Silence (2009)
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Danilo – Lola Ilić (CRO), director and script writer
Director of music documentary The Dust of Everyday Life, featured in the Noisy Cat competition.
Graduated from the Academy of Arts in Belgrade. Has MFA (Master of Fine Arts) degree in Film Directing from the Ohio University School of Film. His thesis film „Distortion“ recieved the Honorable Mention award at the 2007 Accolade Competiton.
Selected filmography: Distortion (2007), The Dust of Everyday Life (2011)
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Jonas Žnidaršič (SLO), actor and script writer
Script writer of web series The Plagiarized, featured in our Europe Express section.
He started his film career in 1983. He is known by the role in the Guardian of the Frontier by Maja Weiss. He is also host of popular TV shows, blogger and much more.
Selected filmography: Body Scent (1983), Gypsy Eyes (1992), Guardian of the Frontier (2002), The Plagiarized (2010)
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Ludvik Bagari (SLO), actor
Actor in the web series The Plagiarized, featured in our Europe Express section.
Graduated acting at AGRFT ljubljana. Acted in most Slovenian theatres. Has appeared in many feature films, short films and student films, as well as TV series.
Selected filmography: Cafe Astoria (1989), The Windhunter (1989), Halgato (1995), A Portrait of a Poet with a Double (2002), Bullet Avoids the Fool (2004), Gravehopping (2005), The Plagiarized (2010)
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Matija Šturm (SLO), producer
Executive producer of Kolja Saksida animated films, featured in Cat's Boutique section.
Organizer and executive producer, responsible to handle business and legal issues of ZVVIKS Institute's projects. Besides his activity in ZVVIKS Institute he has been working in sphere of performing arts, especially in theatre.
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Alin Ludu Dumbravă (RO) - film critic, writer and screenwriter
President of the Slak's Vicious Cat and Melies d'Or Nomination Jury.
Graduate of the Bucharest Theater and Film Academy, 1994 in screenwriting and film criticism and of the European Film College Ebeltoft, Denmark, 1996. After 12 years of experience in television (writer-producer for HBO Romania, film program analyst on PRO TV), he is now a freelance film critic, writer and screenwriter.
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Igor Vidmar (SLO), rock critic and journalist
President of Noisy Cat Jury
Journalist, activist and concert organizer. In 1981 he founded the legendary Novi Rock Festival. He organized literally hundreds of concerts. Momentarily he is one of the authors of the Drugi Val show at Radio Slovenia and a long-time collaborator of TV show Studio City.
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