Who will decide on awards in the European BOO?
We would like to introduce our three-member jury, which will decide on the winning film of this year's European BOO!
Aleks Dimitrijevic
Aleks Dimitrijevic is Festival Director of the London Short Film Festival. She previously led six editions of the BFI Future Film Festival, the UK’s largest festival for young screen creatives. With over 18 years’ experience in programming, audience development and cultural leadership, she has also headed The Smalls Film Festival and worked with Sheffield Doc/Fest, BFI London Film Festival, LOCO London Comedy Film Festival and London Film Week. Before transitioning into the film industry, Aleks worked in advertising, producing content for some of the biggest global brands, including L’Oréal, Mercedes-Benz, Bacardi, Unilever and Barclaycard. Aleks is a Trustee of GlobalGirl Media UK and Carousel.
Daniel Lundquist
Daniel Lundquist works as the head of programming at BUFF Malmö Film Festival in Sweden. The first edition of the festival was arranged in 1984 and it has since grown to become one of the leading children’s and youth film festivals in the world. In addition to working with the festival’s content, he also works with buying films for the distribution company TUFF. Daniel has a background in various parts of the cultural world and has worked with projects in music, theatre and art, among other things. He graduated in arts administration in 2001. For several years he worked in various positions at the Swedish Film Institute and the City of Malmö Culture Department, before starting at BUFF in 2009.
Pantelis Panteloglou
Pantelis Panteloglou was born in Athens in 1976. He studied Social Anthropology at Panteion University, where he also did postgraduate studies. He has worked in the wider cultural and audiovisual field since the beginning of 2000, in various creative, technical and administrative positions. Since the beginning of 2024 he is the artistic director of Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, where he has been working part-time since 2011 and full-time since 2018. As of 2023 he is president of the European Children's Film Association (ECFA) for a five-year term.