Festival Jury 2024
The Jury of the First Edition of the Moonlight Online International Film Festival:
TONY BLASS
Tony Blass is a film and theatre actor, as well as a documentary film producer, based in Los Angeles, U. S. A. His branch experience includes in-house ethnographic films among extreme sports enthusiasts for eyewear conglomerate Luxottica and a documentary about musician Emitt Rhodes, nominated for a Donatello Award for best documentary film. He has been nominated and won various awards at film festivals across the globe both for producing and for acting.
He has also interviewed celebrities and other influencers on his popular pioneering podcast “The Alchemist’s Playground” and on his current podcast “The Discovery Pod with Eve”. As an actor, he has more than two dozen films and television episodes to his credit, including 7 leading roles. He will be starring in a Swedish film slated to begin filming in Europe in early 2025. His skills as a presenter and host date back 4 decades, when he helped to develop and introduce the first karaoke system in the United States. He studied acting and improvisation with Elisabeth Brooks and Kristy McNichol, as well as voice acting with popular video game and anime voice actor Crispin Freeman.
Tony Blass will be performing at The ITAEWON WORLD MUSIC SPIRIT Festival at Yongsan Art Hall in Itaewon, Seoul, South Korea on October 16th, 2024. The awards will be based on the following themes: Tribute to Young Lives, Healing the World, Unity, and Global Vision for the Future. The festival will be judged by an esteemed jury from the international music industry.
MIRJAM HLASTAN
Mirjam Hlastan, born in 1984 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, made her directorial debut with the short film Color Blindness, which was screened at an international film festival in New York City. Her following works have been featured at prominent festivals, including BLOW-UP International Arthouse Film Fest Chicago, Athens Digital Arts Festival, Filmfest Dresden, Tirana International Film Festival, and Cannes Short Film Corner. Notably, her latest film Headspace won “Best Covid-19 Film” and “Best Poster” at the Snow Leopard Film Festival, as well as the Venus Community Award.
As a member of Bundesverband Regie, VG Bild-Kunst, VG Wort, and Crew United, Mirjam’s expertise ranges widely across all stages of film production, and she has a holistic understanding of the entire filmmaking process.
In 2014, she founded MH STUDIO / SHOP, a creative hub offering film production, portrait sessions, and mentoring services. The studio is dedicated to empowering creatives, founders, expats, and students, helping them bring their ideas to life through visual storytelling and entrepreneurial skills.
She has further honed her craft through film-related masterclasses, including “Directing Actors with Judith Weston”, “Building Your Story Soundscape with Music and Sound” by the Dolby Institute at Sundance Co//ab, “Jodie Foster Teaches Filmmaking” through Masterclass, and the “International Producing” masterclass with Marleen Slot via Filmnetzwerk Berlin.
Currently, she is developing numerous projects while pursuing the NYU Tisch School of the Arts course “Green Production – Make A Film Save A Planet”, aligning her work with sustainable practices. Mirjam’s philosophy, rooted in the belief that “Sharing is Caring”, drives her commitment to human progress. She is dedicated to passing on valuable, truthful information and believes that “There is plenty for
everybody, and we can only go as high as we help lift each other up.” This ethos continues to fuel her passion to inspire and innovate within the global creative community.
ANDRONIKOS – KONSTANTINOS DIMOPOULOS
Director / Screenwriter / Producer
I am interested in the spherical and holistic existence of an artist.
Since 2004, I have worked as a professional in many of the stages of a cinema and television production. That fact makes me appreciate and understand all the expertise that contributes to a perfect and successful artistic work. I always try to evolve through my studies and through my experience practicing my art.
I am inspired by human relationships, by humans’ choices in life, and by their everyday dilemmas. My intention is to deepen my knowledge of human nature and to study the characteristics that compose every personality; the balance or imbalance created by our relationship with our inner self, the others and the environment.
I have graduated from Stavrakos Film School with studies in film direction, and I have also finished my Bachelor’s degree (Media Production / Film Directing) at the Queen Margaret University of Edinburgh.
In 2017, I completed my postgraduate studies (Fine Arts / Film Directing) with honors, studying at the film.factory program of the famous
Hungarian director Bella Tarr, with scholarships from Onassis Foundation and Sarajevo Film Academy. My professors were the internationally known filmmakers Pedro Costa, Zeki Demirkubuz, Atom Egoyan, Victor Erise, Abel Ferrara, Fred Kelemen, Carlos Reygadas , Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
In 2020, I was selected to participate in the program Talents Sarajevo, and in 2021 at the 1st Directing School that was realized through the Municipal Peripheral Theatre (DE.PE.THE) of Veria, Greece. I have also attended seminars of acting, writing, production and philosophy.
I have taught cinema in Attika schools through the “S{cool} Life” program of MEGARON The Athens Concert Hall, and I also participated in Stavros Niarchos program “Stagona egw, Okeanos mazi”. Also, I was responsible for the art direction / direction of the 9th Theatrical public awards All4fun.
Currently, I am preparing my feature film “Vulnus” and I am at the stage of funding for the TV mini-series “Nihta Vathia” (script by Ioannis Tsiros) and “Magiko Vouno” (script by Nikos Demetropoulos).
So far, my movies have been screened in various festivals in Greece and abroad.
For more information you can visit my page.
https://andronikoskdimopoulos.weebly.com/
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