Igor Parfenov, Chairman of the Selection Committee, President of the Festival, film director, member of Filmmakers Union of Ukraine).
Arkadi Filatov, Head of the Jury, a member of the Writers’ Union of Ukraine, a board member of the Kharkiv branch. He has more than 50 years of experience in literature. In this period he has published dozens of poetry books, has written dozens of scripts. Hes an award winner of the first Moscow youth film festival – the best script award, has international and municipal awards in journalism and literature. His works have been translated into many languages.
Vladimir Mislavsky – film critic, a member of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine.
Andrei Petrov – Television director.
Vladimir Malyar – People’s Artist of Ukraine.
Evgen Nemtsov – director of the ‘NN studio’ recording studio, photographer, winner of numerous awards.
Sergei Otvodenko – poet, human rights activist.
Julia Gaivoronska – a journalist.