Each year, Filmfest Dresden appoints several independent juries which decide on the winners of the Golden Horsemen awards. Beside the International Jury and the National Jury these include also the Best Sound(scape) Award Jury and two Youth Juries.

Anita Killi, Norway
Anita Killi first studied illustration and graphic design, followed by animation and documentary filmmaking at Volda University College. She graduated in 1996 from the Norwegian National College of Art & Design with an MA, majoring in animation (multiplan technique). Anita Killi has since established her own animation studio, Trollfilm, which she runs on her mountain farm with its cows, situated on Dovre. Her latest film "Sinna mann" / "Angry Man" has been shown at a wide selection of festivals and won numerous audience, best film and grand
prix awards. Her earlier works include "Tornehekken" / "The Hedge of Thorns" (2001), "Kongen som ville ha mer enn en krone" / “The King Who Wanted More Than a Crown" (1999) and "Lavrasiid  Áigi" / "Daughter of the Sun" (1996).

Richard Raskin, USA
Richard Raskin was born in 1941 in New York and teaches screenwriting and video production at Aarhus University in Denmark. He is the editor of the peer-reviewed journal "Short Film Studies", published in the UK. He has served as jury president at international film festivals in France, Belgium, India, Norway and Denmark, and frequently lectures on storytelling in short film. His books include "The Art of the Short Fiction Film: A Shot by Shot Study of Nine Modern Classics" (2002) and his articles have appeared in such journals as "Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte" / "Art History Journal", "Film History", "Journal of Media Practice", "Asian Cinema", "P.O.V. – A Danish Journal of Film Studies" and "The Canadian Journal of Film Studies". Two short films based on his screenplays have been funded by New Danish Screen.

Clare Citson, Great Britain
Clare Kitson was a programmer at the British Film Institute’s National Film Theatre in the 1980s and commissioning editor for animation at Channel 4 Television in the 1990s, where she commissioned many award winning works and supported schemes to encourage innovation and nurture young talent. Her book "Yuri Norstein and Tale of Tales: An Animator’s Journey" was published in 2005, followed by "British Animation: The Channel 4 Factor" in 2008. She has
also translated two animation books and a crime thriller and currently  programmes and lectures on animation. In 1999 she was awarded the ASIFA Special Award for her contribution to British animation and in 2008 she received the Animafest Zagreb award for outstanding achievements in animation theory.

Gregor Dashuber
Gregor Dashuber was born under the sign of the cross in the last century. At the turn of the millennium, he was a Roman in the Passion play in Oberammergau. He underwent a hard apprenticeship with the carpet dealer and girl trader, Alfred Wigel, Munich. This was followed by several years of study in Prussia, where he graduated with a beautiful film about ugly people. Since then he has earned his money painting little men at "Talking Animals" in Berlin. Since he won the Minister of Fine Arts Promotion Prize at Filmfest Dresden in 2009... he’s become a cartoon star!

Jenni Zylka
Jenni Zylka has lived in Berlin since 1988. She writes for newspapers and journals and at times for TV about film and music. In addition to her regular columns, she has penned a best-seller for Rowohlt-Verlag publishers, as well as screenplays and a radio literature show for the WDR public broadcaster (WortLaut Homestory, Radio Prize 2011). She views material in accordance with youth protection criteria for the FSF (Voluntary Television Self Regulation Body), preselects feature films for the Berlinale, presents press conferences and film events at the Berlinale, and sometimes at other festivals, makes nominations for the Adolf Grimme Prize, drives a cool vintage car and works as a secret agent. But that’s a secret.

Matthias Dell
Matthias Dell was born in 1976. He completed theatre studies and general and comparative literature studies in Berlin and Paris. He has worked as a journalist for "Der Freitag" weekly newspaper since 2004 and as a film editorial journalist since 2007. In this position he writes the weekly review of the regular Sunday night TV police thrillers "Tatort" / "Polizeiruf" for freitag.de. He has written for epd film and the journal "Cargo. Film/Medien/Kultur" and is a member of the staff on the daily media column "Altpapier" at evangelisch. de (dasaltpapier.de). "Herrlich inkorrekt. Die Thiel-Boerne-Tatorte" / "Gloriously Incorrect. The Thiel Boerne Crime Scenes" by him is due to be released shortly by Bertz+Fischer publishers.

Markus Rindt
Markus Rindt studied music in Dresden and Cologne. Together with Sven Helbig he founded the Dresden Symphony Orchestra in 1996 and has remained its director since then. He was awarded the Art Promotion Prize of the State Capital of Dresden as the Culture Manager 2008 and the UNESCO World Horizon special prize in 2011.

Julia Heimerdinger
Julia Heimerdinger is a musicologist. One area of her research work focuses on the subject of film music, about which she has held talks and released publications, including most recently: "Music and Sound in the Horror Film & Why Some Modern and Avant-garde Music Lends Itself to It so Well" (in: Seiltanz, 4/2012).

Andreas Kersting
Andreas Kersting studied music composition in Dresden, Paris and Basel, as well as film music and sound design. In 2003 he received the MDR Music Composition Award. His experimental film "Case Studies 2" was awarded at several international film festivals.

Fanny Hauser, 21 Years
As a student, I fulfil all of the necessary criteria to love film: The urge to spend my time with everything except learning and a good dollop of curiosity matched by the desire for images, adventures and destinies. I hope that the decision will not prove to be an easy one for me.

Steve Bache, 21 Years
Since starting secondary school, I have been a total fan of film and theatre. I have even acted on stage and participated in various film projects. For this reason it is a very special honour for me to be selected for the Youth Jury. I am currently completing various practical training placements in order to be able to apply to film school.

Isabel Apel, 21 Years
I am up to and over my ears in my training to become a technical design assistant  and try at the same time to structure my life like a film. I am in raptures every time I go to the movies. For that reason I bestow my heart on all nice film fans and filmmakers.

Alexander Herrmann, 17 Years
I am a student at the Prof. Dr. Zeigner Professional School for Economics. I spend my free time with activities involving youth radio, television reporting and animation film. I am passionate about watching films. I hope that at Filmfest Dresden 2012 there are lots of great, spectacular, imaginative and creative films.

Tilli Ripp, 16 Years
I attend the Free Waldorf School in Dresden. In my free time I like to go to the theatre and have also acted on the Bürgerbühne citizens’ stage at the Staatsschauspiel theatre. Having already been a member of the Children’s Jury at the Berlinale 2009, I am now looking forward to the Youth Jury work in Dresden.

Markus Schwennigcke, 20 Years
I attend the College of Design at the mediencollege vocational institute in Dresden. I am a member of a youth television editorial staff at a training and testing channel. I have contributed to reports, music videos and short films there. The fascinating aspect is creating it yourself.

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