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8. Internationales Festival Zeichen der Nacht / Berlin Edition
21th International Festival Signs of the Night / Worldwide

November 1 - 5, 2023
Kino in der Königstadt - - Space : movie members GmbH - Saarbrücker Straße 24 - Berlin Prenzlauer Berg

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Malik Berkati Switzerland - Germany

 

Malik Berkati is a Swiss journalist, film critic and political scientist, based in Berlin, ermany. He has worked for several years at festivals in Western Switzerland (PR and program adviser).

He is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of an international multilingual online magazine focusing on culture and civic awareness (j:mag), and a correspondent in Berlin for various newspapers and magazines from the French-speaking part of Switzerland.

He has served on numerous international juries in Europe and Asia for FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics), as well as on the German Film Critics Jury for Best German Documentary (2017, 2022 and 2023), the Best German Short Film (2019-2021), and since 2020 Jury Member of The Critics Award for Arab Films of the Arab Cinema Center (ACC).






Steven Yates Great Britaim - Germany

Steven Yates is a British film critic and journalist based in Berlin.

He writes for a variety of websites and hard copy publications globally and has been a member of FIPRESCI since 2001, attending numerous film festivals as a jury member in Europe and globally. He has worked for film festivals in the past, including London and Edinburgh, as well as being an assistant programmer for National Schools Film Week in the UK.

Presently he is part of the selection team for the Kendal Mountain Film Festival, also in the UK.





 

Volker T. Neef Germany

 

Born in Recklinghausen in 1957. Studied economics in Hamburg. Graduated in 1985 with a degree in economics. Worked as an assistant at NDR during studies. Worked in press and public relations at an agricultural products company in North-Germany after studying.

Actually he publish regulary in Teltower Rundschau" (Berlin) and "Lokal.report" (Berlin) , as also in the online media "Stimme der Hauptstadt" (Berlin), "Usbekistan-Online" and "Düsseldorfer Blatt". He also contribut to the radio station "Deutschlandradio Kultur".



Competition Short Film, Cinema in Transgression, Documentary - Focus and Thematic programs