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Jury of International Competition

Hannah Critchlow

Dr Hannah Critchlow is an internationally-acclaimed neuroscientist, broadcaster, author and Fellow at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge.
 
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Jan Šotola

Jan has a long industrial experience. He worked as a TQM manager, API Business director, and finally R&D director at Zentiva. After a short period of consulting activity, he spent 2 years developing oral insulin tablets. Jan has joint the IOCB Tech team in 2014.

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Jingmai O’Connor

She is currently working at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago as the Associate Curator of Fossil Reptiles. She received her PhD from the University of Southern California under Dr. David Bottjer, where she studied Mesozoic birds with Dr. Luis Chiappe at the LACM.

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Peter McCoy

Peter McCoy is a renowned applied mycology researcher and educator who has endeavored to understand and share the world of fungi with others for over 20 years.

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Sasha Litvintseva and Beny Wagner

Sasha Litvintseva and Beny Wagner are artists, filmmakers and writers working collaboratively since 2018.

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Jury of Czech & Slovak Competion

Anna Aris

Anna Aris is a PhD candidate in the field of public engagement with science and technology.

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Karol Jalochowski

Director, physicist and science journalist.

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Pavel Kasík

Pavel Kasík is a science editor of Seznam Zprav, lecturer, programmer and enthusiast.

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Tereza Domínová

Chief editor of a Czech documentary magazine.

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Jury of Short Film Competition

Kristýna Kašpárková

Chief editor of Universitas University Magazine.

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Michal Kašpárek

Michal Kašpárek works at Samizdat, the data team of Czech Radio.

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Sofia Tocar

Sofia Tocar, a film distributor, currently works in sales strategies and festival distribution for author-driven fiction and documentary features at Square Eyes, a Vienna-based agency specializing in showcasing daring, outstanding, non-mainstream films.

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Sophie Crockett

XR and VR producer and curator at Crossover Labs.

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Academia Film Olomouc

28. – 3. 5. 2026

61ST INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE DOCUMENTARY FILMS

Follow our social sites and explore our web to find out more about the programme. We will supply you with science dose by dose until the climax comes – AFO61.

Contact

Arts Centre of Palacký University
Academia Film Olomouc
Univerzitní 225/3
779 00 Olomouc
Czech Republic

afo@afo.cz

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