SHORTCUTZ LEIRIA JURY

Bruno Carnide (Leiria, Portugal, 1987), graduated in Sound and Image – by the School of Arts and Design of Caldas da Rainha – is an independent director since 2008, and founding director of the International Short Film Festival, «Leiria Film Fest», since 2013.

Carnide directed several fiction, documentary and animation short films, which won dozen awards and have been exhibited in hundreds film festivals around the world.

Working currently as university teacher in the field of cinema.

David Ramy was born in Havana, Cuba, 1978.

He studied music at the School of Arts Manuel Saumell, in Havana, since 1988.

He studied acting at the National School of Arts in Cuba, from 1994 to 98.

In 1998, he became part of Grupo Teatro Estudio, a very important theatre group for the history of Cuban theatre in the 20th century.

Between 1999 and 2001 he participated in workshops lectured by Fernando Pérez and Harry Hook at the International School of Cinema and TV in Havana.

He has worked as actor with ICAIC (Institute for Cinema in Cuba) in the films “Violeta” (1997), “Miel para Ochún” (2000), “Nada+” (2001) and “Miradas” (2001).

In 2003 he participated on the film “Un tanto %”, by César Fernandez, while in Germany.

From 2005 to 2007, he worked in Madrid with the theatre group Minimal Teatro, run by Miguel Ponce.

Ramy lives in Leiria since 2008, where he works with SAMP as acting teacher and project manager.

He also collaborates with the theatre groups “O Nariz” and “Libélula Teatro” and teaches guitar at Cruz d’Areia School.

SURMA is the music project from Leiria’s Débora Umbelino, where jazz sounds with post-rock, electronic and noise are mixed in unusual compositions.

It combines the powers of strings, samplers, synthesizers and harmonies, taking us somewhere between noise and experimental.

Jacinto Silva Duro is currently the head behind the cultural section – Viver – in Jornal de Leiria since 2008.

He is also coordinator of the online weekly publication since 2015.

Graduated on Social Communication and Multimedia on IPLeiria, post-graduated on Cultural Marketing and Media and Communication, he is journalist since 2000 and has worked with Jornal de Leiria, Região de Cister, Correio de Pombal Record and RTPi.

Mara Mures is a 23-year-old artist based in Leiria.

She graduated in Plastic arts at ESAD, Caldas da Rainha.

Her work focuses on drawing, watercolour painting and travel logs.

A professional in flash trash and portraits.

He has directed the short film “On Humans”, selected to Shortcutz Lisboa.

He has also participated on the documentary “Documento Boxe”, as cameraman.

He is part of the music projects Meia Unha and Abaixonado.

He has myopia.

Sandrine Cordeiro was born in Paris, in 1976.

She has studied Plastic Arts and Theatre at ESAD.CR and History of Contemporary Arts at Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

Her work focuses on the diversity of the medium for artistic expression — from plastic arts to writing, staging, performance, among others.

She is the author behind the screenplay of “Escreve-me”, awarded at the Writing Contest for Short Films by Bookcase.

“Esteresocopia” is her first directing work, a short film selected for several national and international festivals.

She wrote and directed “Factos de Treino”, for 48HFP Lisbon 2019.

“ALONE?”, her third film, is part of the official selection of Super9 Mobile Film Fest 2019.