Bitef
The Jury of 41st Bitef
MILOS LOLIC
Milos Lolic was borri in 1979 in Beigrade. He studied theatre and radio directing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, in the dass of professors Ljubomir Muci Draskic and Slavenko Saletovic. In 2000 he worked as an assistant director with Gorcin Stojanovic on thè performance The Fall, based on the play by Biljana Srbljanovic. In Bitef Theatre in 2002 he directed Adam and Eve, based on the text by Miroslav Krieza. In Atelje 212 in 2004 he directed Great White Conspiracy, a performance based on the text by Dimitrij Vojnov, which received two awards on the Festival of Small Scenes in Rijeka. In Yugoslav Drama Theatre in 2006 he directed thè performance The OtherSide, written by Dejan Dukovski, and then the performance Tesla - Total Reflection, based on the texts by Marija Stojanovic, in co-production with Jugokoncert. He, also, acted in two films; Kisses by Sasa Radojevic (2003) and South by Southeast by Milutin Retrovie (2005). Since 2007 he is a member of the editorial board of theatre journal'Teatron". He lives and works in Beigrade.
OLGA STANISLAVOVNA MUHINA
Olga Stanislavovna Mukhina was born December 1,1970 in Moscow, Russia. She lived from 1976 until 1988 in Ukhta in thè far north of Russia. In 1991 she entered the Gorky State Institute of Literature in the playwriting course. There she started writing plays. ln 1991 she wrote two plays: The Sorrowful Dances of Ksaveria Kalutsky and Alexander August. She also wrote The Love ofKarlovna (1992), Tanya-Tanya (1994) produced at the Fomenko Studio, Moscow and YoU (1996) produced atthe Russian State Institute of Theater Arts. Tanya-Tanya has been translated into a dozen languages, including French, English, Slovakian, Estonian and German. Productions over thè next decade mounted throughout Russia as well as in France, Estonia, Slovakia, United States and other countries. YoU have been translated into approximately eight languages. Productions mounted throughout Russia, as well as in Slovakia and other countries. From late 1990 s until mid 2000 s she worked as scriptwriter and director of numerous popular televisión shows in Moscow. Düring the same period she gave birth to three sons. Atthe moment she works as a producer for techno music groups. Her latest play is Flying (2005).
KRISTIAN SELTUN
Kristian Seltun (b. 1970) is a Norwegian dramaturg. Since 2001 he is thè artistic director of Black BoxTeater in Oslo. Black BoxTeater programs artists and Companies from all over the world and it is the most important venue for Contemporary theatre in the capital of Norway. Before he carne to Black BoxTeater, Seltun worked as dramaturg atTrondelagTeater, thè big city theatre ofTrondheim. Previous to that, from 1998 until 2000, he was the artistic director ofTeaterhuset Avant Garden, inTrondheim. He is a member of thè board of the Norwegian Association forTheatres and Orchestras, and in theyears 2002 - 2006 he was in the jury for the Hedda Awards - Norway's most prestigious awards in the field of theatre.
As a dramaturg Seltun has worked on a long row of productions, highlighted by thè company Hollow Creature's Kathy Acker-based trilogy Persona, Great Expectations and Tigergarden, as well as thè company Verk's Iphigeneia, by Finn lunker.The latter was co-produced by Black Box Teater and is nominated for this year's Hedda Awards, in the category Performance of the Year.
Seltun has published numerous articles on Contemporary dramaturgical practices and he also teaches theatre aesthetics and dramaturgy in art and theatre academies alike. He was educated at thè University of Bergen, which is also his home town, from where he has an honours degree in theatre Science, also including studies in litterature and philosophy. In 1995 he lived in Antwerp, where he also studied theatre, and he has maintained a strong relationship with Belgian theatre ever since.