Ivan Živković Žika is a director, producer and a journalist from Croatia. His first documentary film is Ćiro (2010), and it is about legendary Miroslav Ćiro Blažević in his role of Bosnia and Herzegovina team coach. He is also the author of a number of short documentary and promotional films. Hillel Rate is a screenwriter and director from Israel. He won a Special Jury Mention for his short documentary My Fathers Sonat the 20thMediterranean Film Festival. Iva Kraljević is a theatre, film and TV actress from Široki Brijeg. She graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb in 2019, where she currently works as an artistic assistant at the graduate study of acting.

The jury in this composition chooses the author of the 'Best Short' documentary of the 23 MFF.

Ivan Živković Žika is a director, producer and a journalist. He was born in Šibenik in 1982. He graduated from the Faculty of Political Science, Department of journalism, in Zagreb. Živković has written for Večernji list and Jutarnji list, Croatian daily newspapers. His first documentary film is Ćiro (2010), and it is about legendary Miroslav Ćiro Blažević in his role of Bosnia and Herzegovina team coach. He produced the documentary tetralogy Varoški amarcord.Žika's documentary film Galeb(2020) deals with Tito's trips on the ship Galeb, unique in modern political history, on which Tito agreed the gathering of the Non-Aligned Movement. The documentary film A Few Minutes to Sixdeals with the heroic battle for the defence of Šibenik in September 1991. He is also the author of a number of short documentary and promotional films. He is the owner of the production company Behemoth d.o.o. and the owner of the company Krabat d.o.o. with Swedish partners which is occupied with media solutions and operates in Croatia and Sweden. 

Hillel Rate is a screenwriter and director from Israel. He is a graduate of the Ma'aleh School of Television, Film & the Arts and is completing his M.F.A in Documentary Cinema from Tel Aviv University. His documentaries My Fathers Son& I Asked Him to Take me Dancingwere screened at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and a number of other international film festivals around the world. He won a Special Jury Mention for his short documentary My Fathers Sonat the 20thMediterranean Film Festival. Hillel is currently working on his debut feature film. 

Iva Kraljević is a theatre, film and TV actress from Široki Brijeg. She graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb in 2019, where she currently works as an artistic assistant at the graduate study of acting. She has performed in more than fifteen plays in Croatian National Theater  Zagreb, ITD Theatre, Kunst Theatre, Croatian National Theater Varaždin, Moruzgva Theatre and Dubrovnik Summer Festival. She played in several short films, series and two feature films.