We received information that, due to an unexpected illness, Klaus Schmutzer will be unable to join the Jury of 13. Gdansk DocFilm Festival. His place will be taken by Pasquale Misuraca, whom we are happy to introduce as a new member of Jury.

Misuraca, born in 1948 in Siderno, Italy, studied sociology at the University of Rome and published literary and scientific essays and books: “Scientific rationality and political rationality” (Editori Riuniti 1977), “Actuality of Kafka” (L’Astrolabio 1983), “The Transition” (Universitas 2009), “Secular gospel according to Feliciano” (Universitas 2012), “The Creative Life” (Universitas 2013). Alongside his work as a director, he has worked as an adviser for TV and radio, written and produced for television and given guest lectures about sociology of knowledge and documentary and film. Among his films are: “Angelus Novus” (Cannes 1987), “The Sophists” and “Aristotle: Ethics” (Multimedia Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences 1989), “I have no words” (Berlin 1992), “Pasolini’s Ashes” (Marseilles 1995), “Self-portrait: Kafka, Gramsci, Hitchcock, Pasolini” (Locarno 1995), “Retrato del Padre Esteban Gumucio” (Santiago de Chile 1999), “Vittorio De Sica: Self-portrait” (Rai Tv 2001), “Leonardo Sciascia: Self-portrait” (Einaudi 2002), “Videodiary of a King Prisoner” (Rotterdam 2006).

Official website: www.pasqualemisuraca.com