Dear audience, We present to you the members of the jury, which will announce the winners of the film program, in most competition categories of this year's 16th edition of Eho Mountain Film Festival:
Michael Pause
Born in Munich in 1952, the mountains have shaped his entire life, both personally and professionally. After attending the German School of Journalism and studying politics and history, he revised his father Walter Pause's legendary mountain book series in 1979. From 1985 onward, he worked for 24 years for the magazine BERGE and for 40 years (1978-2018) for the Bavarian television mountaineering program Bergauf-Bergab (as a writer, editor, and presenter). He was involved in the founding of the Tegernsee International Mountain Film Festival in 2003 and served as its artistic director and director. In 2024, he handed over this responsibility to Tom Dauer, but remains associated with the festival as its patron. Thanks to all these pursuits – and despite the associated desk work – he has managed to undertake countless mountain tours and climb numerous peaks – in the Alps, the Himalayas, the Caucasus, Norway, Kilimanjaro, Patagonia, and North America. His contacts in the mountaineering scene extend around the globe.
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David Tschan
Originally from Switzerland, David moved to Los Angeles in 2015 where he got his
bachelor’s degree in film production and now works in the industry as an assistant
director and cinematographer on short and long form narrative projects as well as
documentaries. When not on set, David dedicates most of his free time to ultra distance
cycling, exploring hidden corners of the world on two wheels.
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Piotr Turkot
Co-founder of the Krakow Mountain Festival, from the beginning responsible for the festival program and the selection of competition films. Co-founder and publisher of wspinanie.pl, Poland's most popular medium dedicated to climbing and mountaineering. Co-publisher of the magazine for outdoor enthusiasts "Outdoor Magazyn" and the first b2b magazine of the outdoor industry "4outdoor Biznes Magazyn". In his free time, he is an amateur of rock climbing and a lover of outdoor activities and nature.
