Žiri | Split Format

President of the jury

Ana Žanko

Curator and the president of the expert jury is Ana Žanko.

Ana Žanko graduated in Art History from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Split. In 2019, she passed the professional examination and obtained the title of Curator. From 2019 to 2023, she worked at the Photo Club Split as Secretary of the Association and Head of the Photography Gallery. She is the author and co-author of numerous exhibitions, among which the following recent research and exhibition projects stand out: 110 Years of Photo Club Split – A Grand Retrospective, The Marasović Sisters – The First Female Members of Photo Club Split, and Ljubomir Garbin – A Witness of His Time. She is currently employed as a Curator at the City Gallery Sikirica and, since 2023, has been serving as President of Photo Club Split. Her professional work focuses on contemporary artistic practices and visual media, with a particular emphasis on photography.

Member of the Jury

Světlana Malina

Světlana Malina was born in 1997 in Prague. She studied Photography at FAMU and continued her studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. Since 2022, she has been Artistic Director of the Fotograf Zone Festival, and since 2025 she has also directed the Fotograf Zone Gallery in Prague. Alongside her institutional role, she collaborates with independent galleries on curatorial and artistic projects.

Member of the jury

Cosimo Pastore

Cosimo Pastore was born in 1995 in Taranto. His practice in photography and visual arts combines anthropological research, analog photography, and audiovisual production. He is the author of the long-term project Analog_trad, dedicated to popular festivals and community traditions. As a director of photography, he works on documentaries and independent films, with a focus on light as a narrative element. His video installation Oltre l’acciaio (2019), which explores the social and emotional landscape of his hometown Taranto, received the Italian National Arts Award and was presented at the Biennale of Young Italian Photographers in Bibbiena the same year

https://www.analogtrad.com/

Member of the Jury

Eleni Albarosa

Eleni Albarosa was born in 1996 in Athens and raised in Italy. She began photographing at the age of fifteen, when her work was first published by National Geographic Italy. Her projects have explored nomadic circus life, Rom communities in Italy and Greece, and Irish Travellers in the UK. She has been published in National Geographic, Billboard, and Huck, and has also collaborated with Nike. Her project La Ternura es Radical (2024), created in Mexico with anthropologist Jorge Varela Perera and edited by Magnum photographers, earned her the Canon Student Development Program award in Perpignan and selection for the Hamburg Portfolio Reviews. In 2025, she was named among ARTPIL’s 30 Under 30 Women Photographers.

https://eleni-albarosa.format.com/

Member of the Jury

Bella Rupena

Bella Rupena was born in Zagreb. She graduated in Art History and Italian Language and Literature from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. In 2010, she passed the professional examination and obtained the title of Curator. She has extensive experience working on international projects and contemporary art exhibitions. Since 2023, she has been Head of the Tošo Dabac Archive at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb.