Meet Our Jury

Hollie Abbott
Creative Director
Awkward Studios

Susan Alexander
Senior Director, Creative
Shaftesbury

Sarah Amos
VP Development & Production, Non-Fiction TV & Documentaries
Conde Nast Entertainment

Koulla Anastasi
Managing Director, Woodcut International & Commercial Director, Woodcut Media
Woodcut Media

Rick Andres
Producer
Empathic Media

Aida Aziz
Documentary Sales & Acquisitions
Mediawan Rights

Kenny Bae
Senior Producer, Marketing Manager
KBS Korean Broadcasting System

Fanny Baudry
Business development consultant
Wheelhouse

Jolise Beaton
Director of Business Affairs
Audible Inc.

Claudia Bertolino
Director
Amashort

Victoria Bitar
Acquisitions Manager
Telemundo Studios

Magdalena Borowska
Head of Documentary
Telewizja Polska SA

Sevilay Bozdemir
Executive Producer TRT
Turkish Radio & Television Corp.

Rene Brar
Head of Development & Sales
Big Time Decent Productions

Becki Brisson
VP, Business Affairs & Operations
Shaw Rocket Fund

Jessica Brown
Producer & Director
Ujarak Media

Jan-Willem Bult
Producer

Suchada Bussaracomwong
Business Development Director
ThemeWork Studio

Pat Canavan
Creative Director
New Life Media Inc.

Dorota Chamczyk
Producer
Warner Bros. Discovery

Julie Chang
COO & EP
Serial Maven Studios

Saskia Chanoine
Director of Media Partnerships
Bloomberg Media

Jason Charters
Writer & Producer
Riddle Films

Shirley Cheechoo
President
Spoken Song Productions Inc

Patricia Chu
Senior Content Acquisition Manager
UYoung Entertainment International Inc

Polly Conway
Head of TV/Senior Editor
Common Sense Media

Ricky Cooper
Commissioning Editor, Factual Entertainment & Events
BBC

Kalita Corrigan
Commissioning Editor, Documentary + Specialist
ABC Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Marielle Dazler
Managing Editor, Senior Creative, Showrunner
De Mensen

Charlotte De Vion
Senior Creative Acquisitions Manager
Federation Studios France

Piotr Derewenda
Script Editor
TVP S.A.

Mia Desroches
Vice-President, Global Sales
KOTV

Patronella Diedricks
Managing Director
BLQINC (Pty) Ltd

Delphine Dumont
Chief Commercial Officer
Banijay Kids & Family Distribution Ltd

Louise Eberhardt
Acquisitions Executive
SVT Swedish Television

Israel Ekanem
Storyteller
Ubuntu Media

John Elmes
Deputy News Editor & International Editor
Broadcast

Nora Felder
Music Supervisor/Executive Music Producer/Producer
Picture Music Company, Inc.

Samantha Ferguson
VP International
Rabbit Films

Daniel Fill
President
Dark Slope

Nua Finau
Co-Founder, Executive Producer and Showrunner
Tavake Ltd

Michael Gelman
SVP, Acquisitions & Co-Productions
A+E Global Media

Archita Ghosh
Executive Producer
Rezolution Pictures

Michela Giorelli
VP, Unscripted Production & Development
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises

Barney Goodland
Head of Digital
Magic Light Pictures

Wes Gould
CTO
REDspace

Allison Grace
Executive Producer
Here's The Thing Productions

Helen Greatorex
Head of Format Acquisitions
Banijay Group

Sharen Griffith
Commissioner of News and Current Affairs
S4C

Agustin Guevara
Acquisitions Officer
TVO

Bernhard Hendling
Format Developer and Co-Founder
Gamma Ray Productions

Adam Henry
Supervising Producer
Nickelodeon Animation Studios

Kylie Hitchcock
Director
Yarn Spinner Entertainment Inc

Antonio Hrynchuk
Producer/Director
Fahrenheit Films

Colette Johnson-Vosberg
President
Firestarter Productions Inc.

Audrey Kamga
Media Expert & Sales Manager
ARTE Distribution

Ryuji Komiya
Director of Formats
Fuji Television Network Inc

Justin Lacob
President
XTR

Nancy Laing
Business Affairs Consultant
Earth to Sky Pictures

Samantha Lawrence
Partner
Media MDs Agency

Garam Lee
Director
KBS Korean Broadcasting System

Ira Levy
President/Executive Producer
Spike & Sadie Media

Monica Levy
Co-Head of Distribution
Federation Studios

Rick Lewchuk
Board Member
Bright North Studios

Jennifer Liang
Head of Acquisitions
JoySauce

Myriam Lopez-Otazu
Senior Vice President
Warner Bros. Discovery

Marc Lorber
Executive Producer
The Art of Coproduction

Bill Lundy
Chief Content Officer

Shannon Malone-deBenedictis
Development Executive
Padlin Creative

David Marshall
Head of Entertainment
Tern Television Productions

Kathleen Meek
VP, Development
Film Forge

Alexia Melocchi
Partner
Little Studio Films

AJ Mendez
SVP of Originals / Head of November
Piller/Segan

Tyler Metcalf
Producer
Motion Horse Pictures

Clelia Mountford
Founder
Sunburnt Penguin Productions

Joseph Nanni
CCO
Community

Bonginhlanhla Ncube
CEO
Sukuma Media

Selina Nederhand
SVP & Co-Networks Head of Content Strategy & Acquisitions
Sony Pictures Television

Malin Nevander
Head of Development
SVT Swedish Television

Proinsias Ni Ghrainne
Commisioning Editor
TG4

andrew nisker
founder
Take Action Films

Helena Nylander
Acquistions Executive, Children
SVT Swedish Television

Michael Parfit
Vice President

Sandrine Pechels de Saint Sardos
CEO & Film Commissioner
Ottawa Film Office

Christian Poccard
VP, Programs & Acquisitions
Eurochannel Inc

Jo Proulx
Filmmaker
AKI Media

Melanie Ratte
Vice-President, International Distribution and Business Development
Zone3 International Inc.

Alessia Ratzenberger
CEO
ADR Distribution

Heather Renney
Supervising Producer
Atomic Cartoons

Lanita Ririnui
Founder
Table 1 Ltd

Suzanne Ryan
CEO
SLR Productions Pty Ltd

Carine Sansregret
Head of Development
Productions J

Justine Schmidt
VP of production
Nat Geo Wild

Maimona Siddiqui
Senior Vice President
Hum Network Ltd

Geoff Siskind
Executive Producer
Antica Productions

Shane Smith
Documentary Programmer
TVO

Hollann Sobers
Production Executive

Annamaria Sofillas
Head of Programming
Topic

Nicolas Valdes
Director of Sales & Acquisitions-Coproductions
Circular Media

Karissa Valencia
Showrunner & Executive Producer

Zane Valeniece
Head of Acquisitions
Latvian Television Public Broadcasting

Kevin Wallis
Co-Founder / Executive Producer
Longhope Media Inc.

Jennifer Weingroff
SVP Communications

Katherine Weinstein
Director
Radial Entertainment

Lauren Whitelaw
Head of Programming
OUTtv Network Inc

Andrea Whyte
Senior Commercial Manager, Content Acquisitions
Virgin Media

Jessica Winchell
VP, Content & Development - Magnolia Network
Warner Bros. Discovery

Cody Woodside
Manager of Development & Production
Warner Bros. Discovery

Llinos Wynne
Head Documentaries & Specialist Factual
S4C

Michele Zatta
Commissioning Editor in Charge of International Co-productions
Rai Fiction

Bo Zhang
Producer
China Intercontinental Communication Center