Respected film personalities and professionals are invited to award the Festival’s prizes to filmmakers whose works stand out for their uniqueness and ambition.
International Feature Film Competition
Thomas
Imbach
Filmmaker
Switzerland
Savina
Neirotti
Artistic Director TorinoFilmLab, Head of Programmes Biennale College Cinema
Italy
Josh
Siegel
Curator, MoMA Film Department
United States
Burning Lights Competition
Kamal
Aljafari
Filmmaker
Palestine, Germany
Sergio
Fant
Selection Committee Member
Garbiñe
Ortega
Director, Punto de Vista
Spain
National Competition
Anna
Berthollet
International Seller, Lightdox
Switzerland
Julie
Frères
Producer, Dérives
Belgium
Diana
Tabakov
Director Doc Alliance Films
Czech Republic
International Competition Medium Length and Short Film
Alejo
Franzetti
Filmmaker, programmer, Berlinale, Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg
Germany, Argentina
Consuelo
Frauenfelder
Producer, Garidi Films
Switzerland
Laila
Pakalnina
Filmmaker
Latvia
Jury des Jeunes
With the participation of Juliette Gaultier from the Haute Ecole d’Art et de Design (HEAD) – Geneva, President of the Jury des Jeunes.
Odile
Piotet
Léa
Chapuis
William
Pearmund
Benjamin
Liang
Interreligieux Jury
Noëmi
Gradwohl
Journalist
Switzerland
PD Dr. Marie-Therese
Mäder
President Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Media
Switzerland
Dr. phil. Wilfried
Meichtry
Writer, filmmaker
Switzerland
Majid
Movasseghi
Réalisateur, critique de cinéma
Switzerland
Jury FIPRESCI
Max
Borg
Journalist, Corriere del Ticino
Switzerland
Marla
Jacarilla
Journalist, Miradas de Cine
Spain
Nachum
Mochiach
Journalist, Habama
Israel
Zonta
Tom
Bidou
Programmer, Spoutnik
Switzerland
Lila
Ribi
Filmmaker
Switzerland
Marion
Blöchlinger