2027 ADVISORY BOARD & GRAND JURY

Advisory Board
Monica Albuquerque, The Walt Disney Company, Vice President of Original Content , Brazil
Alex Amos, The Edge , Executive Producer, United Kingdom
Walter Fernandez, Mediacorp , Editor-in-Chief CNA & Chief Sustainability Officer, Singapore
Robert E. Frye, Whistling Communications, Managing Director, USA
Melanie Haft, nautilusfilm GmbH, Managing Director & Head of Production, Germany
Alex Hahn, Ludlow Arts, Electronic Media Artist, USA
Ken Kerschbaumer, Sports Video Group, Editorial Director, USA
Brian Lockhart, ESPN, Senior Vice President, Original Content, USA
Jodain Massad, National Football League, Director, Development & Innovation, NFL Films, USA
Bill McCullough, Independent, Director & Executive Producer, USA
Michael Pearce, Independent, Producer, USA
Regina Reyes, Independent, Journalist/Mentor/Advisor, USA
Francis B. Toral, ABS-CBN Corporation, Head of Integrated News Division, Philippines
Giles Trendle, The Green House Duo, Co-founder , United Kingdom
Ellen Windemuth, WaterBear Network , Founder, Netherlands
Grand Jury
Monica Albuquerque, The Walt Disney Company, Vice President of Original Content , Brazil
Béatrice Alquier, France Télévisions, Promotion et Direction Artistique des Antennes Direction Promotion opérationnelle, France
Angeli G. Atienza, GMA Network, Senior Assistant Vice President, Public Affairs, Philippines
Ruth Beni, Animage Films, Co-Founder/Filmmaker/Writer, United Kingdom
Eric Black, Independent, Independent Producer, USA
Eduardo Blanco, The Walt Disney Company, Creative Manager, Spain
Paul Michael Bloodgood, Ballet Austin Inc, Director/Producer, USA
Tessa Bryson, Independent, Producer, United Kingdom
Neil Cairns, CGTN Europe, Head of Features, United Kingdom
Eduardo Calvet, TV Globo, Editor, Brazil
Nick Canner, The Edge, Creative Director, United Kingdom
Arlene U. Carnay, GMA Network, Vice President, Public Affairs, Phillipines
Daniel Carriere, Radio-Canada, Science Reporter, Canada
Joan Cartan-Hansen, Independent, Producer, USA
Lee Joseph Castel, GMA Network, Assistant Vice President, Public Affairs, Philippines
Kevin Chan, Mediacorp Pte Ltd, Executive Creative Producer, Singapore
Zelda Chauvet, OurFrame, Chief Executive Officer, Switzerland
Jae Un Chin, KNN, General Director, South Korea
Lauren Chomiuk, FORTUNE Brand Studio, Executive Director,Program Management, USA
Katie Clark, Media Zoo Ltd., Head of Creative Studio, Scotland, United Kingdom
Pablo Culell, Underground Producciones, una División de Telemundo Studios, VP Original Content Development & Head of Teleseries de TS, Argentina
Sofia de Fay, Independent, Writer/Director, United Arab Emirates
Andres Arturo de Tovar de la Fuente, Ria Money Transfer, Video Content Specialist, Spain
Till Derenbach, Zeitsprung Pictures, CEO & Executive Producer, Germany
Ella Dobson, Independent, Motion Designer & Creative Director, USA
Reim El Houni, Ti22 FIlms, CEO & Executive Producer, United Arab Emirates
Claudia Ernst, Doclights GmbH / NDR Naturfilm, Assistenz GF Joern Roever, Germany
Richard Fabb, LiveLab / Griffith Film School, Creative Director, Australia
Jeremy JP Fekete, ARTE G.E.I.E., Filmmaker, writer & director, Germany
Walter Fernandez, Mediacorp , Editor-in-Chief CNA & Chief Sustainability Officer, Singapore
Valeria Fiñana, DayDream Entertainment, Founder , USA
Jim Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick Productions, Director, Writer, Producer, CANADA
Robert E. Frye, Whistling Communications, Managing Director, USA
Bettina Fryerman, Seed Audio-Visual Communication, Producer, Switzerland
Reshma Ghosh, Blue Petal Films, Filmmaker & Founder, India
Megan Gilbert, The Guardian, Executive Director, Commercial Marketing & Guardian Labs, USA
Mark Glaeser, group.IE, Managing Director, Germany
Zhenmei Gong, CGTN, Deputy Director, CGTN Planning Department, China
Michael Gray, BBC, Series/Executive Producer, United Kingdom
Mathew Greenfeld, Visuals By Mathew Greenfeld LLC, Director of Photography, Editor, USA
Marie-Claude Guay, Business Consulting, CGI Mtl, Head of Innovation Centre, Industry Expertise and Market intelligence, Canada
Melanie Haft, nautilusfilm GmbH, Managing Director & Head of Production, Germany
Alex Hahn, Ludlow Arts, Electronic Media Artist, USA
Asef Hamidi, Al Jazeera Arabic Channel, Managing Director, Qatar
Flora Hamilton, Beach House Productions, Head of Development, Singapore
Jacob Hickey, Blackfella Films, Head of Factual/Producer, Australia
Cheng Hsin-mei, Taiwan Plus, Showrunner, Taiwan
Walter Ingrassia, Rai Radiotelevisione italiana, Head, Marketing & Promotion Unit, Rai Fiction, Italy
Sarah Jenner, Plastic Pictures, Executive Producer, United Kingdom
Andrei Jiro, Globo Group, Art Director/Design Manager, Brazil
Natalie Jowett, JusticeAid , Managing Director, USA
David Kao, ZeroDay Cultural & Creative Company Limited, Producer, Taiwan
Sayuri Kato, Kansai Television, Journalist/TV Reporter, Japan
Yuka Kitayuguchi, Fuji Television Network, Inc., International Relations, Japan
Mark Klusener, TRT World, Programmes Manager, Turkey
Sven-Erik Knoff, FotoKnoff AS, Director/Cinematographer/Photographer, Norway
Douglas Lan, Commissioning Editor, Singapore
Matthew Lazzarini, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Senior Producer, Canada
June-ho Lee, MBC East-Gangwon, Investigative Reporter & Documentary Director, South Korea
Dr. Patrick Lehn, dormakaba International Holding AG, Senior Manager Group External Communications, Switzerland
David Lennon, FORTUNE Brand Studio, Senior Vice President, USA
Joshua Lim, Temasek Polytechnic, Course Chair, Singapore
Ivan Llopis, Banjo Soundscapes, Sound Art Director, Spain
I-LI Lo, Hakka TV, Host & Producer, Taiwan
Brian Lockhart, ESPN, Senior Vice President, Original Content, USA
Pedro Lopes, SP Televisão, General Director of Content at SPTV Group & Chief Creative & Strategy Officer at SPi, Portugal
Molby Low Kian Chye, WaWa Pictures Pte Ltd, CEO/Founder, SINGAPORE
Lok Lui, RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG, Producer, Hong Kong
Michael Maack, ZDF - Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Marketing Producer, Germany
Andrea Mantzei, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Editor, Germany
Matthias Martens, M-art-ens Media GmbH, Founder/Managing Director & Executive Producer, Germany
Maribel Martinez, Diecinueve36, Founder & Creative Director, Mexico
Dani Martins, TV Globo, Editor-in-Chief,Esporte Espetacular, Brazil
Jodain Massad, National Football League, Director, Development & Innovation, NFL Films, USA
Bill McCullough, Independent, Director & Executive Producer, USA
Kelly McKeown, Independent, Executive Producer, VP Content, Canada
Adam Miller, TEGNA, Vice President, On-Air Talent Strategy & Development, USA
Elodie Moncelet, Independent, Creative Producer, France
Paloma Montilla, Mediaset Espana, Creative Campaign Director, Spain
Kam Man Ng, RTHK, Head of Video Editing, Hong Kong
Zach Nial, Denial Industries, Live Multi-Cam Director, USA
Dario Nouri, Lapse Productions, Producer & Co-founder, Canada
Tracey O'Halloran, Independent, Creative Executive Producer , United Kingdom
Nick Olle, Al Jazeera, Senior Supervising Producer, 101 East, Malaysia
Cristina Pablos Del Águila, Telefonica , Marketing, Spain
Louis Paltnoi, Inspired Films, Co-Founder & Executive Creative Director, United Kingdom
Yu-Ling Pan, Hakka TV, Manager of the Marketing and Planning Department, Taiwan
Ganesh Pareek, Mondial Kommunications, Executive Producer/Creative Director, India
Michael Pearce, Independent, Producer, USA
Alberto Pérez, Paramount Creative EMEAA, Creative Manager, Spain
Shineil Persad, FORTUNE Brand Studio, Director, Pre-Sale Strategy, USA
Judy Plavnick Kiley, DCTV, Executive Producer & Director of Production, USA
Moritz Polter, Windlight Pictures GmbH, Managing Director & Executive Producer, Germany
Duncan Preston, Al Jazeera Media Network, Head of Global Creative Services , Qatar
Judith Pyke, Curious Features Inc, Executive Producer/President, Canada
Ricardo Ravanelli, CANAL 13 ARTEAR S.A., News Director/Head of Content, Argentina
Cristiano Reckziegel, GloboNews, Editor, Brazil
Regina Reyes, Independent, Journalist/Mentor/Advisor, USA
Hugo Roberge, +1 Maison de production Inc., Producer & Creator, Canada
Gustavo Gama Rodrigues, MEDIAetc, Founder & Executive Producer, Brazil
John Roque, GMA Network, Senior Writer, Philippines
Vatche Sarkisian, Independent, Consultant, USA
Peter Schels, Al Dente Entertainment GmbH, Managing Director, Germany
Chris Schueler, Christopher Productions, President, USA
German Sela, Movistar Plus +, Head of Brand, Spain
Hang Shao, Beijing 20K Miles Culture Communications Co.,Ltd, Founder & Sound Sirector, China
Robin Siteneski, Independent, Producer, USA
Abram Sitzer, Beach House Productions, Head Of Content, Singapore
Jessica Soho, GMA Networks, Broadcast Journalist, PHILIPPINES
Jay Soo, Casual FIlms, Chief Commercial & Creative Officer | APAC, Singapore
Vanda Tan, Wawa Pictures Pte Ltd, General Manager, Singapore
Chih Chong Tan, Sitting in Pictures Pte Ltd, Executive Producer, Singapore
Aitor Tapia Pulido, Movistar Plus +, Head, Creative Development Original Content, Spain
Francis B. Toral, ABS-CBN Corporation, Head of Integrated News Division, Philippines
Nessa S. Valdellon, GMA Pictures & GMA Public Affairs, Executive Vice President & Senior Vice President, Philippines
Patrícia Vasconcellos, SBT - Sistema Brasileiro de Televisao, Journalist/TV Correspondent, Brazil
Ramon Verdet, Mediaset Espana, Director del Área de Autopromociones, Spain
Leticia Vorcaro, TV Globo, Design Producer - Globo, Brazil
Echo WAI, RTHK, Assistant Director (TV & Corporate Businesses), Hong Kong
Qianhui Wang, CGTN, Director, China
Megan G Wells, Independent, Director/Filmmaker, USA
Tom Williams, INTJ LLC, Director, USA
Wing Wong, Television Broadcasts Limited, Senior Programme Manager, Hong Kong
Cathy Yang, Cignal , Founder & Host, The Yang Exchange / Head of Programs,, Philippines
Zhao Yang, China Global Television Network, Producer, China
Donghun Yi, SBS , Director & International Awards Programmer, South Korea
Toshie Yoshida, TI ComNet Japan, President, JAPAN
Li Zhang, Phoenix Satellite Television, Deputy Director of Chief Editor ’s Office , Taiwan