ADVISORY BOARD
Phil Blundell, The Edge Picture Company LTD, Executive Director, UNITED KINGDOM
Walter Fernandez, Mediacorp , Editor-in-Chief & Chief Sustainability Officer, Singapore
Robert E. Frye, Whistling Communications, Managing Director, USA
Alex Hahn, Ludlow Arts, Electronic Media Artist, USA
Ken Kerschbaumer, Sports Video Group, Editorial Director, USA
Brian Lockhart, ESPN, Senior Vice President, Original Content and ESPN Films, USA
Bill McCullough, Independent, Chief Content Officer/Executive Producer, USA
Katherine Meyer, Katherine Meyer Media LLC, Awards & Film Festivals Consultant, USA
Susanne Mueller, ZDF, Head of Coproductions and Development, GERMANY
Michael Pearce, Independent, Producer, USA
Regina Reyes, Independent, Journalist/Mentor/Advisor, USA
Susan L. Sewell, ABC, VP Media Relations, USA
Helfried Spitra, WDR, Head of Programme Management, GERMANY
Giles Trendle, Independent, Non-Executive Director , United Kingdom
Ellen Windemuth, WaterBear Network , CEO, Netherlands
Grand Jury
Khalifa Al Marar, Indpendent, Producer, United Arab Emirates
Drew Ambrose, Al Jazeera English, Senior Producer 101 East, Malaysia
Alex Amos, The Edge Picture Company Ltd, Producer, United Kingdom
Nina Aning, CTV News, Production Manager, CANADA
Jean Marc Auclair, Alauda Films 2, Executive Producer, France
James Barry, RD Content, Head of Creative, United Kingdom
Dennis Beaulieu, Beaulieu Productions, Owner, USA
Ruth Beni, Animage Films, Co-Founder/Filmmaker/Writer, UNITED KINGDOM
Gaye Bennett, Radley Yeldar, Executive Producer, United Kingdom
Benjamin Best, Benjamin Best Productions GmbH, Journalist/Filmmaker/Book Author, Germany
Eric Black, Scholastic Entertainment, Director, Production & Technical Operations, USA
Eduardo Blanco, The Walt Disney Company, Creative Manager, Spain
Tessa Bryson, Independent, Producer, United Kingdom
Sharon Burden, Australian Government eSafety Commissioner, Assistant Manager - Gender and Technology Education, Prevention and Inclusion Branch, Australia
Ximena Cantuarias, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, Senior Vice President of Scripted Production for Telemundo Global Studios, USA
Arlene U. Carnay, GMA Network, Vice President, Public Affairs, Phillipines
Daniel Carriere, Radio-Canada, Science Reporter, Canada
Joan Cartan-Hansen, Idaho Public Television, Science Trek Producer/Host, USA
Lizette Castaneda, Independent, Producer/Director/Journalist, USA
Donovan Chan, Beach House Pictures, Co-founder & Creative Director, Singapore
Kevin Chan, Mediacorp Pte Ltd, Senior Creative Producer, Singapore
Lucy Charlesworth, Quite Frankly Productions, New Business Director, United Kingdom
Hoi Kit Cheung, Civic Journalists Limited, Director/Producer, Hong Kong
Leo Chilcott, Random42 , Production Director, United Kingdom
Liung Man Chong, Mediacorp , Head of Chinese Drama Department, Singapore
Emily Clements, Radley Yeldar, Head of Film & Animation, United Kingdom
Ivor Crotty, RT Creative Lab, Deputy Creative & Innovations Director , Russia
Carlos De Elia, Artear Argentina, Executive Advisor to the CEO, Argentina
Mar Diaz, RTVE, Executive Producer for Fiction
Daniella Dickinson, BBC, Creative Director, EMEA Creative, United Kingdom
Cristian Dimitrius, Independent, Wildlife Filmmaker & Photographer, Brazil
Clara Dominguez, Voice of America, Director of Partnerships and Strategic Initiatives, USA
BARRY DONNELLAN, Tiny Big Films, Director/DOP, Ireland
Ramanathan Durai, BeIN Sports Asia, Creative Manager, SINGAPORE
Mouhssine Ennaimi, Off the Grid - TRT World, Director/Producer/Investigative Journalist, Turkey
Claudia Ernst, Doclights GmbH / NDR Naturfilm, Assistenz GF Joern Roever, Germany
Richard Fabb, LiveLab / Griffith Film School, Creative Director, Australia
Sigrid Faltin, SWR, Director/Producer, Germany
Jeremy JP Fekete, ARTE G.E.I.E., Filmmaker, writer & director, GERMANY
Jim Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick Productions, Director, Writer, Producer, CANADA
Marissa Flores, Consultant, PHILIPPINES
Pearl Forss, Channel NewsAsia, Executive Producer, Singapore
Beate Frenkel, ZDF German Television, Editor, Germany
Matthias Frickel, DW Deutsche Welle, Director, Head of Operations, Main Department Culture and Lifestyle, Germany
Dr. Martina Fröschl, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Senior Scientist, Science Visualization Lab, Austria
Max Fuhrmann, ff fuhrmannfilm, Head of Creation, Germany
Mihai Gadea, Antena 3, CEO, Romania
Tim Gallagher, International Monetary Fund., Section Chief for Digital Content & Technology, USA
Brendan Gaul, Mediabrands, Global Chief Content Officer, USA
Sarah Gerona, BBC Studios, Creative Director, United Kingdom
Daniel Gimenez, The Walt Disney Company, Head of Graphics, Spain
Caroline Ginner, Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company (UR), Executive Producer, Sweden
Mark Glaeser, group.IE, Managing Director, GERMANY
Rachel Glaister, All3Media International, EVP International Brands and Press, United Kingdom
Victor Glynn, GCB Films, Producer, United Kingdom
Vyacheslav Goldfeld, FreeMotion Group, Founder, CEO and Managing Partner, Russia
BORIS GORLOV, RT, Head of Creative Department, Russia
Katharina Gröller, Al Dente Entertainment, Digital Campaign Strategist, Germany
Marie-Claude GUAY, CGI, Director Consulting Services - Transformation & Innovation, Canada
Melanie Haft, nautilusfilm GmbH, Managing Director & Head of Production, GERMANY
Alex Hahn, Ludlow Arts, Electronic Media Artist, USA
Kwang Wei Han, Threesixzero Productions Pte Ltd, Director, Singapore
Yuko Hashizaki, Kansai Telecasting Co, Ltd., Director of International Relations, News Center, Japan
Fernie Heng, Temasek Polytechnic, Lecturer, Singapore
Jacob Hickey, Blackfella Films, Head of Factual/Producer, Australia
Dillon Hicks, Sudo Roux, Managing Director & Partner, Australia
Philip Hollerbach, Audi AG, Executive Producer Film Global Communications, Germany
Mayuko Hori, NHK, Senior Producer Global Content Development Division, Japan
Hung-Ju Huang, Hakka TV, Senior Producer, Taiwan
Jinho Huh, MBC, Director, Content Cooperation, South Korea
Chris Hunt, Stanza Media Limited, Producer / Director, United Kingdom
Varaprasad J V, Greatguns Films Corp , Creative Director \ Editor, India
Celia Jaspers, TVNZ, Producer / Director, New Zealand
Michaela Javorsky , ORF Austrian Broadcasting Corp., Producer, Entertainment TV, Austria
William Jeakle, Filmateria Studios, General Manager, USA
Rachel Jean, South Pacific Pictures & Isola Productions, Producer, New Zealand
Tom Jennings, 1895 Films, Founder & President, USA
Andrei Jiro, Globo Group, Design Manager, Brazil
Andrew Johnson, Executive In Charge of Production, Canada
Dinah Jones, Silin, Producer, UNITED KINGDOM
Natalie Jowett, JusticeAid Film Forum, Producer/Director, USA
John Kalish, Independent, Executive Producer, USA
Takayuki Kanei, Kansai Television Corp, Senior Manager, Japan
Kirill Karnovich-Valua, Pristop Communications, Digital Creative Strategist , Slovenia
Masakatsu Kasai, Tohokushinsha Film Corporation, Managing Executive Officer, Member of the Board, Executive Producer, JAPAN
Manuela Kasper-Claridge, Deutsche Welle , Editor-in-Chief , GERMANY
Amy Katz, Voice of America News Center, TV Senior Executive Producer, USA
Yuka Kitayuguchi, Fuji Television Network, Inc., International Relations, Japan
Aun Qi Koh, 101 East, AlJazeera Media Network, Producer, Malaysia
Yen-Ming Spencer Lai, Public Television Service Foundation, Producer, Documentary Platform, International Department, Taiwan
Nancy Lai, Television Broadcasts Limited, Assistant Controller, HONG KONG
Hyoung-Joon Lee, Christian Broadcasting System (CBS), Director/Executive Producer, South Korea
Dr. Patrick Lehn, dormakaba group, Senior Manager External Communications, Switzerland
Joshua Lim, Temasek Polytechnic, Course Chair, SIingapore
I-LI Lo, Hakka TV, Host & Producer, Taiwan
Brian Lockhart, ESPN, Senior Vice President, Original Content and ESPN Films, USA
Pedro Lopes, SP Televisão, General Content Director SP & SPI and Screenwriter, Portugal
Molby Low Kian Chye, WaWa Pictures Pte Ltd, CEO/Founder, SINGAPORE
Michael Maack, ZDF - Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Marketing Producer, Germany
Andrea Mantzei, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Editor, Germany
Matthias Martens, Timecode Production, Founder/Managing Director & Executive Producer, Germany
Maribel Martinez, Diecinueve36, Founder & Creative Director, MEXICO
Gary Matsumoto, CGTN America, Executive Producer, News & Programming, USA
Kurt Mayer, Kury Mayer FIlm e.U., Producer, Austria
Alex McCall, Glasgow Films, Producer/Director, UNITED KINGDOM
Bill McCullough, Independent, Chief Content Officer/Executive Producer, USA
Kelly McKeown, Independent, Executive Producer, VP Content, Canada
Zach Nial, Denial Industries, Live Multi-Cam Director, USA
Akira Nishimura, Fuji Television, Executive Producer, JAPAN
Tracey O'Halloran, Media Zoo, Deputy Head of Film, United Kingdom
Sergio Ortega, Independent, Creative Director, ITALY
Sonal R. Patel, Brunswick Group Advisory Ltd, Partner, Group Head of Creative, United Kingdom
Alexandra Pauliat, Off The Grid - TRT World, Executive Producer, Turkey
Michael Pearce, Independent, Producer, USA
Paul Petruccelli, Pratt institute, Production/DOC/DPL Manager-Assoc. Professor, USA
Judy Plavnick , Sit. Good Girl Productions, LLC, Executive Producer & Co-owner, USA
Dominic Powers, Radley Yeldar, Executive Producer, UNITED KINGDOM
Duncan Preston, Al Jazeera Media Network, Head of Global Creative Services , Qatar
Ricardo Ravanelli, CANAL 13 ARTEAR S.A., News Director/Head of Content, ARGENTINA
Deirdre Reilly, Independent Director, Director & Production Consultant, USA
Regina Reyes, Independent, Journalist/Mentor/Advisor, USA
Regula Ruegg, Dekart Video, Camera/Photographer, USA
Jaime Sainz, The Walt Disney Company, Creative Director Spain, SPAIN
Atsushi Saito, Fuji Television Network Inc., Executive Manager, International Department, Japan
Wan Haiz Salleh, Mediacorp Pte Ltd, Commissioning Editor, Singapore
Hera Angelica Sanchez, ABS-CBN Corp., Executive Producer, Phillipines
Hande Sarica, The Walt Disney Company Turkey, Producer/Editor, Turkey
Vatche Sarkisian, Independent, Consultant, USA
Laurent Sauvage, France 3, Creative Director, France
Peter Schels, Al Dente Eentertainment GmbH, Managing Director, Germany
Chris Schueler, Christopher Productions, President, USA
William Shaw IV, Shaw FIlms Inc., Producer/Director, USA
DT Slouffman, 21 Productions, Executive Producer/Owner, USA
Jessica Soho, GMA Networks, Broadcast Journalist, PHILIPPINES
Steve Songalia, The Edge Picture Company Ltd, Director, United Kingdom
Vanda Tan, Wawa Pictures Pte Ltd, General Manager, Singapore
Wei-Lyn Tan, Mediacorp TV Singapore Pte Ltd, Head of English Drama Productions, Singapore
Chih Chong Tan, Sitting in Pictures Pte Ltd, Executive Producer, Singapore
Tina Tobin, PushDesign, Director, USA
Nessa S. Valdellon, GMA Public Affairs & GMA Pictures, First Vice President & Senior Vice President, PHILIPPINES
Patrícia Vasconcellos, SBT - Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão., Journalist/TV Correspondent, Brazil
Alfred Vendl, Department of Digital Art University of Applied Arts Vienna, Director of Science Visualization Lab , Austria
Ramon Verdet, AMC Networks International Southern Europe, Creative Director, Spain
Brian Vos, Jump Studios Ltd, Executive Producer, Canada
Felix Weber, Al Dente Entertainment, Head of Creation, Germany
Megan Wells, Independent, Director/Filmmaker, USA
Tom Williams, INTJ LLC, Director, USA
Ellis Williams, CBS Sports, Director/Producer, Original Programming, USA
Noel Wong Ying Fei, Xebec Media Ltd., Executive Producer, Hong Kong
Guillermo Yborra, The Walt Disney Company , Production Supervisor, Spain
Jean Yeo, Ochre Pictures, Creative Director, SINGAPORE
Toshie Yoshida, TI ComNet Japan, President, JAPAN
test jury
Rose Anderson
Sapna Bohra, New York Festivals, Backend Developer, USA