2026 ADVISORY BOARD & GRAND JURY

Advisory Board
Monica Albuquerque, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, Senior Vice President of Scripted Content and Development, USA
Walter Fernandez, Mediacorp , Editor-in-Chief CNA & Chief Sustainability Officer, Singapore
Valeria Fiñana, DayDream Entertainment, Founder , USA
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
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
Pete Stevenson, The Edge Picture Company , Director, United Kingdom
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 , CEO, Netherlands
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Monica Albuquerque, NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, Senior Vice President of Scripted Content and Development, USA
Noelia Alonso Franco, Sony Pictures Television Iberia, Creative Center Iberia Director, Spain
Béatrice Alquier, France Télévisions, Promotion et Direction Artistique des Antennes Direction Promotion opérationnelle, France
Dennis Beaulieu, Beaulieu Productions, Owner, USA
Ruth Beni, Animage Films, Co-Founder/Filmmaker/Writer, UNITED KINGDOM
Benjamin Best, Benjamin Best Productions GmbH, Journalist/Filmmaker/Book Author, Germany
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
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
Lee Joseph Castel, GMA Network, Assistant Vice President, Public Affairs, Philippines
Kevin Chan, Mediacorp Pte Ltd, Executive Producer, Singapore
Lauren Chomiuk, FORTUNE Brand Studio, Executive Director,Program Management, USA
Sara Cooper, Plastic Pictures, President & CEO, United Kingdom
Debbie Cuell, Sparkle Pictures, CEO & Executive Producer, Australia
Luca Dambrosio, Rai Radiotelevisione italiana, Creative Producer, Italy
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
Lauren Farrar, Banijay RIghts, SVP AVOD & US Minor, United Kingdom
Jeremy JP Fekete, ARTE G.E.I.E., Filmmaker, writer & director, GERMANY
Walter Fernandez, Mediacorp , Editor-in-Chief CNA & Chief Sustainability Officer, Singapore
Jim Fitzpatrick, Fitzpatrick Productions, Director, Writer, Producer, CANADA
Marissa Flores, Consultant, PHILIPPINES
JESÚS FRAGOSO, Movistar+, Film Marketing Executive, Spain
Robert E. Frye, Whistling Communications, Managing Director, USA
Reshma Ghosh, Blue Petal Films, Filmmaker & Founder, India
Mihai Gidea, Antena 3, CEO, Romania
Megan Gilbert, Fortune Brand Studio, Vice President , USA
Daniel Gimenez, The Walt Disney Company, Head of Graphics, Spain
Victor Glynn, GCB Films, Producer, United Kingdom
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
Oliver Halmburger, Loopfilm GmbH, Director/Producer, Germany
Flora Hamilton, Beach House Productions, Head of Development, Singapore
Kwang Wei Han, Threesixzero Productions Pte Ltd, Director, Singapore
Yuko Hashizaki, Kansai Telecasting Co, Ltd., Director of International Relations, News Center, Japan
Bastian Hertel, Seed Audio-Visual Communication AG, Producer, Switzerland
Cara Heydt, Light & Shadow GmbH, Producer, Germany
Jacob Hickey, Blackfella Films, Head of Factual/Producer, Australia
Dillon Hicks, Sudo Roux, Managing Director & Partner, Australia
Haibo Huang, Phoenix Satellite Television, Deputy Head of Phoenix Chinese Channel; Director of the Chief Editor's Office, Head of Phoenix Movie Channel, Hong Kong
Sarah Jenner, Plastic Pictures, Executive Producer, United Kingdom
Tom Jennings, 1895 Films, Founder & President, USA
Andrei Jiro, Globo Group, Art Director/Design Manager, Brazil
Natalie Jowett, JusticeAid , Managing Director, USA
Takayuki Kanei, Kansai Television Corp, Senior Manager, Japan
Amy Katz, Journalist, Former VOA Senior Executive Producer, USA
Sven-Erik Knoff, FotoKnoff AS, Director/Cinematographer/Photographer, Norway
Martin Kraushaar, JOURNALISTENBÜRO GINZEL • KRAUSHAAR • DATT, Head of Production, Germany
Douglas Lan, Commissioning Editor, Singapore
Sarah Lanz, DoclightsGmbH, Producer, Germany
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
Yihuei LIN, Taiga TV, Chief of Drama Team, Taiwan
I-LI Lo, Hakka TV, Host & Producer, Taiwan
Brian Lockhart, ESPN, Senior Vice President, Original Content, USA
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, M-art-ens Media GmbH, Founder/Managing Director & Executive Producer, Germany
Maribel Martinez, Diecinueve36, Founder & Creative Director, MEXICO
Alex McCall, Glasgow Films, Producer/Director, UNITED KINGDOM
Bill McCullough, Independent, Director & Executive Producer, USA
Kelly McKeown, Independent, Executive Producer, VP Content, Canada
Elodie Moncelet, Paramount Creative EMEAA, Creative Producer, France
Zach Nial, Denial Industries, Live Multi-Cam Director, USA
Akira Nishimura, Fuji Television, Executive Producer, JAPAN
John Hunter Nolan, Insight Visual Co, Director, USA
Tracey O'Halloran, Independent, Creative Executive Producer , United Kingdom
Nick Olle, Al Jazeera, Senior Supervising Producer, 101 East, Malaysia
Louis Paltnoi, Inspired Films, Creative Co-Founder, United Kingdom
Yu-Ling Pan, Hakka TV, Manager of the Marketing and Planning Department, Taiwan
Alexandra Pauliat, Al Jazeera Network, Executive Producer, People and Power, Qatar
Michael Pearce, Independent, Producer, USA
Judy Plavnick , Sit. Good Girl Productions, LLC, Executive Producer & Co-owner, USA
Matt Pothecary, Media Zoo Ltd, Creative Director, UNITED KINGDOM
Duncan Preston, Al Jazeera Media Network, Head of Global Creative Services , Qatar
Judith Pyke, Curious Features Inc, Executive Producer/President, Canada
Jayakumar Raju, Mediacorp , Deputy Chief Editor for Content Commissioning & Planning at CNA, Singapore
Ricardo Ravanelli, CANAL 13 ARTEAR S.A., News Director/Head of Content, ARGENTINA
Regina Reyes, Independent, Journalist/Mentor/Advisor, USA
John Roque, GMA Network, Senior Writer, Philippines
Monica Sarbu, CNN International, Executive Director, Romania
Vatche Sarkisian, Independent, Consultant, USA
Evelyn Schels, Author & Director, Germany
Peter Schels, Al Dente Entertainment GmbH, Managing Director, Germany
Stefan Scholz, brandscape GmbH, Director Visualizaton, Germany
Chris Schueler, Christopher Productions, President, USA
Jolene Seah, Mediacorp, Assistant Lead, Content Commissioning, Singapore
German Sela, Movistar+, Head of Brand, SPAIN
Hang Shao, Beijing 20k Miles Culture Communications Co.,Ltd, Sound Designer, China
Jin Lin Sim, Ochre Pictures, Producer, Singapore
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
Angeline Swee, Very! Pte. Ltd., Executive Producer, SINGAPORE
Vanda Tan, Wawa Pictures Pte Ltd, General Manager, Singapore
Chih Chong Tan, Sitting in Pictures Pte Ltd, Executive Producer, Singapore
Francis B. Toral, ABS-CBN Corporation, Head of Integrated News Division, Philippines
Brajesh Upadhyay, BBC, Digital News Editor, BBC North America, USA
Nessa S. Valdellon, GMA Public Affairs & GMA Pictures, First Vice President & Senior Vice President, PHILIPPINES
Patrícia Vasconcellos, SBT - Sistema Brasileiro de Televisao, Journalist/TV Correspondent, Brazil
Ramon Verdet, Mediaset Espana, Director de Área de Autopromociones, Spain
Umesh Vohra, TRT World, Head of Planning, Turkey
Leticia Vorcaro, TV Globo, Creative Coordinator, Brazil
Echo WAI, RTHK, Controller/ Production Services, Hong Kong
Megan G Wells, Independent, Director/Filmmaker, USA
Tom Williams, INTJ LLC, Director, USA
Ellis Williams, ESPN, Feature Producer, USA
Wing Wong, Television Broadcasts Limited, Senior Programme Manager, Hong Kong
Cathy Yang, Cignal TV, MediaQuest Holdings, Host, Thought Leaders with Cathy Yang, Philippines
Zhao Yang, China Global Television Network, Producer, China
Toshie Yoshida, TI ComNet Japan, President, JAPAN