Meet the Juries
The 2026 juries are on their way
21–25 October 2026
The juries who decide the festival's awards. Members are announced ahead of the festival.
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FIPRESCI Jury
Jan Storø
Film Critic · Jury · Norway · FIPRESCI
Film critic and professor of social pedagogy at OsloMet, drawn to arthouse cinema and films from outside the US and European mainstream.
Maximilian Schäffer
Writer · Germany · Jury · Panel · FIPRESCI
Writer and musician from Berlin, covering film, food, opera and professional bull riding, and singing about Aleister Crowley and Mormonism.
Chiara Spagnoli GabardI
Film Critic · Jury · FIPRESCI
Film critic, journalist and scholar of the phenomenology of film, festival consultant and author of the poetry collection Silent Women.
More jury members to come
The remaining juries are announced ahead of the festival.