JURIES
WORKING CLASS HEROES
CATERINA MAZZUCATO
Caterina Mazzucato is Senior Programmer at Biografilm Festival and Head of Industry for Bio to B – Doc&Drama, based in Bologna. With a long-standing experience in documentary cinema, she also created the market’s fiction section focused on storytelling, screenplays and the link between cinema and publishing. She collaborates with the Italian distributor I Wonder Pictures and the OTT platform Iwonderfull on Italian documentary acquisitions. She also writes novels about the sea, the origins of the cosmos, life and love.
MAJA JANKOWSKA
Maja Jankowska is a Polish film critic, curator, and writer based in Lisbon. She curates and manages the Industry Days programme and is a member of the Selection Committee at the Reykjavík International Film Festival in Iceland. With several years of international experience in cultural production and festival organization, she has worked with festivals such as Transilvania IFF and Lago Film Festival. She is also the editor and contributing writer of the film section of the Lisbon-based magazine Culturala.
MYRIAM WEIL
Myriam Weil has led Federation’s Documentary Division since its launch in 2018, producing and co-producing feature documentaries and series for linear channels (France 2, France 5, CANAL+, Arte, RTS), platforms (HBO Max, Prime Video, Netflix, CANAL+DOCS, france.tv, ARTE.tv), and cinema. She is developing a portfolio of projects in collaboration with production companies in France and abroad. Several documentary series are currently in production for French TV channels and international platforms.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
ANNA EBORN
Anna Eborn is a Swedish documentary filmmaker working primarily on 16 mm film. Her feature debut “Pine Ridge” premiered in the Official Selection at the Venice International Film Festival in 2013. With films such as “Lida” and the award-winning “Transnistra”, she is recognized for her intimate and visually distinctive artistic vision. Eborn has served on juries at Hot Docs, CPH:DOX, Göteborg Film Festival, Stockholm Film Festival, and Riga International Film Festival.
FILIPA REIS
Filipa Reis is a director and producer. She co-directed 10 documentaries with João Miller Guerra, which were screened and awarded at festivals such as Cinéma du Réel, Leipzig, IDFA, IndieLisboa, and DocLisboa. Her feature films “Djon Africa” (Rotterdam 2018) and “Légua” (Cannes 2023) have had wide international circulation. In 2008, she founded Uma Pedra No Sapato and Vende-Se Filmes, producing works by Pedro Pinho (“O Riso e a Faca” – Best Actress, Cannes 2025), Miguel Gomes (“Grand Tour” – Best Director, Cannes 2024), and Leonor Teles (“Balada de um Batráquio” – Golden Bear, Berlinale 2016).
FRÉDÉRIC MAIRE
Frédéric Maire is film director, journalist and programmer. In 1992, he was one of the four founders of the children's film club The Magic Lantern, co-directing it until 2005. After working for the Locarno International Film Festival as press officer and programmer since 1986, he was appointed in 2005 artistic director of the Festival, which he ran until 2009. Then he was asked to become director of Cinémathèque suisse (Swiss national film archive) until October 2025 and was also president of FIAF (International Federation of Film Archives) from 2017 to 2023.
HUMAN RIGHTS IN MOTION
ALEXANDRA OLIVEIRA
Alexandra Oliveira is a professor and researcher at the University of Porto, Department of Psychology. Her work focuses on gender, sexuality, and justice, particularly sex work. She has authored numerous publications in national and international contexts and has received awards. Recognised as an expert, she collaborates with academic, political, and social institutions. Her interests also include health education and harm reduction with diverse populations. She is a feminist and social activist.
ANA CRISTINA PEREIRA
Ana Cristina Pereira is a multi-award-winning reporter for the newspaper Público, dedicated to covering human rights and social exclusion issues. She is the author of several books, including “Meninos de Ninguém”, “Viagens Brancas”, “Movimento Perpétuo”, and “Mulheres da minha ilha, mulheres do meu país”, as well as two documentary plays, “Onde o Frio se Demora” and “Agora é diferente”. She is currently working on her first animated documentary, “O homem que não existe”, a co-production between Animais AVLP and Os Filmes do Pinguim.
MARTA GARCÍA LARRIU
Marta García Larriu is an explorer and innovator, founder and director of Another Way, a cultural association promoting new perspectives, sustainability, and future narratives. Under her leadership, Another Way runs the annual Another Way Film Festival on sustainable progress, national and international film cycles, green audiovisual training, and narrative-shifting initiatives. An economist with roots in ecology and spirituality, she has produced films including “Madre” by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, worked internationally, and contributes as speaker, jury member, and author on cinema and sustainability.
CINEMA FALADO COMPETITION
AMÉLIE GALLI
Since 2008, Amélie Galli has been a curator at the Centre Pompidou, creating retrospectives and exhibitions with contemporary filmmakers such as Wang Bing, Albert Serra, Michel Gondry, Teresa Villaverde, Tsai Ming-Liang, Lucrecia Martel, or Alice Diop. Since 2020, she has developed the Cinémathèque idéale des banlieues du monde with Alice Diop and Ateliers Médicis. She commissioned the 2015 event Stand Up!, regularly publishes articles, and in 2025 co-curates a Sarah Maldoror retrospective while collaborating with Kiddy Smile.
ANABELA MOUTINHO
Director, and since 1996 President, of the Cineclube de Faro, where between 1992 and 2013 she promoted extensive programming and the organization of film events. Programmer for Cinema de Faro – National Capital of Culture 2005. She has served on ICA production support juries, particularly for documentaries. Since 1993, she has collaborated as a juror at various film festivals, including the International Jury of DocLisboa (2012) and the Silvestre Jury of IndieLisboa (2021).
RICCARDO COSTANTINI
Riccardo Costantini holds degrees in Film Studies and Visual Anthropology. He heads Cinemazero (arthouse cinema and cultural center, Italy) and curates the international documentary festival Pordenone Docs Fest. National trainer in audiovisual education, he has taught at the University of Trieste. He is also a researcher, author, and curator of exhibitions on cinema and photography (Pasolini, Fellini, Modotti). He chairs the film distribution company Tucker Film.
INTERNATIONAL MEDIUM-LENGTH & SHORT FILM COMPETITION
CHEMA GONZÁLEZ
Chema González is Head of the Department of Film and New Media at Museo Reina Sofía. He has extensively explored cinema and contemporary art, auteur cinema, and exchanges between artistic and political avant-gardes through numerous curated programs. He has curated retrospectives including Val del Omar, Luis Ospina, Jean-Marie Straub & Danièlle Huillet, Adam Curtis, Wang Bing, Chantal Akerman, Sarah Maldoror, and Hito Steyerl. He holds degrees from Granada and Essex and has served on international juries, collaborating with BFI, Centre Pompidou, Tate Modern, and TIFF.
FABIEN DE MACEDO
Fabien De Macedo has been part of the international selection committee of the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival since 2018, and is also a member of the selection committee for Portuguese films. He is general manager and co-head of sustainability within the organizing team Sauve qui peut le court métrage. A musician and sound technician, he curated the retrospective dedicated to sound at the last edition in 2025.
LAURA HÖRZELBERGER
Laura Hörzelberger is a Green Film Consultant and cultural manager specializing in short films and sustainability. After studying in Salzburg, Vienna, and Milan, and earning degrees in Communication Science and Cultural Management, she has been working as Festival Coordinator at the international short film festival Vienna Shorts since 2016. In this role, she focuses on sustainable event management and the implementation of innovative environmental standards within the festival.
CINEMA NOVO COMPETITION
BEATRICE MINGER
Beatrice Minger is a Zurich-based writer and director. She studied film, German studies, and modern history, and worked on various productions as assistant director and script supervisor, also directing short films. Her debut feature “E.1027” (2024), a hybrid documentary on Eileen Gray, toured international festivals with sales to five countries. She is financing her first fiction feature, Undercurrents, and developing new projects.
PETER MACK
Peter Mack is an American game designer best known for the Mata Nui Online Game, which launched the Bionicle franchise for the LEGO Group in 2001. Educated in film at the School of Visual Arts, Mr. Mack founded and ran Templar Studios in lower Manhattan until moving to Portugal in 2013, where he later joined Saber Interactive as Creative Director of its Porto studio. He is currently directing the upcoming adventure-simulator, Road Kings, due to release on PlayStation, Xbox and PC in 2026.
RITA CAPUCHO
Rita Capucho is the co-founder and co-director of Porto Femme – International Film Festival and a founding member of MUTIM – Association of Women Workers in Moving Images. She works as a film producer and curator. A PhD candidate in Communication and Activism at Lusófona University and the University of the Basque Country, she has over 16 years of experience and has served on the juries of several international film festivals.
ARCHÉ PORTO
DOVILE GRIGALIUNAITE
Dovilė Grigaliūnaitė is a film curator, festival programmer, and film acquisitions manager. She is currently working as the Head of Programming at the Vilnius International Film Festival “Kino Pavasaris”, one of the largest film festivals in the Baltic region, and as the Head of Acquisitions at Kino Pavasaris Distribution, a company that releases around 30 arthouse films annually across the Baltic countries.
ELENA GAITANAROU
Elena Gaitanarou holds an MSc in Film, Exhibition and Curation from the University of Edinburgh. Since graduation, she has worked in the film industry, including Edinburgh IFF and as a film reviewer for flix.gr. Since 2021, she has been part of the Thessaloniki Film Festival team. Since 2022, she is an AGORA coordinator, supporting projects from SE Europe and the Mediterranean, fostering emerging talents, cross-border collaboration, and circulation of European audiovisual works.
JOHANNA VON WEBSKY
Johanna studied Spanish and English/American Studies at HU Berlin and Universidad de Sevilla. From 2008–2011 she worked at the House of World Cultures in Berlin on visual arts, film, and new media. Later, she was Assistant Coordinator at Prix Jeunesse International. Since 2015 she has been at DOK.fest München, joining the management board in 2019. She is part of the programme team, has served on juries like DocsBarcelona and Verzio, and joined the steering committee in 2025.
AWARDS
WORKING CLASS HEROES AWARD
Filmaporto - film commission and Fundación "la Caixa"/CaixaForum+
For the best project presented within the scope of the Working Class Heroes grant.
Amount: €75,000
GRAND PRIZE VICENTE PINTO ABREU
For the best film in the International Competition.
Amount: €3,000
HUMAN RIGHTS IN MOTION AWARD
For the film that best promotes the values of human rights, freedom and democracy.
Amount: €5,000
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SPAUTORES AWARD – CINEMA FALADO
For the best film in the Cinema Falado Competition.
Amount: €1,500
INTERNATIONAL MEDIUM-LENGTH & SHORT FILM COMPETITION AWARD
For the best film in the International Medium-Length & Short Film Competition.
Amount: €1,000
AUDIENCE AWARD – TRANSMISSION
For the best film in the Transmission section, as voted by the audience.
Amount: €1,000
CINEMA NOVO CANAL180 AWARD
For the best film in the Cinema Novo Competition.
Amount: €500
YOUTH JURY AWARD
For the best film selected from across the festival programme, chosen by the Youth Jury composed of students.
