Child with butterfly wings costume standing near a lake or river during cloudy weather.
Two women sitting on the ground outdoors at sunset, one with hand on chin, appearing deep in thought or conversation.
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Vineyard with dry, leafless grapevines in the foreground and rolling dark hills or small mountains in the background at sunset

Jury

  • A woman with long black hair and bangs, wearing an orange top, standing in front of a bookshelf filled with various books.

    Eva Aridjis

    Award-Winning Director of Chuy el hombre lobo, The Favor, La Santa Muerte, Ninos de la calle at Morelia Film Festival, Screenwriter of Netflix’s Narcos: Mexico

  • Profile of a man wearing a black baseball cap and a red T-shirt, looking to the side.

    Armando Croda

    Award-Winning Director-Editor of Ya me voy, Loudmouth, Jay Myself, Straighten Up & Fly Right at Slamdance, Streamed on Netflix, Amazon, Showtime, Founder of MU Media

  • A man with dark hair, a beard, and wearing a black sweater looks to the side against a plain white background.

    Sebastián Díaz

    Emmy-Award PBS Editor of Turning Point, Cypress Hill, Op-Docs, Award-Winning Director A Thousand Pines, Tonita’s, Tierra brillante

  • A black and white photo of a man wearing a cap and sunglasses, with a beard and mustache, looking slightly to the side.

    Alessio Giorgetti

    Award-Winning Filmmaker at Honolulu Film Festival, Programming Director of Malastrana Film Series Giallo Fever! Anthology Film Archives NYC

  • Black and white close-up photo of a young woman with shoulder-length hair, half her face lit and the other half in shadow, wearing a dark sweater.

    Julia Gorbach

    Emmy Award-Winner Creative Producer for {The And}, The Dig, Founding Member of The Skin Deep, Founder of Wild Minds

  • A woman wearing a brown headscarf and yellow head covering sitting outdoors with other women in the background.

    Idil Ibrahim

    Award-Winning Director of Tribeca Studios’ In Her Element, Hurricane, Sega at BlackStar, Zanzibar, acquired by Canal+, screened at Sundance, Cinéma du Réel, Rotterdam, Toronto Festival

  • A man with a beard and a baseball cap standing outdoors at dusk, with blurred city lights in the background.

    Alejandro Mejia AMC

    Award-Winning Director of Photography for 499, The Knife, In the Summers, Sons of Monarch at Tribeca, Sundance, Camerimage, Panavision, Critics’ Choice Nominee

  • Black and white portrait of a man with long hair, wearing round glasses and a hat, looking at the camera.

    Pepe Mogt

    Grammy-Award Artist, Fussible, Founder of Nortec Collective

  • A smiling man with dark hair tied back, wearing a black jacket, taking a selfie outdoors during sunset with vibrant orange and pink clouds in the background.

    Karl Pettersen

    Award-Winning Music Composer, Sustainability Leader, Top 100 Innovators & Entrepreneurs 2024, Founder of Pettersen Consulting LLC

  • A shirtless man with long dark hair, a beard with gray, wearing a black cap, outdoors with blurred trees in the background.

    Antonio Scarlata

    Director of Showtime’s 7 Deadly Sins, HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Funny or Die’s Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal: The Movie, Mansome: The Series, Founder of Skar Studios

  • Portrait of a young woman with dark hair wearing earrings and a necklace, dressed in a black off-shoulder top, against a plain background.

    Adriana Trujillo

    Director of Cine Tonalá Tijuana, Cinema Parallels, Programmer of Frontera Filmmakers at San Diego Latino Film Festival, Juror for FOPROCINE, Plataforma DOCSMX, Jóvenes Creadores, Los Angeles Film Festival, DocuLab Guadalajara, Founder of BorDocs

  • A man wearing a beanie and dark coat at night, with city lights in the background.

    J. Xavier Velasco

    Award-Winning Director of Zerch, Above & Below The Waves, Founder of Protofilms