2024 JURY

An award-winning photojournalist and filmmaker. She spent a decade based in Cairo and Bangkok, covering stories for outlets including the New York Times, National Geographic, and TIME, among others. Her documentary directorial debut, Great Photo, Lovely Life, recently aired on HBO and has received critical acclaim for its nuanced representation of generational trauma and familial abuse.

EVP, Nonfiction at NEON and Co-Head of the company's boutique label, Super. He has spearheaded NEON's documentary releases including Three Identical Strangers, Apollo 11, Honeyland, and Flee. Dan executive produced NEON’s documentary productions Brats and Seeking Mavis Beacon. At Super, Dan managed successful awards campaigns for international films like Quo Vadis Aida, Saint Omer, and The Quiet Girl. His past producing credits include By The People: The Election of Barack Obama, Freakonomics, and Print the Legend. 

A Lebanese-Armenian-Canadian filmmaker. She is a writer,  a director and producer. Her films have screened in festivals around the world  and have won numerous awards including Peabody and two Human Rights Awards. Noura’s films focus on human rights, women and social issues. Her debut was the award-winning Veils Uncovered (Competition IDFA), followed  by Anjar and the drama-doc hybrid 23 Kilometres (Competition Karlovy Vary), Batata (Peabody Award, Audience Award Hot Docs). Noura is currently working on the development of a feature drama, Syrian Dancer, along with the screen adaptation of the award-winning non-fiction book The Taste of Longing about an unheralded neurodivergent female WWII Canadian war hero.

The director, producer, and co-writer of the upcoming comedy feature film Plan B starring Jamie Lee (HBO's Crashing), Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite), Tom Berenger (Platoon), Shannon Elizabeth (American Pie), and Kate Flannery (The Office). Tamburri produced the film under his comedy venture, Joke Zero. Prior to Joke Zero, Tamburri directed and produced several projects for National Lampoon including the National Lampoon Radio Hour which was distributed by Roku. He also served as an Associate Producer on A24's hit feature film Hereditary  which premiered at Sundance in 2018 before going on to gross over $80M at the box office.

A film producer and awards publicist based in New York City. She has produced several acclaimed short films including Oscar nominated shorts in both the live action and animation spaces. Her latest short film, Humo, was shortlisted for the 2024 Academy Awards and nominated for an Annie Award. Since 2017, she has spearheaded Oscar campaigns for animated, documentary and live action shorts under Joshua Jason Public Relations/JJPR. Originally from Guadalajara, Mexico, she holds an MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business, is a member of the Producers Guild of America and sits on the board of the Jalisco Film Commission.

Recently joined Frank PR, located in New York, leading the agency’s newly created awards strategy division. Alongside partners Clare Anne Darragh and Lina Plath, Frank Awards Strategies seeks to develop strategic marketing, public relations, and awards campaigns for film and television projects.  Prior to joining the agency, Patrick was Vice President, Member Relations and Global Outreach for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. An UCLA alumni and California native, Patrick has called New York home for over 20 years.

An independent film producer from Hong Kong. He’s the Physical Production Manager at AGBO, the production company founded by Joe and Anthony Russo. He recently Co-Produced the horror feature for the company All Fun & Games, starring Natalia Dyer and Asa Butterfield. Prior to AGBO, he produced short doc All Riders which screened at DOC NYC and later acquired by PBS POV, winning the Best Short-Form Series award from the International Documentary Association. He also produced After Class which won Best Short Award at Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia and qualified for the 2021 Academy Awards. He's a member of the BAFTA and holds a BFA at NYU Tisch School Of The Arts.

A documentary filmmaker whose work includes feature documentaries Hooligan Sparrow (Sundance 2016), I Am Another You (SXSW 2017, Special Jury Prize winner), One Child Nation (Sundance 2019, Grand Jury Prize Winner, Amazon), and In the Same Breath (Sundance 2021, HBO). Most recently, Wang directed and executive produced Mind Over Murder, a six-episode documentary series for HBO.

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Wang's films have been shortlisted for three Oscars, received seven Emmy nominations, one DGA nomination, three Independent Spirits Awards nominations, and two PGA nominations among other awards. Wang is a recipient of the 2020 MacArthur Genius Grant for “creating intimate character studies that examine the impact of authoritarian governance, corruption, and lack of accountability on the lives of individuals."