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16th Mar 2023

  They Will Be Our Jury Members! 

From Sunday 11th June, 18 esteemed international figures (including 3 from Mexico) will get together to celebrate animation and to reward the best of the Official Selection’s 6 categories.

Discover them all here:

FEATURE FILMS

  • Sofía E. ALEXANDER
    Showrunner & Executive Producer
    Mexico
  • Jan KOUNEN
    Director & Scriptwriter, TAWAK PICTURES
    France
  • Kid KOALA
    Composer & Director
    Canada

CONTRECHAMP FEATURE FILMS

  • Eunyoung CHOI
    Co-Founder & CEO, Science SARU
    Japan
  • Céline DEVAUX
    Director
    France
  • Hippolyte GIRARDOT
    Actor, Screenwriter & Director
    France

SHORT FILMS

  • Jerry BECK
    Animation Historian, CalArts & ASIFA-Hollywood
    USA
  • Emma DE SWAEF
    Director, MARC AND EMMA BV
    Belgium
  • Dan LEVY
    Composer
    France

GRADUATION FILMS & OFF-LIMITS SHORT FILMS

  • Julie Ann CROMMETT
    CEO, Collective Moxie
    USA
  • Patricia HIDALGO
    Director, BBC Children's and Education, BBC
    United Kingdom
  • Benjamin MASSOUBRE
    Director
    France

TV & COMMISSIONED FILMS

  • Estrella ARAIZA
    General Director, Festival international du film de Guadalajara (FICG) & Cineteca FICG
    Mexico
  • Ana CHUBINIDZE
    Filmmaker, The Pocket Studio
    Georgia
  • Carlo VOGELE
    Director
    Luxembourg

VR WORKS

  • Jorge R. GUTIERREZ
    Creator, Designer, Writer & Director, Netflix Animation
    Mexico
  • Chris LAVIS
    Director & Animator, Clyde Henry Productions
    Canada
  • Manu WEISS
    Independent Creative XR Producer & Curator
    Switzerland

See Marcel Jean, Annecy Festival's Artistic Director, talking about the juries.

Discover their biographies.

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