Jury 2024

Né à Nazareth, Elia Suleiman est un réalisateur palestinien chrétien de renom. Alors qu’il vit à New York de 1981 à 1993, il réalise ses deux premiers courts métrages : Introduction à la fin d’une dispute et Hommage par assassinat, remportant de nombreux prix. En 1994, il s’installe à Jérusalem, où la Commission européenne lui a confié la mission de créer un département cinéma et médias à l’université de Birzeit. Son premier long métrage, Chronique d’une disparition, a remporté le prix du meilleur premier film au Festival du film de Venise en 1996. Après une carrière pleine de succès, il réalise l’un de ses derniers long métrage intitulé It Must Be Heaven qui a remporté la Mention Spéciale du Jury à Cannes en 2019, et le Prix de la Critique Internationale FIPRESCI du Festival de Cannes. Elia Suleiman est actuellement conseiller artistique du Doha Film Institute.

Guslagie MALANDA est révélée au cinéma en 2014, dans le film de Jean Paul Civeyrac, Mon amie Victoria, dans lequel elle interprète le rôle principal de Victoria, aux côtés notamment de Pascal Greggory. L’histoire est une adaptation d’une nouvelle de l’autrice britannique Doris Lessing Victoria and the Staveneys. En 2021, elle tourne sous la direction d’Alice Diop, dans son film Saint Omer, où elle interprète le rôle de Laurence Coly, accusée d’avoir tué sa fille de quinze mois en l’abandonnant sur une plage du nord de la France. Pour ce rôle, elle est nommée aux César 2023 dans la catégorie Meilleur espoir féminin et aux London Critics’ Circle Film Awards dans la catégorie Meilleur second rôle féminin de l’année 2023. En février 2023, elle reçoit le prix de la meilleure actrice lors du 20ème International Cinephile Society Awards. Elle sera à l’affiche du prochain film de Bertrand Bonelo, La Bête, aux côtés de Léa Seydoux.

A graduate of Cairo’s Higher Institute of Cinema, he worked as Youssef Chahine’s assistant director before launching his own career. His films have screened worldwide, winning numerous awards:

Downtown (2000) – Best Short Film (FIFEJ Tunisia, Egypt)

Curfew (2020) – Best Actress (Cairo IFF), Best Director (Djerba IFF), 12 Egyptian Critics’ Awards

Cairo Time (2014) – Best Screenplay (Oran FF), Best Actress (Kheribka FF)

Jews of Egypt (2012-14) – Best Documentary (Malmö FF, Egyptian Film Awards)

From 2016-2021, he served as Artistic Director of El Gouna Film Festival, later leading the Cairo International Film Festival (2022-23). He has been a jury member at festivals like LAFF and Tripoli IFF, and a consultant for Arab film funds.

His latest film, A Nose and Three Eyes, premiered at the Red Sea IFF (2023), winning the Malmö Arab FF Audience Award and Best Actor (Mascat FF).

Isabel Machado holds a degree in Communication Design (University of Lisbon) and studied Visual Arts at Maumaus. An EAVE and EURODOC alumna, she taught at ESTC (2014–2019) and serves on Apordoc’s board. Currently pursuing a PhD on moving images and memory, she is Managing Director/Producer at C.R.I.M. (since 2005), overseeing development, production, and distribution of documentary/fiction films and visual arts projects.

C.R.I.M. is a Lisbon-based hub for innovative cinema, producing experimental, poetic films through critical reflection and tailored production models. It champions works that challenge conventions and explore ethical-aesthetic questions.

Asmae El Moudir is a Moroccan film director, screenwriter. She went on to study at LA FEMIS in Paris.. Asmae has directed several award winning short films. The mother of all lies is her first theatrical documentary feature. It premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Directing Prize in the Un Certain Regard section as well as the Golden Eye for Best Documentary. The Mother of All Lies was also shortlisted in the International features section of the Oscars and screened at TIFF, Sundance, Asmae was nominated for the PGA Award and the Film Independent Spirit Award for Best Doc. Most recently, she won the IDA Award for Best Director. In 2023, she was named a member of the Un Certain Regard jury at Cannes, headed by Xavier Dolan.

Film critic since 2006, blogger on Mediapart with editions dedicated to Latin American, Maghreb, and Middle Eastern cinemas. Speaker in schools, member of the film critics’ union, lecturer, and regular member of international film festival juries.

Journalist and producer of cultural and artistic programs on television,
Opinion writer in the press,
Graduate of the Higher Institute of Media and Communication in Rabat,
Holder of a Master’s degree in Aesthetic Education and Cultural and Artistic Profession Management from the Faculty of Education Sciences in Rabat,
PhD researcher at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities Ain Chock, Hassan II University, Casablanca,
Visiting professor at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts and Cultural Animation (ISADAC) in Rabat, and the Higher Institute of Journalism and Media (IFJ) in Casablanca,
Former member of the Film Support Committee (2012-2014),
Former member of the Documentary Film Jury at the 11th edition of the Women’s Cinema Festival in Salé,
Chaired the Short Narrative Film Jury at the 7th Maghreb Cinema Festival in Oujda.