Film Festival Jury

Maite Aparicio is an IES Abroad Granada professor for the History of Spanish Cinema and Spanish Language course and short film art editor.

Pablo Calvo de Castro holds a Ph.D. in documentary filmmaking and teaches the IES Abroad course, "Film Noir and Social Reality" in Salamanca.

Rachael E. Cooke is an IES Abroad London alumna & Vice President of Impact at 1Community, an entertainment production using the power of storytelling to drive real-world impact.

Geoffrey Colman is an IES Abroad London Film Faculty member and professional Acting Coach who has worked extensively in Film, TV, Theatre.

Rhys Dunlop is the Internships Coordinator at the IES Abroad London Center and an actor and writer for screen and stage.

Giacomo Faenza is an Italian director and screenwriter. He works both for cinema and television. He is also a faculty member at IES Abroad Rome.

Ilaria Gambarelli is an IES Abroad Barcelona cinema course professor, plus a director, screenwriter, producer and co-founder of Aretusa Films.

Adam Harrison is a member of the IES Abroad London team and a talented music composer for film & TV.

Willard Huyck is an IES Abroad Paris alumnus, and motion picture screenwriter and director whose film credits include American Graffiti, Lucky Lady, and Indiana Jones and the Temple of...

Meet Patrick Jäger, the media guru, entrepreneur, IES Abroad Vienna alum, & multi-hyphenate creative who has a keen eye for powerful storytelling.

Mary Kirby, an IES Abroad Vienna alumna, has enjoyed a long career in the theater and movie distribution business.

Franz is currently the Media and Computer Center Director at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg library.

Leland L’Hote has been a Program Dean for IES Abroad since 2010 and currently supervises the IES Abroad Centers in Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Madrid, Santiago, and Quito.

Regge Life's ethnographic documentaries on Asia, West Africa, and the Caribbean have won him international praise.

Thamine Nayeem is a multimedia content creator who believes stories are a means of bridging different realities.

Cathleen Owens is an artist and educator who also teaches the course "Experimental Media and the Internet in Contemporary Art" at IES Abroad Amsterdam.

Richard Roeper is a nationally syndicated columnist and film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and the author of nine books.

Scott Sheridan currently oversees IES Abroad Centers in France, Italy, and the Asia-Pacific, and serves as the inaugural Director of CETLA.

Naomi Seekings has worked in theatre, film, and TV.

Connor Sorg is an IES Abroad Milan alum, musician, and winner of the 2023 Film Festival.

Courtney Spence is a creative social entrepreneur and global storyteller.