2024 Jury

Award-winning filmmaker Frederico Lapenda is a global executive who has worked in the entertainment industry for almost 30 years.

Executive Director of Pico Youth & Family Center, empowering underserved youth through film and music education in LA.

Senior VP at IDC (Lionsgate), marketing film leader across 20+ countries; drove 165+ releases incl. Twilight, Hunger Games, John Wick.

Director of Oscar & BAFTA-nominated Puss in Boots: The Last Wish; DreamWorks filmmaker (The Croods, Trolls).

Oscar-winning writer-producer of Green Book; writer of The Greatest Beer Run Ever, starring Zac Efron and Russell Crowe.

Award-winning filmmaker and VR pioneer; director of The Lawnmower Man and IMAX hit T-Rex, innovating digital storytelling.

Veteran film executive and producer behind Kramer vs. Kramer, Fatal Attraction, The Big Chill, Sleepless in Seattle.

Veteran studio marketing executive (Columbia, MGM); pioneer of grassroots film marketing and global distribution strategist.

Oscar-winning producer-director Arnold Schwartzman OBE: acclaimed documentarian, designer, author, and former BAFTA chair.

Emmy-winning director-producer of films and PBS docs; CSUN film professor, creator of award-winning FBI PSA campaigns.

Oscar-winning screenwriter of Rain Man; films grossing $2B+, acclaimed writer and producer.

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