2024 JURY

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.

A writer, director, and actor. Her first feature screenplay, SAINT FRANCES premiered at SXSW, where it won a Special Jury Recognition and the Audience Award for Narrative Feature. Kelly was named one of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film" and was a member of Film at Lincoln Center's Artist Academy. Her feature directorial debut, GHOSTLIGHT, which she wrote and co-directed with Alex Thompson, premiered at the Sundance and will release theatrically in 2024.

Palestinian writer-director with a BA from Tel Aviv University & an M.F.A. from Columbia University. His work has been shown in many international festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Sundance & NYFF. He premiered his latest feature, TEL AVIV ON FIRE at Toronto Film Festival & the 75th Venice IFF, where it received The Orizzonti Award for Best Actor. The film was a notable contender at the 2019 Academy Nominations. He is currently teaching directing & screenwriting at NYU Grad Film Program.

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 award 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 and FREAKONOMICS.

The director of the Peabody award-winning NEWTOWN, which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and was named in Newsweek and Huffington Post among the top films of 2016. In 1994, Kim associate-produced the Academy Award-winning short film TREVOR and in 2000 she had her directorial debut feature documentary, I REMEMBER ME. In 2007, Kim co-founded the BeCause Foundation to direct/produce socially conscious short documentaries with campaigns furthering the work of social innovators.

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), and IN THE SAME BREATH (Sundance 2021). Recently, Wang directed and executive produced MIND OVER MURDER, a documentary series for HBO. Wang's films have been shortlisted for three Oscars, received seven Emmy nominations, and she is a recipient of the 2020 MacArthur Genius Grant.

A Hong Kong-born, New York-based artist and filmmaker at the intersection of experimental video, commercial, non-fiction, horror, and arthouse cinema. Her films have screened in festivals throughout the US and internationally including Sundance, Sundance Hong Kong, Rotterdam and SXSW Sydney alongside exhibitions at Untitled and Scope Art Fairs. Her debut feature RESIDENCY garnered praise from Variety and Artforum. Winnie's talent is recognized with grants, awards, and fellowships.

An independent film producer from Hong Kong. He is the Physical Production Manager at AGBO, the production company founded by Joe and Anthony Russo. Branton recently Co-Produced the horror feature for the company All Fun and Games, starring Natalia Dyer and Asa Butterfield. Prior to AGBO, he produced the short documentary, ALL RIDERS, which screened at DOC NYC and was later acquired by PBS POV, winning the Best Short-Form Series award from the International Documentary Association.

Originally from Guadalajara, Mexico, she holds an MBA from NYU's Stern School of Business, is a member of the Producers Guild of America and sits on the board of the Jalisco Film Commission. A film producer and awards publicist based in NYC. She has produced several acclaimed short films including some Oscar nominated. 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 short films.

The director, producer, and co-writer of the upcoming comedy feature film PLAN B, produced under his comedy venture, Joke Zero. Prior, 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.

Lebanese-Armenian-Canadian filmmaker, writer, 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. Noura is currently working on the development of a feature drama, SYRIAN DANCER, along with the screen adaptation of the award-winning nonfiction book THE TASTE OF LONGING about an unheralded neurodivergent female WWII Canadian war hero.

As the COO of the Lagralane Group Matthew directs the day-to-day operations involving the business development, financing, marketing, and human resources. Matthew co-produced the 2018 Academy Award-winning documentary ICARUS. Matthew has garnered individual credits on Lagralane titles, acting as executive producer on multiple projects, as well as associate producer on Harry Dean Stanton’s final film LUCKY.