Laurent Danielou
Head of Jury, France
Sales agent, distributor, producer. In 2015 founded LOCO FILMS, a Paris-based productions and world sales company. Produced and co-produced Éric Rohmer’s TRIPLE AGENT, Philippe Leclerc’s PRINCESS OF THE SUN, Alexander Sokurov’s ALEXANDRA and other films.
Maxim Shved
Belarus
Director. Studied political science at the Law Department, BSU. Attended courses for film directors in St. Petersburg and Minsk. In 2016 graduated from Wajda School (DOC PRO). His film PURE ART took part in many festivals and won several significant awards.
Betsy Tsai
USA
Documentary filmmaker, writer. Producer of CONFUCIAN DREAM (Special Jury Prize at Karlovy Vary IFF, 2019). Directing alumna from UCLA, where she also studied English Literature and International Conflict Resolution. In 2015-2020 worked at Sundance Institute.