Jury of the international competition program
Grahame Weinbren

New York
Grahame Weinbren has been making films and interactive cinema installations for more than 30 years. He teaches at the School of Visual Arts (New York) and is the publisher of the Millennium Film Journal (appears twice a year both in book form and on the Web - mfj-online.org) which mainly focuses on independent, experimental films, videos, and digital media.
Herman Verhagen

Amsterdam
Film maker. Studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Akademie Amsterdam (Audio Visual Art), the Skowhegan School of Art (Maine, USA) and the Hogeschool Rotterdam (Communication und Culture). His film “Lam” won the Audience Award at the 6. up-and-coming Film Festival Hannover (2001).
Ali Samadi Ahadi

Köln
Born in Iran, he came to Germany when he was 12 years old and completed school with Abitur (A levels equivalent) in Hannover. Ali Samadi studied Visual Communication at Kassel Polytechnic and majored in Film and Television. He has directed numerous documentaries.
Joachim Lottmann

Köln/Berlin
Author. Last published book: ,Die Jugend von heute’. Writes a.o. for die taz, der Spiegel, Jungle World and de:bug.
Collien Fernandes

Berlin
Actress, presenter. Guest roles in German daily soaps. Since 2003 presenter at VIVA, German music TV channel.

