Juries 2026

AHMAD GHOSSEIN, Lebanon

All this Victory (2019), the director's debut feature, scooped multiple awards at Venice Critics' Week, making Ghossein one of the most important Lebanese filmmakers of his generation. FIFF will screen this film alongside his 2017 short White Noise.

MANUEL ABRAMOVICH, Argentina

The work of Manuel Abramovich explores the construction of intimacy as a show. His films have won many awards, including the Berlin Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize. La Reina was crowned Best Short Film at FIFF 2014 while Pornomelancholia won the 2019 Visions Sud Est Award. Both are being screened at the 40th edition.

MILCAH CHEROTICH, Kenya

Milcah Cherotich is a screenwriter from Kenya's Lake Nakuru region and a rising star of socially engaged cinema. Her feature Nawi, which tackles the issues of child marriage and girls' right to education, scooped the FIFF Audience Award in 2025.

GÉRARD-PHILIPPE MABILLARD, Switzerland

Gérard-Philippe Mabillard is the director of Swiss Wine Valais, as well as a film and photography connoisseur. He has published several books (Inspirations, The Stars’ Share) featuring his portrait photos of personalities from the worlds of art, culture and gastronomy. 

MICHEL FR, Switzerland

Michel FR is a Fribourg painter, graffiti artist and muralist famed for his humorous and highly expressive visuals which have been exhibited both in Switzerland and abroad. To mark the 40th edition of FIFF, he has created a film-themed fresco in Fribourg Centre-La Galerie.

MANON MULLENER, Switzerland

The Fribourg pianist and composer Manon Mullener is considered one of the most promising young jazz musicians in Europe today. In addition to a burgeoning international career, she was appointed in 2025 to the 'Forum des 100', a discussion platform, run by the broadsheet Le Temps, which brings together 100 leading figures from French-speaking Switzerland.

Cinzia Ghisleni, UNIFR
Brigitte Jian-Yu Gong, UNIFR
Elisa Kahraman, EIKON
Marie Kamber, UNIFR
Léo Lugon, UNIFR
Thomas Martins de Oliveira, UNIFR
Pablo Soldini, HETS

Frère Thomas Carrique, Switzerland
Beat Dietschy, Switzerland
Elsbeth Fraanje, Netherlands
Claire Zombas, France

Luca Bruno, Switzerland
Christophe Pinol, France
Silvia Posavec, Switzerland

Romane Demidoff, ECAL/HEAD
Raphaël Jaques, UNIL
Milena Kuentz, USI
Vanessa Sarah Loretan, UZH
Lars Odermatt, ZHDK:
Johanna Pataud, ECAL/HEAD

Maud Saturnin, Switzerland
Eliane Vorlet, Switzerland
Joseph Catillaz, Switzerland

[[The Colombian filmmakers and producers invited for the New Territory section.
]]Jorge Cadena, Colombia
Santiago Lozano Álvarez, Colombia
Yennifer Uribe Alzate, Colombia
Theo Montaya, Colombia

Irina Georgiadou, HSLU
Agnese Làposi, ZHDK
Sinan Taner, ZHDK