With great pleasure and honour, we introduce to you the jurys members of FIFF 2026.
International Jury: Feature Films
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.
International Jury: Short Films
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.
Youth Jury
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
Ecumenical Jury
Frère Thomas Carrique, Switzerland
Beat Dietschy, Switzerland
Elsbeth Fraanje, Netherlands
Claire Zombas, France
Critics’ Choice Jury
Luca Bruno, Switzerland
Christophe Pinol, France
Silvia Posavec, Switzerland
Fribourg Cinema Award
Emmanuel Alloa, UNIFR
Mark Drenhaus, UNIFR
Gregor Emmenegger, UNIFR
Katharina Fromm, UNIFR
Gaëlle Genet, FIFF
Thierry Jobin, FIFF
Muriel Surdez, UNIFR
CH Cinema Network Jury
Romane Demidoff, ECAL/HEAD
Raphaël Jaques, UNIL
Milena Kuentz, USI
Vanessa Sarah Loretan, UZH
Lars Odermatt, ZHDK:
Johanna Pataud, ECAL/HEAD
Seniors' Jury
Maud Saturnin, Switzerland
Eliane Vorlet, Switzerland
Joseph Catillaz, Switzerland
Foreign Visa Jury
[[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
Prix Röstigraben Jury
Irina Georgiadou, HSLU
Agnese Làposi, ZHDK
Sinan Taner, ZHDK
