Le FIFA Jury

Cinema and the performing arts have been the driving force behind Isabella Cichero, a producer and cultural manager who has dedicated her career to creating spaces for memory and identity in Chile. She is the founder of the Festival de Teatro Biobío, which has been a leading figure in the southern theatre scene for 15 years, and also drives Proyecto Vermut, an initiative that revives old movie theatres with Chilean cinema in Concepción. Additionally, she co-directs Revelado, a social cinema space within the International Festival of Social Innovation (FiiS) with a presence in Chile and Guatemala.

With 10 years of experience in audiovisual production, Fany Fulchiron has held various roles focused on developing digital platforms, working on technical, editorial aspects, as well as audience development and distribution partnerships. In 2018, she moved to Mexico, where, alongside her professional activities, she co-directed her first documentary film, Les arbres meurent debout, which won a Scam Star in 2024.

In 2022, Fany joined the Opéra national de Paris to launch the video streaming platform Paris Opera Play (POP), a digital showcase for the new forms of audiovisual expression at the Paris Opera. POP aims to introduce the works of the lyric and choreographic repertoire to a wide audience, both in France and internationally, while offering exclusive behind-the-scenes access to performances.

Born in Montreal, Luc Bourdon has created works in various genres – documentary, fiction, experimentation, installation – that give a prominent place to history and memory. His sustained practice in the fields of filmmaking and videographic distribution earned him, in 1998, the Bell Canada Award presented by the Canada Council for the Arts for his body of videographic work. In 2018, the Observatoire du cinéma au Québec (OCQ) awarded him the Création 2018 Prize for the quality of his art and his exceptional contribution to the development of our cinema.

Florian has been working in the field of audiovisual and digital creation for several years, with a strong interest in innovation and new storytelling formats. Currently a Commissioning Editor in the Arts team at ARTE France, he contributes to the development and oversight of documentaries that explore societal changes through the lens of visual arts, performing arts, and the digital revolution. 

Václav Ševčík is a Czech cultural manager and programmer with a Master’s Degree from the University of Economics in Prague, majoring in Arts management. He worked in the programming teams of Marienbad Film Festival and Mezipatra. He was also a manager of an art cinema. He is currently part of KRUH, where he coordinates activities and curates the Film and Architecture Festival.

Phil Grabsky is a BAFTA-winning British documentary filmmaker who has received multiple awards for his directing, writing, producing and cinematography.
He and his company Seventh Art Productions are behind cinema films such as Muhammad Ali — Through the Eyes of the World, In Search of Beethoven, In Search of Mozart and the landmark My Childhood, My Country – 20 Years in Afghanistan, which won more than a dozen awards including Best Single Documentary at the 2022 Television BAFTAs and was also BAFTA nominated for its cinematography. He has made over 250 films which have played in cinemas and on TV and digital platforms worldwide.

Enrichetta Cardinale Ciccotti is an art historian and cultural innovator based in Barcelona. As the founder of Dart, Spain and Latin America’s groundbreaking Art Documentary Festival, she has been showcasing films about art and artists since 2017. Since that same year, Enrichetta is also Communications Director at Pickles PR, a women-led agency of dedicated art communication consultants for museums, foundations, galleries, biennials, fairs and festivals.

Based in Venice, Marco Caberlotto is an associate at Kublai Film. Films produced at Kublai include Alida (2020) by Mimmo Verdesca, which was in the official selection at Cannes Classics 2020 and presented at the Rome Film Fest 2020; Tintoretto. L’artista che uccise la pittura (2019), co-produced with ZDF/ARTE; and Tiziano. L’Impero del Colore, the first co-production ever between SKY and ZDF/ARTE.

Ishita Tiwary is Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University. She is also direct the research lab Raah which examines the intersection of migratory processes and media practices. She is the author of Video Culture in India: The Analog Era (Oxford University Press, 2024).

Born in Argentina, Laura Bari lives in Montreal, and she chooses film, writing, painting, and education to bring together the Arts, culture, and mental health in her projects. Exploring and integrating the real and the imaginary, this duality inherent in the human condition, Laura incorporates poetry, her backbone artistic language, to create through interdisciplinary work. She is the author of a trilogy of feature films — ANTOINE, ARIEL, and PRIMAS; documentaries screened in cinemas, widely distributed at international festivals, and recipients of numerous awards around the world.

Léa Chikhani is an arts professional with a multidisciplinary background spanning contemporary visual arts, performing arts, education, and cultural management. Currently based in Quebec, she is acting director-at-large of Sfeir-Semler Gallery (Beirut/​Hamburg), leading the gallery’s business development in North America, managing artist relations, and overseeing the coordination of international projects, publications, and communications.

Kaveh Nabatian is an Iranian-Canadian director and musician whose evocative filmmaking has brought to life stories from the margins of society and across the world: Haiti, Nunavut, New York and beyond. As a composer and trumpet player, he’s toured the world and released several critically-acclaimed albums with his Juno award-winning band Bell Orchestre.