Juries 1988-2026
See the IDFA juries over the years.
Current competitions
2026 Barbara Orlicz-Szczypuła, Hania Mroué, Katy Léna N'diaye, Laura Poitras, Luuk Bouwman
2025 Eric Hynes, Isabelle Glachant, Maya Daisy Hawke, Michel K. Zongo, Myriam Sassine
2024 Grace Lee, Kazuhiro Soda, Sophie Fiennes, Juliana Fanjul, Asmae El Moudir
2023 Ada Solomon, Emilie Bujès, Francesco Giai Via, Tabitha Jackson, Xiaoshuai Wang
2022 Pirjo Honkasalo, Vanja Kaludjercic, Yousry Nasrallah, Mary Stephen, Yoshihiko Yatabe
2021 Arne Birkenstock, Claire Diao, Elena Fortes, Jessica Kiang, Ryan Krivoshey
2026 Firouzeh Khosrovani, Hélder Beja, Hicham Khalidi, Isabel Pagliai, Jonathan Perel
2025 Ansuya Blom, Gladys Joujou, Ignacio Agüero, Massimo D’Anolfi, Salomé Jashi
2024 Kumjana Novakova, Sam Green, B. Ruby Rich, Wael Shawky, Nduka Mntambo
2023 Annouchka de Andrade, Cao Guimarães, Kirsten Johnson, Kivu Ruhorahoza
2022 Rosa Bosch, Thania Dimitrakopoulou, Pawel Lozinski, Jumana Manna, Kidlat Tahimik
2021 Andrea Arnold, Joe Bini, Charlotte Serrand, Akram Zaatari
2026 Blake Kammerdiener, Roel Wouters
2025 Alaa Minawi, Babette Wijntjes, Jimmy Pierre de Graaf
2024 Shari Frilot, Samantha King,Chafik Benhmidouch
2023 Arnaud Colinart, Jessica Brillhart, Joy Mawela
2019 Eddie Lou, Angelique Spaninks, Marianne Levy-Leblond
2018 Mads Damsbo (Denmark), Ali Eslami (Iran), Luna Maurer (The Netherlands)
2017 Toby Coffey (United Kingdom), Shirin Anlen (Israel), Klasien van de Zandschulp (the Netherlands)
2016 Brett Gaylor (Canada), Anna Higgs (U.K.), Jan Rothuizen (The Netherlands)
2015 Hay Kranen (The Netherlands), Margaux Missika (France), Oscar Raby (Chile)
2026 Abel Enklaar, Claudix Vanesix, Pegah Tabassinejad
2025 Raul Niño Zambrano, Sanneke Huisman, Tamara Shogaolu
2024 Karim Ben Khelifa, Amy Rose, Jarl Schulp
2023 Jay Kim, Miri Chekhanovich, Zuraida Buter
2019 Zeina Abi Assy, Monique Simard, Harm van de Ven
2018 Dries Depoorter (Belgium), Joël Ronez (France), Mandy Rose (United Kingdom)
2017 Hugues Sweeney (Canada), Annelies Termeer (the Netherlands), Dan Tucker (United Kingdom)
2016 Brett Gaylor (Canada), Anna Higgs (U.K.), Jan Rothuizen (The Netherlands)
2015 Hay Kranen (The Netherlands), Margaux Missika (France), Oscar Raby (Chile)
2014 Annika Gustafson (Sweden), Jenny Smets (The Netherlands), Jason Spingarn-Koff (United States)
2013 Jason Brush (United States), John MacFarlane (Australia), Kira Pollack (United States)
2012 Elisabeth Holm (United States), Bjarke Myrthu (Denmark), William Uricchio (United States)
2011 Ingrid Kopp (United Kingdom), Martijn de Waal (The Netherlands) en Rob McLaughlin (Canada)
2010 Alexandre Brachet (France), Antoinette Hoes (The Netherlands), Zach Wise (United States)
2026 Ana Bravo-Pérez, Diana Toucedo, Yaser Kassab
2025 Jay Rosenblatt, Mandisa Zitha, Sarah Vanagt
2024 Eroll Bilibani, MónicaTaboada-Tapia, Darunee Terdtoontaveedej
2023 Brigid O’Shea, Nadim Jarjoura,
2022 Manuel Abramovich, Nuria Aidelman, Stefan Pavlovic
2021 Eliane Esther Bots, Pamela Cohn, Sara Ishaq
2020 Margarida Cardoso, Samir Ljuma, and Tereza Simikova.
2019 Cíntia Gil, Thomas Keenan, Karen Archey
2018 Catherine van Campen (The Netherlands), Inadelso Cossa (Mozambique), Haruka Hama (Japan)
2017 Tamás Almási (Hungary), Gema Juarez (Argentina), Dana Lixenberg (The Netherlands)
2009 Lorenzo Hendel (Italy), Ibtisam Mara’ana (Israel), Zola Maseko (Mozambique), Jennifer Merin (United States), Mercedes Stalenhoef (The Netherlands)
2008 Nishtha Jain (India), Rik Stallaerts (Belgium), Jeanne Wikler (United States), Thomas White (United States), Jess Search (United Kingdom)
2007 Cees van Ede (The Netherlands), Kerstin Hagrup (Sweden) , Rudy Buttignol (Italy), Anna Glogowski (Brazil), Goran Radovanovic (Serbia)
2006 Heather Croall (Australia), Arunas Matelis (Lithuania), Mercedes Moncada Rodriguez (Nicaragua), Tomohide Terai (Japan), Silvia Hallensleben (Germany)
2005 Bert Janssens (The Netherlands), Marie Nathanson (Canada), Cyril Neyrat (France), Andrey Paounov (Bulgaria), Vera Vlajic (Serbia)
Current cross section awards
2026 Gianluca Matarrese, Gugi Gumilang, Ketevan Kipiani
2025 Ali Essafi, Heather Haynes, Rosa Spaliviero
2024 Nicole Vögele, Mohamed Jabaly, Heidi Hassan
2023 Carlos A. Gutiérrez, Gaia Furrer, Mieke Bernink
2022 Ben Fowlie, Coco Schrijber, Rasmus Steen
2021 Mahdi Fleifel, Daniella Shreir, Jacqueline Zünd
2026 Hrvoje Pukšec, Loeke de Waal, Paola Casella
2025 Boaz van Luijk, Jean-Max Mejean, Sunchica Unevska
2026 Fabien Greenberg, Meryem Yavuz, Tamara Mariam Dawit
2025 Liselot Verbrugge, Sam Soko, Yuliia Kovalenko
2024 Gena Teodosievska, Mila Schlingemann, Martiros M. Vartanov
2023 Khalid Shamis, Lea Glob, Nora Philippe
2022 Susanna Helke, Maori Karmael Holmes, Jacopo Quadri
2021 Susanne Guggenberger, Sacha Polak, Farahnaz Sharifi
2026 Azza El-Hassan, Dana Bunescu, Kong Rithdee
2025 I-hsuan Hsieh, Martina Parenti, Sandra Beerends
2024 Qutaiba Barhamji, Eyal Sivan, Oksana Sarkisova
2023 Biljana Tutorov, Melissa Thackway, Oris Aigbokhaevbolo
2022 Maria Alvarez, Niklas Engstrøm, Dina Iordanova
2021 Pascal Capitolin, Maciej Drygas, Giovanna Fossati
Past competitions
2024 Tarik Traidia, Rhianna Woods, Festus Toll, Aneta Ozorek, Sara Luna Zorić
2023 Ileana Stanculescu, Maria Vittoria Pellecchia, Paweł Ziemilski
2022 Eneos Carka, Viola Gabrielli, Shamira Raphaela
2021 Ulla Haestrup, Eef Hilgers, Edwin Mingard
2020 Marie-Pierre Macia (France), Ed Lachman (U.S.), Alice Diop (France), Abdelkader Benali (The Netherlands) en Finn Halligan (Ireland).
2019 Claire Simon, Mila Turajlić, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Gaston Kaboré, Rima Mismar
2018 Daniela Elstner (France), Jean-Michel Frodon (France), Tala Hadid (Morocco), Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (Chad), Alina Marazzi (Italy)
2017 Zaradasht Ahmed (Norway), Galia Bador (Israel), Ernesto Pardo (Uruguay), Diana Sanchez (Canada), Frank Scheffer (the Netherlands)
2016 Yuri Ancarani (Italy), Jordana Berg (Brazil), Tom Paul (U.S.), Ingrid van Tol (The Netherlands), Debra Zimmerman (U.S.)
2015 Maite Alberdi (Chile), Laurent Bécue-Renard (France), Hanna Polak (Poland), Jonathan Rosenbaum (U.S.), Barbara Visser (The Netherlands)
2014 Anne Aghion (France/United States), Talal Derki (Syria), Sandra den Hamer (The Netherlands), Joshua Oppenheimer (United States/Denmark), Alina Rudnitskaya (Russia)
2013 Jose Carlos Avellar (Brazil), Katerina Cizek (Canada), Nicole Guillemet (France), Chris McDonald (Canada), Jiska Rickels (The Netherlands)
2012 Susan Froemke (United States), Michael Glawogger (Austria), Maria Goos (The Netherlands), Jørgen Leth (Denmark), Kenneth Turan (United States)
2011 Moussa Sene Absa (Senegal), Sandy Lieberson (United States), Dennis Lim (United States), Laila Pakalnina (Latvia), Suzanne Raes (The Netherlands)
2010 Lixin Fan (Canada), Orlando Bagwell (United States), Monique van de Ven (The Netherlands), Frederic Boyer (France), Vibeke Bryld (Denmark)
2009 Geoffrey Gilmore (United States), Anders Østergaard (Denmark), Jean-Marie Téno (Cameroon/France), Jenny Westergård (Finland), Willeke van Ammelrooy (The Netherlands)
2008 Christoph Jörg (Germany), Wouter Barendrecht (The Netherlands), Deepa Dhanraj (India), Bianca Stigter (The Netherlands), Sandra Ruch (United States)
2007 Diane Weyermann (United States), Jos Stelling (The Netherlands), Ilan de-Vries (Israel), Roberto Berliner (Brazil), Vidyarthy Chartterjee (India)
2006 Claire Aguilar (United States), Igor Blaževic (Czech Republic), Jasmine Dellal (United Kingdom), Niek Koppen (The Netherlands), Gerald Peary (United States)
2005 Luke Holland (United Kingdom), Jehane Noujaim (United States), Leonard Retel Helmrich (The Netherlands), Carmen Cobos (The Netherlands), Tamara Trampe (Germany)
2004 John Anderson (United States), Karen Cooper (United States), Pieter van Huystee (The Netherlands), Pirjo Honkasalo (Finland), Yoav Shamir (Israel)
2003 Roberto Berliner (Brazil), Bob Connolly (Australia), Peter Mettler (Switzerland), Joyce Roodnat (The Netherlands), Monika Treut (Germany)
2002 Phie Ambo (Denmark), Maziar Bahari (Iran), Pieter van Huystee (The Netherlands), Dennis O’Rourke (Australia), Jonathan Stack (United States)
2001 Jane Balfour (United Kingdom), Amit Breuer (Israel), Peter Brosens (Belgium), Gert de Graaff (The Netherlands), Peter Wintonick (Canada)
2000 John Appel (The Netherlands), Les Blank (United States), Zita Carvalhosa (Brazil), Victor Kossakovsky (Russia), Rada Sesic (The Netherlands)
1999 Dariusz Jablonski (Poland), Mandy Jacobson (South Africa), Emiko Omori (United States), Pieter Verhoeff (The Netherlands), Paul Yule (United Kingdom)
1998 Erika de Hadeln (Germany), Ot Louw (The Netherlands), Tue Steen Müller (Denmark), Toni Venturi (Brazil), Diane Weyermann (United States)
1997 Arthur Dong (United States), Kerstin Hagrup (Denmark), Jørgen Leth (Denmark), Robby Müller (The Netherlands), Katsue Tomiyama (Japan)
1996 Nicholas Fraser (United Kingdom), Marina Goldovskaja (Russia/United States), Torben Skjodt Jensen (Denmark), Amir Labaki (Brazil), Anne Lordon (The Netherlands/France)
1995 Elaine Charnov (United States), Chris Haws (United Kingdom), Irina Knochenhauer (Russia/Germany), Jos de Putter (The Netherlands), Sibylle Schönemann (Germany)
1994 Erik Barnouw (United States), Andrzej Kolodinski (Poland), Sonja de Leeuw (The Netherlands), Norma Marcos (Palestine), Lionel N’Gakane (South Africa)
1993 Karl Gass (Germany), Heddy Honigmann (The Netherlands), Stephen Peet (United Kingdom) Dea Sudarman (Indonesia), William Uricchio (United States/The Netherlands)
1992 Santiago Alvarez (Cuba), Rinki Bhattacharya (India), Lise Roos (Denmark), Jos Stelling (The Netherlands), Ilan de-Vries (Israel)
1991 Nouchka van Brakel (The Netherlands), Rafi Bukaee (Israel), Marion Mitchell (France), Helke Misselwitz (Germany), Jerzy Toeplitz (Poland)
1990 Ireen van Ditshuyzen (The Netherlands), Chris Hegedus (United States), K. Michel (The Netherlands), Juris Podniek (Latvia), Mick Hart Williams (United Kingdom)
1989 Johan Anthierens (Belgium), Robert Daudelin (Canada), Richard Kaplan (United States), Ellen Waller (The Netherlands), Marceline Loridan (France)
1988 Judy Irola (United States), Hedda van Gennep (The Netherlands), Mark-Toomas Soosaar (Estonia), Jan de Vaal (The Netherlands), Frederick Wiseman (United States
2020 Audrius Stonys (Lithuania), Lara Khaldi (Palestine), and Neil Young (Austria)
2019 Jonathan Littell, Xuan Liu, Romuald Karmakar
2018 Leah Giblin (United States), Everardo González (Mexico), Marc Isaacs (United Kingdom)
2017 Yael Bitton (Switzerland), Reber Dosky (The Netherlands), Lars Skree (Denmark)
2016 Ryan Harrington (United States), Noe Mendelle (Scotland), Jake Perlin (United States), Andrea Prenghyová (Czech Republic), Digna Sinke (The Netherlands)
2015 Diana Bustamante (Colombia), Tone Grøttjord (Norway), Oeke Hoogendijk (The Netherlands), Stanley Nelson (United States), John Zaritsky (Canada)
2014 Martichka Bozhilova (Bulgaria), Jihan El-Tahri (France/Egypt), Serge Gordey (France), Kristi Jacobson (United States), Niels Pagh Andersen (Denmark)
2013 Keiko Bang (Singapore), Lejla Dedic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Veton Nurkollari (Kosovo), Marco Spagnoli (Italy), Meral Uslu (The Netherlands)
2012 Nicolas Entel (Argentina), Peter Friedman (United States), Hedda van Gennep (The Netherlands), Samira Makhmalbaf (Iran), Farah Nayeri (Iran)
2011 David Fisher (Israel), Boris Gerrets (The Netherlands), Maris Ramos (The Netherlands), Miranda Siegel (United States), Ben Tsiang (China)
2010 Bong-Nam Park (South Korea), Greg Sanderson (United Kingdom), Jennifer Fox (United States), Henk Camping (The Netherlands), Ilana Tsur (Israel)
2009 Lorenzo Hendel (Italy), Ibtisam Mara’ana (Israel), Zola Maseko (Mozambique), Jennifer Merin (United States), Mercedes Stalenhoef (The Netherlands)
2008 Nishtha Jain (India), Rik Stallaerts (Belgium), Jeanne Wikler (United States), Thomas White (United States), Jess Search (United Kingdom)
2007 Cees van Ede (The Netherlands), Kerstin Hagrup (Sweden) , Rudy Buttignol (Italy), Anna Glogowski (Brazil), Goran Radovanovic (Serbia)
2006 Heather Croall (Australia), Arunas Matelis (Lithuania), Mercedes Moncada Rodriguez (Nicaragua), Tomohide Terai (Japan), Silvia Hallensleben (Germany)
2005 Bert Janssens (The Netherlands), Marie Nathanson (Canada), Cyril Neyrat (France), Andrey Paounov (Bulgaria), Vera Vlajic (Serbia)
2004 Erik Gandini (Sweden), Wessel van de Hammen (The Netherlands), Irina Kanousheva (Bulgaria), Björn Koll (Germany), André Pâquet (Canada)
2003 Rudy Buttignol (Canada), Peter Forgacs (Hungary), Carel Kuyl (The Netherlands), Luciano Rignolini (France), Jay Rosenblatt (United States)
2002 Fransico Cesar-Filho (Brazil), Anna Glogowski (Brazil), Aliona van de Horst (The Netherlands), Catherine Olsen (Canada), Eila Werning (Finland)
2001 Julie Anderson (United States), John Hughes (Australia), Noshka van der Lely (The Netherlands), Marguerite Seguy (France), Juan Fransisco Urrusti (Mexico)
2000 Willemien van Aalst (The Netherlands), Madeleine Avramoussis (France), Thomas Balmès (France), Patric Jean (Belgium), Iikka Vehkalahti (Finland)
1999 Catherine le Clef (Belgium), Werner Dütch (Germany), Cees van Ede (The Netherlands), Sigve Endresen (Norway), Paul Pauwels (Belgium)
1998 Cees van Ede (The Netherlands), Jeremy Gibson (United Kingdom), Peter Friedman (France), Karolina Lidin (Denmark), Kim Longinotto (United Kingdom)
1997 Cees van Ede (The Netherlands), Hans Beerekamp (The Netherlands), Chris Haws (United Kingdom), Mette Hoffman Meyer (Denmark), Andreas Voigt (Germany)
1996 Cees van Ede (The Netherlands), Hans Beerekamp (The Netherlands), Carel Kuyl (The Netherlands)
1995 Cees van Ede (The Netherlands), Hans Beerekamp (The Netherlands), Carel Kuyl (The Netherlands), Andree van Es (The Netherlands), Jeanne Wikler (The Netherlands/United States)
2020 Estephan Wagner (Denmark), Heleen Gerritsen (The Netherlands), and Nelson Makengo (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
2019 Caroline Libresco, Dorota Lech, Sergio Oksman
2018 Catherine Bizern (France), Eduardo Escorel (Brazil), Alisa Lebow (United Kingdom)
2017 Khalil Benkirane (Qatar), Nicoline van Harskamp (The Netherlands), Young-woo Kim (South Korea)
2016 Tine Fischer (Denmark), Maureen Gosling (U.S.), Ester Gould (The Netherlands), Nilotpal Majumdar (India), Qi Zhao (China)
2015 Emel Çelebi (Turkey), Amy Dotson (U.S.), Don Edkins (South Africa), Diana El Jeiroudi (Syria), Richard Liang (China)
2014 Rinki Roy Bhattacharya (India), Claas Danielsen (Germany), Frank Moens (Belgium), Madelyn Most (United States), Ulla Simonen (Finland)
2013 Francine Brücher (Germany), Edward Cabagnot (The Philipines), Sonja Henrici (Scotland), Esther Hertog (The Netherlands), Brian Hill (United Kingdom)
2012 Thierry Detaille (Belgium), Jessica Gorter (The Netherlands), Alex Lee (New Zealand), Tobias Müller (Germany), Pascale Ramonda (Portugal)
2011 Luciano Barisone (Italy), Hans Robert Eisenhauer (Germany), Aliona van der Horst (The Netherlands), Anne Marie Kürstein (Denmark) en Orwa Nyrabia (Syria)
2010 Daniela Michel (Mexico), Alissa Simon (United States), Pieter Verhoeff (The Netherlands)
2009 Sean Farnel (Canada), Sandra den Hamer (The Netherlands), Leena Pasanen (Finland)
2020 Ana David, Claudio Hughes, and Ena Sendijarević
2019 Aboozar Amini, Juliette Duret, Melissa Lindgren
2018 Klaudiusz Chrostowski (Poland), Serra Ciliv (Turkey), Pauline Terreehorst (The Netherlands)
2017 Rémi Bonhomme (France/Lebanon), Sophie Dros (The Netherlands), Vincent Moloi (South Africa)
2016 Judy Kibinge (Kenya), Salome Machaidze (Georgia), Daan Veldhuizen (The Netherlands)
2015 Jiri Konecny (Czech Republic), Prenana Langa (India), Maria Mok (The Netherlands)
2014 Chalida Uabumrungjit (Thailand), Martha Orozco (Mexico), Katayoon Shahabi (Iran)
2013 Hussain Currimbhoy (Australia), Peter Lataster (The Netherlands), Mon Mon Myat (Myanmar)
2012 Arto Halonen (Finland), Vanja Kaludjercic (Croatia), Herman de Wit (The Netherlands)
2011 Stella Bruzzi (Italy), Eva Küpper (Belgium), Willem-Jan Otten (The Netherlands).
2010 Sabrina Wulff (Germany), Jelle van Doornik (The Netherlands), Andreas Koefoed (Denmark)
2009 Matthijs Wouter Knol (The Netherlands), Yulene Olaizola (Mexico), Jonathan Stack (United States)
2008 Ellen Kuras (United States), Nenad Puhovski (Croatia), Elina Hirvonen (Finland)
2007 Heddy Honigmann (The Netherlands), Ot Louw (The Netherlands), Helena Zajícová (Czech Republic)
2020 Bregt Van Wijnendaele, Franziska Ferdinand, and Martijn Blekendaal
2019 Katarzyna Lesisz, Carin Goeijers, Petra Rockenfeller
2018 Ingvil Giske (Norway), Pawel Lozinski (Poland), Shamira Raphaëla (The Netherlands)
2017 Daan Bol (The Netherlands), Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami (Iran), Christian Popp (France)
2016 Monica Hellström (Denmark), Ollie Huddleston (U.K.), Niki Padidar (The Netherlands)
2015 Jon Bang Carlsen (Denmark), Mischa Kamp (The Netherlands), Teodora Ana Mihai (Romania/Belgium)