This edition’s official jury consists of: Giordano Gio, filmmaker, screenwriter, critic, and art historian; Juliana Costa, educator, critic, programmer, and film researcher; Juliano Gomes, art critic, director, curator, and professor.

Giordano Gio is a filmmaker, scriptwriter, critic, and art historian, with degrees in Audiovisual Production (UNISINOS) and Art History (UFRGS), where he also obtained his master’s, and is currently working on his PhD in Art History, Theory, and Criticism.

He is a founding partner of Fehorama Filmes, a production company celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2024. Gio has worked in the industry for 10 years as a director, screenwriter, assistant director, and executive producer in different formats, such as short films, feature films, series, and video games.

As a critic, he contributes to publications such as Zinematógrafo and Teorema.

Juliana Costa is a cinephile, cineclubber, and feminist.

She enjoys experience and experiments and teaches and writes about cinema and the world.  Juliana is a film critic, programmer, and researcher with a PhD in Social Communication (PUCRS) and a master’s in Education (UFRGS).

She is also an editor of Zinematógrafo, a printed film review fanzine, and of Abismu Magazine, and has published texts in several national and international magazines such as Filme e Cultura and Belgian magazine Fantomas. 

She has participated in juries and selection committees for film festivals and is currently part of the feature film curatorial team at Mostra de Tiradentes. Furthermore, she coordinates the Audiovisual Literacy Program, an educational project at Cinemateca Capitólio.

Juliano Gomes is an art critic, director, curator, and professor. He has a degree in Communication (PUC-Rio) with a master’s in Communication (ECO-UFRJ). He teaches at FAAP’s Cinema School (SP) and has been an editor at Cinética Magazine since 2009. Since 2009, Juliano has written articles for Revista Cinética. He was part of Sheffield Doc Fest’s selection committee (2020 and 2021).

Juror of DocLisboa (2019), RIDM Montreal (2022), Brasília Festival (2022), Forum Doc BH (2021), Mostra Tiradentes (2019), FBCU (2012), Cachoeira Doc (2014), Festcurtas BH (2014), and Fronteira Festival (2015).

He has published articles in Film Quarterly, World Records Journal, Folha, Piauí, Filme&Cultura, and several catalogs. Juliano has also led the Kinetic Session at IMS since 2009. He directed the short films “…” (2007) and “As Ondas” (2016) with Léo Bittencourt.  He also directed “Nada haver” (2022). He shared with Léo Bittencourt the cinematography of the short film “Vagalumes” (2021), a nominee for the ABC photography award.