Role Past Jurors

Senain Kheshgi is a South Asian American filmmaker who has gained recognition for her exceptional directorial and production skills. She has directed multiple feature and short films, among which are the award-winning “PROJECT KASHMIR” (PBS/Independent Lens) and the three-time Emmy-nominated…

Julie Goldman is an Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning producer and executive producer of documentary feature films and series. Julie is the first documentary producer to receive the Amazon Studios Sundance Institute Producer’s Award and the Cinereach Producer’s Award. She recently…

For more than twenty-five years, Ina Fichman, Intuitive Pictures, has been producing award-winning documentary and fiction films, and interactive projects. Many of her creative documentaries have been released in theatres in Canada and abroad and have played at festivals including…

Lou Cove has devoted his career to the intersection of creativity and capacity-building, helping launch and grow countless creative ventures. He is the founder of CANVAS, a collaborative fund dedicated to a 21st Century Jewish Cultural Renaissance, and principal at…

Julie Cohen is the Academy Award® nominated, Emmy winning director of RBG (2018) along with Betsy West. Other recent documentaries, also co-directed with West, include JULIA (2021), which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and was shortlisted for an Academy…

Bonni Cohen has produced and directed an array of award-winning films. Most recently, she produced the Oscar-nominated film Lead Me Home, which premiered at the 2021 Telluride Film Festival and is a Netflix Original. She also recently co-directed Athlete A, which…

Claire Aguilar is an award-winning documentary film producer and film consultant providing analysis and strategic planning for independent producers.  She has served as a film curator, film festival director and public television commissioning editor and broadcaster. At IDA  (International Documentary…