Jury 2026

Simon Adsett Series producer, Hungry Bear Media
Harry Bell MD, Tern TV
Vanessa Chapman MD & Director of content and strategy, VJC Media (UK)
Laura Churchill Chief executive officer of PictureNL and Film commissioner of Newfoundland & Labrador
Chris Clenshaw Executive producer, BBC Studios
Luca Dambrosio Multimedia programmer, RAI
Goran Danasten Head of drama, SVT
Wim De Smet Head of realistic fiction, Warner Bros Belgium
Brigitte Dithard Commissioning editor and drama consultant, SWR.
Libbie Doherty Head of children and family, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Jennifer Dollard Director of content, Ireland, Acast
Anneke Dorsman Editor-in-chief, Het Klokhuis
Stephen Dost Executive producer, Arrow International Media
Igor Draguzet Chief content officer, Central European Media Enterprises (CME)
Nathan Farr Awards and festivals, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Claudio Fasulo Head, Prime Time 1
Bruce Fletcher Commissioning Editor, Sky Documentaries
Lefteris Fylaktos HoD of culture, education and children’s programming, ERT
Robert Fortuijn Head of kids programming, NPO
Daniel Gorjao Head of performing arts, RTP
Natalija Gorscak President of the management Board, RTV Slovenia
Llinos Griffin-Williams Director, White Fire Media
Sascha Gröhl CEO and Director, Vitamedia
Silvana Grujić Head of music department, Radio-Television of Serbia and Editor-in-Chief of RTS Klasika – 24/7 classical music television programme.
Annemie Gulickx Channel manager, Ketnet – VRT
Burhan Gün Producer/founder, Fikrigün
Ali Hill Managing director, Motion Entertainment
Dermot Horan Director of acquisitions & co-productions, RTÉ
Mark Itkin Media consultant and producer
Aistė Jurė Head of children and youth content, LRT
Jo Kasch Development manager, Australian Children’s Television Foundation
Mika Kanaya Executive director, Content Production Development Center, NHK Educational
Barrie Kelly VP of international format production and development, NBCUniversal
Simon Kendrick Head of scheduling, BBC Three
Joe Kent Co-head of narrative, BBC Studios Audio
Mariano Kon VP content & business development. GM for Latin America. ScreenHits TV. Freelance executive producer.
Inga Larionovaitė Head of news, LRT
Sandra Lehner TV futurist
Zeljka Lekic-Subasic Head of eurovision news exchange for Southeast Europe
Rani Liekens Script advisor & content coordinator fiction, VRT (Flemish public broadcaster)
Jasmin Maeda SVP international fiction, ZDF
Omri Marcus Creative AI Strategist
Markku Mastomäki Head of children and kids, YLE Finland
Ivana Mikovic Founder and COO, Firefly Productions
Anne-Catherine Nanopoulos International affairs, France Télévisions
Anthony Nilan Director of programming, Virgin Media Television Ireland
Rialda Oćuz Program coordinator, International Affairs, BHRT
Jack Oliver Head of development and executive producer, Dash Pictures
Jenny Peeters Advisor video programming strategy, NPO
Duda Pereira Head of PR, Globo
Martina Pestaj Head of children’s and youth programme, RTV Slovenija
Lou Porter Media executive: factual and entertainment specialist
Mădălina Rădulescu-Vochin
 News producer, Romanian National Television-ROTVR
Martin Reznicek Deputy editor-in-chief of Czech TV News and presenter, Události
Juliet Riddell Head of new formats, Financial Times
Mazen Rifka CEO, Global Media Group
Els Roovers Head of entertainment and formats, VRT
Ieva Rozentale Chair of the EBU tv music and performing arts experts group
Anvar Samost Head of news and sport, ERR
Emilio Schenker CEO, SIPUR
Taliah Shahar VP sales and partnerships, Dori Media
Branka Slavica Correspondent, HRT Washington Bureau
Karolina Socha-Kalinowska Head ofinternational relations unit, TVP
Giuseppe Solinas Responsible for cooperation at the international relations and european affairs department, RAI
Bernhard Sonnleitner Vice president international scouting & trends, ProSiebenSat.1 TV Deutschland GmbH
Alison Stewart Children’s media consultant, producer and writer
Ingunn Sundelin Producer, Tordenfilm
Tom Swingler Executive producer, Channel 4 (The Jury)
Krista Taubert Head of world news and current affairs, YLE
Emma Taulo Commissioner, YLE Finnish Broadcasting Company
Scout Tzofiya-Bolton Broadcaster, producer and poet
Sunita Uchil Founder, CEO, Karman Unlimited
Koen Van Deun Independent author and script writer
Chris Van Stiggelen Editor in chief & owner, Inside TV International
Vasha Wallace EVP, global acquisitions and development, Fremantle
Leandra White Festival manager and editor, Beta Film
Andrew Wilkie Chief executive, Prison Radio Association
Martijn Winkler Writer, director and digital creative
Nathalie Wogue SVP global formats, FOX Entertainment Global