Jury

OFICIAL

NATALIA DE MOLINA

Natalia de Molina (Linares, 1990) is an actress renowned for her versatility and commitment. Winner of two Goya Awards for her performances in Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed (David Trueba) and Roof and Food (Juan Miguel del Castillo), she has also been named a European Shooting Star at the Berlinale. Her filmography is strongly linked to independent cinema and includes titles such as Las niñas (Pilar Palomero), Elisa y Marcela (Isabel Coixet), Un año, una noche (Isaki Lacuesta), Quién te cantará (Carlos Vermut), and Desmontando un elefante (Aitor Echeverría). She has recently shot La bola negra (Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi) and has also participated in auteur series such as Fácil (Anna R. Costa) and the recent Superestar (Nacho Vigalondo). 

SOFIA BOHDANOWICZ

Sofia Bohdanowicz is an award-winning Toronto-born filmmaker and founder of the production company Maison du Bonheur. Her work has screened internationally at Locarno, NYFF, Viennale, BAFICI, FID Marseille, DocLisboa, Göteborg, and the Harvard Film Archive. Her third feature, MS Slavic 7, premiered at the Berlinale and appeared on the cover of Cinema Scope. Her latest film Measures for a Funeral premiered in TIFF’s Centrepiece programme and won the Grand Prix of the National Competition at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma in Montréal. She is currently attending the Academia de Cine in Madrid to develop her next feature La Tirana. Bohdanowicz is a board member of Acropolis Cinema and is a contributor to Filmmaker Magazine.

TSVETA DOBREVA

Born in Bulgaria, Tsveta Dobreva studied in Germany (Bochum) and France (Paris and Montpellier). After working at the Goethe-Institut in Paris and then Marseille, she joined the FIDMarseille team in 2019 as general secretary. She has been directing the festival since 2022. She is also a member of the FIDLab selection committee and co-founder and co-editor of the film magazine Fidback.

DIEGO IGLESIAS GÓMEZ

Diego Iglesias Gómez is an interdisciplinary creator and cultural manager specializing in the convergence of art, design, and technology. He is the co-founder of HYPER STUDIO, a creative studio based in Madrid that works internationally at the intersection between the physical and the digital; HYPER HOUSE, an independent contemporary working space located in Carabanchel that hosts projects focused on innovation, experimentation, and artistic production; and MMMAD, Madrid’s Urban Digital Art Festival, which since 2020 has transformed the city into an international capital of digital art every May through a wide programme of exhibitions, talks, performances, and workshops.
Since 2024, he has been the director of the School of Visual Arts at IED Madrid | Istituto Europeo di Design. He has taught at HEAD – Genève, EINA Barcelona, the Polytechnic University of Madrid, and the Architectural Association School of Architecture, among other institutions.

NATALIA FERVIÚ

Communicator, stylist, occasional DJ (NTS/Radio3), and creative director of Caries, an independent record label as well as a studio specializing in creative solutions and sound design, where audiovisual projects are developed ranging from documentaries to music videos, podcasts, and other cultural artifacts.

SARA GALLEGO

Sara Gallego Grau (Castellón, 1991) is a cinematographer based in Madrid. She studied Audiovisual Communication and later graduated from ECAM in the cinematography department. Her first film, El Año del Descubrimiento, directed by Luis López Carrasco, won the Goya Award for Best Documentary Film and had a long run in cinemas and festivals. Since then, she has participated in numerous feature films that have won awards at international festivals, such as La Buena Letra, Una Ballena, Las Chicas Están Bien, and Matar Cangrejos. She has also shot series for platforms such as Vestidas de Azul (Atresplayer) and La Mano en el Fuego (HBO). She is currently in pre-production on Ricardo Gómez's new film, Una Familia.

CARLOTA COSIALS

Carlotta Cosials was born and raised in Madrid. She studied acting from the age of 7 to 18, when she entered the Complutense University’s Faculty of Medicine. She worked as an actress at the same time, so she left her medical studies for RESAD and a film diploma at the Metropolis School. Two years later, she left RESAD for music. In 2014, she formed the fantastic band Hinds, which took her on tour around the world and has been her main project to date. With the arrival of the pandemic, the impossibility of performing concerts, and the curfews, she started a film club with her friends from the audiovisual world, who know much more than she does and religiously go to the cinema every Wednesday. The film club, Hinds, Metropolis, and her acting career are still going strong and making many people happy.

DANI DEL ÁGUILA

Dani del Águila (Madrid, 1995) is a screenwriter and documentary filmmaker. Co-creator of the series Fanático (Netflix, 2022) and screenwriter for productions such as Madres. Amor y vida (Amazon Prime Video, 2020), he has worked in both fiction and documentary, standing out for his work on Dying Earth (Al Jazeera, 2024), nominated for “Best Story” by the Foreign Press Association in London. His most recent projects include the short film Archipiélago (Switzerland, 2025) and the documentary series Negotiating Peace (Al Jazeera, 2025). Educated at Universidad Carlos III and EICTV in Cuba, he also works as a teacher, collaborating with the Audiovisual Literacy Department at ECAM and giving screenwriting workshops in Spain and Mexico.

JUANJO MARBAI

With a degree in Advertising and Public Relations from the Complutense University of Madrid and a master's degree in Professional Photography, he began his career at the Señora Rushmore agency before focusing entirely on fashion photography. For more than ten years, he has been working on editorial projects for various magazines and commercial projects with fashion brands, combining art direction and visual narrative. He has also directed numerous music videos, combining his experience in image and communication with a keen eye for cinematic language.

MARÍA ARAGÓN

María Aragón Galán (Meriidiano) es actriz, divulgadora cultural y creadora de contenido especializada en cine y series. Formada en Arte Dramático y Diseño Gráfico, ha desarrollado una trayectoria híbrida entre la interpretación, la comunicación y la creación audiovisual. En redes —especialmente en su cuenta de Instagram @meriidiano— combina análisis cinematográficos, humor y reflexiones personales en un formato ágil y visual que acerca el cine a nuevas audiencias.

SASHA FALCKE

Sasha Falcke is a performing artist working across performance, theater, and music. As Rai Sasha, she writes and produces her own songs, blending these disciplines to explore her personal history and sapphic desire. Her music creates characters and fictional worlds that unfold in her live shows, conceived as theatrical journeys. She has performed at La Casa Encendida, Madrid Pride in Plaza Zerolo, and venues like Maravillas, Hangar 48, and Siroco.
Born in Buenos Aires, she graduated in film directing from Universidad del Cine (FUC) and trained as an actress from a young age. She acted in Reinas Abolladas at the Teatro Nacional Cervantes and in Paraguay, which brought her to Madrid via the Festival de Otoño. Since then, she has been based in Madrid, creating performance pieces around language, memory, and representation, shown at Matadero, Teatros del Canal, Centro Centro, La Juan Gallery, and the National Museum of Decorative Arts. She is currently producing her first album, to be released at the end of 2025, with a premiere performance on December 13 at La Juan Gallery.