YOUNG EUROPEANS
JURY

My name is Andrea Segna. My academic and research background revolves around the languages of documentary and archival cinema, as well as the relationships that images weave with memory and reality. I view documentary as a triangulation between the filmmaker, the filmed subject, and the camera itself: a field of tensions where the image does not merely represent, but becomes a living, interrogative matter. In 2025, I served on the official jury for Venice Classics at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, chaired and moderated by the Italian documentarian Tommaso Santambrogio. Under the guidance of Marco Bertozzi, one of Italy’s leading theorists of documentary cinema, I deepened my research on found footage practices and even delivered a university lecture on archival materials.

Hello, my name is Rebeka Bizubová, and I am a young documentary filmmaker from Slovakia. In my work, I primarily focus on the theme of family, exploring its closeness, unity, as well as its challenges and complex relationships. I completed my bachelor’s studies at the Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica with the film At the Beginning of the End (2022), which examines the evolving relationship between a mother and daughter. I pursued my master’s studies at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava under the mentorship of Jaroslav Vojtek, culminating in the film Confession (2024). With this film, I delve deep into my inner self and confront a trauma that has weighed on me for several years. The film premiered at the Fipadoc in Biarritz, France, won second place in the international CILECT competition, received awards at several domestic and international festivals, and earned the Silver Student Academy Award. During my studies, I worked in galleries, created artist portraits, and completed internships in Reykjavík and at the production company IS Production. My creative motto is: “It is better to see once than to hear a hundred times.”

With a master's degree in Writing Reality from the University of Rennes 2, I specialized in creative documentary filmmaking. This training allowed me to enrich my film culture and develop practical skills in filmmaking. I participated in the development and writing of the film The Violence Is Always Happening Somewhere Else, as chief editor and chief set designer. I worked as a photojournalist at the Rencontres internationales de la photographie d'Arles, then as a guest reception assistant at the États généraux du film documentaire in Lussas, where I also supported the general coordination and communications teams.

I’m María Martos, a 25-year-old film director from Barcelona. I studied a degree in Cinematography and Audiovisual Communication at ESCAC, and later completed a Master’s in Film Directing at the same school, funded by a scholarship for academic and artistic merit. During my studies, I directed both fiction and documentary short films. Right now, I’m in the distribution process of my master’s final project, La Pegaso, which I completed in September 2025. It is a hybrid short made with non-actors and no written dialogue; I worked closely on the editing process, selecting only the moments that felt truthful and unforced. I personally love going to the cinema alone, but whenever I can, I choose to go with others, because discussion is a vital part of the experience: sharing opinions, challenging each other, changing minds, or even changing your own. Being surrounded by different perspectives and voices, with people who love and respect cinema as much as I do, is something I deeply value.

Greek-Lebanese director and cinematographer, based in France since 2021. A graduate of ESEC-Paris, he co-directed Madiakho told me (28’, 2024, graduation film) and signed the image of four films by Greek director Vouvoula Skoura including Contrabando: Seeking Melpo (70’, 2023) and Utopia : Poetics of the Borders, Berlin-Nicosia (45’, 2026). Yorgo is a film programmer for the Lebanese Film Festival in France and a member of the Greek Directors Guild. He remains active between Lebanon, Greece and France. He has recently collaborated with Lebanese director Heiny Srour on the re-release of The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived (62', 1974) and is directing a short film on Etel Adnan, upcoming 2026.

Diyar Akar was born in Turkey and moved to Berlin with his family at the age of four. His filmic language uses an intimate approach to portray the different forms that family can take and the realities that emerge from them. He studied communication design in Germany, going on to complete a Master’s degree in Documentary Film Directing on the DocNomads programme. Following the premiere of his debut film Anne at the Kurdish Film Festival in Berlin in 2024, he has several short films in development.

My name is Iris Tesmoingt, I am eighteen and I am a French high school student from Bordeaux. I am very interested in Cinema and also in meeting other young people around topics that interest us all. Cinema has been one of my passions since I was young. I have always liked watching movies with my family, and it also helped me learn new languages. Growing up, I started making some little film projects with all I had in my possession and one of my dreams is directing a short movie. This festival is a huge opportunity for me, to be linked with some other European students around a shared passion, to be able to meet some cinema professionals and to share my opinions about many documentaries.