Director of Programming

Betsy McLane | Film Historian

Kip Thorne Gravity Award for Best Depiction of a scientific Principle

Kip Thorne |Physicist

festival Jury

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  • Sonya Burres | Film and Television Producer

  • Dr Robert P Cameron MInstP | Royal Society University Research Fellow

  • Newton Campbell, PhD. | Director of Space Programs at the Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth (AROSE) Consortium

  • Michael Donaldson | American entertainment attorney, independent film advocate

  • Neville Farmer FRSA |Musician, Composer, Producer, Writer and Director

  • Farnaz Ghadaki | Management Consultant, Champion of Sustainability, Diversity, STEM & Space

  • Dr Daphne Ioanna Giannoulatou| Creative Science Communicator

  • Susaye Greene |Singer, Songwriter last official member to join the Motown girl group The Supremes

  • Charysse Tia Harper|Director/Producer/ Journalist

  • Adam Hyman | Executive Director, Los Angeles Film Forum

  • Shaan Memon |Writer-Director, Editor

  • Eric Mofford | Film Producer, Professor Maine Media

  • Mary Posatko | Director, Producer (Target Zero), Head of Documentary Film, San Diego State University

  • Sandrine Cassidy | USC Cinematic Arts

  • Kristin Tieche (she/her)|Producer/ Director/ Editor

  • Barton Weiss | UT Arlington, Board of Directors at University Film and Video Association

  • September Williams | Bioethicist, Physician-Author

 
 

JURY AWARDS

  • Professional Series Dramatic

  • Professional Series Documentary

  • Professional Series Animation

  • Professional Dramatic < 40 minutes

  • Professional Dramatic > 40 minutes

  • Professional Documentary < 40 minutes

  • Professional Documentary > 40 minutes

  • Professional Animation < 40 minutes

  • Professional Animation > 40 minutes

  • Student Dramatic < 40 minutes

  • Student Dramatic > 40 minutes

  • Student Documentary < 40 minutes

  • Student Documentary > 40 minutes

  • Student Animation < 40 minutes

  • Student Animation > 40 minutes

INDUSTRY AWARDS

  • Best Picture

  • Best Documentary

  • Best Series (Dramatic)

  • Best Series (Documentary)

  • Best Technical Innovation in Media

  • Best Visual Effects

  • Best Educational Media

  • Best New Media

  • Best Public Art

  • Best Infographic

  • Best Depiction of a Scientific Principle (Kip Thorne Gravity Award)

  • Best Technical Advisor (Stephen Wolfram Award)

  • Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination Prize in Speculative Media

  • Raw Breakthrough Award in Science Storytelling

  • Raw Journalism Award

  • Amateur Dramatic < 40 minutes

  • Amateur Dramatic > 40 minutes

  • Amateur Documentary < 40 minutes

  • Amateur Documentary > 40 minutes

  • Amateur Animation < 40 minutes

  • Amateur Animation > 40 minutes

  • Youth Dramatic < 40 minutes

  • Youth Dramatic > 40 minutes

  • Youth Documentary < 40 minutes

  • Youth Documentary > 40 minutes

  • Youth Animation < 40 minutes

  • Youth Animation > 40 minutes