We are pleased to announce the experts who will select the winners of the two competition programmes.

The jury members for the national feature films and the international short documentary competition are Tetiana Oharkova, Ukrainian literary scholar, journalist, essayist, and member of the Ukrainian PEN; Christine Camdessus, General Artistic Director of the Fipadoc International Documentary Film Festival; Marc Bauder, German director and producer.

Tetiana Oharkova received her higher education at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, specializing in cultural studies. In 2007, she defended her dissertation and earned a PhD in Literary Studies (Docteur ès lettres) from Paris-XII Val-de-Marne University. Since 2006, she has taught the history of French literature, literary theory, and the history of the European literary avant-garde at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. She also writes essays on these topics.

Christine Camdessus is a French producer. She launched her production company in 2001. Among more than 60 creative documentaries distributed worldwide. Christine is the chairwoman of NIPKOW’s jury (Berlin). She was the Vice President of USPA (France's leading TV producers union) from 2014 to 2018 and a member of E.D.N. and E.F.A. In 2013, ALEGRIA received the award for Best Documentary Production company in France. In 2018, Christine became the managing and artistic director of Fipadoc, the International Documentary Film Festival, that takes place in Biarritz, France, during the last week of January. It brings the public and professionals together for screenings of outstanding documentary films.