Jury
Meet the Jury members of the 2025 edition.

Aida Carvalho
Portugal
President at Fundação Côa Parque

Aldo di Russo
Italy
Founder of Artifactory

Alejandra Medina Ayrer
Chile
Director at AMA Comunicaciones and ART&TUR Latin Americ partner

Alejandro Novella Vilches
Chile
Director and
Producer

Ali Afshar
Iran
Professor at Eqbal Lahoori Institute of Higher Education

Angela Farrelly
New Zealand
Founder Disruptive Unicorns

Arthur Araújo
Brazil
Assistant professor and researcher at Universidade Lusófona do Porto

Arvind Kumar Saraswati
India
Assistant professor at Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute

Bradley Walters
Canada
Assistant professor at Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute

Caroline Ungersbock
South Africa
President and Co-Founder at Sustainable Tourism Partnership Programme (STTP)

Catarina Leonardo
Portugal
Blogger and Author at Wandering Life and VP at Associação Portuguesa de Bloggers de Viagens

Célia Antunes
Portugal
Professor at Escola de Hotelaria e Turismo do Oeste

Daniel Pinto
Portugal
Director at Escola de Hotelaria e Turismo do Oeste

Daniela Amorim
Portugal
Tourism Professor at ESTM (IPLeiria)

Don Falsario II
Philippines
Director at
Bullet Manila

Fabio Carbone
Itália
Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Cultural Heritage Management, Tourism Development and SDG16+. Humanitarian activist and peace ambassador.

Eunice Lopes
Portugal
Professor at Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (IPT)

Henrique Silva
Portugal
Politician / Cultural manager / Actor

Hugo Cruz
Portugal
Audiovisual producer and photographer Videlicious and ISCTE

Imran Khan
Pakistan
Researcher at Universidade de Aveiro

Issana Agathe
Mauritius
Manager at Rodrigues Tourism Office and Co-Founder at Association “Keep in Touch”

João Antero
Portugal
Professor at Universidade Lusófona and President at Alentejo and Ribatejo Film Commission

João Viljoen de Vasconcelos
Portugal
Professor at IPLeiria and Researcher at Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território

Kumiko Yamashita
Japan
Event Planner at IJTFF

Marco Calábria
Brazil
Filmmaker at Eureka Films

Maria Blajite
Lithuania
Translater and hospitality manager

Mike Rumble
South Afrika
Digital consultant, Entrepreneur, and Professional in Nature Tourism

Patricia Geula
Kenya
Audiovisual producer

Paul Visser
Netherlands
CEO Valentijn Studios Film Production

Rao Narender Yadav
India
Founder and Director ata Woodpecker International Film Festival

Santi Valldepérez
Spain
Founder & Executive Produtor at Filmsnòmades and CEO at Terres Communication

Santiago Cano
Argentina
CEO at Reditur

Sara Góis
Portugal
Researcher PHD / IPLeiria

Spomenka Saraga
Croatia
Produtor at Balduci Film and diretor at Zagreb Tourfilm Festival

Terry Costa
Portugal
Producer & Artistic Director, MiratecArts www.MiratecArts.com

Thiago Pereira
Brazil
Subchef of the Departament of Tourism at Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (DTUR / IGEOG / UERJ),

Tim Reiffenstein
Canada
Associate Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at Mount Allison University

Tsuyoshi Kigawa
Japan
Professor at Wakayama University and Director at Japan World’s Tourism Film Festival

Yarlein Guerrero
Colombia
Researcher in Tourism and Smart destinations

Yanki Hartijast
Indonesia
Associate Professor at
Universitas Indonesia

Dilma Gomes
Cape Verde
Administradora do Instituto de Turismo de Cabo Verde

Zbigniew Zmudzki
Poland
Audiovisual Producer

Joel Kouassi
ART&TUR Ambassador
CEO AFRICA TOURS ET SAFARI

Cesar Cronenbold
ART&TUR Ambassador
Marketing Consulting