Jury
Meet the Jury members of the 2025 edition.
Aida Carvalho
Portugal
President at Fundação Côa Parque
Alexandra Lavaredas
Portugal
University Teacher
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
University teacher at Mount Alisson University, SackVille, Canada
Caroline Ungersbock
South Africa
President and Co-Founder at Sustainable Tourism Partnership Programme (STTP)
Catarina Leonardo
Portugal
Blogger and Author at Wandering Life
Célia Antunes
Portugal
Professor at Escola de Hotelaria e Turismo do Oeste, Portugal
Daniel Pinto
Portugal
Presidente of the Portuguese Jury at ART&TUR and Director of Escola de Hotelaria e Turismo do Oeste, Portugal
Daniela Amorim
Portugal
Tourism Professor at ESTM (IPLeiria)
Don Falsário
Philippines
Director at
Bullet Manila
Dilma Gomes
Cabo Verde
Director of Communications at Tourism Board in Cabo Verde
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
Brasil
Filmmaker at Eureka Films
Maria Blajite
Lithuania
Translater and Hospitality Manager
Mike Rumble
South Afrika
Digital Consultant, Entrepreneuer and Professional in Nature Tourism
Paul Visser
Spain
CEO Valentijn Studios Film Production
Rao Narender Yadav
India
Founder and Director at 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
Croácia
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
Zbigniew Zmudzki
Poland
Researcher in Tourism and Smart destinations
Joel Kouassi
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