Jury
Meet the Jury members of the 2026 edition.
Aida Carvalho
Portugal
President at Fundação Côa Parque
Alexandra Lavaredas
Portugal
University Teacher
Alejandra Medina Ayrer
Chile
Profesional Senior en Turismo y Comunicaciones
Alejandro Novella
Chile
Creador y Director Recomiendo Chile – Recomiendo América – Recomiendo la Tierra
Ali Afshar
Iran
Professor at Eqbal Lahoori Institute of Higher Education
Arthur Araújo
Brazil
Assistant professor and researcher at Universidade Lusófona do Porto
Arvind Kumar Saraswati
India
Assistant professor at Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute
Bradley B. Walters
Canada
Professor of Geography & Environment at Mount Allison University
Caroline Ungersbock
South Africa
President and Co-Founder at Sustainable Tourism Partnership Programme (STTP)
Catarina Leonardo
Portugal
Bloguer and Author at Wandering Life
Célia Antunes
Portugal
Assessora de Inovação at Escola de Hotelaria e Turismo do Oeste
Daniel Pinto
Portugal
Director at Turismo de Portugal – Escola de Hotelaria e Turismo do Oeste
Daniela Amorim
Portugal
University Professor at ESTM (IPLeiria)
Don Falsario II
Philipines
Director at
Bullet Manila
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
Senior Lecturer @ Wenzhou-Kean University | Digital Media, Visual Effects
Issana Agathe
Mauritius
Manager at Rodrigues Tourism Office and Co-Founder at Association “Keep in Touch”
Joana Botelho
Portugal
Cultural producer and president of the Associação Gritos
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
Tim Reiffenstein
Canada
Professor at Mount Alisson University, Sackville, New Brunswick
Tsuyoshi Kigawa
Japan
Professor at Wakayama University and Director at Japan World’s Tourism Film Festival
Yarlein Guerrero
Colombia
Yanki Hartijasti
Indonesia
Associate Professor at
Universitas Indonesia
Zbigniew Żmudzki
Poland
Laureate Film Producer
Cesar Cronenbold
Brazil
Diretor na Os 03 Consulting
Joel Kouassi
ART&TUR AMBASSADOR
CEO AFRICA TOURS ET SAFARI
Marco Frazolim
Brazil
CEO e Fundador at MonkeyBusiness
Patricia Geula
Quénia
Founder and filmproducer at Narundi Films
Dodi Irawanto
Indonesia
University teacher
Yanki Hartijast
Indonesia
Associate Professor at
Universitas Indonesia | Expert in Cross-Cultural Leadership & HR Practices in Digital Workplace Dynamics across Asian & Western Contexts | Traveling Professor
Zbigniew Zmudzki
Poland
Researcher in Tourism and Smart destinations
Joel Kouassi
ART&TUR AMBASSADOR
CEO AFRICA TOURS ET SAFARI