PRINCÌPÎ AWARD JURY
Carlos Casas (b. 1974, Barcelona, Spain) is a filmmaker and artist whose practice encompasses film, sound and the visual arts. His films have been screened and awarded in festivals around the world, like the Venice Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Buenos Aires International Film Festival, Mexico International Film Festival, FID Marseille, etc… his work has been exhibited and performed in international art institutions and galleries, such as Tate Modern, London, Fondation Cartier, Palais de Tokyo, Centre Pompidou, Paris, Hangar Bicocca, Milan, CCCB Barcelona, GAM Torino, Bozar Bruxelles, among others.
LAV DIAZ
Lav Diaz is a Filipino filmmaker born in 1958. He is known for the length of his films, which are governed not by time but by space and nature. The themes he usually deals with are the political and social struggles of his home country. Since 1998, he has directed 18 films and won numerous international awards, including the Golden Leopard at Locarno with Mula sa kung ano ang noon (From What Is Before, 2014), the Alfred Bauer Prize at the Berlinale with Hele sa hiwagang hapis (A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery, 2016) and the Golden Lion at Venice with Ang babaeng humayo (The Woman Who Left, 2016).
NELE WOHLATZ
Nele Wohlatz is a script writer, director and visual artist. Born in Germany, she moved to Argentina in 2009 where she directed the short films La mochila perfecta (2014) and Tres oraciones sobre la Argentina (2016), and co-directed the feature film Ricardo Bär (2013). At the border between documentary and fiction, her work draws connections between language and film language. Her feature film El futuro perfecto (2016) won the Golden Leopard for the best first feature at Locarno IFF. Her feature Dormir de olhos abertos (2024) premiered at 74. Berlinale and received a FIPRESCI award for the best film in the Encounters section.