Students Jury
The GKSD Investment Holding New Talent Opera Prima Award will be conferred by a jury composed of students from the faculties and film schools of Milan: Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti, IED – Istituto Europeo di Design, and Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.
Domizia De Rosa
Domizia De Rosa has worked for a long time in Italy for the major company Warner Bros., handling various roles related to the distribution of television rights and strategic planning. A founding member and President of Women in Film, Television & Media Italia since 2021, she is also Vice President of Women in Film & Television International. She is an adjunct professor at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart and is interested in gender studies, media, and visual cultures.
Gianfranco Rinaldi
Rinaldi works as a lawyer at the Nava & Associati law firm, where he is responsible for the film and audio-visual sector with specific attention co-production agreements, distribution, and tax credit and tax shelter regulations. Throughout his career, he has held multiple positions as a consultant for Istituto Luce and Cinecittà, lecturer in film and audio-visual law at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and at Cinecittà Campus-Dams, has been a member of several commissions for the development of film culture of DGCinema. He is currently appointed as Expert in the Audiovisual Sector of the Lazio region as well as President of the Commission for audiovisual incentines of the Marche Cultura Foundation.
Giannandrea Pecorelli
Giannandrea Pecorelli first obtained a degree in Literature, and then went on to study Production at the ‘Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia’ in Milan in 1985. During his career, he transitioned from directing leading television companies (RCS Film e TV – Rai Fiction – Sony Italia – Endemol Italia) to producing cinema and television. Some of his most famous works include ‘The Red Violin’ (Oscar winning title for music composition), ‘Notte prima degli esami’ and numerous other series that won great success on Rai and Mediaset. He also produced the daily series ‘Il Paradiso delle Signore’ as well as other documentaries and docu-fiction centred on civic engagement and commitment.
Bettina Hofmann
Bettina Hofmann grew up between Switzerland and the United States. After studying psychology at the University of Geneva, she moved to New York to study film and earned a Master of Fine Arts in Filmmaking from New York University. Her thesis film was a documentary about street children in Brazil. Bettina has always been interested in social issues and character-driven stories. She later returned to Switzerland and worked as a director and producer for the French-speaking Swiss Public Television (RTS), creating films for programs related to Current Affairs, Investigation, Society, and Culture. Currently, she serves as the Co-Head of the Documentary Unit at RTS.
Gudula Meinzol
Heidi Gronauer is director of ZeLIG school for documentary, television and new media, Bolzano since 1990 and she is responsible for the development of the various documentary-related projects and filmproductions the school realizes. Since 2004 she is Head of Project of ESoDoc – European Social Documentary and she has also been responsible for the Media-Mundus/International projects ZeLIG realized in India and Africa (LINCT; ESoDoc INDIA; ESoDoc International). She has been in many filmjuries, works as a mentor, and collaborates with the Italian documentary association doc-it/Italian Doc Screenings, the Trento Filmfestival, and many others. She is a member of EFA (European Film Academy).
Heidi Groenauer
Gudula Meinzolt has been working in film areas such as programming, promotion, festivals, distribution, exhibition and production. She was manager of the Mannheim Meetings and Head of Industry at Visions du Réel in Switzerland where she still is part of the selection committee for projects. For 20 years she has been working as producer in Germany with Autentika Films and recently also in Switzerland, now specializing in audience development and outreach/impact strategies. She reads and select projects and films as jury member worldwide. She offers training for pitches, project development, production and audience development / impact strategy.
With Ciné-Doc she organizes the annual documentary month all over Switzerland Let’s Doc!. As “Green Consultant” she commits to a sustainable film production and distribution in Europe and is co-founder of AGF Green Film action, a network for a sustainable film and culture scene in Switzerland.
