2026 Juries

Frederique Bel is a highly popular French actress who first rose to prominence with the success of the series Minute Blonde, which she created for Canal+.

She was later chosen by director Emmanuel Mouret, who cast her as his muse in five of his films, opening the door for her to auteur cinema. Known for her distinctive offbeat humor, she went on to star in some of France’s biggest box-office comedies, including Serial (Bad) Weddings (Qu’est-ce qu’on a fait au Bon Dieu?), which sold over 38 million tickets worldwide.

She has also taken on more dramatic roles, notably in the thriller series The Mantis (La Mante), where she portrayed a transgender serial killer—a performance that contributed to the show becoming one of the most-watched French series on Netflix in the United States.

She will next be seen in October in Ducobu 6, the latest installment of the popular children’s franchise, in which she has played the mother for five films.

GREG DANIELS is a five-time Emmy-award-winning writer, director and producer, creator of many iconic series and characters.

Daniels developed The Office for American television, which was the number one streamed show on Netflix between 2016 and 2020, responsible for 7.5% of Netflix’s total views during that time. He created Upload, the number one half-hour show on Prime Video, and co-created the long-running hits King of the Hill and Parks and Recreation, as well as Space Force, and the reality format My Mum, Your Dad, which has been produced in over a dozen countries.

IMDB ranks the all-time best-loved sitcom episodes in the history of television. Four are tied at number one with 9.8/10; Daniels wrote two of them.

Currently, he is co-creator and showrunner of the Office spin-off, The Paper, starring Domhnall Gleason and Sabrina Impacciatore.

He directed the pilots of Parks and Recreation, The Paper, Upload, People of Earth, and over a dozen episodes of The Office. On all scripted shows he has created or co-created, he served as the initial showrunner.

He teamed back up with Mike Judge to start Bandera Entertainment, which produces animated shows for Peacock, Netflix, Freeform, Comedy Central, including the award-winning hit, Common Side Effects on Adult Swim and Max, and new seasons of King of the Hill on Hulu.

Early in his career, Daniels wrote for Saturday Night Live, Seinfeld, and The Simpsons, where he wrote 3 of the 10 most popular episodes according to a TV Guide poll.

Yasmin Finney is rapidly establishing herself as one of the most prominent actors of her generation. She is best known for her leading role as 'Elle Argent' in all three seasons of Netflix’s Heartstopper, a performance that earned her the Rose d’Or Award for Best Emerging Talent and a place on Screen International’s 2022 Stars of Tomorrow list. She will soon be seen reprising her role in the highly anticipated final instalment of the Heartstopper universe, the feature film Heartstopper Forever.

Yasmin is also well-known for her role in the BBC’s Doctor Who, starring alongside Ncuti Gatwa and David Tennant. In addition, she appears in Paul Raschid’s interactive feature Hello Stranger, acting opposite George Blagden and Christina Wolfe and will soon be seen in Ronan Corrigan's LifeHack, which has been exec produced by Michael Fassbender.

Hojin Kwon, Ph.D., is a Korean media strategist and K-content expert working across the global television and streaming industry. He is the Founder and Chief Strategy Advisor of K-Content & Culture Advisory (KCCA), Vice President of the World Association for Hallyu Studies, and a board member of the Busan Contents Market and the Korean Association for Broadcasting and Telecommunication Studies.

During a 34-year career at SBS Media Group, one of Korea’s leading broadcasters, he held senior leadership roles in international media strategy, co-production, commissioning, and content acquisition & distribution. As an Executive Producer, he oversaw the development and production of dramas, feature films, entertainment programs, and animated series. Recognized as a pioneer of Hallyu (the Korean Wave), he expanded Korean content into international markets and commissioned international programming for Korean audiences, promoting cross-border exchange in the television industry.

Dr. Kwon is a member of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and has served as a juror at international festivals, including Series Mania, the Global Entertainment Awards, the Asian TV Awards, the Taiwan Creative Content Fest, the Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival, and the Busan International Film Festival.

Charlene McKenna is an acclaimed Irish actor with an extensive body of work across film, television, and theatre.

On television, she is known for leading roles including Shelly Mohan in Clean Sweep, Marie in Bloodlands, and Evelyn in Holding. She has also appeared as Captain Swing in Peaky Blinders, Leah in Vienna Blood, Mercy Boyle in Death and Nightingales, and Rose Erskine in Ripper Street. Earlier standout roles include JoJo in Raw and Karen in Whistleblower.

Her film credits include Caroline in Breakfast on Pluto, alongside Cillian Murphy, as well as roles in Jump, A Boy Called Dad, Dorothy Mills, Middletown, and The Tiger’s Tail.

On stage, McKenna has performed widely, including Caitlin Carney in The Ferryman, Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible at the Gaiety Theatre, Daisy in The Great Gatsby at the Gate Theatre, and Regina in Ghosts at the Almeida Theatre.

McKenna is an Irish Film and Television Award (IFTA) winner for her role in Raw and has received multiple nominations across her career, including an IFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress (Drama) for her performance as Rose Erskine in Ripper Street.

An established star of film, television and theater, Scottish actor Kevin McKidd is most notably recognized for his role on ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” as Army veteran ‘Dr. Owen Hunt’ for 18 seasons. After a memorable entrance on to the show in season 5 rescuing future love interest ‘Christina Yang’ (Sandra Oh) from icicle impalement by performing an emergency tracheotomy with a pen, McKidd’s ‘Dr. Hunt’ has done it all – ultimately leading to the character to become Head of Trauma at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. His presence on the iconic drama has extended to directing, with McKidd directing 49 episodes of the show, more than any other director in the series’ history. He will star in, and direct, his final episode on May 7th wrapping up his run with a thrilling goodbye to a loyal ‘Grey’s’ fan base.

Already well in motion on his next steps, McKidd is currently filming Amazon MGM’s “Highlander” in the UK opposite Henry Cavill and Russell Crowe. He recently announced the partnership between his production company, Ferryman Films, and Scotland-based STV Studios to co-produce UK television dramas on a global scale. Their first effort will be adapting William Shaw’s crime thriller The Red Shore for the small screen.

Throughout his career he has successfully navigated working in both the US and the UK as well as both film and television. McKidd made his feature film debut in 1996, starring in Gillies MacKinnon’s “Small Faces,” followed by a breakout role alongside Ewan McGregor in the cult classic film, “Trainspotting” for Danny Boyle. In 2005, he landed the career changing role of ‘Lucius Vorneus’ in HBO’s Emmy and Golden Globe nominated series, “Rome.” The iconic role would open doors for him the States, leading to his starring role in NBC’s “Journeyman,” where he was nominated for Best Actor on Television at the Saturn Awards.

Having worked consistently since, McKidd can be seen and heard in a slew of films over the past three decades, including “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,” “Made of Honor,” “Hannibal Rising,” “De-Lovely,” “Brave,” “The Last Legion,” “Hideous Kinky,” “16 Years of Alcohol” (for which he was nominated for Best Actor at the British Independent Film Awards) and “Kingdom of Heaven.” His television credits also include “The Primrose Railway Children,” “Station 19,” “Six Four,” “The Bombing of Pan Am 103,” “The Virgin Queen” and “North Square.”

Born and raised in Elgin, Scotland, McKidd was a member of the Moray Youth Theatre. He became involved in the Bedlam Theatre Company while a student at the University of Edinburgh, and it was there that he decided to pursue acting full time. His first leading role came in the Wild Cat Theatre Company-produced “The Silver Darlings,” for which he won the Gulliver Award. McKidd’s theater credits also include “Richard III,” “Britannicus,” for which he won an Ian Charleston Award, and “Far Away.” He also released an album of traditional Scottish folk songs, “The Speyside Sessions,” in 2012. Currently, he resides in Los Angeles, California.