2024 Jurors

Zuri Obi is a Haitian-American artist raised with deep cultural roots in magical realism. As a Camerawomxn, she has collaborated with artists such as Solange and Lizzo, and as Creative Producer, her projects have screened at notable film festivals, including Sundance and won top awards at New Orleans Film Festival, AFI and BlackStar. Zuri also works as a Film Curator at New Orleans Film Society, where she champions community-centered cinematic experiences.

Marquise Mays is an award-winning filmmaker and film professor living and working in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Experienced in a variety of film and arts practices, Marquise’s films and research are careful renderings of individual and collective Black life on and off screen, specifically as it relates to the Black Midwestern experience. His work has been distributed and featured on the renowned Criterion Channel, PBS, BET, AspireTV & The Redford Center, alongside a slew of national and international film festivals. One of his crown achievements is when he served as an Associate Producer on the Student Academy Award-winning film, THE DOPE YEARS: The Untold Story of Latasha Harlins.

B Glick is just your typical cancer-surviving disabled non-binary queer agnostic Jewish entrepreneur . They are the founder and head of GQue Films, the first and only non-cis owned and operated film sales/distribution company in the world. Recent titles include Tribeca international Narrative Feature grand jury winner "Bikechess", the Sundance premiere Abortion rights doc "Plan C", and Starz original "Workhorse Queen".
They provide accessibility inclusion consulting to a variety of arts organizations. They have spoken about creative approaches to distribution at festivals/markets around the world such as Sundance, SXSW, Outfest, Hot Docs, Bogota Audiovisual Market, and Doc Edge.

Shakira Refos is an educator from The Netherlands who joined the California Film Institute’s Education Department by way of the Sarasota Film Festival, Sundance Institute and is additionally programming documentaries for 2024 Tribeca Festival.

With a deep passion for storytelling Shakira attributes her drive for community, justice and common sense from the cultures of her Mother and Father hailing from Suriname and Trinidad respectively.

Her career has been dedicated to empowering young independent thinkers through the exploration of art history and creative expression—prioritizing equitable praxis through engagements with film as well as demystifying the path for BIPOC students to becoming film fest administrators and curators. You’ll often hear her shouting “WE NEED MORE BLACK PROGRAMMERS!!” from the rooftops of her current home and office in the Bay Area, CA to anyone who will listen.

Angelo Acerbi has been involved in cinema for more than twenty years, starting in film festivals (Turin Film Festival and TGLFF), to then contribute to the creation of the Turin Piedmont Film Commission where he was Production Manager for 5 years.
After a period in which he was involved in film production, film events, and film publishing, he resumed his collaboration with the Lovers Film Festival, where he is currently Head programmer and Assistant to the Artistic Direction, expanding his activity also to United States: he was a programmer for the Palm Springs International Film Festival, to then move on to the Seattle international Film Festival, for which he has been programming for Europe and Italy for 15 years and for 12 also of the selection of Cinema Italian Style Seattle, the Italian film festival.
He collaborates as a reporter and journalist with Fred Film Radio since its beginnings. He teaches Cinematography and Multimedia Languages at the Galli Academy – They provide accessibility inclusion consulting to a variety of arts organizations. They have spoken about creative approaches to distribution at festivals/markets around the world such as Sundance, SXSW, Outfest, Hot Docs, Bogota Audiovisual Market, and Doc Edge.

Jack Feria (he/they) is a film festival programmer and chamber of commerce leader based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jack has served in various development, education, and programming roles with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee LGBT Resource Center, Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival, Milwaukee Film, and In Tandem Theatre. In 2018, Jack’s work at Milwaukee Film helped launch GenreQueer, a year round program of documentary and fiction films spotlighting LGBTQ+ narratives. Now in their eighth year of film programming, they currently serve as Milwaukee Film’s GenreQueer and Shorts Programmer. In addition to his role in film festival programming, Jack represents the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce as their Membership and Events Director. When Jack isn't networking or watching screeners, you can find him planning his next theatre-centric trip to New York.
Her career has been dedicated to empowering young independent thinkers through the exploration of art history and creative expression—prioritizing equitable praxis through engagements with film as well as demystifying the path for BIPOC students to becoming film fest administrators and curators. You’ll often hear her shouting “WE NEED MORE BLACK PROGRAMMERS!!” from the rooftops of her current home and office in the Bay Area, CA to anyone who will listen.

Ofir Raul Graizer is a director, writer and editor who is based in Germany. He is a graduate of the Film School in Sapir College, Sderot, Israel. His short films were screened in numerous film festivals including Cannes, Clermont-Ferrand, and more. His first feature film The Cakemaker was theatrically released in 26 countries, received international acclaim and rated 98% in Rottentomateos. It was Israel's official entry to the Oscars. His second feature America premiered in the 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2022. It is sold by Beta Cinema and will be commercially released in USA, Canada, Australia, Spain, Israel and Czech Republic.