Jury
Features
ANGELO ACERBI – FILM PROGRAMMER
He has been involved in cinema for more than twenty years, starting in film festivals (Turin Film Festival and TG&LFF), 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 moved on to the Seattle international Film Festival, for which he has been programming for Europe and Italy for 15 years and for 12 also for the selection of Cinema Italian Style Seattle, the Italian film festival. He collaborates as a reporter and journalist with Fred Film Radio ( www.fred.fm) since its beginnings. He teaches Cinematography and Multimedia Languages at the Galli Academy - IED Network, in Como.
YAKIRA DELGADILLO – FILM PROGRAMMER
Yakira is a film programmer for the San Diego Latino Film Festival. It is her passion and goal to create spaces and strive for inclusion for underrepresented storytellers and communities in film and television. Before becoming a programmer, she served as Box Office Associate and Theater Manager for SDLFF. Her professional experience includes Box Office Management for Sundance Film Festival, and Theater Management for San Diego International Film Festival, San Diego Asian Film Festival and Tucson Cine Mexico.
Documentaries
DAN HUNT – FILMMAKER
For over 25 years, Director Dan Hunt has been creating award-winning documentaries that explore gender, sexuality, aging, and prison reform. His work has broadcast on PBS, ABC, Logo, Netflix, and HULU and screened at top festivals all over the world. Hunt is a Documentary Features Programmer for the Tribeca Film Festival and is on faculty at Marymount Manhattan College.
ROBERTO PAZOS – DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER
Roberto Pazos is a Peruvian American director and producer. He has directed “Educadores de la Calle” (Winner of the Port de Bouc Festival, France, 1995), “7 minutes to heaven” (48 Hour Film Project, 2011) and “Mr. Peace” (documentary, 2013). Pazos, a native of Peru, is the host and producer of “Peruanos en el Mundo” a weekly travel show that airs weekly on the Sur Peru network in the USA. Pazos has produced more than 250 episodes since the show began airing nationwide in the USA and Canada in 2015. Pazos previously worked for CNN (2008-2011), Univision (2011-2017) and is a double graduate from Florida International University with an undergraduate degree in Journalism and a masters degree (MBA) in business. Pazos is the founder of the Film Showcase "Filmed in Peru" (New York / New Jersey; July 2023) and is currently directing the documentary "Aune" recorded in Peru, Bolivia and Germany.
