COLIFFE

OFFICIAL JURY OF NATIONAL COMPETITIONS

ALESSANDRO BONIFAZI

A cinematographer, university professor, and established film producer, he has worked on works such as The Legend of Kaspar Hauser, Beket (winner of the Locarno Film Festival), On the Volcano, The Sun of the Future, In Your Hands, Anna, Married Compromises, The Land of Women, Takeaway, and numerous documentaries, including Portrait of My Father (Silver Ribbon), The Color of Words, The Good, the Beautiful, the Bad, Don't Be Silent, and 1938: When We Discovered Were No Longer Italian.

As a cinematographer, he has worked on numerous documentaries: The Color of Words, Traces of Pehuenches, The Pope Meets the Young People, The Basilica of San Clemente, Rome in the Jubilees, Two Women and the Others, Telekommando, and Forbidden to Minors, to name a few.

A co-founder of the film production company Blue Film in Rome, he is currently a professor for the Master's Degree in "Film and Audiovisual Management" at the University of Cagliari. President of the official jury of the COLIFFE national competitions.

ELISABETTA PELLINI

CANDY ROSE

An accomplished actress and director, she has starred in several TV series (Le tre rose di Eva – Distretto di polizia 7 – Solo per Amore 2 – Medico in famiglia – Le Cose che restano). Her film work ranges from comedy to more dramatic films. She is best known for her roles in Lockdownlove.it (2021), Il monaco che vinse l'apocalisse (2024) e Il maresciallo Rocca (1996)

Actress, dancer, and instructor at the Micca Club Academy, as well as an established burlesque performer. She is currently part of the cast of the Velvet Cabaret

UGO DI TULLIO

UGO DE ROSSI

A famous editor, former assistant to Pasolini, Fellini, Rosi, Monicelli, Petri, Pontecorvo and Bertolucci, he has edited masterpieces such as Ginger and Fred by F. Fellini, Il lungo silenzio of M. Von Trotta, La Settima stanza of M. Mezsaros, Il Signor "Quindicipalle" of F. Nuti, Palermo Milano of C. Fragasso, Malena and La leggenda del Pianista sull'oceanodi G. Tornatore by G. Tornatore

Professor of "Organization and Legislation of Cinematographic and Theatrical Performance" at the University of Pisa and the Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples. Former President of the Fondazione Mediateca Regionale Toscana Film Commission and General Director of TV Prato 39. Author of numerous books, he is currently a financial and legal consultant for film productions and President of the Angeletti Foundation, Metamovie Srl, and Italy Film Investments

ARIANNA DI TOMASSO

A highly communicative, empathetic, and creative person, with strong leadership, problem-solving, and teamwork skills. She possesses an innate sense of ethics in life and work, critical thinking, adaptability and flexibility, resilience, and antifragility. She holds a high school diploma in classical studies from the Gabriele d'Annunzio Classical High School in Pescara and a degree in Communication Sciences from UNITE University in Teramo. She has served as Project Manager, General Director, and Artistic Director of the Settimo Senso International Film Festival in Pescara. She was Project Manager of the Aurum Award for Cinema, Writing, and Photography from 2011 to 2014. She is the creator, host, and creator of the program "Il Quarto D'ora Accademico" for Cinema Sotto Le Stelle at Manifestazioni Pescaresi

MANUEL CARDELLA

Italian-Spanish singer-songwriter, winner of a European Youth Oscar, double platinum and gold record in Italy, with two different singles, two top-selling albums in Italy on Amazon, one in Italian and one entirely in Spanish. He boasts over 35 million views and streams. In 2023, YouTube included him among the 20 most influential Latin singers in the world, after his music was listened to in over 110 countries around the world in a single year. Awarded in Paraguay for Best Latin Music Album Produced in Europe in 2021

ARIANNA NINCHI

Actress, she worked for Francesco Falaschi, Daniele Misischia, Leonardo Pieraccioni, Stefano Mordini and is famous for having participated in Gloss - Cambiare si può (2007), Matildà: con l'accento sulla a (2018) and Cosa fai a Capodanno? (2018)

CRISTIANA BINI

Screenwriter and director, creator and artistic director of film events including Donne in corto in 1995, the world's first short film festival about women. President of the jury at the Girona Int. Film Festival, she curates the Roberto Leoni Award of €1,000 for the best screenplay of an Italian debut film, dedicated to the great screenwriter and director, author of Santa Sangre (listed by Empire among the 500 best films of all time), to whom she was wife and collaborator for 32 years

OFFICIAL JURY OF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS

ROBERTO BESSI

An accomplished film producer of works such as Modigliani's The Colors of the Soul, Fantaghirò, Red Gold, Pietro Mennea, and State of Drunkenness. A life between Los Angeles and Rome, from Sandokan to Hollywood. Roberto, an executive creative producer, grew up in the film industry and has worked on dozens of films, including Richard Donner's Ladyhawk with Michelle Pfeiffer and Mike Barker's A Good Woman with Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson, and Tom Wilkinson. In addition to his work as a producer, Bessi is a driving force behind the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome and also teaches the business aspects of film production at the University of Tor Vergata in Rome and the European School of Economics in London. President of the Official Jury of the COLIFFE International Competitions.

EDMOND TOPI

A graduate of the Academy of Arts in Tirana with a degree in Dramaturgy, he holds a postgraduate degree in Film Direction, Film Production, Media Management, Foreign Policy, and European Integration. Edmond is the current CEO and Executive Director of the "Nositi" Multimedia Studio and the founder and CEO of IMMMAV, the Albanian Institute for Management and Monitoring of Audiovisual Media. He is also a co-founder, co-owner, and director of SCREEN AD. He is also a member of the local multimedia television network RrTL and the founder and executive director of the "Marubi" Academy of Cinema and Multimedia. He is a correspondent for ATSH and RTSH in the Federal Republic of Germany, Brussels, and Strasbourg, director of the "Shqiperia e Re" film studio in Tirana, and an actor at the "Bylis" Theater in Fier. Edmond has served as assistant director on numerous feature films, 12 short documentaries on social issues for German television, and 25 documentaries raising awareness about gender equality. Producer, director, and host of "Euroline," "Eva," and "Crossroads." Edmond is the founder and executive director of the "DEA OPEN AIR" International Film Festival

MIRELA OKTROVA

A graduate of several universities, she holds degrees in Media Sciences from the University of Cologne, in General Linguistics from the University of Bonn, in Albanological Sciences, and a Master of Arts from the University of Tirana. Mirela completed her postgraduate studies in Theatre Sciences at the Academy of Arts in Tirana, where she also earned a doctorate in comparative media and theatre studies. Mirela, now the founder/director of the IMOCS (Institute of Media, Opinion, and Communication Studies) in Tirana, has taught for many years at various educational institutions, including the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at the Public University of Tirana, the Department of Applied Arts at the European University of Tirana, the Summer Academy for Young Politicians in Tirana, and the Faculty of Performing Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Tirana. Mirela has served as director of Albanian Public Radio and Television, as a representative of the German press agency DPA in Albania, as a journalist/reporter for Albanian public television (Klan-TV, TV - Arbëria, Alba-TV), as an editor at Deutsche Welle TV in Cologne, as a war reporter, and as a political expert at the Federal Ministry of the Interior in Bonn (Federal Republic of Germany). Mirela has published several books and numerous articles, analyses, and interviews, and has also written and directed films. She is the Artistic Director of the DEA International Film Festival.

LLUÍS VALENTÍ

Spanish director, screenwriter, producer, and cultural organizer with a longstanding contribution to European and Latin American cinema. He has been the founder and director of the Girona Film Festival since 1989, as well as the Catalan Film Academy. Lluis has received several major awards: the Premis Barcelona, Premis Carles Duran, Premis Xavier Cugat, and the Mexican Talent Awards. He is the director of the College of Film Directors of Catalonia and represents Catalonia in the Assembly of the Federation of European Film Directors (FERA). As a producer, he has worked on over 60 films and founded the production company Valentí Films, a company later merged with the distribution company Versus Films, specializing in the distribution of dramas, comedies, and documentaries in Spain. Valentí holds a PhD in Art History from the University of Barcelona. He has taught film at prestigious institutions in Mexico, including the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), La Salle University, and the Cinematographic Training Center (CCC)

BILYANA RAEVA

An expert in international cooperation and project management at the International Red Cross and Health Films Festival, she has extensive European experience, having worked for the European Commission, EUROCITIES (Brussels), the Bulgarian government as the Managing Authority's Head of Administrative Capacity for the Operational Programme, and the Municipality of Varna as its representative in Brussels. An expert in project management, with funding from the Interreg, URBACT, and Horizont programs, Bilyana has also led several major initiatives and productions in the city of Varna, European Youth Capital 2017, for the Creative Neighborhood Association, and for MTV presents the Varna Beach Shows in 2017 and 2018. She was an associate producer on the film "18% Gray" by the Chouchkov brothers and on the second season of the TV series "Opera"

MD ASHRAFUL ALAM

(ASHRAF SHISHIR)

Bangladeshi independent filmmaker and screenwriter. He has served as a jury member at over 35 prestigious international film festivals. His directorial work has won 26 international awards. A pioneer of the "Free Length Film" style, his 21-hour feature film holds the record for the longest film in the world

IVELINA MARTINOVA

A graduate of French Philology, she works as an assistant director on feature films and documentaries in France, Italy, and Lithuania. In Bulgaria, she collaborates with production companies Sofilm, New Image, Eyevision, and Belle Epoque. She writes and translates for Bulgarian and French publications: Dolce far niente, Perfect day, Le Monde, and I'Express. Since 2014, she has been working on the project to create a university television station at the Medical University of Varna and is currently responsible for the specialized media program

BEGÜM AYLIN ÖNDER

JANA YAKOVLEVA

A film and theater actress, she is Deputy Director of the Bulgarian Cultural Institute in Italy and Artistic Director of the Bulgarian Film Festival, an annual film festival held in Rome, now in its 18th year. She holds a Master's degree from the K. Sarafov National Academy of Dramatic and Film Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria

Academic and visual communication designer, Vice Dean and Director of the Department of Visual Communication Design at Istanbul Arel University. She has taught theoretical and practical courses at various universities, organized international conferences and exhibitions, and edited volumes. She has presented solo and group exhibitions