Juries 2022
International Jury
Borja Cobeaga
Spain
Director, scriptwriter, producer
A director, scriptwriter and producer born in Saint-Sebastián in 1977, Borja Cobeaga first studied audiovisual communication at the University of Basque Country’s Euskampus. After his studies, during which he wrote and directed several short films that stood out at various festivals, he began working as an assistant director in the television sector. His works have won numerous awards in Spain and abroad (in particular La Primera Vez (The First Time), which was nominated for the best short fiction film at the 16th Goya awards in 2001). In 2003, he was entrusted with directing the first season of the humorous show Vaya Semanita, shown on ETB, Basque public television, as well as other television shows which he also worked on as a writer. He is one of the founder members of the production company Sayaka, created in 2005, the year his short film Éramos Pocos (One Too Many) was nominated for the Oscar for best short film, won over eighty awards and was shown in over 250 festivals around the world, including Clermont-Ferrand in 2006 where it featured in the International Competition.
With Diego San José, he co-wrote the highest grossing film in Spanish cinema, 8 Apellidos Vascos, its sequel, 8 Apellidos Catalanes and the big screen adaptation of the comic book Superlópez.
SHORT FILMS
Director, scriptwriter
1994: Sangre Suicida
1995: Usura
1996: El Principo del Fin
1998: Cupido Es Áspero
1999: El Amor en Tiempos de Burocracia
2001: La Primera Vez (The First Time)
2005: Eramos Pocos (One Too Many) (co-script. Sergio Barrejón), Best Short Film Live Action Nomination - Academy Awards 2007, International Competition - Clermont-Fd 2006, Focus on Spain selection - Clermont-Fd 2022
2010: Un Novio de Mierda
2007: Limoncello (co-dir. & co-script. Luis Alejandro Berdejo, Jorge C. Dorado)
2016: Bidexka
2017: Zanahorio
Director
2013: Democracia
FEATURE FILMS
Director, scriptwriter
2009: Pagafantas (Friend Zone), Best New Director Nomination - Goya Awards (Spain) 2010
2010: No Controles (co-script. Diego San José Castellano)
2014: Negociador, Irizar Award - SSIFF (San Sebastián, Spain) 2014, Best Film :Comedy – Feroz Awards (Spain) 2016, Best Original Screenplay Nomination - Goya Awards (Spain) 2016
2016: En tu Cabeza (Milagros y Remedios segment)
2017: Fe de Etarras (Bomb Scared) (co-script. Diego San José Castellano)
2022: Los Aitas
Scriptwriter
2011: Amigos… by Marcos Cabotá & Borja Manso (co-script. Marcos Cabotá, Marta González de La Vega)
2014: Ocho Apellidos Vascos (Spanish Affairs) by Emilio Martínez Lázaro (co-script. Diego San José Castellano)
2015: Ocho Apellidos Catalanes (Spanish Affairs 2) by Emilio Martínez Lázaro (co-script. Diego San José Castellano)
2018: Superlópez by Javier Ruiz Caldera (co-script. Diego San José Castellano)
TV SERIES
Director
2003: Vaya Semanita
2010: Muchachada Nui (co-dir. Joaquín Reyes) (1 episode)
2019: Justo Antes de Cristo (3 episodes)
2020: Vamos Juan (3 episodes)
Scriptwriter
2006: En Buena Compañía (co-script. Sergio Barrejón, José Javier Reguilón) (5 episodes)
2016: El Ministerio del Tiempo by Javier & Pablo Olivares (co-script. Javier & Pablo Olivares) (Tiempo de lo Oculto episode)
TV FILM
Director
2014: Aupa Josu
Joanna Quinn
United Kingdom
Director
Joanna Quinn, the British director of animated films, is a major, acclaimed and adored figure in the world animation. She is internationally recognized for her unique talents as an artist, her wonderful characterizations and her humor. Joanna’s films and advertising work have won many awards, including four BAFTAs, three Emmys and two Oscar nominations. She has received grants and honorary doctorates from four British universities, including the Royal College of Art in London, and in 1996 she was awarded the Leonardo da Vinci International Art Award. Her latest film, Affairs of the Art, which she made with Les Mills, won its first international award when it premiered at Clermont-Ferrand in 2021.
SHORT FILMS
Director, scriptwriter
1987: Girls Night Out (co-dir. Angela Hughus, Les Mills), British short film panorama selection - Clermont-Fd 1991
1996: Famous Fred
Director
1990: Body Beautiful
1992: Cabarets: Elles (co-dir. Hortense Guillemard)
1993: Britannia
1998: The Wife of Bath’s Tale
2006: Dreams and Desire - Family Ties, International Competition - Clermont-Fd 2007
2021: Affairs of the Art, Award for Best Animation - Clermont-Fd 2021
National Jury
Regina Pessoa
Portugal
Director, scriptwriter, animator, illustrator
Regina Pessoa was born in Coimbra, Portugal in 1969. She studied Painting at the School of Fine Arts of the University of Porto. In 1999, she directed her first film, A Noite (The Night) using a technique of animated engraving on plaster plates. Since then, working with a variety of animated engraving techniques, she has continued to create and direct auteur films such as História Trágica com Final Feliz (Tragic Story with a Happy End) in 2005, Kali le petit vampire (Kali the Little Vampire) in 2012 and Tio Tomás, a Contabilidade dos Dias (Uncle Thomas Accounting for the Days) in 2019. Her films have since gone on to win over 150 awards at major international film festivals.
In 2016 became Senior Lecturer at Animationsinstitut - FILMAKADEMIE, Germany. In 2018 became a Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
In 2021, she was elected in 3rd place - and the 1st woman - in a list of the best 25 animation short filmmakers of the last 25 years, by a jury made up of 25 international leading academics, scholars, artistic directors and journalists, an initiative of Animac - Catalonia International Animation Film Festival - on the occasion of the celebration of its 25th anniversary.
Regina expresses a distinctive and creative personal vision, not only in her films, but through her illustration, painting and drawing works.
She is currently developing her next film, Mother Faces at Ciclope Filmes Studio owned by her and her partner and situated on the grounds of their charming Museum of Moving Image - Casa Museu de Vilar.
SHORT FILMS
Director, scriptwriter, animator
1999: A Noite (The Night), Portugal programme - Clermont-Fd 2002
2005: História Trágica com Final Feliz (Tragic Story with a Happy End), International Competition - Clermont-Fd 2006, Grand prix - Annecy 2006, Grand prix - SICAF (Seoul, South Korea) 2006
2012: Kali le petit vampire (Kali the Little Vampire), Hiroshima Prize - International Animation Festival (Japan) 2012, National Competition and Young audience programmes - Clermont-Fd 2013
2019: Tio Tomás, a Contabilidade dos Dias (Uncle Thomas Accounting for the Days), Jury Award and Best original Music Award (for Normand Roger) - Annecy 2019, National Competition - Clermont-Fd 2020
EXHIBITIONS
1999: retrospective about the film A Noite (The Night) - Espinho, Covilhã (Portugal)
2005 - 2010: retrospective about the film História Trágica com Final Feliz (Tragic Story with a Happy End) - Stuttgart (Germany), San Sebastián (Spain), Ljubljana (Slovenia), Bergamo (Italy), Zagreb, Rijeka (Croatia), Porto, Vila do Conde, Faro, Abrantes, Caldas da Rainha, Matosinhos (Portugal), Valence, Saint-Quentin (France)
2013 - 2016: retrospective about the film Kali le petit vampire (Kali the Little Vampire) - Gentilly, Orly (France), Recife (Brazil), Bairut (Lebanon), Vila do Conde, Montemor-o-Novo, Lisbon (Portugal)
2013 - 2021: retrospective Light Traces - Amares, Lisbon, Braga, Alcobaça (Portugal), Valencia (Spain), Conversano (Italy)
2020: retrospective about the film Tio Tomás, a Contabilidade dos Dias (Uncle Thomas Accounting for the Days) - Vila do Conde (Portugal)
Lab Jury
Student Juries
Clermont Auvergne University
Clermont Auvergne University is very proud to carry the International Student Jury Prize. This initiative complements the recurring actions that bind us to the festival : projection of films in Agnès Verda auditorium, pedagocical activities and tutored projects proposed in the studies and linked to the festival activities. The student jury allows ten students to participate in a collective experience and act for this international cultural event.
Clermont Auvergne University is a public institution of higher education. It brings together more than 40,000 students - about 33% of whom are international students - who come to study among the 250 courses offered.
The Cnous, Crous Clermont Auvergne
Crous is a long-time partner of the festival. At the beginning of this event, it hosted the first "short film weeks" organized by the Cercle Cinématographique Universitaire de Clermont-Ferrand. The Cnous and Crous Clermont Auvergne, already organizes the short film student contest and will allow students to attend and be essential actors of the festival by awarding national student jury the prize.
The Cnous (National Center for Academic and Academic Works) and the Crous Clermont Auvergne, state public institutions under the supervision of the Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research, have as their mission to promote the living and working conditions of the students.
Clermont-Ferrand School of Fine Arts
This year, the Festival has teamed up with the greater Clermont-Ferrand high school for the arts (ESACM) to pave the way for the second student jury for the Lab competition. This collaboration is part of our on-going partnership over the years and highlights how much the Lab programs have in common with the audio-visual teaching offered by the region’s arts high schools.
International Student Jury
Regina Campos
Clara Huguenay
Éléonore Llinares
Théo Méritet
Luce Roy-Stawirej
National Student Jury
Naéva Béreau-Baumann
Romane La Rosa
Naomie Leloup-Bariout
Maëlle Mendes
Cocon Prost
Lab Student Jury
Martha Fély
Yann Cappape-Masera
Ysée Rodrigues de Freitas Coulon
Chris Paquentin
CANAL+ / CINÉ+ Jury
Caroline Jules
Canal + Short Programmes Acquisition Officer
Laure Llose
CINÉ+ Famiz Director
Brigitte Pardo
CANAL+ Short films Acquisition Director
Procirep Jury
Composed by French producers benefited from the support of the Procirep.
Festivals Connexion Jury
Made up of three representatives of film festivals in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region that are members of Festivals Connexion, this jury highlights the diversity and dynamism of the region’s fifty-five accredited film festivals.
Jérôme Favre-Felix
Founder and Associate Director of Hyperfiction (France)
Laurent Million
Head of Films and Programme Planner - Annecy International Film Festival (France)
Sarah Onave
Programmer of the Maudit Festival (Grenoble, France)
SACD Jury (Best French-Speaking Animation)
Fabienne Gambrelle
Scriptwriter,
Animation department
Virginie Jallot
Director,
Animation department
SACD Jury (Best First Live Action Short)
Delphine Gleize
Director and Scriptwriter,
Cinema department
Jean-Paul Salomé
Director and Scriptwriter,
Cinema department
Pierre Schoeller
Director and Scriptwriter,
Cinema department
Adobe Jury for Special Effects Award
Composed by international special effects experts.
Adami Jury for the best actress and best actor in a French short film
Alexandre Alberts
Mely Bourjac
Valérie Vogt
Jury for the Best Queer Short Award
Awarded by a jury of three to a film from one of the three competitions that, beyond its LGBTQIA+ topics, depicts a world fighting the norms whose trust in film is also a badge of its freedom.
Jonas Ben Ahmed
Olivier Leculier
Pauline Penichout
Jury for Best Documentary
Jean-Baptiste Giuliani
Festival Programmer - Sans Canal Fixe
Pop-Up Jury
The very first jury of the Pop-Up section, composed of cinema and web creators, will award the YouTube Best Live Action Short prize to one of the five short films selected in the Pop-Up section this year.
Anaïs Fabre
Oriane Hurard
François Theurel
"Fernand Raynaud" Jury for Best Comedy
Composed by 3 members of the association "Les Amis du Vieux Clermont".
Christiane Jalicon
Anne-Sophie Simonet
Geneviève Thivat
National Press (Télérama) Jury
Composed by 6 journalists of the editorial board of Télérama.
www.telerama.fr
Caroline Besse
Jérémie Couston
Anne Dessuant
Cécile Marchand Ménard
Jacques Morice
Frédéric Strauss
Audience Jury
Festival-goers can have their say in conferring an Audience Award for the National, International and Lab Competitions respectively. The Audience Jury consists of viewers who have bought a booklet of fifteen tickets either through the site billetterie.clermont-filmfest.org or at the box office and have provided their email address.
The email address used for purchasing the tickets gives the viewer one chance only to vote online for:
- one of the 50 short films selected for the National Competition
- one of the 77 short films selected for the International Competition (the two French films have also been included here)
- one of the 27 short films selected for the Lab Competition
This is the exclusive link for voting: vote.clermont-filmfest.org
Voting ends: Friday 4 February 2022 at 9 am.
Contacts
National competition
Stéphane Souillat
s.souillat@clermont-filmfest.org
+33 (0)4 73 14 73 14
International competition
Tim Redford
t.redford@clermont-filmfest.org
+33 (0)4 73 14 73 21
Lab competition
Calmin Borel
c.borel@clermont-filmfest.org
+33 (0)4 73 14 73 32
