The Juries
Henriette Steenstrup, an award-winning actress and comedian, has also worked as a creator and screenwriter in recent years. She achieved her breakthrough with the Viaplay series Pørni, where she also plays the lead role. After completing her education at the Norwegian Theatre Academy, she made a name for herself in productions of Ibsen and Shakespeare at the National Theatre before later venturing into the world of comedy. She has had prominent roles in several films, including those directed by the critically acclaimed filmmaker Dag Johan Haugerud. Her latest film, Be Aware of Children, received 12 Amanda Awards and the Dragon Award for Best Film at the Gothenburg Film Festival, where Henriette was also honored with the award for Best Acting. She has also hosted TV programs and appeared in several comedy shows and TV series as an actress, including Lilyhammer and Ragnarok. Currently, she is working on completing Season 5 of Pørni while also developing two new TV series.
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In 2007, Pénélope Bagieu created “Ma vie est tout à fait fascinante”, an online blog where she reports about her daily life with humor and originality. Her work then branched outto advertising, press and, first and foremost, to the bookshops through her comic books and graphic novels (Cadavre exquis, California Dreamin’, Culottées, Sacrées sorcières...) which have been translated all over the world and received many awards. A significant success that also reached cinema and television with the adaptation of Joséphine and Culottées.
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Nathan Stewart-Jarrett can currently be seen as the leadin fantastic new Disney+ series Culprits and incredible LGBT thriller/horror feature Femme opposite George MacKay. For his performance alongside McKay, the pair won the Best Joint Performance Award at this year’s BIFA’s. Femme follows Jules (Stewart-Jarrett), a drag artist, who is the victim of a horrific homophobic attack which destroys his life and career. A few months later, Jules encounters the ring leader of his attackers (McKay) in a gay sauna and a dangerous game of revenge ensues.
Nathan recently starred in Jordan Peele’s racially charged reboot of the classic horror film Candyman for Universal and Lena Dunham-Produced HBO Max dramedy series Generation. On stage, Nathan last starred as Belize in the Tony/Olivier Award-Winning play Angels in america from playwright Tony Kushner starring alongside Andrew Garfield. Nathan is perhaps most recognized for his lead role as Curtis Donovan in the E4 hit series Misfits. Additional notable credits include BBC’s Doctor Who, AMC’s Soulmates and Channel 4’s Utopia.
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Ovidie is an author as well as a fiction and documentary director, with a PhD in Literature and Film Studies. She specializes in body issues, feminism and sexuality. She started exploring the concept of feminist pornography, through film fictions, during the 2000s. In 2010, she started directing TV documentaries and fictions for France 2, Arte and CANAL+, including Pornocracy (2017), Everything’s Better than a Hooker (2018, winner of the Amnesty International Prize for Best Documentary), or Tu enfanteras dans la douleur (2019). She also created and directed the series A very ordinary world (2022) for which she received an International Emmy Award. At the same time, she created several documentary radio programs including L’éducation sexuelle des enfants d’Internet and Qu’est-ce quipourrait sauver l’amour?, but also podcasts such as La Dialectique du calbute sale.
Ovidie is also known for her essays, such as La Chair est triste hélas (Julliard) and her graphic novels including Les Cœurs insolents which received the 25th Prix des lycéens des Hauts-de-France.
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Award-winning UK Film & TV Producer Alex Boden has specialised in international production with Europe, Japan and the US since launching Pistachio Pictures in 1999. Recent productions include TOKYO VICE (Max) from J.T. Rogers, starring Ansel Elgort and Ken Watanabe; the fantasy adventure series CURSED (Netflix) from Tom Wheeler and Frank Miller; and the ground-breaking series SENSE8 (Netflix), directed by the Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer, for which he was nominated for a PGA Award.
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After studying anthropology, Julien Cernobori became a director and reporter. He has worked for Radio France for several years, where he created, directed and hosted many original shows and programs. A sensitive interviewer, passionate about the art of storytelling, he likes collecting anonymous journeys, being a witness to people’s everyday lives, and prompting encounters with the audience thanks to meticulous editing. He created numerous podcast series, such as Superhéros, Le Centre du monde or even Rives de Seine. Today, he has become an independent producer and has been directing his podcast saga CERNO L’anti-enquête since 2019.
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