The Juries
Jeff Russo is an Emmy Award-winning and Grammy-nominated composer, scoring varied and compelling music for film, television and video games. Upcoming projects include FX’s series Alien; and Paramount+’s Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
Russo’s film credits include Olatunde Osunsanmi’s Star Trek: Section 31; Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Rob Peace, which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival; Bartlett Sher’s Oslo, which he co-scored with Zoë Keating and for which he received an Emmy nomination.
His music can also be heard on shows such as FX’s Fargo, for which Russo received an Emmy in 2017 and four additional nominations; Netflix’s limited series, Ripley; Peacock’s Mrs. Davis; HBO Max’s LoveandDeath; Amazon Prime’s TheConsultant; Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy; Cursed; Starz’s Power Book II: Ghost, produced by Curtis Jackson “50 Cent” and more.
In addition to composing music for film and television, Russo is a founding member, lead guitarist and co-songwriter of two-time Grammy nominated, multi-platinum selling rock band, Tonic. In 2003, the band received two Grammy nominations, one for “Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with V ocal” for "Take Me As I Am", and one for “Best Rock Album.” Russo also received a BAFTA nomination for Best Music for Annapurna Interactive's video game, What Remains of Edith Finch.
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Louise Bourgoin is a French actress and Beaux-Arts alumnus who started her career on television, as a columnist and a comedian on the CANAL+ TV show Le Grand Journal, for which she wrote and acted out her own skits until 2008.
She started out on the big screen in 2002 with a role in Les Femmes ou les enfants d’abord by Manuel Poirier, but her true big break happened with La Fille de Monaco, directed by Anne Fontaine, for which she received the Raimu Prize for Best Revelation and was nominated for the César Award for Best Female Revelation in 2009. She then acted in very different projects such as Adèle Blanc-Sec directed by Luc Besson (2009), in which she plays the title role, White as Snow (2010), and A Happy Event (2011). In 2012, she treaded the boards in her first play, A quoi rêvent les autres, directed by Olivia Rosenthal and Laurent Larivière.
In 2013, she can be seen in many movies, including The Nun opposite Isabelle Huppert. She then went on acting abroad in the American production Mojave and continued performing in French films, such as The White Knights with Vincent Lindon and I Am a Soldier directed by Laurent Larivière selected in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival, and for which she won the Golden Swann for Best Actress at the Cabourg Film Festival in 2016.
Since 2018, she is one of the main characters on the Thomas Lilti’s series, Hippocrate. She is also a part of the French-American show Mister Spade directed by Scott Franck.
In 2022, she is seen in the feature film The Mountain, presented at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes, and in 2023 in Bis Repetita, which received a special mention from the Alpe d’Huez International Film Festival jury. In 2025, she will headline two features: Magistrate and Je le jure.
Alongside her acting career, she is very invested in writing and visual arts.
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Discovered by Bertrand Tavernier in La Princesse de Montpensier, French Actor Cesar Domboy (35) has been working successfully in film and television since he was a teenager. Cesar began his international career with Robert Zemeckis’s The Walk and then added amazing tv series to his roster, such as Tom Fontana’s Borgia, to multiple hit seasons on Starz’s award-winning TV series Outlander in the recurring role of Fergus Fraser and SAS: Rogue Heroes by Steven Knight, creator of acclaimed television series, Peaky Blinders.
However, César Domboy maintains strong ties to his home country with films in France like Eugénie Grandet, directed by Marc Dugain, Netflix’s hit film No Limit and the acclaimed tv series CULTE on Amazon Prime.
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She was born in Madrid, Spain in 1971. From a very young age, she knew she wanted to be an actress. She soon began her training to start her career in film and television. Her professional debut in cinema came in 1998, under the direction of Salvador García Ruiz, with the film Mensaka, for which she received the award for Best New Actress from the Union of Actors.
Since then, she has participated in over thirty Spanish and French films, including those directed by AlmodóvarHable con ella, Los abrazos rotos, Los amantes pasajeros, and Volver, a film for which she won the Best Female Performance Award at the Cannes Film Festival; Mar adentro by Amenábar and Yo, también by Álvaro Pastor and Antonio Naharro, for which she has received the Goya Awards for Best Performance; Alleluia, directed by Fabrice Du Welz, No sé decir adiós by Lino Escalera, and Viaje al cuarto de una madre by Celia Rico.
She has received numerous accolades for her work in all of these films. Her latest film, Sobre todo de noche, a film noir-tinged drama directed by Víctor Iriarte in which Manuel Egozkue also participates, has recently been released in theaters. In television, she stands out for her participation in the series Instinto for Movistar + and Veneno for Atresplayer. Her most recent series is La Mesías by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, recently premiered on Movistar +. In this thriller, Lola plays Montserrat Baró, a religious mother who believes that God communicates with her to give her the mission of saving the world through her daughters.
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Soo Hugh is the showrunner, executive producer, and creative visionary behind Pachinko, the acclaimed Apple TV+ drama based on the eponymous bestselling novel. Premiering in 2022, the series has won multiple awards, including The Peabody, The Gotham Awards, and The Critics’ Choice Award.
In 2024, Hugh signed a multi-year overall deal with Apple TV+ and Media Res. Under the deal, Hugh and her Moonslinger Productions banner headed by Margo Klewans will create, write, and produce content for the streaming service, and the TV studio and movie production company. Her upcoming projects include Bruised Fruit for Apple TV+ starring Viola Davis and an adaptation of Tender Is the Night for Searchlight, in partnership with Margot Robbie’s and Tom Ackerley LuckyChap Entertainment. She is also developing an adaptation of Kim Un-su’s novel The Plotters. Her other producing projects include the true crime thriller Larrimah with George Prichette writing and showrunning, a television adaptation of Thomas Vinterberg’s The Commune, and an English language remake of Kim Ki-Young’s seminal film trilogy, The Housemaid.
Previously, Hugh was the co-showrunner for AMC’s The Terror produced by Ridley Scott. She also created ABC’s The Whispers, produced by Steven Spielberg. Other television writing credits include The Killing (AMC) and Under the Dome (CBS). Hugh formerly had a multi-year overall deal with Universal Content Productions to develop, write and produce projects. As part of the deal, she launched an incubator program, “The Thousand Miles Project,” to help bring more AAPI stories to cinematic life, and jumpstart fruitful careers in the entertainment industry.
She earned her BA from Yale University and her MFA from University of Southern California’s film school. Hugh lives in New York City.
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Marnie Blok is a former actress, an accomplished screenwriter, and recently made her directorial debut. Her final acting role was in Frailer (TIFF 2014). As a screenwriter, she has written several feature films, including The Happy Housewife, Jackie (TIFF 2012), Kenau, Simon and the Oaks, and Open Water (based on Philip Huffs book), which received nine nominations and won Best Feature Screenplay.
She has written several acclaimed tv-series, including Line 32 and Ramses, which won multiple awards, such the Nipkow Award, the Prix Europa, and an International Emmy for Best Actor. Blok wrote Childhood Dreams(co-created with director Bram Schouw), which was selected at CANNESERIES in 2022. The series was nominated for Best Screenplay and Best Series in the Netherlands and received nominations for the Prix Europa and Prix Italia, ultimately winning Best Series at the New York Festival in 2024. Máxima, which she co-wrote, was screened Out of Competition atCANNESERIES in 2023.
Most recently, Marnie Blok wrote and directed Beyond Silence, a 17-minute short film about the devastating consequences of being silence(d) about sexual abuse, the necessity of breaking that silence, and the fear of social repercussions when coming forward.
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Omari Douglas is a BAFTA and Olivier nominated actor. He most recently starred in Joe Barton's series for Netflix, Black Doves, alongside Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw.
He is well known for his breakthrough role in Russell T Davies’ smash hit Channel 4 and HBO Max series It's A Sin, which earned him a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He can also be seen in Billie Piper and Lucy Prebble’s critically acclaimed series I Hate Suzie Too, Russell T Davies’ ITV mini-series Nolly and Raine Allen Miller’s feature debut Rye Lane.
Omari hails from a theatre background and has appeared in a number of notable productions including Ivo Van Hove’s adaptation of A Little Life alongside James Norton, Cabaret alongside Jessie Buckley and Eddie Redmayne and Constellations opposite Russell Tovey, which led to an Olivier nomination for Best Actor. He recently starred in the world premiere of Coral Wylie’s debut play Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew at the Bush Theatre.
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Fauve Hautot is a multi-faceted artist: dancer, choreographer, director and actress. Passionate and bold, she was able to impose her own style within the French art scene.
She made her name thanks to the French version of Dancing with the Stars, in which she shined as a dancer but also as a judge, and became one the major figures in live entertainment.
In 2025, Fauve Hautot is starting her acting career: she played in Bastion 36, directed by Olivier Marchal (Netflix) and in the feature Délocalisés by Ali and Redouane Bougheraba. She will soon be seen on TF1 in Rien ne t’efface by Jérôme Cornuau or Zonz, directed by Marine Colomies and Marine Maugrain-Legagneur on France TV Slash.
While she was on set, she took part in the most memorable international event of 2024: the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony. She has also started her own dance company this year, SAME BUT DIFFERENT, with Romain Guillermic.
Fauve Hautot keeps exploring new horizons across disciplines, with the same energy and passion as always.
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Philippe Falardeau studied political sciences and international relations. He directed nine feature films, including Congorama, selected at the 2006 Directors’ Fortnight and Monsieur Lazhar, nominated for an Oscar in the category Best International Feature Film in 2012.
In 2022, he directed the series Last Summer of the Raspberries, selected at Berlinale Series. Following that, he directed the docu-seriesLac-Mégantic – This is not an accident, selected at CANNESERIES and Hot Docs in 2023.
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Award-winning actor Narges Rashidi has earned widespread acclaim for her powerful performances. She can currently be seen on screens in SKY’s hit show Gangs of Londonand will next appear in Netflix’s Havocopposite Tom Hardy.
Her film credits include Last Swim, The Allegation — which won the Grand Prix and Best Screenplay Award at CANNESERIES — andUnder the Shadow, which earned her a Best Actress nomination at the BIFAs, won her Breakthrough Actress at the New York International Film Festival, and was the UK’s official entry for the 89th Academy Awards.
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Masséna High School - 06000 Nice
Alexis de Tocqueville High School - 06130 Grasse
Jeanne et Paul Augier High School - 06200 Nice
René Goscinny High School - 06310 Drap
Bristol High School - 06400 Cannes
Manouchian High School - 06200 Nice
Alfred Hutinel High School - 06150 Cannes-La-Bocca
Côte d'Azur University
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Côte d'Azur University
Côte d'Azur University
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