MEET THE 2025 JURY
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Actor, artist, and author of Down the Drain, Fox made her screen debut in the Safdie Brothers’ Uncut Gems. She has since become a fashion icon and fearless voice for radical storytelling.
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Comedian, actor, and author best known for her seven-year run on Saturday Night Live, where she created iconic characters including Debbie Downer. Dratch is also the author of the critically acclaimed memoir Girl Walks Into a Bar: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle.
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Star of Showtime’s Yellowjackets and Disney’s The Book of Boba Fett. Most recently, Thatcher appeared in A24’s award-winning horror Heretic, opposite Hugh Grant and Chloe East.
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Emmy-nominated, AFI and Peabody Award-winning director, writer, and rapper from Brooklyn. Naim directed the pilot and all episodes of Netflix’s critically acclaimed, 100% Fresh-rated Mo, produced by A24 and Ramy Youssef.
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New York-based film editor whose credits include Terrence Malick’s Palme d’Or-winning The Tree of Life and Doug Liman’s The Wall. She has collaborated with director Jeremy Saulnier on three films, including Blue Ruin and Green Room, both of which premiered at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.
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Award-winning writer and director from Harlem. Her directing credits include HBO’s Insecure, NBC’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Max’s The Sex Lives of College Girls. As a writer, Banks has contributed to Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building, Apple TV+’s Home Before Dark, and Showtime’s SMILF.
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Actor delivering breakout performances across film and television, from sharp comedy to grounded indie dramas. In March 2025, she starred as Bushra in Hulu’s crime comedy Deli Boys.
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Emmy®-nominated producer, director, and showrunner with a focus on socially driven storytelling. Selkow’s credits include HBO’s Q: Into the Storm, HBO’s BEING MARY TYLER MOORE, Netflix’s RAPTURE and Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown.
PAST JURY MEMBERS
Beanie Feldstein | Actor
Brittany Snow | Actor
Chris Estrada | Comedian
Frankie Quiñones | Comedian
Julio Torres | Actor/Writer
Lizzy Caplan | Actor
Pamela Koffler | Producer
Susan Kelechi Watson | Actor
Indya Moore | Actor & Activist
Ethan Hawke | Actor/Director
Laverne Cox | Actor/Activist
Tig Notaro | Comedian/Writer/Actor
Samantha Bee | Comedian / TV Host
Susan Sarandon | Actor/Activist
Rebecca Miller | Filmmaker/Writer
Tiffany J. Johnson | Filmmaker
Justin Vivian Bond | Performance Artist
Ilana Glazer | Comedian/Writer/Actor
Ajay Naidu | Actor
Rosario Dawson | Actor/Producer
Denis O'Hare | Actor
Sam Levy | Director of Photography
Laura Brownson | Documentary Filmmaker
Kate Bornstein | Writer, Activist and Performer
Jeremy Allen White | Actor
Sasheer Zamata | Comedian/Actor
Paola Mendoza | Activist
Marky Ramone | The Ramones
Tiffany Shlain | Webby Awards Founder
Parker Posey | Actor
Marc Weiss | POV Founder
Tamra Simmons | Producer
Adi Ezroni | Producer
Rachel Horowitz | Producer
Dana Brunetti | Producer
Cindy Tolan | Casting Director
Julie Cohen | Documentary Filmmaker
Murray Hill | Performer, Actor
Jennifer Morrison | Actor
Judah Friedlander | Comedian
Matt FX | Music Supervisor
Chioke Nassor | Filmmaker
Heather Burns | Actor
David France | Filmmaker/Author
Raúl Castillo | Actor/Playwright
Stephen Schneider | Actor
Shannon Gibson | Executive Producer
Chloe Fineman | Actor
