Selection Committee
Meet this diverse group of film curators, programmers, and impact experts from Latin America, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and beyond.
FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS
Adrian Jonathan Pasaribu
Indonesia | Co-founder, Cinema Poetica; Curator, Jakarta Film Week; Researcher, Arts Arts Equator’s Southeast Asia Artistic Freedom RADAR
Ashley Salman
Chile / USA | Director, Writer, Cinematographer
Chong Lee Yow
Malaysia | Film Lecturer, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak; PhD Candidate, Sunway University
Farha Khatun
India | Filmmaker, Editor
Gulnara Abikeyeva
Kazakhstan | Film Scholar, Critic; President, Kazakh Film Critics Association; Board Member, NETPAC
Hà Lệ Diễm
Vietnam | Award-winning Director, Artist
Hossein Eidizadeh
Iran | Film Critic, Translator, Festival Consultant
Ignacio Catoggio
Argentina | Executive Secretary, Ibero-American Cinema (CAACI)
Javier Martín
Spain | Latin America Delegate & Selector, San Sebastian Film Festival
Luis Felipe Raguá Miranda
Colombia | Programmer, Cinemateca de Bogotá & Lichter Filmfest
Márcia Vaz
Brazil | Programming Manager, Instituto Moreira Salles
Martin Horyna
Czechia | Story Consultant, Curator; Programmer, Karlovy Vary IFF; President, FIPRESCI Czech Section
Rajan Kathet
Nepal | Filmmaker; DocNomads & Berlinale Talents Alum; Nativa Award Winner
Sharofat Arabova
Tajikistan | Filmmaker, Scholar, Author; Jury Member, Asian & European Festivals; NETPAC Member
SHORT FILMS
Jaime E. Manrique
Colombia | Founder & Director, LABORATORIOS BLACK VELVET; BOGOSHORTS
Marcio Miranda Perez
Brazil | Editor, Filmmaker
Marbel Vanegas Jusayu
Colombia | Director, Producer
Tania Delgado
Cuba | Director, Festival of New Latin American Cinema
Xun Sero
Mexico | Tsotsil Maya Documentary Filmmaker
IMPACT EXPERTS
Clare Weiskopf
Colombia | Filmmaker, Journalist; Co-founder, Casatarántula
Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala
Philippines | Documentary & Impact Producer; Oscars Jury & AMPAS Member; President, Filipino Documentary Society
Marcela Lizcano
Colombia | Filmmaker, Impact Strategist; Founder, Viceversa Cine
Rodrigo Antônio
Brazil | Training Director, Instituto Taturana
Alternativa Film Festival 2026
Are you a filmmaker from Latin America or Asia? We warmly invite you to submit your film to the third edition of the Alternativa Film Festival, taking place in Colombia in 2026.
