2024 Youth, Animation, Documentary International Jury

Founding member and President of Udine Far East Film Festival; president of cultural organisation Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche (CEC), an arthouse exhibition company; acquisitions consultant for the distribution company Tucker Film; co-founder and consultant for Ties That Bind; and member of the Board of Directors at Friuli Cinematheque.

Sabrina Baracetti was born in Udine in 1967 and graduated in 1994 in Literature with a thesis on Vito Pandolfi’s film Gli Ultimi, a rediscovery work which helped the subsequent restoration of the film at the end of the 1990s. Since 1991 she’s been involved in programming and promoting CEC activities, becoming its president in 1995. In 1998 she coordinated a retrospective dedicated to the history of Hong Kong cinema, which in 1999 evolved into Udine Far East Film Festival under her direction. She has been a member of many festival juries, as well as being a nomination advisor for the Asian Film Awards.

Alex C Lo is a producer and the founder of Cinema Inutile, a New York and Tokyo-based development, production and finance company that focuses on international co-productions between Asia, Europe, Latin America and the US. Cinema Inutile’s aim is to guide audiences towards underrepresented perspectives committed to artistic risk-taking as well as unique stories that encourage global conversation. Alex’s most recent producing credits include Stranger Eyes (2024 Venice, Competition) by Siew Hua Yeo, Happyend (2024 Venice, Orizzonti) by Neo Sora, An Unfinished Film (2024 Cannes, Official Selection) by Lou Ye and Viet and Nam (2024 Cannes, Un Certain Regard) by Truong Minh Quy.

Jillian featured in Noora Niasari’s debut feature film Shayda opposite award winning Iranian actress Zar Amir-Ebrahimi, which premiered at Sundance 2023. Other notable credits include voicing the lead character of Arkie in the animated feature film Scarygirl and the main cast role of Eden in television drama One Night for Paramount+, working alongside Jodie Whittaker and Yael Stone. She also played the female lead in the

ABC’s flagship series for 2022, surfing drama Barons, which can also be seen on CW in the US, and the co-lead in romantic sci-fi feature Loveland, directed by Ivan Sen and co-starring Ryan Kwanten and Hugo Weaving. Other screen credits include Kiwi comedy feature film Millie Lies Low from director Michelle Savill, which premiered at the 2022 Berlinale, series White Fever for the ABC, Netflix series Clickbait, and The Clearing for Disney+.

Jillian has trained at L’Ecole Philippe Gaulier and is a graduate of the 16th Street Actors Studio in Melbourne. She holds a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Media Communication, from the University of Melbourne. Jillian was born Huyen Dieu at Sungai Besi refugee camp in Malaysia, and both of her parents are Vietnamese, with Chinese heritage on her mother’s side. She immigrated to Australia when she was 14 months old.