Young Onion Award Jury

Amir George is a filmmaker and curator as well as a programmer at True/False Film Fest, based in Columbia, Missouri. As an artist, George creates spiritual stories, juxtaposing sound and image into an experience of non-linear perception.

George’s films have been screened at institutions and film festivals such as the Institute of Contemporary Arts – London, Anthology Film Archives, Glasgow School of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Trinidad and Tobago International Film Festival, among others.

Samir Ljuma is an acclaimed cinematographer and producer from Macedonia. He has worked as DOP on several documentary films and collaborated with various macedonian and foreign film directors.

The last 5 years he has been working closely with the Oscar-nominated directors Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska, particularly on projects related to nature conservation and environmental issues in North Macedonia, such as “Lake of Apples” and “Honeyland”. He is also the DOP as well as the producer of the short film “Mishko” directed by Hanis Bagashov.

Samir is the winner of many awards, the American Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Documentary Cinematography being only one of them.

Beatrice Wangondu is a creative producer, screenwriter and documentary director from Kenya.

The visual world has always fascinated her. Her passion has grown over the years through education, media exposure and hands on experience to join the best in her generation.

She was shortlisted in the top 20 Kenyan screenwriters at Kenya’s first ever Script writing competition. Among her independent works is also her short film ‘The Whistle Blower’ which won Best Short Film, Best Cinematography and Best Editing awards at The Kalasha Awards Kenya 2019. She is currently in development for a feature film and a television series.