It is a particularly difficult task to compare and evaluate artistic and cinematic work, the story and content and ultimately select a winner. The international jury is made up of experts from a wide range of disciplines.
Judith
Ascher-Jenull
Microbiologist, Senior Researcher at the Dept. of Experimental Architecture, Integrative Design Extremes, University of Innsbruck, GROWN Lab, Material Sciences, Innsbruck
Andreas
Baumgartner
Executive Committee Member of the Austrian Soil Science Society (ASSS) and the International Society of Soil Sciences (IUSS), Head of Department for Soil Health and Plant Nutrition at AGES (Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety), Vienna
Christian
Berger
Director of Photography, Producer and Professor, Oscar nomination for Director of Cinematography for DAS WEISSE BAND (2010), Vienna
Lillian
Cooper
Environmental Artist, Delft
Lilian translates natural forms and livings into personal pieces of art. She investigates also historic approaches of natural sciences and interprets them into her art.
Maria
Gomez Brandon
Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Animal Biology, Universidad de Vigo
Heribert
Insam
Prof. Em., Dept. of Microbiology, Univ. of Innsbruck. Now science communicator at BioTreaT GmbH forCEDRIC, and founder of MikroMondo and Sounds of Science, Innsbruck
Thomas
Peham
Founder of the „Soil Award“ in 2015, Soil Expert („Soilist“) at the Office of the Regional Government of Tyrol
Magdalena
Pichler
Unit Film, Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Vienna
Tommaso
Priante
Founder Luminalia, Festival Strategy & Acquisitions Manager, Green Arthouse Consultant inff 2025, Bologna
Mariette
Rissenbeek
Producer, Script Consultant, Managing Director Berlinale 2019–2024, Berlin
Niobe
Thompson
Anthropologist, Science Host, Producer, Emmy® and Sundance winning filmmaker, inff Award-Winner Best Biodiversity Film 2024, Victoria, British Columbia
Nicole
Zabel-Wasmuth
Climate Story Consultant, Co-Founder PlanetNarratives, Legal Counsel Media Law, Berlin