Speakers & Juries

Gyda Velvin Myklebust

Gyda Velvin Myklebust: (b. 1975) has a University degree in Cultural Science and a Master of Fine Arts in Film from the National Film School in Norway. She is, since 2003, the Head of New Nordic Films, the Nordic film market and co-production market of the Norwegian Int. Film Festival in Haugesund. As a producer Gyda has made two feature films, As I Fall (Når jeg faller, Dir. Magnus Meyer Arnesen 2018) and The Comet (Kometen, Dir. Bård Røssevold 2017). As I Fall was screened on several international film festivals, won awards and were nominated to four Amanda awards (Norway´s national film award). Gyda is a member of European Film Academy and The Norwegian Film Academy.

Michel Plazanet

Michel Plazanet graduated in business and administrative affairs. After having worked long in the telecommunication sector, he joined the CNC (French national film institute) in 2005 as head of the regional action department. In 2012, he was promoted deputy director of International and European affairs and has held this position ever since.

Jasmina Sijerčić

Originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sijercic studied Film Production at FAMU in Prague. After spending a year at Sorbonne University in Paris, she moved to France and joined the documentary production company ISKRA, where she worked as an executive producer. In 2016, she joined Bocalupo Films, where she has been producing films ever since. She regularly serves on national and regional film funding commissions in France and is an alumna of Eurodoc, Emerging Producers, and Berlinale Talents.

Recent filmography: Nobody Said Anything by Tamara Todorovic (Cannes IFF, Official short film competition 2026), Promised Spaces by Ivan Markovic (ACID Cannes, 2026), Slet 1988 by Marta Popivoda (Locarno IFF 2025), What We Ask of a Statue is That it Doesn’t Move by Daphné Hérétakis (Cannes Critic’s Week 2024).