The following jury members will awarded the prizes of the 14th edition of Festival du Film Merveilleux et Imaginaire.

Click on each image for the bios and news of each jury.

In 2024, Helen Alexis Yonov will be the President of the Jury of the 14th Festival du Film Merveilleux. she is An American and Latvian writer, director and producer based in the UK, who began her career on films such as Seabiscuit, Anchorman, War of the Worlds and Elizabethtown. She has won numerous awards for her feature script The Burden of Light and her short film The Gesture and The Word. She is working under the aegis of RWI Films with actress and producer Rachel Warren to develop a series of films and television programmes. We are thankful to have her as President of the Jury.

She will be joined on the jury by Pierre Dumas ( Composer ), Elia Merlot (actress and filmmaker), Ayekoro Kossou (Producer and Filmmaker), Richard Des Lys (Actor & Journalist and Demba Coulibaly (Actor) and Diana Barrows ( Actress, Singer and Dancer).

The jury will be responsible for selecting the winners of the festival’s various awards, including Best movie, Best Animated Movie, Best Music, Best VFX, Best Screenplay, Jury Prize and Prix Junior

Helen Alexis Yonov Ayekoro Kossou

Elia Merlot Demba Coulibaly

Pierre Dumas Richard De Lys

Diana Barrows