Jury Members 2026

XXXII Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad”

30 October - 6 November
2026
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Main Fiction Film Competition
Alexander Yefremov

Film director. Artistic Director of the “Film Actors’ Studio Theatre” of the Unitary Enterprise “National Film Studio “Belarusfilm”. People's Artist of Belarus.

Alexander Yefremov
Belarus
Elena Borzova

Actress, USSR State Prize laureate.

Elena Borzova
Russia
Mustafa Viran Çefa Küçükbayrak

Actor, writer and screenwriter.

Mustafa Viran Çefa Küçükbayrak
Turkey
Mai Thu Huyen

Film director, actress, diploma winner of the 31st Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad”.

Mai Thu Huyen
Vietnam
Yusup Razykov

Film director, Honoured Worker of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Yusup Razykov
Uzbekistan
Main Competition for Non-Fiction Films
Pan Zhiqi

Film director, laureate of the 31st Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad”.

Pan Zhiqi
China
Eldar Yuldashev

Film director, film scholar, producer, laureate of international film festivals.

Eldar Yuldashev
Uzbekistan
Natalia Gugueva

General Director of the “Vstrecha” Film Studio, Chief Director of the Documentary Film Directorate of JSC “Channel One”, diploma winner of the XXXI Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad”.

Natalia Gugueva
Russia
Main Animation Film Competition
Zlata Popov

Producer, screenwriter, author and editor of children's books, creator and coordinator of international projects in animation and children's book publishing, head of the “House of Animation” studio for children and youth, multiple-time participant of the International Animation Film Festival “Animaevka”.

Zlata Popov
Republic of Serbia
Alexander Gerasimov

Film producer, General Director of the “Master-Film” Film Company. Director of the Open Russian International Animation Film Festival “Suzdalfest”, Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation.

Alexander Gerasimov
Russia
Dmitry Vlasov

Screenwriter, director, animation artist, head of the Animation Directing Workshop at the Tashkent Branch of the S. A. Gerasimov All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), winner of international film festivals, recipient of the Order of “Dustlik”, Honoured Filmmaker of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Dmitry Vlasov
Uzbekistan
Competition of Films for Children and Young Audiences “Listapadzik”
Dmitry Astrakhan

Film director, Artistic Director of the State Budgetary Cultural Institution of the City of Moscow “Theatre on Trubnaya”, Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation.

Dmitry Astrakhan
Russia
Padmavathi Malladi

Film director, laureate of the 30th Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad”.

Padmavathi Malladi
India
Vladislava Artsiukouskaya

Director, Artistic Director of the State Theatre and Entertainment Institution “Youth Variety Theatre”.

Vladislava Artsiukouskaya
Belarus
“Cinema of the Young” Competition
Rustam Sagdullaev

Actor, laureate of the Special Prize of the President of the Republic of Belarus “For the Preservation and Development of Spiritual Traditions in Cinematic Art”.

Rustam Sagdullaev
Uzbekistan
Davit Gujabidze

Film director, cinematographer, Associate Professor of the Shota Rustaveli Tbilisi State University of Theatre and Film, laureate of international film festivals.

Davit Gujabidze
Georgia
Tamara Mironova

Actress, People's Artist of Belarus, member of the company of the Yanka Kupala National Academic Theatre. Her filmography includes more than 140 roles.

Tamara Mironova
Belarus
National Film Schools Competition
Sherif Hassan Mohamed Ged

Film scholar, Head of Cultural Programmes at the Russian Cultural Centre in Cairo.

Sherif Hassan Mohamed Ged
Egypt
Vitaly Tretyakov

Dean of the Higher School (Faculty) of Television, Lomonosov Moscow State University.

Vitaly Tretyakov
Russia
Valeriya Arlanova

Actress, Honoured Artist of the Republic of Belarus.

Valeriya Arlanova
Belarus
National Competition
Assol Moldokmatova

Honored Worker of Culture of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Federation, President of the “Assol” Foundation, President of the Academy of Russian Literature, Vice-President of the International Commonwealth of People's Diplomacy, Vice-President of the Issyk-Kul Forum named after Chingiz Aitmatov.

Assol Moldokmatova
Kyrgyzstan
Natalia Marinova

Screenwriter and producer. Chief Director of the Main Directorate of the “Belarus 3” TV Channel of the Belteleradiocompany.

Natalia Marinova
Belarus
Pairav Sharifov

Film director, producer. Laureate of the 11th International Documentary Film Festival of the CIS Countries “Eurasia.DOC”.

Pairav Sharifov
Tajikistan
Short Films Competition
Fabio Massa

Film director, diploma winner of the 30th Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad”.

Fabio Massa
Italy
Alexei Telnov

Screenwriter, producer, General Director of JSC “Creative Production Association ‘St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio’”.

Alexei Telnov
Russia
Vladimir Yastreba

Film critic, curator of Russian cultural projects in the Balkans, director of the “Black Sea Star” International Film Festival, holder of an honorary diploma of the XXX Moscow International Film Festival for the popularization of Russian cinema abroad.

Vladimir Yastreba
Bulgaria