Best Polish Film Award Competition juror.
Joana de Sousa is a filmmaker and curator based in Lisbon, Portugal. She has studied Communication Sciences in Lisbon and later received a full scholarship to study Documentary Filmmaking at DocNomads, a co-joint master's program across universities in Portugal, Hungary and Belgium. Since 2011, Joana has been part of Rabbit Hole, a collective and interdisciplinary artistic platform of creation, experimentation, and curation. Between 2010 and 2012 she was a producer at Queer Lisboa – International Queer Film Festival. Her first short film, Bétail (2014), was selected by international festivals in Portugal, Finland, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, France and Korea, being awarded at the Hamburg International Short Film Festival and Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival. Since 2015, Joana has been collaborating with Doclisboa - International Film Festival as programme coordinator and programmer. At the end of 2019, she became part of the Direction of the Festival. Joana has participated as a guest curator, jury and speaker at international festivals in Copenhagen, Lisbon, Porto, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Grimstad, Zagreb and Munich. She is currently on the post-production stage of her next short film project, produced by Primeira Idade.
