European Expert Jury
European professional jury. The ECFA AWARD is given to the BEST EUROPEAN CHILDREN'S FILM. The winning film is nominated to take part in the selection of the year's best children's film in Europe, which is awarded in connection with the Berlin Film Festival.
Atle Hunnes Isaksen
Communications Manager, Norwegian Film Club Association
Atle Hunnes Isaksen is a trained film scientist and has been active in the film club movement since 1998. For the past 14 years, he has been working for The Norwegian Federation of Film Societies, where his responsibilities include the children's film club and international relations. He has jury experience from both ECFA and IFFS (The International Federation of Film Societies) juries. Atle believes that film clubs are the best meeting place for watching films together, and works to ensure that children's and youth film clubs are an important player in conveying the diversity of the film medium to children and young people.
Josep Arbiol
President Valencia International Educational Film FestivalMICE
Josep Arbiol was born in Valencia, Spain, in 1962. He is president of the cultural association "Jordi el Mussol". Arbiol is the director and founder of the Valencia International Educational Film FestivalMICE. He is also president of the MICE network with headquarters in Madrid, Havana, Western Sahara, Argentina, Mexico and the Galapagos. Having started his career as an educator, he currently concentrates on children's films and youth and media education. His work as a mentor of audiovisual products made in educational environments has been awarded in many competitions worldwide.
Marta Jodko
Artistic Director of the International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!
Marta Jodko is artistic director of the International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!. She studied art history at the Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznaĆ. She has worked as a film programmer at Ale Kino!, Biennial Art for Children and the children's section of the Animated Film Festival Animator since 2010. Since 2022 she has been the main coordinator of Ale Kino! and board member of ECFA.