2025 TV & Commissioned Films Jury
Discover the TV & Commissioned Films jury members for the 2025 edition’s awards.
Linda HAMBÄCK
Author, Director and Producer
Sweden
Born in 1974, Director and Producer Linda Hambäck has been active in the film industry since the late 90s. She trained at the National Dramatic School of Arts as a producer and graduated from EAVE in 2002.
In 2011, Hambäck started her own business, LEE Film, which works mainly with animated films for children. Her first highly acclaimed feature film, Gordon & Paddy, had its world premiere in competition at the Berlinale Generation 2018.
Her second feature The Ape Star had its international premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in 2021 and got nominated for Best Animated Feature at the European Film Awards in 2021.
Among her previous films, she directed the short documentary, Fighting Spirit (2013) and co-directed Who's who? (2024) with S. Wirsén, as well as Bajsfilmen (2016), and Tänk om… (2014) with M. Heidebäck.
Before her directing debut, she produced highly acclaimed shorts. During Sweden's national Guldbagge Awards ceremony in 2019, Linda received the prestigious Gullspira Award for extraordinary contributions in films for children, and in 2024, the Honorary Award from Gothenburg Film Festival Prisma.
Dominique Seutin
Co-Director and Programmer of the Anima Festival
Belgium
Dominique Seutin holds a degree in Film and Contemporary Art History from the Université Libre de Bruxelles. She has been part of the Brussels International Animation Film Festival (Anima) team for 25 years and Director since June 2020.
As a specialist in animation film, she uses her expertise to advise and programme festivals in Belgium and internationally. Additionally, she works with students and young professionals and serves on various selection committees and juries.
Robertino ZAMBRANO
Director, Producer, Designer and Illustrator
Philippines, Australia
Robertino is a Filipino-Australian Oscars-shortlisted animator, director and producer, specialising in hybrid animation techniques. He is the founder of KAPWA, a Sydney-based animation studio.
His debut short film, Love in the Time of March Madness, won Best Online Short at the Tribeca Film Festival, it was screened at Annecy, nominated for an AACTA, and shortlisted for an Academy Award in 2016. In 2019, his TED-Ed poetic animation Accents, won the Cristal for a Commissioned Film at Annecy.
Most recently, Robertino directed Billie Eilish's music video Not My Responsibility, as part of the Grammy-nominated Disney+ concert film Happier Than Ever (2021). He has created work for Titmouse, Cartoon Network, and Adult Swim, a title sequence for Netflix's Tijuana, and has made the Official Selection at Annecy on three other occasions for his commissioned works, Red Room Poetry, TED-Ed: The Science of Stage Fright and Tell Your Story "Steven".
Robertino is currently writing and directing an animated comedy-drama special, Fish Boi, as part of Screen Australia and SBS's Digital Originals initiative.