Awards Juries
2026 Awards Juries
imagineNATIVE is proud to provide annual cash awards to artists spanning 17 juried award categories. We have four juries to select the award winners across our Official Selection of Film + Video, Digital + Interactive, and Audio works.
Sun Jury
The Sun Jury is responsible for adjudicating the following awards: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, New Voice in Storytelling, Innovation in Storytelling, Animated Short, and the Sun Jury Award.
Theo Jean Cuthand
Plains Cree
Eli Hirtle
Nêhiyaw (Cree)
Heather Haynes
Moon Jury
The Moon Jury is responsible for adjudicating the following awards: Dramatic Feature, Live Action Short, Outstanding Performance in a Short, Outstanding Performance in a Feature, Indigenous Language Production, After Dark, and the Moon Jury Award.
Jesse Wente
Ojibwe
Kaniehtiio Horn
Kanyen′kehà:ka (Mohawk)
Kelly Boutsalis
Mohawk
Water Jury
TThe Water Jury is responsible for adjudicating the following awards: New Artist in Digital + Interactive and the Digital + Interactive Award.
Jesse King
Ojibwe
James Monkman
Cree
Land Jury
The Land Jury is responsible for adjudicating the following awards: Experimental Audio and the Narrative Audio Award.
Suzanne Kite
Oglála Lakȟóta
Jana Te Nahu Owen
Māori