Awards Jury
imagineNATIVE is proud to be able to provide annual cash awards to artists spanning fourteen awards categories. We have four different juries to select the award winners across our Film + Video, Digital + Interactive, and Audio Official Selection.

2023 MOON JURY
The Moon Jury is responsible for adjudicating the following awards: Dramatic Feature, Live Action Short (Dramatic Short), Animated Short, Innovation in Storytelling (Experimental), Indigenous Language Production, and the Moon Jury Award.

ALEX LAZAROWICH
Cree

RENAE MAIHI
Ngāti Whakaue & Ngāpuhi

STERLIN HARJO
Seminole

2023 SUN JURY
The Sun Jury is responsible for adjudicating the following awards: Documentary Feature, Documentary Short, New Voice in Storytelling, and the Sun Jury Award.

DAVID HERNÁNDEZ PALMAR
Wayuu

NOEL HABEL
Dakota

LIISA HOLMBERG
Sámi

2023 WATER JURY
The Water Jury is responsible for adjudicating the following awards: New Artist in Digital + Interactive and the Digital + Interactive Award.

SKAWENNATI FRAGNITO
Mohawk

MAIZE LONGBOAT
Kanien’kehá:ka

2023 LAND JURY
The Land Jury is responsible for adjudicating the following awards: Experimental Audio and Narrative Audio.

TRAVIS MERCREDI
Métis

SUZANNE MORRISSETTE
Métis/Cree