Juri

SINISTER FEATURES

DAVID LIPPER
Canadian actor and director, known for his role as Viper at ABC's Full House. Starred, produced and co-wrote The Unwilling that participated in the Rock Horror Film Festival 2018..

Actor/Director/Writer

JOSÉ QUENTAL
CoordInator at Cinemateca do MAM-RJ and co-curator of preservation at the CineOP. Historian degree and Masters in cinema and comunication at UFF and doctorate in cinema by Université Paris 8

Coordinator at Cinemateca

FERNANDO ARZE
Brazilian/Bolivian actor awarded with a Kikito in 2019 for Muralla that is representing Bolívia in the Oscars and director of various awarded works in Brazil and abroad.

Actor/Director

BIZARRE FEATURETTES

SAMIR ABUJAMRA
Filmmaker, actor and painter. Directed “A Verdadeira História da Bailarina de Vermelho”, Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro; and presented Projeto Sumir, at Canal Brasil, among others.

Filmmaker

MONICA DEMES
Awarded director and screenwriter, participated of a residencia with David Lynch in the US that led to her first festure and, today, she's in Spain developing two film projects.

Director/Screenwriter

MARIÁ VELÁSQUEZ
National Films Manager at Paramount Pictures Brazil. Started in the film industry in 1997. Graduated in Literature at UERJ with MBA in Cultural Marketing.

Aquisition Manager

MACABRE SHORTS

MARIÁ VELÁSQUEZ
National Films Manager at Paramount Pictures Brazil. Started in the film industry in 1997. Graduated in Literature at UERJ with MBA in Cultural Marketing.

Aquisition Manager

HSU CHIEN
Born in Taiwan, graduated in Cinema at UFF. Starled as an Assistant Director and, since then, has worked in more than 60 features. Today, he's also a film and TV director.

Director

JOSÉ QUENTAL
CoordInator at Cinemateca do MAM-RJ and co-curator of preservation at the CineOP. Historian degree and Masters in cinema and comunication at UFF and doctorate in cinema by Université Paris 8.

Coordinator at Cinemateca

HAUNTED BRAZIL

BEATRIZ SALDANHA
Master in Audiovisual Communication, she writes about films, especially, horror, also for books, catalogues and various sites. She's the curator of CRASH, the oldest screening event of fantastic cinema in the country.

Crític/Curator

EVANDRO MELO
Actor and teacher of the Njinga Mbande Theater Company of Angola. Studies screenwriting and directs the ROTA – Festival de Roteiro Audiovisual. Ah! He also spooked the people at the Haunted House in Sweden!

Co-Founder of ROTA Festival

RAFAEL MARINHO
He is graduated in IT and was the projecionist of the Reserva Cultural Niterói. He's a film lover, hooked in horror movies, with more than 200 films in his library. He was a judge at the 2018 Edition of the Rock Horror in Rio.

Projecionist and Film Lover

HAIR-RAISING ANIMATIONS

FERNANDO ARZE
Brazilian/Bolivian actor awarded with a Kikito in 2019 for Muralla that is representing Bolívia in the Oscars and director of various awarded works in Brazil and abroad.

Actor/Director

JOANA NOGUEIRA DE LIMA
Graduated in Publicity by URFJ, and post-graduated in Image and Comunication by PUC-RJ, she's the coordenator of Preservation and Difusion at CTAV from the Special Culture Secretary.

Coordinator at CTAV

RAFAEL MARINHO
He is graduated in IT and was the projecionist of the Reserva Cultural Niterói. He's a film lover, hooked in horror movies, with more than 200 films in his library. He was a judge at the 2018 Edition of the Rock Horror in Rio.

Projecionist and Film Lover

STRANGE DOCUMENTARIES

RICARDO SCHOT
Journalist, radialist and screenwriter, coauthor of the book "Heróis da Guitarra Brasileira". Works at O Dia and has worked for Jornal do Brasil, Bizz, Rolling Stone Brasil, Vida Simples and Billboard Brasil. Currently keeps the blog Pop Fantasma.

Journalist

CLAUDIO KAHNS
Among his awarded productions are: A Marvada Carne, Feliz Ano Velho and O Judeu. Produced 32, A Guerra Civil and 35, O Assalto ao Poder and directed Eu, Eu, Eu José Lewgoy and Mamonas prá Sempre. Produced and distributes Imagens do Estado Novo 1937-45.

Producer & Director

EVANDRO MELO
Actor and teacher of the Njinga Mbande Theater Company of Angola. Studies screenwriting and directs the ROTA – Festival de Roteiro Audiovisual. Ah! He also spooked the people at the Haunted House in Sweden!

Co-Founder of ROTA Festival

PILLS OF FEAR

BRUNO STROPPIANNA
Produced more than 40 features, among them, O Xangô de Baker Street, by Miguel Faria Jr., Tieta do Agreste, by Carlos Diegues, Por incrível que pareça, by Uberto Molo and Estorvo, by Ruy Guerra, that represented Brazil in Cannes 2000.

Producer

BEATRIZ SALDANHA
Master in Audiovisual Communication, she writes about films, especially, horror, also for books, catalogues and various sites. She's the curator of CRASH, the oldest screening event of fantastic cinema in the country.

Crític/Curator

HSU CHIEN
Born in Taiwan, graduated in Cinema at UFF. Starled as an Assistant Director and, since then, has worked in more than 60 features. Today, he's also a film and TV director.

Director

JURY

Our honorable judges of the Rock Horror 2020