THE 2026 SHORT FILM JURY

Javi Camino is the screenwriter, editor and director of “Jacinto” (2021). The film won more than 20 international awards, including the Panorama Fantastic Award at the Sitges Film Festival and the “Planet Horror” Audience Award at the Curtas Festival do Imaxinario in Vilagarcía. With nearly 20 years of experience in the audiovisual sector, Javi Camino has also directed, in addition to films, fiction series for TVG (“Casa Manola”), web series (“El viudo quiere mimos”), cooking shows (“O sal da terra”, “Estache bo!”), documentary feature films (“Nación de muchachos: utopía o morte”), dozens of music videos and Z-series oddities such as “¡Maldito Bastardo!” (2008).

Sandra Henriques is a Portuguese horror writer whose short stories have been published in the anthologies «Sangue Novo» (2021), «Sangue» (2022) and «Dead Letters: Episodes of Epistolary Horror» (2023). She is the co-founder of Fábrica do Terror, the only website in Portugal devoted entirely to Portuguese horror, where she interviews horror filmmakers and regularly writes about books and genre film festivals.

Andrés Castro (A Coruña, 1976) is a father, film critic at Sermos Galiza, comic book screenwriter and director of award-winning short films (Metrocabina, Atopando o camiño). Together with Ozo Perozo, he co-writes the fantasy trilogy Sentinelas (Editorial Galaxia). He is a member of several cultural and professional associations and has extensive experience as a jury member at film competitions.

Born in Ourense in 1979, she holds a PhD in Physics and is a writer. She is the author of the novel Os bicos feridos (Viadutos Award 2018), adapted for the stage twice, and FIM. Unha historia do Intercéltico (2024), as well as having published in several anthologies. In the performing arts, she co-authored the play O Novo (FIOT de Carballo 2025), which combines clown and lyricism to reflect on old age and hyper-technologization. Her profile is complemented by a solid career in cultural mediation, theatre criticism, coordination of literary projects (such as FLIV), and jury work at various competitions.