The appointment of the jury members is performed by the Festival Director. The International Jury for Documentary Film consists of five members. The International Jury for Animated Film, the International Jury for Youth Documentary Film and the German Jury for Documentary Film each comprise three members.
The decisions of the juries are final.

Sky Sitney, Director of Programming at Silverdocs
USA

Pedro Pimento, Festival Director "Dokanema"
Mozambique

Helena Trestikova, filmmaker
Czech Republic

Gisela Tuchtenhagen, filmmaker and cinematographer
Germany

Dimitri Eipides, Artistic Director "Thessaloniki Documentary Festival"
Greece

Michaela Pavlatova, filmmaker
Czech Republic

Lutz Stützner, filmmaker
Germany

Fernando Galrito, filmmaker, lecturer and festival director
Portugal

Peter Badel, cinematographer and lecturer
Germany

Anne Marie Kürstein, Danish Film Institute
Denmark

Thomas Lauterbach, filmmaker
Germany

Susanna Helke,
Finland

Paola Castillo, producer
Chile

Peter Wintonick, filmmaker and producer
Canada

Penko Monova
Bulgaria

Martin Blaney
Germany

Raghavendra Mirle
India

Priest Thomas Bohne
Germany

Anneke Eljpe
The Netherlands

Irina Grassmann
Germany

Peter F. Stucki
Switzerland

Bernd Ackermann
Germany

Jürgen Kautz
Germany

Gundula Lasch
Germany

Sophia Littkopf
Germany

Karin Wieckhorst
Germany

Thomas Janitzky
Germany

Antonia Frommherz
Germany

Ferdinand Müller
Germany

Paul Mahn
Germany

Markus Menzel
Germany

Richard Funke
Germany

Ruth Diskin, film distribution manager
Israel

Ulle Schröder, editor, ARTE G.E.I.E.
Germany

Vincent Aubert-Jacquin, EU-OSHA
France

Esther van Messel, sales expert, First Hand Films
Switzerland

Nino Kirtadze, filmmaker
Georgia

Krzysztof Kopczynski, producer and director, Eureka Media
Poland