The Jury of Movie&Short Festival

Here is the Jury of Movie&Short Festival. The festival took place in Locarno in August, 2026 (click here for application form).

Marco Calvani

Marco Calvani is the protagonist of the TV series The Four Seasons - with Tina Fey, Steve Carell and Colman Domingo - on Netflix, and is in the movie You, Me & Tuscany. A playwright, his works have been performed at the Phoenix Theatre in London, La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York, Teatro di Roma, Théâtre de la Ville in Paris. He directed the short movie A Better Half with Marisa Tomei, and in 2024 he directed the movie High Tide with Marco Pigossi: and is working on the new movie Capitana. He lives in New York.

Giuseppe Bonifati

Giuseppe Bonifati appeared in numerous films, including Ridley Scott's All the Money in the World, Michael Mann's Ferrari - in which he played Giacomo Cuoghi, Enzo Ferrari's manager - and Martin Scorsese's docudrama series The Saints. He will appear in the TV series A Taste for Murder, in April to BritBox International. He is currently developing his debut feature film, Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Cold, set between Denmark and Italy. He works in theater and lives in Denmark.

Glenn Cooper

Glenn Cooper has sold over eight million copies worldwide with his thrillers translated into 30 languages. His debut novel, The Library of the Dead (2009) - part of the trilogy of the same name - achieved international success, with over 400,000 copies sold in Italy alone. The series on Cal Donovan is set in the Vatican: the latest novels are The Physician of Nineveh (2025) and The Cosmos Keys: An Archaeological Thriller of Lost Civilizations (2025). A graduate in Medicine, he is recognized as a bestselling author at a global level; with his company Lascaux Pictures he produces thriller movies. He lives in New Hampshire.

Giovanna Nodari

Giovanna Nodari has worked on the TV series Squadra Speciale Stoccarda, Another Monday and All the Way Up. She directed the short movie Decent People and lives in Berlin.

Nicole Muji

Founder of the French Riviera Film Festival in Cannes, she is an expert in international public relations in the entertainment industry, with her company Kultura PR. She lives in Los Angeles.

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