Jury’s Choice
Award
The PJIFF Jury had the collective responsibility of reviewing all submitted films. The 20 members of the jury include eight film professionals, twelve women, seven persons of color, and seven who were born and/or lived for an extended time outside the U.S. Together, we prepared over 1,900 film reviews. The final film selections for PJIFF 2020 – and these awards – reflect the diversity of perspectives on the jury, and we are grateful to all the filmmakers, whether their films were selected or not, who entrusted their creative endeavors to us.
DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING
L. Mattock Scariot
CHAIR
Marilyn L. Pifer
MEMBERS
Kulvinder “Kay” Arora
Rakesh Chabra
Rob Christopher
Debbe Goldstein
Samuel Askland Gordon
Ann Lounsbury Horner
Shawna Khorasani
Bobby Kwong
Craig M. Lore
Shincy Lu
Nils Myers
John Nava
Susan L. Rife
Azucena O. Rodriguez
Diane Scariot
Taylor Seeker
Suzi Sellers
L. D. Tillman
JURY’S CHOICE AWARDS (WITH NOMINATING JUROR)
ALL THE WRONG THINGS (California) — Suzi Sellers
AYSAN (Iran) — Samuel Askland Gordon
BETTER THAN NEIL ARMSTRONG (Iran) — Rob Christopher
A CONCERNED CITIZEN (California) — Ann Lounsbury Horner
DAY RELEASE (Austria) — Debbe Goldstein
DESATURATED (Ukraine) — Shawna Khorasani
THE DISHWASHER (New York / California) — Bobby Kwong
IN THE LAND OF MY ANCESTORS (California) — Kulvinder “Kay” Arora
MADAME (United Kingdom) — Taylor Seeker
PENDULUM (Iran) — Diane Scariot
THE RETURN OF THE THUMB (Austria) — John Nava and Azucena O. Rodriguez
SOMEBODY AND NOBODY (Germany) — Rakesh Chabra
SPARROW (New Zealand) — Craig M. Lore
TILL THE END OF THE WORLD (The Netherlands) — Susan L. Rife
THERESE (Switzerland) — Marilyn L. Pifer
UNDER MOM’S SKIRT (France) — L. D. Tillman
UNDERPRESSURE (Austria) — Shincy Lu
YOUR LAST DAY ON EARTH (Spain) — Nils Myers
