Short Movies Jury

Born in 1985 in La Louvière, Geoffrey Claustriaux is a Belgian writer, screenwriter, and video artist. He describes himself as a great lover of fantasy literature and genre cinema. He has published around fifteen novels to date, two of which have been finalists for literary prizes.

He is also known for writing the short film Chocolat, adapted from his own short story of the same name, as well as the short films Hérésis, starring Belgian animators Olivier Duroy and Jill Vandermeulen, and The Dark Eyes.

A film enthusiast, he has also collaborated several times with the specialist magazine L'Écran fantastique and has managed the genre cinema website Horreur.net for nearly 20 years.

In 2016, he was part of the jury of the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF), and since 2024 he has been a columnist for BTLV, the No. 1 media on Mystery and the Unexplained.
 

Ambre Vanneste is a genre film enthusiast and the founder/president of the non-profit Indie-Clips, whose mission is to promote and distribute short films by independent directors. Small budgets, small teams... Indie-Clips is constantly on the lookout for these short films that stand out from the crowd and shine through their originality rather than their financial means.

Ambre also has years of experience in audiovisual production, having worked as a producer in VFX and dubbing for films and series in Belgium.

Marine Laboury is a film columnist and collaborates with various media outlets via podcasts, articles, radio and TV shows. Raised on slashers since her early childhood, she constantly strives to share her passion for the genre with an uninitiated audience. She also participates in the Mefamo collective, which organizes, among other things, the Liège decentralization of the Offscreen Festival. Since 2023, she has collaborated with the Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival to unearth horror gems and present them during special screenings.