Jury DOK.international 2026


The VIKTORIA DOK.international Main Competition is endowed with 10,000 euros. The award is sponsored by Bayerischer Rundfunk. Nominees are films that cover a broad spectrum of content and form and are distinguished by their high artistic quality.

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Heino Deckert

Managing Director of Ma.ja.de & Producer

Heino Deckert studied law before graduating from the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB). He founded Ma.ja.de. Filmproduktion and Ma.ja.de. Fiction, which have since produced more than 150 documentaries and feature films, many of which have premiered at major festivals such as Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, and Locarno. His most recent successes include THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING, UN POETA, and WHITE SNAIL. He is also a member of the German and European Film Academies, as well as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2024, he received the Honorary Award from AG Verleih, the Association of German Film Distributors. Heino Deckert gives lectures worldwide on the topics of production and distribution. Since 2008, he has been teaching at Eurodoc, a training program for producers supported by the EU Media Program.

Jacqueline Nsiah

Film Curator & Programmer

Jacqueline Nsiah has held key positions at numerous festivals, including the Cambridge African Film Festival, the Real-Life Documentary Film Festival in Accra, and the Rio International Film Festival. She also served as guest manager for the Berlinale’s Panorama section, co-directed and curated the UHURU African Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro, and worked as a programmer for Film Africa London. Nsiah was a member of the selection jury for the Berlinale Forum and the Competition, and curated the special program “Fiktionsbescheinigung.” She is also co-curator of the Africa Film Festival Cologne (AFFK), program director at the Africa Film Society in Ghana, and has worked as a project manager for a platform for the African film industry at the Goethe-Institut. Nsiah holds a master’s degree in Visual and Media Anthropology from Freie Universität Berlin and a bachelor’s degree in African Studies and Politics from SOAS.

Per K. Kirkegaard

Filmmaker & Film Editor

Per K. Kirkegaard is one of the most established editors in the Danish film industry. He has edited numerous critically acclaimed international documentaries: ARMADILLO (2012) awarded an Emmy for best editing; THE KINGMAKER (2019) selected for Venice Film Festival; THE CAVE (2020) nominated for an Oscar. He is an Oscar Academy member, tutor at dok.incubator and member of Rough Cut Service. His latest work, MOTHER, premiered at Venice Film Festival 2025.