The Big Syn Institute is honoured and proud to have international luminaries from the world of film, media, sustainability and policy in the Grand Jury of the 2026 Big Syn International Film Festival.
Maddie Moate
BAFTA award-winning presenter
Chris Tashima
OACAR award-winning actor, director
Elena Andreicheva
BAFTA and OSCAR award-winning filmmaker
Will Attenborough
Actor and Activist | Founder, Green Rider
Ioannis Ioannou
Global Sustainability Guru, LBS
Kim Rowell
Trustee & Board, UN Women UK | Chair, Royal Television Society Tech | Ambassador, Women of Future
Gabrielle Ginér
Policy engagement, Oxford Net Zero, University of Oxford
Paul McDonald
Professor of Media Industries, King’s College London









