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CIVIS Media Prize 2025

Selection committee Social Media

The selection committee members from left to right

Anna-Sophia Richard (Chair)

Author and Director

Marspet Movsisyan

Freelance journalist (WDR et al.)

Diara Sow

Cinematographer

Jascha Hannover

Director & Creative Producer

Dr. Christina Killius

CIVIS Media Foundation | Head of Concept and Coordination

Can Külahcigil

SRF Swiss Radio and Television | Editor and producer for the morning primetime programme on SRF 4 News

Selection committee 1 VIDEO Information and Fiction

The selection committee members from left to right

Henri Höbel

Theatre Academy August Everding Munich | dramaturgy student

Najima El Moussaoui

Freelance Journalist and Presenter, filmmaker (for ARD and ntv, among others)

Alejandro Mathé

Director and screenwriter

Miodrag Soric (Chair)

Deutsche Welle | Chief Correspondent

Dr. Christina Killius

CIVIS Media Foundation | Head of Concept an Coordination

Selection committee 2 Information und Fiction

The selection committee members from left to right

Burrhus Njanjo

a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne | M. A., PhD Student

Maja Ellmenreich

Deutschlandfunk | Cultural Editor

Prof. Dr. Tanjev Schultz

Professor at Journalism Department, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz

Najima El Moussaoui

Freelance Journalist and Presenter, filmmaker (for ARD and ntv, among others)

Miodrag Soric (Chair)

Deutsche Welle | Chief Correspondent

Aurelie von Blazekovic

Süddeutsche Zeitung | Cultural Editor

Lena Crohmal

WDR | Trainee

Artur Althen

Bardamu Film GmbH | Managing Director, Producer

Ferdos Forudastan

CIVIS Media Foundation | Executive Director

JURY SOCIAL MEDIA

The jury members from left to right.

Michael Loeb

WDR mediagroup GmbH | Chief Executive Officer

Nele Dehnenkamp

Director & Documentary Filmmaker

Nabila Abdel Aziz

Freelance journalist (e.g. Bayerischer Rundfunk, Deutschlandfunk)

Jonathan Brunner

Author and director

Schiwa Schlei (Chair)

WDR | Programme Director 1LIVE & COSMO

Julius Feldmeier

Actor

Dr. Christina Killius

CIVIS Media Foundation | Head of Concept an Coordination

Jury Information

The selection committee members from left to right

Igor Evgen Bergant

RTV Slovenia | TV Anchorman >ODMEVI<

Buket Alakus (Chair)

Film director, screenwriter

Tom Zwiessler

Autentic GmbH | Head of Autentic Studios

Esther Saoub

SWR | Head of Documentation Department

Murad Bayraktar

WDR PB Current Affairs, Europe and Abroad | Head of ARD Coordination, Deputy Head of Foreign Affairs

Dr. Christina Killius

CIVIS Media Foundation | Head of Concept an Coordination

Konstanze Beyer

RTL2 Fernsehen | Editor-in-Chief and Programme Director Factual & Doku

Alexander Kühn

Spiegel | Editor Economy and Media

Ferdos Forudastan

CIVIS Media Foundation | Executive Director

Jury Fiction

The selection committee members from left to right

Melika Foroutan

Actress

Buket Alakus (Chair)

Film director, screenwriter

Claire Isambert

ARTE | Head of Culture Department

Martina Zöllner

Journalist and author

Samira El Ouassil

Author and actress

Dr. Paul Ingendaay

FAZ | Europe correspondent in the feature section of the FAZ

Ferdos Forudastan

CIVIS Media Foundation | Executive Director