The features of this jury are numerous and significant. Let us discover them one by one.
They are 6 people and no longer 5 as in the previous editions. There is a perfect balance between male and female members (3 vs. 3). This is important for equal opportunities.
The number of non Italians has been increased to 2, while the proportion between Italian and non Italian members equals the same relationship among participants. The same Italian members are international, since Matteo Bitanti lives in San Francisco, Daniela Marsino - the first 1st prize woman winner at aniMOweb - lives in Bologna but was born in Argentina, Luca Raffaelli organises an ASIFA international animation film festival.
Some members of the jury produced outstanding works on the theme of the contest, such as Matteo Bittanti's last book on video games and violence, Gili Dolev's short films Meine Heimstadt - on the holocaust - and Promise Land - on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - , Luca Raffaelli's P.O.P., a short film created by Israeli and Palestinian children on the theme of peace, Chiara Rubbiani's works about care and solidarity, Nina Paley's short film The Stork, on the theme of human overpopulation as the cause of many disasters on our planet, from environmental catastrophes to wars.
Last, the professional experience of each member is well proportioned to the three sections of the contest, with a predominance of experts on short animation films of section C - the one with the largest number of participants.
In short a great jury for a great edition of aniMOweb.
Here are the magnificent 6.

Matteo Bittanti
Expert in new media, Matteo Bittanti is interested in cultural, social, theoretical aspects of up-and-coming technologies, in particular video games. His research is focused on the interrelations between popular culture, visual culture and the arts. His projects are aimed at mapping the different aspects of popular culture, like the relationship between cinema and video games, the interaction between art and new media and popular narratives.
At present he is conducting research at Stanford University, in California, as a part of his doctorate in New Media and Technologies of Communication. He previously received a Master of Science in Mass Communications at San José State University, in San José, California and a B.A. in Philosophy and Media Studies from Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, Italy. He is researcher and teacher at University of Languages and Communication (IULM) and European Institute of Design in Milan. Together with Gianni Canova, he created the series of books videoludica.game culture, a tribute to the most significant video games ever produced.
His books:
Per una cultura dei videogames. Teorie e prassi del videogiocare (2002, book series Ludologica, Unicopli publisher)
The Sims. Similitudini, Simboli Simulacri (2003, book series Ludologica, Unicopli publisher)
SimCity. Mappando le città virtuali (2004, book series Ludologica, Unicopli publisher)
Civilization. Storie virtuali, fantasie reali (November 2005, Videoludica Costa e Nolan publishers)
Doom. Giocare in prima persona (November 2005, Videoludica Costa e Nolan publishers)
Gli strumenti del videogiocare. Logiche, estetiche e (V)ideologie (due in September 2005, Videoludica Costa e Nolan publishers)
He lives in San Francisco.

Gili Dolev
Gili Dolev is originally from Israel where he worked as an animator at Anima Studios and Geo Interactive. In 1998 he moved to Scotland to study animation at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art (Dundee).
His widely nominated and hard hitting short "Meine Heimstadt" won Best Animation and Best Film in the 2001 Reel to Reel Film Festival.
In 2001 with SelloutPictures Gili Dolev directed "Promise Land", an animated film that looks with an unblinking gaze at the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. "Promise Land" was premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2002 and screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, at the Birmingham Film and television Festival, at Fundamentalism in Copenhagen and in 2003 it has screened at the Adelaide Film Festival, at Clermont-Ferrand where Promise Land won Best Animated Film, and at many other festivals including Aspenshorts Fest, Tribeca Film Festival, Animated Encounters, competition screening Annecy, CineVegas, Jerusalem International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Dinar.
Gili Dolev also produced Flash movies such as "Genesis" commissioned by Cannon Gate Books, a short animated film that is a condensed and iconoclastic response to the biblical text. In 2002 Gili was awarded grant by the Alt:W Fund to produce a pilot for a political web animation series made in Flash.
In November 2002 Gili Dolev and Bob Last (producer of Promise Land)founded the animation company Ink Animations, developing a slate of animation projects including the Saturday morning children's series titled "Greeks" (in competition in Annecy 2005, Animadrid, and nominated for a Scottish BAFTA). Ink is a character design and full service animation company developing, producing and co-producing film and television using 2d, 3d and innovative hybrid animation styles.
Gili Dolev's new film is Psychotica, a black comedy set in insane asylum at the end of the 19th century.

Daniela Marsino
She received a degree in Communication Science at Cordoba National University (Argentina 1999) and a diploma in Computer Graphics at European Institute of Design (Milan - 2002). She previously worked for advertising agencies in Milan and Bologna (2002-2003).
She recently started to work as a freelancer.
She won 1st price in the intro Section of the 3rd Edition of aniMOweb with the movie The Race on the theme of women and equal opportunities. In the previous edition of aniMOweb she won 3rd price in the same category with a work on the theme of environment and sustainable development.
She has been working as graphic designer for the newspaper Il Resto del Carlino since April 2005.

Nina Paley
Nina Paley's career began in 1988 with her self-syndicated comic strip, Nina's Adventures, which appeared in several alternative newspapers and two paperback collections, Depression is Fun and Nina's Adventures. She created two solo comic books for Dark Horse Comics, and various graphic short stories for Last Gasp Comix, Rip Off Press, Laugh Lines Press, Grateful Dead Comix, Kitchen Sink Press, and the Japanese artist volume Jarebong. Her first mainstream daily comic strip, Fluff, was distributed internationally by Universal Press Syndicate between 1995 and 1998; in 2002 she drew The Hots for King Features Syndicate.
Comics burn-out drove Nina to animation. Her first film, Luv Is...(1998), was clay stop-motion shot with a vintage super-8 camera. She went on to make 3 more films in 1998, each exploring a different medium or technique: Cancer (drawing and scratching on 35mm), I Heart My Cat (16mm stop-motion) and Follow Your Bliss (traditional pencil and ink on paper). In 1999 she made the world's first completely cameraless IMAX film, Pandorama, and received a grant from the Film Arts Foundation to produce Fetch! (2001, the first ever Flash-to-35mm film), a short film incorporating optical illusions. In 2002 she created a controversial series about overpopulation and the environment, including the Stork (made with Flash), which won first prize at the EarthVision Environmental Film Festival and an unsolicited invitation to Sundance (2003).
In 2002 she briefly lived in Trivandrum, India, where she encountered the Ramayana, Indian sexism, and the failure of her marriage. She subsequently embarked on her current project, "Sita Sings the Blues," (using Flash and Final Cut Pro) a feature-in-progress combining ancient Indian mythology with 1920's American jazz.
In addition to making independent animated festival films, Nina teaches animation at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan, the course is "Flash for Film and Video".
She lives in New York with her cat, Bruno.

Luca Raffaelli
Luca Raffaelli, is one of the most outstanding experts on comics and animation cinema in Italy.
He works in this field with different roles, by writing screenplays, articles, essays, television programmes, by organising and directing magazines and festivals. He has worked as TV director, showman and author (Mattina 2, Tele+bambini, Go-cart). He's artistic director of Castelli Animati, ASIFA international animation cinema festival in Genzano - one of the most important in Europe and in the world - and of Romics, festival of comic strips and animation of Fiera di Roma.
In 1994 he published for Castelvecchi publishers Le anime disegnate, il pensiero nei cartoon da Disney ai giapponesi, reprinted in third edition, published in France and translated into English and Japanese. In 1997 he published the essay Il Fumetto for Saggiatore-Flammarion. He has been writing books for children for Mondadori, screenplays for cartons (like the series Tommy & Oscar and the films Joan Padan e la descoverta delle Americhe by Giulio Cingoli and Dario Fo and L'apetta Giulia and la Signora Vita), and songs, one for the famous Italian singer Mina, Ninna Pa'.
He is consultant and author of the comics classics prefaces for the newspaper La Repubblica.
In 2004 he was the main author and artistic director of the project Supercammello P.O.P., the short film about peace created by Israeli and Palestinian students from Raanana (Israel) and Qalqilia (Palestinian Authority), premiered at Castelli Animati and broadcast on RAI. P.O.P. was presented at many animation festival, such as Annecy and Clermont-Ferrand. It received many prizes, such as the Cinema and Culture of dialogue prize in Venice and a special mention at Cartoons on the Bay. P.O.P. and its documentary film will also be presented at aniMOweb.

Chiara Rubbiani
Director of CSV (Service Centre for Volunteers) in Modena since 1997. A degree in Pedagogy, she worked for Centro per le Famiglie del comune di Modena from 1993 to 1997. Expert on social problems and voluntary service, she is aniMOweb sponsors representative. The Volunteer Service Centre in Modena - CSV - has the aim to support and improve the associations of volunteers and to promote the development and diffusion of the culture of solidarity. It offers free services to the associations of volunteers, such as training and supporting.