Nashen Moodley

Jury Member

Nashen Moodley is the Director of the Sydney Film Festival, a role he has held since 2012. During his eight years at the helm, the festival has witnessed significant growth. A graduate of the University of Natal, South Africa, Moodley won the Mail & Guardian/SL Student Journalist of the Year award in 1998. Since then, he has written on film and culture for The Guardian, the Mail & Guardian, GQ, and The Daily News, amongst others. He also worked as a film critic at the Sunday Tribune for several years. From 2001 to 2011, Moodley served as the manager and head programmer of the Durban International Film Festival, South Africa's longest- running film festival. From 2005 to 2017, he was a programming consultant for the Dubai International Film Festival. Additionally, he has been a jury member at various film festivals worldwide, including the San Sebastian, Busan, Toronto, Rotterdam, Durban and Tokyo film festivals.