Doc'n Roll Films - Festival Jury

Festival Jury

Each year Doc'n Roll invites an all-star group of music and film lovers to help cap off our London event by awarding the Doc'n Roll Jury Award for Documentary of the Year.

Our 2025 jury is comprised of Sheffield DocFest’s Creative Director Raul Niño Zambrano, musician, actor and writer Pauline Black, DJ and broadcaster Kate Hutchinson, musician Melissa Auf der Maur, Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller, and broadcaster, writer and curator Vic Galloway.

Read about past winners of the Doc'n Roll Documentary of the Year.

JEREMY DELLER

Jeremy Deller is a Turner Prize-winning British conceptual artist known for his socially engaged and politically charged work that often blends art, music, and activism. His projects explore the intersections of popular culture, history, and collective memory, including the acclaimed “Acid Brass” and “The Battle of Orgreave.” Deller’s work has been exhibited internationally, and he continues to challenge traditional boundaries between art and everyday life.

KATE HUTCHISON

Kate is a journalist, broadcaster and DJ based in London. She is behind the critically-acclaimed, award-winning podcast The Last Bohemians, which has been featured in The New Yorker and won silver at the 2020 British Podcast Awards, as well as 2025's Studio Radicals, a new audio series about engineers, producers and pioneers. She currently presents a fortnightly morning live music and culture show on Soho Radio and is a regular critic on BBC Radio 6Music’s Roundtable, Monocle on Culture and BBC Radio 4’s Front Row. She has contributed to the Guardian – where she was the Deputy Editor of the hugely influential entertainment magazine the Guide from 2013-2017 – for over 10 years, as well as the Observer New Review.

MELISSA AUF DER MAUR

Melissa Auf der Maur, was born and raised in Montreal, Canada with a fine arts education focusing on music and photography. She is an acclaimed musician, photographer, curator and producer, best known as the former bassist of rock bands Hole and The Smashing Pumpkins. As a film producer she's worked with her filmmaker husband, Tony Stone, on PETER AND THE FARM (Magnolia Pictures) and TED K (Neon). In 2010 she and Stone co-founded Basilica Hudson, a multidisciplinary art center in Hudson, NY, where they live with their family and magic cats.

PAULINE BLACK

Performer, singer, artist, band leader and songwriter, Pauline Black has dedicated four decades to the music scene and is an undisputed icon of British music. Supporting and campaigning for racial equality throughout her work, she describes herself as first and foremost, a singer. She leads The Selecter who recently celebrated their 40th anniversary and are known the world over for hits including “Too Much Pressure” and “On My Radio”. Pauline shared her life’s story of music, race, family and roots in her critically acclaimed memoir ‘Black By Design.’ A new feature documentary based on the book - Pauline Black: A 2-Tone Story directed by Jane Mingay -premiered at the BFI’s London Film Festival in 2024.

RAUL NIÑO ZAMBRANO

Raul Niño Zambrano is the Creative Director of Sheffield DocFest, the UK’s leading festival for documentary and non-fiction storytelling. Before joining Sheffield, he spent over a decade at the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), where he helped shape the programme as Senior Programmer and launched initiatives such as the Female Gaze study and IDFA Queer Day.

A regular mentor, tutor, and juror at festivals and industry forums worldwide, Raul is known for championing diverse voices and innovative approaches to the documentary form. Originally trained as a wind-energy engineer, he later studied Media and Culture at the University of Amsterdam, following his passion for film.

VIC GALLOWAY

Vic Galloway is a broadcaster, journalist and author based in Scotland. With 26 years of experience from 1999, he has presented weekly radio programmes for the BBC including 11 years for Radio 1. He currently broadcasts new and classic alternative music on BBC Radio Scotland, and has worked extensively for BBC 6Music, BBC World Service and various TV networks. For years he presented the BBC Scotland’s coverage of T in the Park festival, as well as RAPAL and The Music Show. As a journalist, Vic writes for The List & has written for The Times, Sunday Herald, CLASH, Gigwise and The Skinny. He has 2 books published, ‘Songs in the Key of Fife’ and ‘Rip It Up – The Story of Scottish Pop’ in collaboration with the National Museum of Scotland, alongside accompanying Radio and TV series. He is a freelance DJ, musician, actor, curator, podcaster and event host at music, film and literature festivals.