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She is perhaps best known for playing Shauna Malwae-Tweep, the longest running guest star on NBC's "Parks and Recreation."Alison began her TV career as one of the improv pranksters on MTV's hidden camera show "Boiling Points," and her work has since spanned hundreds of television shows, movies, Internet videos, commercials, live comedy shows, and more. With one of the longest resumes in Hollywood, she has appeared on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “New Girl,” "Californication," "The League," "The Newsroom" from Aaron Sorkin, “Kroll Show,” “Lucifer,” “LA to Vegas,” “Adam Ruins Everything,” "Rules of Engagement," two of the "Law and Order" series, and many, many more. She's done sketches on "Conan" and "Colbert Report," has been a contestant on "@Midnight" twice, and has appeared as a guest on the "Late, Late Show" on CBS five times. 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Before becoming a film producer, she was a programmer for various film festivals in Seattle, Washington. She also served as an Acquisitions director for Arab Film Distribution and Atom Films. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1560976609866-PJ7W6XPNFI2L49H4ADLZ/Kimmy+Gatewood.jpg Juries - Kimmy Gatewood Kimmy Gatewood is a writer, director, and producer originally from Maryland and spent many years in the New York comedy scene before coming to Los Angeles. She's currently an actor on the hit TV show GLOW on Netflix and directed the infamous Cats episode of CRAZY EX GIRLFRIEND that the AV Club called "Perfect!" She also directed segments for THE JOEL MCHALE SHOW WITH JOEL MCHALE on Netflix, JUST ADD MAGIC SPINOFF coming to Amazon and the series HYPERLINKED for Disney and YouTube Red. Additionally her award winning short film CONTROL (written by Alison Becker) completed its festival run in 34 festivals and winning 11 awards. 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She now operates her own distribution services company and provides theatrical, festival booking and consultation services to boutique distributors including Film Movement and Distrib Films. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1561342971104-JJXT7T82LX2PWD9ORX89/Julian+Cautherley.JPG Juries - Julian Cautherley Julian Cautherley is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker whose projects have participated at Sundance, Berlin, SXSW, Tribeca Film Festivals and have been twice shortlisted for the Academy Awards. As producer, his award-winning documentary The Crash Reel follows the dramatic fall and rise of snowboarder Kevin Pearce a traumatic brain injury survivor. Directed by two time Oscar nominated filmmaker, Lucy Walker, the film premiered at the Sundance film festival and was nominated for numerous awards. 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Originally from Hong Kong, Julian is also partner/founder at Good 'n Proper, a production and management company, the co-organizer of TEDxVenice Beach, and an instructor at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1560976506679-JX724XA8ZV2Q2IO00873/Skye+Borgman.jpg Juries - Skye Borgman Skye Borgman is an award-winning director and cinematographer who films narrative and documentary films all over the world. She has shot over 50 films, traveled to over 60 countries and lived on three continents. Her global experiences guide her vision, thought and approach to film-making. This gives her the unique ability to connect with all types of personalities. She has filmed rock-stars, prime ministers, drug addicts, environmentalists, Academy award winners, Buddhist nuns and anarchist chocolate makers. 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He has been a story editor at Walt Disney and Columbia Pictures and creative executive at Paramount. He has written screenplays for every major studio, including New Jack City for Warner Brothers. He is Executive Producer of Richard Linklater's Last Flag Flying starring Laurence Fishburne, Bryan Cranston, and Steve Carell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1560976344061-B6EZ87ZKMZ8G283EAHMZ/Anja+Poland.jpg Juries - Anja Poland Anja Poland is a costume fabricator who specializes in stop-motion costuming. She has a passion for animation and has been working in the animation industry as well as in children's TV since 2010. Originally from the UK, she is currently based in Oregon where she joined LAIKA in 2014. Her credits include KUBO & THE TWO STRINGS, MISSING LINK, and Tim Burton's FRANKENWEENIE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1560977028570-7HAIE1JFW9GLCSXJR5GJ/Joan+Gratz.jpeg Juries - Joan Gratz Joan Gratz is an Academy Award winning director of animated short films and commercials. She pioneered “Claypainting” - working directly before the camera, she applies bits of clay, blends colors and etches fine lines to create a seamless flow of images. In Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase, images of the human face are transformed to communicate the graphic style and emotional content of major 20th century art works. This animated history of art won the Oscar in 1992. Joan developed animated painting when an architecture student at the University of Oregon, then shifted from paint to clay while working with Will Vinton Studios. During that time, her work included design and animation for the Academy Award Nominees Return to Oz, Rip Van Winkle, and The Creation. She established her own studio, Gratzfilm, in 1987. In addition to films she is the author of Downward-facing Frog and My Tesla. Gratz travels extensively and has served on animation juries in Zagreb, Croatia 1994; Hiroshima, Japan 2002; Castelli Animati, Italy 2003; Soul, Korea 2004; Hangzhou, China 2006 and Changzhou, China 2008; Ukraine 2009, Neum, Bosnia 2014; and Varna, Bulgaria 2015. Gratz taught graduate animation workshops in Tehran, Iran in 2009. Joan lives on a houseboat in Portland, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1560976358862-8GXM8QUC2CM5K3LMI8L0/Max+Porter.jpg Juries - Max Porter Max Porter is an Oscar-nominated animation film director living in Providence, USA. Collaborating with co-director Ru Kuwahata for over a decade, their films have screened in over 900 festivals around the world, including Sundance Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand and Annecy Int Animated Film Festival. Their most recent short, Negative Space(2017), was nominated for the 90th Academy Awards and has garnered 125 prizes. They are currently developing their first feature film, “Dandelion Seed” which has been supported by Sundance Screenwriting lab, Torino Script Lab, Rooftop film fund and Abbaye de Fontevraud. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1560976361051-EGTL3L7YIFF77B9WBQCC/Wally+Chung.jpg Juries - Wally Chung Wally Chung is a New York based filmmaker. Originally from the Midwest, he grew up, making weird animations and music. He has screened various shorts at film festivals in the USA and a few abroad, and even won a few awards here and there. He is currently in pre-production for his first animated feature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1560976381309-1DR2NJPO34VB373UZHO4/Wendy+Bernfeld.jpg Juries - Wendy Bernfeld Wendy Bernfeld (founder and MD of Rights Stuff, Amsterdam) is a film buff specialized in content strategy, curation, acquisition, distribution, for and to traditional and digital media platforms. This includes ’Originals’ deals for digital-first and cross-platform content, as well as interactive and VR production and distribution. Wendy has over 25 years’ experience in film/Pay TV/VOD channel startup and program buying, beginning as an entertainment lawyer and then crossing over to business with various international pay tv networks. Prior to founding Rights Stuff in ’99, she was CEO Canal+ International Acquisitions. Wendy has an L.L.B./J.D. from Queens University. An active collaborator with CMPA and the author of their comprehensive database of international VOD buyers, Wendy is a frequent lecturer and writer on digital media, as well as a strong supporter of the production and festival sectors including on advisory boards. After various articles on digital distribution beyond the Old World, including for Sundance/Film Collaborative, she co- authored Selling Your Film Outside the U.S.: Digital Distribution in Europe and updated that via a Cannes festival 2016 article ‘An Update on International VOD Opportunities Outside the U.S. in The Indie Film Sector’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1560977218963-RBQLCIERV1WO596ECXIN/Ashley+Mosher.jpeg Juries - Ashley Mosher Ashley Mosher is an award-winning filmmaker who’s work focuses on elevating human consciousness. Recently, Ashley returned from filming in the Amazon jungle under the tutelage of master filmmaker, Werner Herzog. As part of carefully selected group of emerging storytellers, she made her latest short titled “Love Birds” (2019) a personal documentary following the unfolding story of spending six intimate days with an Amazonian artist where each reveals a hidden self neither of them show to the outside world. Ashley’s gypsy nature has led her to make documentaries in Haiti, India, Peru and Vietnam and pushed her to film fictional stories at 14,000ft., in LA studio lots and in her home city of Portland, OR. Ashley began making content when she started Feed Them With Music (www.feedthemwithmusic.com), a non-profit that used all things music to feed hungry people around the world. There, she spontaneously started shooting live music videos with high profile artists, such as TRAIN, The National, and Gavin DeGraw, with the latter ending up broadcasted on VH1. Ashley is currently in Post production for her next theatrical film, titled Side Order, and is writing her first fictional feature, Cost of Riches, while developing two documentary features, The Woman Wisdom and Veganish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1560977221727-EGN6BMYUHPSVYZLAK8ZJ/Denise+Hewett.jpg Juries - Denise Hewett Denise Hewett is the Founder and CEO of Scriptd, a digital screenplay marketplace to bolster scripts from underrepresented groups. She comes from the world of entertainment, fashion and nightlife, starting her career as the Director of Sales and Marketing at famed nightclub The Box and working for cultural trailblazers like Patricia Field (Sex and the City, Ugly Betty), Marvin Jarrett (NYLON), Courtney Love, Simon Hammerstein and Randy Weiner before creating content at MTV and Endemol. She is a seasoned television and digital producer who lives at the intersection of activism, entrepreneurship, and entertainment. She holds a Bachelor's degree from Gallatin at NYU where she studied cultural signifiers, how they affect and reflect society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1561343177797-KWEH88OWQA16JXE9UAT8/Jason+Plourde.jpg Juries - Jason Plourde Jason Plourde worked with Three Dollar Bill Cinema in Seattle for over 20 years, serving for the majority of that time as Programming Director and Executive Director. The organization was the largest exhibitor of LGBTQ films in WA state, and supported filmmaking programs for both youth and adults. He is currently the Project Manager for The AMP: AIDS Memorial Pathway, a public arts project scheduled to be completed in 2020 on Capitol Hill in Seattle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1561402472464-QSZLMX2O0NG28RS4O8Q6/Shawn+Wong.jpg Juries - Shawn Wong Shawn Wong is the author of two prize-winning novels, Homebase and American Knees, and editor/co-editor of six Asian American and American multicultural literary anthologies including the pioneering anthology Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian American Writers. His second novel, American Knees was made into a film titled “Americanese” and won several film festival awards in 2006. Wong was featured in the Bill Moyers’ PBS documentary, “Becoming American: The Chinese Experience,” in 2003. He is currently Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Cinema and Media at the University of Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1560977238530-CKISWH5A7AVKVBEXZHXA/Sontenish+Myers.jpg Juries - Sontenish Myers Sontenish Myers is a writer-director based in Harlem, NY. She is is a graduate and adjunct professor of NYU's Graduate Film program. Sontenish has written and directed 4 short films to date. In her work, racial identity, womanhood, power dynamics, and the heroic journey are often explored. She is particularly interested in doing so across genres, from dramas, science fiction/fantasy, to dark comedies. Her most recent short film, Cross My Heart, follows an American teen who upon visiting her family in Jamaica, discovers a secret that changes the way she sees the people she loves. The film made its North American Premiere at Seattle International Film Festival. Sontenish was also awarded the Alexis Award for Best Emerging Student Filmmaker at Palm Springs International Shortfest for Cross My Heart, which was also included in Refinery29's list of The Most Exciting Woman-Directed Films At 2018's Palm Springs Shortfest. Cross My Heart won the Vimeo Staff Pick Award at Hampton International Film Festival for its “outstanding performances from its two young leads and a nuanced directorial approach.” Sontenish is an IFP Marcie Bloom Fellow in Film, and is developing her first feature film Stampede. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1561613614891-KLE5VR6WKFM9TPK8B264/Dale+Dickey.jpeg Juries - Dale Dickey Dale Dickey is a veteran of the stage - having worked on Broadway and regional stages across the country. She has over 50 film credits -- most notably Winter's Bone (winning the Indie Spirit Award for supporting actress as ‘Merab’), Leave No Trace, Hell or High Water, Iron Man 3, Changeling, Domino, and The Pledge. With over 40 guest spots on TV, she is best known for her recurring work on projects such as “Breaking Bad,” “True Blood,” “Justified,” “My Name Is Earl,” “Vice Principals,” and “Claws". She was recently seen in the TNT mini-series INTO THE NIGHT with Chris Pine. Upcoming: Netflix series UNBELIEVABLE with Toni Collette and HBO's Room 104. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1561609461326-3J857X0ZEJVGMZZ0E43V/Mtume+Gant.jpg Juries - Mtume Gant Mtume Gant is a Director and Performer hailing from NYC. A graduate of NYC's Laguardia HS & The Acting Conservatory at SUNY Purchase, he has worked heavily on stage, screen & TV, most notably as a cast member of the HBO show OZ and one of the leads in the film CARLITOS WAY: RISE TO POWER next to Mario Van Peebles and Luis Guzman. He made his screen debut as Louis in the Sundance Award Winning Film HURRICANE STREETS. His most recent accomplishments include writing/starring in Contact Theatre’s critically acclaimed production Fields of Grey and his film directing debut of SPIT released in 2015. SPIT has gone on to win over half a dozen awards screened at nearly two dozen festivals across the United States such as Aspen Shortsfest, Woodstock Film Festival and Cucalorus and recently made its TV debut late this summer 2016 as a part of The ABFF Independent short film series on the TV station ASPIRE. His second film White Face, a critical investigation of whiteness in American society went on to be screened at over 2 dozen film festivals in the United States and abroad taking home numerous awards, solidifying Mtume as a filmmaker to watch. He is currently in PreProduction for his debut feature film I DON’T LIVE TODAY which he plans to shoot this summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1561614424593-X2ZP0RMULPORIXCDXZ4Y/Camillia+Monet+Headshot.png Juries - Camillia Monet Camillia Monet is an American actress and film producer. She has appeared in films such as War of theWorlds, Seabiscuit, and as Aurora Aceveda in the Emmy Award FX hit series “The Shield.” Monet is the CEO and founder of Esperanza Productions LLC, located at Paramount Studios. The company produces films, television, short form content and commercials on all platforms. Current films include: Unmerciful Good Fortune, While You Were Dancing, Whichboard, and a highly anticipated biopic film based on a true story written by Steve Rivele, starring Vince Vaughn. Camillia works with international partners on projects which include an epic Nazi Germany TV drama produced by Angel & Bear Productions where she created the concept and story. In digital, she recently created STATES OF HORROR, featuring YouTube star, Creeps McPasta and, most recently, created and directed the online sketch comedy show THE HOT TAKE! starring social media celebs. Other producing credits include: THE WINGED MAN written by Oscar-nominated writer, Jose Rivera; LOVE OR WHATEVER, award-winning film JENNY directed by Lance Bass; DEVIL MAY CALL, and De-Railed starring Lance Henrickson: 2019 summer theatrical release. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1561614408056-JK49KXCAO9I3HMZIZDM8/Piper+Perabo+Headshot.png Juries - Piper Perabo Piper Perabo is a Golden Globe nominated actress. She can currently be seen opposite Idris Elba in “Turn Up Charlie” on Netflix. Prior to that, she starred as Annie Walker in all 5 seasons of USA Network’s spy drama, “Covert Affairs.” She made her Broadway debut in Neil LaBute’s controversial play REASONS TO BE PRETTY, which was nominated for the Tony for Best Play. She has also been seen in Christopher Nolan’s THE PRESTIGE with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, BECAUSE I SAID SO with Diane Keaton and FIRST SNOW, with Guy Pearce. Some of her other film credits include the CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN films with Steve Martin, IMAGINE ME & YOU with Lena Heady and Matthew Goode and the in the sci-fi action film, LOOPER alongside Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels. She also starred in COYOTE UGLY. This August she cane be seen in “Angel Has Fallen” with Gerrard Butler and Morgan Freeman. Outside of her work on screen and stage, Perabo is a Voice for the International Rescue Committee, to raise awareness of the refugee crisis and help those displaced by conflict around the globe. She is also a National Advisor to Vote, Run, Lead and nonpartisan organization that trains women to run for office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1561616110315-LT0AMQ6FKNTI8GO5NM0D/Shawn-Caulin+Young.jpg Juries - Shawn-Caulin Young Shawn-Caulin Young is an LGBTQ American actor, writer, director, and producer. Young grew up in a doublewide trailer in the rural desert outskirts of Farmington, New Mexico. Upon discovering his love for storytelling in high school, Young auditioned for conservatory training and relocated to Connecticut to pursue a BFA in Acting from The Hartt School (UHA). “Discovered” by Victoria Burrows & Scot Boland during the casting process for a live-action remake of The Yellow Submarine. Second, only to Cary Elwes, director Robert Zemeckis selected him from an international talent pool to play famed guitarist, George Harrison. Best known for his distinctive character roles on hit shows like True Detective, Godless, Santa Clarita Diet, Shawn was most recently celebrated for his poignant and award-winning portrayal of a real-life transgender inmate and drug addict in the critically acclaimed award-winning feature film, Heart, Baby! (2019). As a filmmaker, Shawn-Caulin Young has quickly become an audience favorite. His award-winning debut short film, Stand\Still, has won several awards in both domestic and international film competition. His mission is to create cinematic experiences that will not only entertain, but wake audiences up to what innately connects and separates us all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1560977264297-KKDLATM78T0C4U4Q2CXF/Anna+Baumgarten.png Juries - Anna Baumgarten Anna Baumgarten was born and raised in Metro Detroit and graduated from the University of Michigan. This indie filmmaker and screenwriter strives to tell stories with truth that find common ground between people of polarizing backgrounds. She currently works in TV as the Development Manager for both scripted and unscripted content at Monami Productions in Beverly Hills, CA. As a filmmaker she has an independent TV pilot, a dozen short films, and a digital PSA campaign under her belt. Anna continues to seek out opportunities to create collaborative media content. She is a media partner with SafeBAE, an organization that works to provide sexual assault awareness and prevention education to middle, high school, and college students. As a survivor of college campus date rape, Anna strives to start conversations through her work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1561402335615-4M7ANAWM2YURQHKXR1XF/Jessica+Bendinger.jpg Juries - Jessica Bendinger Jessica Bendinger's movies have grossed over $500 million worldwide. Her directorial debut STICK IT (starring Jeff Bridges) was the #1 download on iTunes for 7 straight weeks. She launched onto the scene with her original script BRING IT ON (which debuted at #1 in the box office and remained there for two weeks). Bendinger was a writer on the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning Season Four of SEX AND THE CITY. A former journalist for SPIN Magazine + MTV News, Jessica also directed music videos for artists such as Queen Latifah, Steady B, Coro, and Loudness. Her Queen Latifah video for FLY GIRL was nominated for two Billboard Awards: Best Rap Video and Best Director/Rap Video. Jessica's screenwriting credits include: THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE, FIRST DAUGHTER and AQUAMARINE. Her uncredited work includes: WHAT A GIRL WANTS, FREAKY FRIDAY, MEAN GIRLS, and HITCH. Simon & Schuster published debut novel "The Seven Rays" in 2009. Her original television pilots for THE 7 RAYS, LADYLIKE and CLOCKED are in development. An avid songwriter, Bendinger co-wrote “Hurts to Think” for Miranda Lambert, and has been collaborating on a new stage musical called PSYCHED, a comedic journey through the wonderful world of mental health. Jessica lives in Hollywood with her dog Minnie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1560977288969-4FT8RDVEYSW906MYVM5U/LEWAA.jpg Juries - Lewaa Nasserdeen Lewaa Nasserdeen has a passion for exploring human stories across a wide breadth of genres. A prolific multi-hyphenate, Nasserdeen recently wrote, starred in, and executive produced BERLIN, a half-hour dramedy produced by Jax Media. Prior to Berlin, Nasserdeen co-produced the critically-acclaimed third season of Marvel’s Daredevil for Netflix, and wrote and oversaw the much talked about fourth episode ('Blindsided') featuring the groundbreaking 11-minute prison fight sequence. Deftly pivoting between drama and comedy, Nasserdeen got his start in television as a writer on the ABC hit series The Goldbergs and The Real O’Neals. He has also worked with HBO (Vinyl) and has a robust development slate with genres from horror to poignant drama. He has collaborated with studios such as Twentieth Century Fox and is writing and producing a feature film based on the iconic film star Montgomery Clift. On the acting side, Lewaa recently guest-starred on an NCIS: New Orleans episode opposite Scott Bakula (Conspiracy Theories). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1560977295427-SSZLY56FN308399NWLPL/Neil+LaBute.jpg Juries - Neil LaBute Neil LaBute’s film credits include: IN THE COMPANY OF MEN, YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS, NURSE BETTY, POSSESSION, THE SHAPE OF THINGS, THE WICKER MAN, SOME GIRL(S) and DEATH AT A FUNERAL. As a playwright, he’s been responsible for Fat Pig, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times, Bash: Latter-Day Plays, Strange Fruit, Some White Chick, and Reasons to Be Pretty. Televison credits include: Billy & Billie, Van Helsing and The I-Land for Netflix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1560977297824-RND611YDYS1U5W5O40KP/Nitza+Wilon.JPG Juries - Nitza Wilon Nitza Wilon is a partner in the consulting firm Women in the Script Trade (WIST), which builds and administers competitions and lab retreats for women writing narrative features (including The Writers Lab; bicoastal labs for the Athena Film Festival; and a lab in Australia in 2020). WIST also works individually with an international roster of women writers. 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Chase Joliet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1563159104069-UTCUA81QWJ7EDO69UW2A/image-asset.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1565398691039-KE5FMID78TQQNYWEVPGB/stargazer.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1565398783437-B6XTL34XTPYDTPLM75WA/exit12.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1565398821314-JY3R6TMDYL3HAJZOS4Y6/higttmbs.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1565398905086-7APRO62ZPF2RCTPYTJ7W/eli.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1565398930563-8YY8P070MFYBN2WYFDV0/aiyana.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1565398958364-DKFZ7CI6RNU684CMZHPE/sitad.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1565399022230-CWMM6BPJFA4URDZXJAOZ/waitinggame.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1565396365891-8PGEN1G72IKWCLL7B9CX/EMstill.jpeg https://www.themoviecrush.com/juries-2020 daily 0.75 2026-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1601049283951-DLJTQNUBV3VPRABE118S/Jane%2BCharles.jpg Juries - Jane Charles Jane Charles has spent over 25 years capturing the human experience as a producer in the film industry. Her feature film, SOLD, shot in India and Nepal with Oscar-winning Director Jeffrey D Brown and Executive Producer Emma Thompson, has won 4 audience awards and 3 jury awards in international film festivals and has generated a global movement to end child trafficking.As a member of the Directors Guild of Canada, Jane began her career in production on the original TV shows 21 Jump Street, Booker, Wise Guy, Neon Rider and the feature films BIRD ON A WIRE (Goldie Hawn, Mel Gibson), RUN (Patrick Dempsey, Kelly Preston) and PURE LUCK (Danny Glover and Martin Short), as well as several TV movies. As a creative catalyst and producer, Jane, has guided many projects from concept to delivery including the feature films Cyberteens In Love, Once In a Blue Moon, Fat Kid Rules the World, Ira Finkelstein’s Christmas, Grassroots, SOLD and Five Dollar Cover for MTV Networks. She recently completed the feature film EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS with Tom Skerritt and is currently Executive Producing the Ruby Landry series of movies, based on books by VC Andrews, for Lifetime. A passionate advocate for global unity and child protection, Jane is co-founder of StolenYouth.org, an organization that supports the rescue and recovery of commercially sexually exploited youth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1601048312775-2DBQ39D82JNSWPG93B60/Ellie+Foumbi.jpeg Juries - Ellie Foumbi Ellie Foumbi is an actor/writer/director from Cameroon. She holds an MFA from Columbia University’s School of the Arts in Directing. Her films have screened at several international film festivals, placing in the Student Academy Awards Semifinals and garnering a nomination for an African Movie Academy Award. She was invited to participate in New York Film Festival’s prestigious Artist Academy. Ellie’s projects have participated in the 2019/2020 Venice Biennale Cinema College, IFP’s No Borders International Co-production, Film Independent Screenwriting Lab, and Tribeca Film Institute's Untold Stories. Her first feature OUR FATHER, THE DEVIL which will be presented at the 78th Venice International Film Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1601048326134-6VVX2FSW7J38TW1TOD3I/Tyler+Rabinowitz.png Juries - Tyler Rabinowitz Tyler Rabinowitz is an LA-based writer-director-producer, and a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts. As a writer-director, Tyler's credits include SEE YOU SOON (Outfest '20, BFI Flare '20, Short of the Week) and HOW I GOT TO THE MOON BY SUBWAY, which won Best Narrative Short at the 2019 Walla Walla Movie Crush. As a producer, Tyler's credits include LAVENDER (Sundance '19, SXSW '19, Vimeo Staff Pick Premiere), which was acquired by Searchlight Pictures, as well as THE MESS HE MADE (SXSW '17, Short of the Week). Tyler is an alumnus of the Tribeca Film Institute's All Access Program, Sundance Ignite Fellowship, and the Jacob Burns Film Center's Creative Culture Fellowship. Currently, Tyler is developing his first feature film YOU CANNOT ERASE ME, for which his screenplay is a 2020 Academy Nicholl Semifinalist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1601048330060-YT6H4RQO3VWILQ0ISM2R/Michael+Seligman.png Juries - Michael Seligman Michael Seligman is a veteran TV writer and producer. His credits include the Emmy Award-winning RUPAUL’S DRAG RACE, as well as E! TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY and MYSTERIES & SCANDALS, a docuseries which explored the underside of fame in Hollywood’s Golden Age. In 2019, Michael added “host” to list of credits with his Webby-award nominated podcast MOB QUEENS (which he also researched, wrote & produced), a documentary-style series exploring the little-known life of Anna Genovese, a bi-sexual, bad-ass mob wife who ran New York City’s most notorious drag clubs in the 1950s and 60s. The series debuted at #5 on the iTunes True Crime chart and stayed in the Top 50 throughout its 12-episode run. In 2020, Michael made his directing debut with the feature documentary, P.S. BURN THIS LETTER PLEASE. The film opens with the recent discovery of a box of letters, written in the 1950s by a group of New York City drag queens, and follows the lives of 9 former queens, now in their 80s and 90s, as they relive their most daring and defiant moments. The film was invited to premiere at the 2020 TriBeCa Film Festival and recently won the Audience Award for Feature Documentary at OUTFest in Los Angeles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1585342218476-TPK011LU0U398HUNFE2L/Bognar-Steven-01.jpeg Juries - Steven Bognar With his partner, Julia Reichert, Steven Bognar just won the Best Documentary Feature Oscar® for AMERICAN FACTORY. The project was inspired by THE LAST TRUCK: CLOSING OF A GM PLANT, which had earned them an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Short Subject ten years earlier. Together, Bognar and Reichert also won an Emmy® for A LION IN THE HOUSE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1585342231278-M7KN2AAFG0WW4E1RHGBR/S+Leo+Chiang.jpg Juries - S. Leo Chiang Born in Taiwan and based in San Francisco, S. Leo Chiang has racked up numerous awards and great critical acclaim for his films that document both the Asian-American and LGBTQ experience. His documentaries include OUR TIME MACHINE, A VILLAGE CALLED VERSAILLES, OUT RUN and MR. CAO GOES TO WASHINGTON. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1585342247107-HD58NZOLIZ6DYFA6TL7F/Tiffany+Shlain.jpeg Juries - Tiffany Shlain Tiffany Shlain is an Emmy®-nominated moviemaker, a recently published author and a leader of movements. She’s the founder of the Web Awards an co-founder of 50/50 Day, Character Day, and the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences. Her films have screened at Sundance, the 1 Reel Film Festival, TEDWomen, Refinery 29, The Museum of Modern Art and US embassies around the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1585342263429-RN3ERXU8U6YBWDZADF59/gorjestani_2020.jpeg Juries - Mohammad Gorjestani Mohammad Gorjestani has had a short at The Movie Crush every year since our inception - and last year took home our medallion for Best Documentary Short for EXIT 12: MOVED BY WAR. Previous Crush highlights include: YASSIN FALAFEL and HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARIO WOODS. His latest short, BAD HOMBRE, screens this summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1585342271226-1J2L6M2PMGCFIE1EYLTS/Sarah+Lash.jpg Juries - Sarah Lash Sarah Lash is the Senior Director of Acquisitions for Conde Nast Entertainment, selecting premium content for their digital network which includes Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ, WIRED and The New Yorker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1600806580746-GUMKGRGCHM4P4PS32S57/Inga+Diev.jpg Juries - Inga Diev Inga Diev oversees business operations, film sales, and acquisitions four Ouat Media. Prior to joining Ouat, Inga spent over a decade working in film production and broadcast programming, most recently at Sundance Channel Canada. Inga shares her film industry expertise by chairing in festival juries and participating in guest panels around the world, including Toronto International Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival. For the past five years, she has also served on the Board of Canadian Filmmakers’ Distribution Centre, Canada’s foremost non-commercial distributor and resource for independently produced film. Inga is a graduate of York University (BFA in Film Production) and University of Oxford (MSt in Film Aesthetics). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1600806131317-9GWAS6DWDD0OI1KHFY8Y/Ruth+Hayes.jpeg Juries - Ruth Hayes Ruth Hayes came to animation through drawing and printmaking. She works in film, digital video and pre-cinema formats including flipbooks, zoetropes and praxinoscopes. A committed experimentalist, she has explored visual phenomena, engaged in historical and political critique, mined personal experience, and investigated relationships between human and non-human worlds. Her current work focuses on 16mm cameraless processes and expanded cinema performance. Since 1997 she has taught at The Evergreen State College, integrating animation into courses in cultural studies, the sciences, and visual and media arts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1600806153028-KI7PZMQ39B89WM4YDWRS/Chia-Hsin+Lee.jpeg Juries - Chia-Hsin Lee Chia-Hsin Lee is a 26-year-old independent Taiwanese animation-movie maker and a YouTuber. She worked on several shorts including "In an Empty Wood" which received many awards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1600806181808-6XZT5YK4BYBNEHQVSSMP/Nate+Milton.jpeg Juries - Nate Milton Nate Milton is an Animation Director and Producer. His short Eli screened in competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and Palm Springs Short Fest. He directed and produced Liverspots and Astronots an animated series for Facebook Watch, along with short form content for HBO, Adult Swim and NPR. Five of his films are Vimeo Staff Picks. Nate lives in New York where he co-runs The Amigo Unit animation studio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1600806551645-P8TA6DH46K2JIWP2ZEAR/Azarin+Sohrabkhani.jpg Juries - Azarin Sohrabkhani Azarin Sohrabkhani has been part of the animation, film, and festival community for over 15 years. She is currently the Industry Director of one of the world’s foremost animation events, the Ottawa International Animation Festival. Azarin programs and manages over 50 experiences for animation industry professionals, independent filmmakers, emerging artists, and youth outreach. She is also the lead on all corporate partnerships and development strategies. Azarin sits on the Advisory Board of Algonquin College’s Animation Program and is a Co-Founder of Ottawa’s DIY music festival, Ottawa Explosion Weekend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1601049125166-MOLF9UJ26NPFLTO0FCWA/Sandrine%2BCassidy.jpg Juries - Sandrine Faucher Cassidy Sandrine Faucher Cassidy is USC School of Cinematic Arts Senior Director of Talent Development, Festivals & Distribution. As such, she counsels and mentors students and alumni on strategy for their shorts and independent features in the festival circuit and how to best utilize their projects to network for their upcoming projects and reach their career goals. She also helps students and alumni to create a festival and distribution plan specially adapted to their film, and advises them on copyright and clearance issues. USC's catalog of short films grows in number every year, and Sandrine Licenses both recent and archived films throughout the world. With over 30 years of experience in the film industry and international festivals dating back to her position at Unifrance Film International, she is uniquely specialized in the distribution and exhibition of independent films. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1601048694890-5JF0WERGCTSZ3XRD0FS6/Kat+Garrido.jpeg Juries - Kathryne "Kat" Garrido Kathryne "Kat" Garrido is a college freshman from Gastonia, North Carolina, currently residing in Winston-Salem, North Carolina where she studies filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She loves making films just as much as sharing them with others. Kat has two films screen at the Walla Walla Movie Crush in 2019; STARGAZER won the Best Youth Short Award. Kat looks towards a future filled with working in and around film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1601049080831-5DSIOIHCCK7T0L0XRD1E/Alan%2BHunter.jpg Juries - Alan Hunter Alan Hunter became an American pop culture icon during his years as one of the 7 original MTV VJs. He currently hosts the “Big 80s” and “Classic Rewind” channels on SiriusXM Satellite Radio. He was the host for the Starz Channel’s original series “Looking For Stars” and hosted Encore’s annual “Big 80’s Movie Weekend.” He formed Hunter Films in 1995, and, in 2003, the company received an Academy Award nomination for the short 7ilm “Johnny Flynton.” Hunter Films also executive- produced the feature 7ilm “Dreamland,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2006, as well as the documentary 7ilm “Best Worst Movie,” which premiered at the SXSW 7ilm festival in 2009. The company produced the feature 7ilm “Lifted,” starring Dash Mihok, Nicki Aycox, Trace Adkins, Ruben Studdard, Uriah Shelton, and Hunter in 2011. Hunter is co-creator of the entertainment complex WorkPlay in downtown Birmingham, Alabama (named by Paste Magazine as a “Top 40” club in the U.S.). He is the chair emeritus of the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival, named one of Time Magazine's Top Ten "Festivals for the Rest of Us" in 2013, one of “10 Great Places for a Fabulous Film Festival” by USA Today, and, in 2015, one of the “25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World” by MovieMaker Magazine. May 2013 brought the release of the book “VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV’s First Wave,” written by Hunter and his three original MTV VJ partners: Mark Goodman, Martha Quinn, and Nina Blackwood, along with Rolling Stone Magazine contributor, Gavin Edwards. A TV series based on the book is currently in development. More recently Hunter hosted infomercials for Generac Systems as well as for Time/ Life’s Rock and Romance Collection with his former MTV VJ pal Martha Quinn. Hunter resides in San Francisco with his wife, Dr. Elizabeth Hunter, and their two children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1601049155984-DV3CXA7N68SPMNJ5Q7B2/Eli%2BKimaro.jpg Juries - Eliaichi Kimaro Eliaichi Kimaro makes art to locate where she stands in the flow of cultural inheritance and legacy. A self-taught artist, Eliaichi will learn whatever medium it takes to tell the story that is emerging. Over the past 40 years, she has used writing, music, photography, film, storytelling, and now visual art to explore her personal/family narrative. Her feature film A LOT LIKE YOU (2011) won six Best Documentary Awards on the film festival circuit before being broadcast nationally on PBS. After eight years on the campus/conference lecture circuit, Eliaichi distilled her keynotes in her 2016 TEDxSeattle talk, “Why the World Needs Your Story.” Across every medium, Eliaichi finds beauty in the rusty, weathered and worn. She loves the stories that scars hold ~ and feels compelled to take those stories of survival, and turn them into something beautiful to behold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1601049038405-NZHG9ITSSW5AHI0AG2GD/PAMELA+LAVITT.jpg Juries - Pamela Lavitt Pamela Lavitt has been director of the Seattle Jewish Film Festival since 2005 and of the Arts+Ideas department at the Stroum Jewish Community Center since 2012. A scholar of the history of Jews in popular culture and Jewish women in vaudeville, she has published numerous scholarly and popular articles on these subjects, and shaped museum exhibits in NY and Seattle, where she has taught at New York University and University of Washington. She is a graduate of Duke University (B.S. Zoology, B.A. Political Science) and completed her doctoral coursework at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Trained as an oral historian, folklorist, and theatre scholar, Pamela now brings over 100 international artists (musicians and performers, authors, chefs, luminaries and filmmakers) to the Greater Seattle region annually. She lives in Seattle with husband Robert Lavitt and their identical twin daughters. Lavitt is recipient of the 2018 Pamela Waechter z”l Jewish Communal Leadership Award bestowed by the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1601049473844-1CE7CYC29TLHVF2DNZ93/Ayiana+T.+Davis.jpeg Juries - Ayiana Taina Davis Polen Ayiana Taina Davis Polen is our award-winning recipient of the 2019 Walla Walla Movie Crush “Best Performance” for playing the lead role in East of the River as Teonna. She is a freshman student at Spelman College currently working towards her degree as a double major in Sociology & Anthropology, Music with a piano performance concentration, and a Spanish minor. Ayiana comes from a diverse background, being Puerto Rican, African American, and Dominican. Through this background, Davis Polen has developed a love for the arts as an aspiring artist within the realms of music, dance, and film. She is now a graduate of Duke Ellington School of the Arts where she studied classical and jazz piano along with classical harp. While primarily being a musician, she was involved in her school’s marching band as a majorette dancer throughout her four years in attendance. While a student at Duke Ellington, many opportunities arose for the young artist, one of which was being the lead in East of the River. While being an artist, she was still able to achieve many goals in the world of academia, this included her taking college courses as a senior, graduating with a 4.0 GPA as her senior class Vice President, and being a Co-writer of DRESS CODED: Black girls, bodies, and bias in D.C. Schools with the National Women’s Law Center. Now as a Spelman College student, Davis Polen wishes to empower the Black and Latino communities through arts and academics; both in college and beyond. She is eager in growing as a scholar, artist, and wishes to study abroad to grow as a global citizen. Although Ayiana Davis Polen aspires to continue her future within the entertainment industry, she currently has been working on content creating through YouTube in addition to her studies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1601049487368-COZWA159ZBM1QI3KHJ4B/Matt+Del+Negro.png Juries - Matthew Del Negro Matthew Del Negro grew up in Westchester County, New York and graduated from Boston College, where he played Division I Lacrosse. His acting career began in small theatre productions in New York while he was bartending, before landing a pivotal recurring role on Season 4 of HBO's groundbreaking series, The Sopranos opposite James Gandolfini and Edie Falco. Using that momentum, Matt segued onto Aaron Sorkin's critically-acclaimed NBC series, The West Wing and Diablo Cody's series for Showtime, The United States of Tara. He returned to the boards for A.C.T.'s sold-out run of David Mamet's Speed the Plow, playing the role of Bobby Gould under the direction of Loretta Greco and eventually, his portrayal of gay male prostitute, Michael Ambruso, on ABC's smash hit, Scandal gained him wide recognition as an actor with range. He followed that with a turn in the critical and Box Office hit, Wind River, starring Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen before landing a coveted role on the 2nd Season of Amazon's Goliath. Following his darkly dramatic turn on Goliath with a layered, scene-stealing comedic portrayal of down-on-his-luck actor Jason Alan Ross on Netflix's Huge in France, Del Negro proved that he is capable of comedy as well as drama. He is now a series regular, alongside Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge, on Showtime’s critically-acclaimed Boston crime drama City on a Hill. Having made his own short film, Christmas Break, in 2007, Matt stepped behind the camera again, as Creative Consultant, to help fellow actor Chris Messina with his directorial debut, Alex of Venice, starring Don Johnson, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Derek Luke as well as helping friend Blake Robbins develop his festival hit indie film, the gritty Sublime and Beautiful. He earned a producer credit for his developmental contributions to the indie film, Limerence, in which he also stars and has begun to develop projects, mostly based on true, inspiring stories of several of his former podcast guests. In July of 2017, Matt launched his podcast, 10,000 NOs, where he sits down with top-shelf folks from all walks of life about the rejections they've had to endure and struggles they've had to overcome on their journey to where they are today. He has since has since become one of the faces of Perseverance, Resilience and Grit as his podcast has ranked in the top 100 Apple Career Podcast’s in the USA, Australia and Canada. The podcast also led to a publishing deal with Wiley & Sons, who will publish his book, 10,000 NOs: How to Overcome Rejection on the Way to Your YES on October, 27, 2020. Matthew has been increasingly invited to speak about Perseverance and Grit at corporate events and seminars, including Cathy Heller's Don't Keep Your Day Job Podcast Retreat (2018), Jon Gordon’s Power of Positive Summit (2019, 2020) and Sharran Srivatsaa’s Brand Summit (2020). He has also been asked back to speak at his alma mater, Boston College after speaking there in 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1601049498926-BG925B0VY7AWSKW5LPOL/Cynthia+Geary.jpeg Juries - Cynthia Geary Cynthia Geary played Emmy nominated Shelley Tambo on Northern Exposure. After the show wrapped, Cynthia continued to maintain her primary residence in the Seattle area. She’s raising two daughters here. The oldest is a Sophomore majoring in screenwriting at USC, and the youngest is in the 8th grade. She co-starred with Luke Perry in the feature film 8 SECONDS. She’s starred in numerous TV movies and guest roles on TV. She’s also been active in the film industry in WA state playing roles in local director’s films: SMOKE SIGNALS, THE BUSINESS OF FANCY DANCING, EXPIRATION DATE, CRIMES OF THE PAST, SWTICHMAS and NOTHING AGAINST LIFE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1601049489528-YL8ZGQ8YMU2XD7NRFPEF/Julia-Garner.jpg Juries - Julia Garner Julia Garner is best known for her role as Ruth Langmore in the Netflix crime drama series Ozark (2017–present), for which she has won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Garner also had roles in the FX drama series The Americans (2015–18), the Netflix miniseries Maniac (2018), and the Bravo true crime series Dirty John (2018–19).Garner has appeared in the films Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014). She had leading roles in We Are What We Are (2013), Grandma (2015), and The Assistant (2019). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1601060507869-OS8SAM84K3QEW2IIQZ3J/Stefanie+Abel+Horowitz.png Juries - Stefanie Abel Horowitz Stefanie Abel Horowitz directed theatre for a decade before pivoting to film and commercials. She is a member of the Lincoln Center Directors Lab and co-founder of the New York–based theater company Tiny Little Band, whose play Ghost Stories was named a Time Out New York Critic's Pick. Her first short film, Up North, premiered on Short of the Week. sometimes, i think about dying is her second short film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1601060516726-9V8NPV11FQLVZW2OGV2X/Elizabeth+Kaiden.jpg Juries - Elizabeth Kaiden Elizabeth Kaiden formed WIST (Women in the Script Trade) with Nitza Wilon to work with exceptional women screenwriters, develop promising projects for production, and manage script development labs. They are co-founders of The Writers Lab for women over 40. The Writers Lab has garnered international acclaim and is produced with New York Women in Film & Television and supported by Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman and Oprah Winfrey. They also run the Athena Film Festival Labs for emerging women writers in New York and Los Angeles. Elizabeth has worked in theater administration and production, international theater and film journalism, dramaturgy and writing. She served as Head of Development for Tangerine Entertainment, and is a graduate of Princeton University and the Yale School of Drama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1601060518521-9YG5I68RF1J8SVD0OXLA/Charles+Mudede.jpg Juries - Charles Mudede Charles Mudede is a Zimbabwean-born cultural critic, urbanist, filmmaker, college lecturer, and writer. He is the associate editor of the Stranger, a lecturer at Cornish College, and collaborated with the director Robinson Devor on three films, two of which POLICE BEAT and ZOO, premiered at Sundance, and one of which, ZOO, screened at Cannes. In the fall of 2018, Mudede directed his first film, THIN SKIN, from a script I wrote with Lindy West and Aham Oluo. I have also written for the New York Times, Cinema Scope, Tank Magazine, e-flux, LA Weekly, Nest Magazine, and C Theory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1601062403244-0JGDLYKUCVGXC4D7YBGS/Katy%25252BWright-Mead.jpg Juries - Katy Wright-Mead Katy Wright-Mead is lead actor, co-writer and producer of sometimes, i think about dying, which had it's World Premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and was selected as IndieWire's "10 Must-See Gems". Film/TV credits also include: Boardwalk Empire (HBO), The Knick (Cinemax), Rush Hour (CBS)., Elsewhere (HRIFF: Best Feature, NYCIFF: Best Ensemble), The Graduates (RIFF, STIFF: Best Comedy).Fight of the Living Dead (YouTubeRED). Katy began her acting career in the New York theater scene, garnering accolades from The New York Times, Theatermania, BackStage and more. She has shared the stage with established artists such as Anthony Rapp and Rachel Brosnahan. She is an alumnus of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Larry Moss Intensive and The T. Schreiber Studio. https://www.themoviecrush.com/schedule-2020 daily 0.75 2026-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1557896376057-E5HDKEL1W1G6UG3EQF8T/theater.jpg Schedule https://www.themoviecrush.com/2020-trailer daily 0.75 2026-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1557896376057-E5HDKEL1W1G6UG3EQF8T/theater.jpg 2020 Trailer https://www.themoviecrush.com/awardees-2020 daily 0.75 2026-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1557896376057-E5HDKEL1W1G6UG3EQF8T/theater.jpg Awardees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1600792259555-XCJV04170CS77HHFQAHE/THE+RULE+OF+FOURS.jpg Awardees - Winner THE RULE OF FOURS d. Max Rogoff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1600792323072-YCUMPRZRINKIDZFWNZ29/THIS+IS+THE+WAY+WE+RISE.jpg Awardees - Winner THIS IS THE WAY WE RISE d. Ciara Lacy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1600792445456-9CU0KRSCXQ9A2STHHNXB/SOMETHING+LIKE+LONELINESS.jpg Awardees - Winner SOMETHING LIKE LONELINESS d. Ben & Seth Epstein https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1600801010514-W7ECYOMKOHNOIBUTCJCJ/opposites+game.jpg Awardees - Winner THE OPPOSITES GAME d. Anna Samo & Lisa LaBracio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1600801092017-I5GTC5AECOYLJW8LV5ZP/ex%2Bdisposer.jpg Awardees - Winner Jack DiFalco EX-DISPOSER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1600801165074-2QXNPXJBMAGKFO9BL88X/query+film.png Awardees - Winner QUERY Sophie Kargman & Ryan Farhoudi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1600801197884-EQDMHD4WRZYZKA6XZ2KV/brother+film.jpg Awardees - Winner BROTHER d. Ya’Ke Smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1600793379895-8U1YY9VKI4Q9V9J6FU63/DEAR+BRUH.jpg Awardees - Winner DEAR BRUH: A EULOGY, A BAPTISM, A CALL TO ACTION d. Ya’Ke Smith https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1600793484944-2BEB9DGYFLEV7UEPKR7N/THE+LONG+RIVER+HOME.jpg Awardees - Winner THE LONG RIVER HOME d. 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They burst onto the scene with their feature directorial debut Troop Zero, and are also well known for their work on projects such as Eurydice, Kidding, and The Great. They are also known for their shorts Phobias, Worm, The Taxidermist. They just completed directing the first season of Marvel’s HAWKEYE series for Disney+ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1624962531039-BJQC83Y9MQWAMPEEESLH/Epstein+Pic.jpg Juries - Ben & Seth Epstein Seth and Ben Epstein are Los Angeles-based brothers with deep Dallas roots. They bicker like children, hug it out like grown children, and spend the rest of their time trying to make each other laugh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1624962567841-1ANOZ1NF1XHPA9OMTCVS/Craig+Pic.jpg Juries - Craig Johnson Craig Johnson is a director and writer, known for The Skeleton Twins, True Adolescents and Alex Strangelove. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1625012012376-0GXX7VT3Q9CE0STF3MLD/Adi+Pic.jpg Juries - Adi Shankar At 36, Adi Shankar has become recognized as one of the most innovative content creators in Hollywood and a global geek culture tastemaker. Adi is currently the Executive Producer behind the smash-hit Netflix Original Series “Castlevania” which ended its 4th and final season to unanimous critical acclaim in May of this year. Adi's run started as a pure producer producing a string of critically acclaimed gritty theatrical feature film hits including "The Grey" with Liam Neeson, noir classic "Killing Them Softly" with Brad Pitt, cult superhero hit "Dredd" with Karl Urban, "The Voices" with Ryan Reynolds, and "Lone Survivor" with Mark Wahlberg. Along with his traditional work, Adi is also known for creating the Andy Warhol inspired award-winning unauthorized video street art series, “The Bootleg Universe,” where he reimagines and subverts pop culture iconography including The Punisher in “Dirty Laundry” where Thomas Jane reprised his role as the Marvel vigilante, Venom in the black and white dark comedy “Truth in Journalism” starring Ryan Kwanten, Mr. Rogers in the tall tale “A War Hero,” James Bond in the satire on the dissolution of borders “In Service of Nothing,” End of Pokemon, and Power/Rangers: Unauthorized starring James Van Der Beek and Katee Sackhoff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1616988082288-F6M03NA4M2P18ATVCMYH/Suzan+Beraza.jpg Juries - Suzan Beraza Suzan Beraza was born and raised in the Caribbean. Broadcast includes - Independent Lens, PBS, World Channel, Lincoln Center. BAG IT - winner of the Britdoc Impact Award, televised in over thirty countries. URANIUM DRIVE-IN - Broadcast Independent Lens, Sundance Institute, Good Pitch and Hot Docs Pitch Forum. Documentary Excellence by the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. MASSACRE RIVER - ITVS funded, Latino Media Market, Points North Fellowship, and IFP Spotlight on Documentaries. Suzan became Festival Director for Mountainfilm festival in Telluride, Colorado in 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1616988146934-LY0IJH51NW535ELFFGWB/Culen+Hoback.jpeg Juries - Cullen Hoback Cullen Hoback is a graduate Whitman College and the award-winning filmmaker of MONSTER CAMP, TERMS & CONDITIONS MAY APPLY, WHAT LIES UPSTREAM and the current HBO 6-part documentary, Q: INTO THE STORM. Cullen’s short documentary, DO NOT PASS GO screened at The Movie Crush in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1616988176350-4Y3SQ35REB0XD8SOOEQP/Ciara+Lacy.jpg Juries - Ciara Lacy Ciara Lacy's interest lies in crafting films that use strong characters and investigative journalism to challenge the creative and political status quo. She has created content for film and television, managed independent features, as well as coordinated product placement and clearances for various platforms. Her work has shown at festivals around the world as well as broadcast on networks including Netflix, PBS, ABC, and Al Jazeera. In the digital space, she has created content for notable outlets like the Guardian and the Atlantic Online. Ciara is honored to be the inaugural Sundance Institute Merata Mita Fellow as well as part of the inaugural class of NATIVe Fellows at the European Film Market. She has also benefited from fellowships with the Sundance Institute and Time Warner Foundation, Firelight Media's Documentary Lab, the Sundance Institute’s NativeLab,Tribeca All Access, the Princess Grace Foundation, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, and the Independent Film Project (IFP). Ciara holds a BA in Psychology from Yale University and has given talks at academic institutions across the U.S. She continues to work on documentary content for broadcast and digital while also expanding her intimate style of filmmaking into the branded content and commercial spaces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1616988214670-U7UY3L42B616P57R1WJH/Yoruba+Richen.jpeg Juries - Yoruba Richen Yoruba Richen is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose work has been featured on PBS, MSNBC, FX, New York Times Op Docs, Frontline, The Atlantic and Field of Vision. Her recent films include How it Feels To Be Free, which premiered on PBS’s American Masters, The New York Times Presents: The Killing of Breonna Taylor currently streaming on Hulu and The Sit In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show which is streaming on Peacock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1616988249267-PAIJH5HF89N7BWOIUUFW/Ondi+TImoner.jpeg Juries - Ondi Timoner Ondi Timoner has the rare distinction of winning the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival twice – for her 2004 documentary, DIG!, and her 2009 top prize-winner, We Live In Public. Other award-winning features include: The Nature of the Beast (1994), Join Us (2007), Cool It (2010) and Brand: A Second Coming (2015). Her 10-hour nonfiction series about the building of “the world’s most sustainable town” Jungletown (2017), for Viceland was also critically-acclaimed. Mapplethorpe is Timoner’s first scripted feature, starring Matt Smith – which she, wrote, directed, edited. The film premiered at the 2018 TriBeCa Film Festival, where it took home an Audience Award and was picked up by Samuel Goldwyn Company for theatrical distribution. Timoner’s most recent career achievement awards include: The Rogue Award (Ashland Film Festival, 2015), The No Limits Award (Sarasota Film Society, 2015), The Auteur Award (Kodak, 2017), and the Maverick Award (The Audience Awards, 2017). Timoner also produced & hosted the digital series, BYOD (Bring Your Own Doc) for thelip.tv, creating 300 episodes in which she interviews top documentary filmmakers. She is the Founder & CEA (Chief Creative Artist) of A TOTAL DISRUPTION, an online network dedicated to telling the stories of entrepreneurs & artists who use technology to innovate the way we live. Subjects include Amanda Palmer, Shepard Fairey, Russell Brand, Moby, Jack Dorsey, Kevin Systrom, Tony Hsieh etc. Timoner has released two master classes for filmmakers, LEAN CONTENT & HOW TO MAKE A GREAT DOCUMENTARY (IN MY OPINION). In 2014, Ondi gave a popular TEDxKC talk entitled “When Genius and Insanity Hold Hands” about why she tells the stories of “impossible visionaries.” Current projects include WeTalk, her national talk show celebrating the women shaping our culture across arts, entrepreneurship, government and technology; a feature-length documentary about the Opioid epidemic through the eyes of an artist; and a nature series for Disney Digital. She is executive producing several films and series. Timoner is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the DGA, the PGA, the International Documentary Association, Women in Film & Film Fatales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1625012944021-T8VS26SOW1EH00YL00WK/dinh+pic.png Juries - Dinh Thai Dinh Thai is a writer/director by way of commercial directing based in Los Angeles. Born in Vietnam, fled to France, and finally settling in Los Angeles, the 80s and 90s nurtured a fascinating cultural mix that strongly informs Dinh’s filmic approach and aesthetic. He brings a youthful, multicultural viewpoint to his storytelling. His work blends visual style with realism, focusing on comedy and drama with strong musical influences. His commercial clients include Adidas, Beachbody, T-Mobile, Toyota, and the US Navy. Dinh’s narrative work has been featured on HBO, Cinemax, Amazon, Short of the Week, and Omeleto. Specifically, MONDAY, a short film he wrote and directed has garnered 50+ festival awards, including first place in the inaugural HBO Asian Pacific American Visionaries competition, Outstanding Director, Outstanding Actor, and Next Generation Filmmaker Award at the prestigious NBCU Shorts Festival, Best Direction at the New York Television Festival and The One Screen Festival, Best Short Film at CATALYST, and recognized as Best New Filmmaker of the Year by NFMLA. Along with being an alumnus of the Disney TV Director Program, Ryan Murphy's Half-Initiative, and NBC’s Emerging Director Program, Dinh has gone onto direct TV episodes of Wu-Tang: An American Saga, and New Amsterdam. He has co-written an Asian American pilot for Freeform and is actively developing his short film into a TV series while pursuing directing assignments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1618091570779-YVSI3Z861KXI1831JNOP/167127576_769445853704367_3688354324234105573_n.jpg Juries - Lonnie Chavis Lonnie Chavis is known for his role on the Emmy Award-winning NBC drama series “This Is Us.” Actor Lonnie Chavis stole the hearts of viewers as ‘9-year-old Randall,’ the younger version of Emmy Award-winning actor, Sterling K. Brown. The young actor now stars alongside Rosario Dawson and Maria Bello in the Oprah-produced “The Water Man,” directed by David Oyelowo, premiering at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. Entertainment Weekly just named Chavis as one of “13 standouts from this year's Toronto International Film Festival.” Chavis has also been nominated for the BET Young Star Award for his roles in “This Is Us” and “White Famous,” as well as nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance by a Youth in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Chavis’ talents have been seen in numerous projects on both the small and big screens. In 2018, he appeared in the Academy Award-nominated short film “Skin,” tackling themes of racism and family values. He also guest-starred on the Nickelodeon family-comedy “The Thundermans.” In 2017, Chavis appeared in the Showtime comedy series “White Famous,” opposite comedian Jay Pharaoh and produced by Jamie Foxx. He also guest-starred on the CW’s “Supergirl.” Lonnie also advocates for causes close to his heart. Chavis released a now-viral video of him addressing negative comments on his social media accounts. He received widespread positive feedback from fans and peers alike, exposing the prevalence of the issue of bullying in today’s social media landscape and highlighted the need for support from strong public voices. Because of Chavis’s own experiences with bullies, he started his own movement called Fix Your Heart to uplift those who feel bullied and ostracized, where his goal is to give the inspiration to be a better human. Chavis resides in southern California with his three younger brothers. In his free time, Lonnie loves to swim, play video games, skateboard, make music and work on his dance skills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1625013034607-O3PG58Y2QEMWD5Z7F484/166373648_120981213343045_597611069327861345_n.jpg Juries - Theo Taplitz Theo Taplitz is a filmmaker, actor, artist, and musician. He won the Best Youth Short Award at the inaugural Walla Walla Movie Crush for REQUIEM FOR MR. CROMWELL. He’s had standout roles in features such as LITTLE MEN, GRINGO, and WYRM, directed by Christopher Winterbauer, which played the Crush as a short three years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1618091666462-8EKCQW0W04ECDCUPO95B/166031844_353209196085822_4647034814407736499_n.jpg Juries - LAILA KAZMI LAILA KAZMI is a two-time Emmy® Award-winning director and television producer. Her documentary shorts have aired on PBS television, Seattle Channel, and streamed on PBS NewsHour. Laila produced and launched the award-winning series BORDERS & HERITAGE, streaming on PBS.org. She is a co-founder of independent production company Kazbar Media and is currently working on her first feature-length documentary film. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1618091700580-FUIFNM3G1SXX0XDL8S5L/166336315_876111352951308_5626998434967914394_n.jpg Juries - Sakinah Iman Sakinah Iman is a Caribbean American Singer-Songwriter, Actress, Educator, Spoken Word Artist, and Award-Winning Filmmaker of Jamaican and Garifuna descent, from Brooklyn, NY. For over a decade, Sakinah has devoted her artistic abilities to creating integrated art projects that engage audiences in sociopolitical change. Using performance arts such as spoken word, comedy, drama, and music, Sakinah has traveled the world with award winning educational theater company Catharsis Productions and Too Deep Entertainment, educating audiences of all ages on topics such as black/female empowerment, sexual assault/violence awareness and prevention, racial discrimination, social/self-awareness, and political activism. As an independent Singer-Songwriter, Sakinah has headlined and showcased her original music at numerous venues in NYC from SOB’s and DROM to MajorStage and Ashford & Simpsons Sugar Bar. Her most popular single to date, “Waiting Tables,” has made it to the “Top 40” charts at #35 on the streaming platform BandCamp and featured in an Off-off Broadway musical Buskers the Musical, where Sakinah was written into the play and invited to play herself for the show’s full run. Also, to her music, her entire original 5 track EP Dun. has over 156 thousand streams in 57 countries on Spotify. As a Filmmaker, Sakinah has produced, directed, and starred in multiple short films. Of those films, Sakinah has won 7 Best Short/Music Video Awards, been selected and placed in a total of 22 film festivals worldwide, and nominated for “Best New Media & Experimental Film,” and “Best Performance, Comedy” by NewFilmmakers Los Angeles. You can follow Sakinah Iman and all her artistic ventures on Instagram: @SakinahLuvs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1618091055616-6Z8V12P5XS8UW38PVDNJ/170147533_2644999322457692_2730733199181841329_n.jpg Juries - Wiley Townsend Wiley began his career working as a feature animator in in Vancouver BC. His filmography includes film and television, he has worked on Sausage Party, TrollHunters, The Addams Family and @marvelstudios upcoming show What If…? He now lives and works in Montréal, currently working on the completion of The Addams Family 2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1618091100908-DF0IRCNXSHYWRRK2Q7ZS/170146174_473824803800570_7195172669553838532_n.jpg Juries - Connie Nartonis Thompson Connie Nartonis Thompson is a movie producer based in Los Angeles. Connie began her career working in the entertainment industry in the early 1990’s on Beavis & Butthead and The Ren & Stimpy Show. In 1997 she started at the @disneystudios working on animated feature films including Fantastia 2000, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Chicken Little, The Princess and the Frog, and Tangled. In 2007, she joined veteran producer Don Hahn at Disney’s live-action studio to associate produce the @disneynature documentaries as well as Waking Sleeping Beauty, Hand Held, and High Ground. Connie then went on to associate produce the Oscar and Golden Globe nominated Frankenweenie (2012) directed by @timburton. Connie left Disney for @illuminationent to work on Despicable Me 2 (2013) and Minions (2015). Connie was also on the producing teams for @wonderparkmovie (2019) and Golden Globe winner @missinglinkfilm (2019). As a producer at Warner Bros/Warner Animation Group for the past 4 years, Connie contributed to the development of the recently released Tom & Jerry (2021) and the upcoming Space Jam 2 (2021), among many other upcoming releases. Currently, Connie is living in London and producing for Cinesite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1618091322038-61DG3KXA8LA2AHSTM57T/169084089_300713704737711_823112438298004618_n.jpg Juries - Ashley Rae Spillers Ashley Rae Spillers is an actress who made her way into television after years of acting in many notable independent films. Currently, she is playing Didi Pickles in the @nickelodeon reboot of @officialrugrats, along with several other animated projects in the works. She has been acting in animated projects on and off for over 10 years alongside her onscreen work. Her first major motion picture placed her opposite Robert DeNiro in Jon Turteltaub's Last Vegas, and she's since gone on to appear in several films, including Todd Phillips' War Dogs and Happy Madison's Father of the Year. Her television credits include 2 seasons as Janice Swift in HBO's dark comedy Vice Principals, NCIS:LA as Special Agent Sydney Jones, IFC's Maron, and other guest appearances in various network series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1618091377730-N0KN640GBB5PAHICA909/169922543_479716059732461_2073040907327159430_n.jpg Juries - Bill Plympton Bill Plympton is considered the King of Indie Animation, and is the first person to hand draw an entire animated feature film. Bill moved to New York City from Portland, Oregon in 1968 and began his career creating cartoons for publications such as @nytimes, @nationallampoon, @playboy and Screw. In 1987, he was nominated for an Oscar® for his animated short Your Face. In 2005, Bill received another Oscar® nomination, this time for his short Guard Dog. Push Comes to Shove won the prestigious Cannes 1991 Palme d'Or; and in 2001, another short film, Eat, won the Grand Prize for Short Films in Cannes Critics' Week. After producing many shorts that appeared on MTV and Spike and Mike's, he turned his talent to feature films. Since 1991, he's made eleven feature films. Eight of them, The Tune, Mondo Plympton, I Married A Strange Person, Mutant Aliens, Hair High, Idiots and Angels, Cheatin', and Revengeance are all animated features. Bill Plympton has also collaborated with @madonna, @kanyewest and @alfredyankovic in a number of music videos and book projects. In 2006, he received the Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award from The Annie Awards. He also animated 6 opening "couch gags" for FOX-TV's "The Simpsons" and 6 "Trump Bites" shorts using real audio from Donald Trump, which won a 2019 Webby Award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1618091422702-TCIKAWSRQ3THJM0I2W3Z/168657139_355327229161774_1009500612216252266_n.jpg Juries - Lisa LaBracio Lisa LaBracio is an award-winning animation director who specializes in conveying human stories and elevating educational experiences with the magic of handmade animation. As part of the founding team at TED-Ed, Lisa has directed dozens of educational shorts in a variety of styles, and as an educator, has taught 100+ animation workshops to communities all over the world. Her short films and commissioned projects have been screened and honored at festivals worldwide, including Animafest Zagreb, Anima Mundi, LIAF, Raindance, Encounters, and the New York International Children's Film Festival. She is based in Brooklyn, NY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1621311041690-ATHPB022ZC6KYL9F3ZQP/SJ%2BChiro.jpg Juries - SJ Chiro SJ Chiro’s first feature film, LANE 1974, premiered at SXSW in 2017. LANE 1974 went on to win the prestigious FIPRESCI award for New American Cinema, and was distributed by The Orchard. Chiro is also known for her many award-winning short films. Her latest feature film, EAST OF THE MOUNTAINS, starring Tom Skerritt and Mira Sorvino is due out in 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1621310773160-SJK1PGBSYB3GFOKWUMOL/JACK_DIFALCO.jpeg Juries - Jack DiFalco Jack DiFalco was raised in upstate New York. He attended John J. High School in Stormville, NY. He made his professional debut in a production of Lord of The Flies at Denver Center Performing Arts Center. His NY debut came shortly after with The Manhattan Class Co. production of Yen directed by Tripp Cullman opposite Lucas Hedges and The New Group’s production of Mercury Fur directed by Scott Elliott. Jack’s Broadway credits include Marvin’s Room directed by Anne Kaufman opposite Lily Taylor, Torch Song directed by Moises Kaufman opposite Mercedes Ruehl and Michael Urie and The Ferryman directed by Sam Mendes. Film credits include The Goldfinch with Nicole Kidman, Paterno with Al Pacino, One Percent More Humid with Julia Garner (Tribeca Film Festival), Bully opposite Danny Trejo (Garden State Film Festival), The Box (Sundance and SXSW), Ex-Disposer, and Silo which is coming to theaters and VOD May 7th 2021. Television appearances have included Prodigal Son, Monsterland, FBI, Daredevil, Law & Order: SVU, and Blue Bloods. Mr. DiFalco is a recipient of both The Chilliwick International Film Festival and Walla Walla Movie Crush award for “Best Actor” and has also received a Clive Barnes Foundation Nomination for New Emerging Talent in Theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1621310817167-4BBUKLVX204T448H6QYS/Lukas+Hassel+2020+smallest.jpeg Juries - Lukas Hassel Lukas Hassel is an actor, writer and filmmaker, living in New York City. Born and raised in Denmark, he studied acting in The Samuel Beckett Theatre School, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. He can be seen currently on The Blacklist, NBC as VanDyke as well as many other shows. Also on Netflix in feature films like The Black Room, Art of the Dead and more. As a feature film writer, he has won both the ScreenCraft and CineStory Fellowships. He won the Shore Script Film Fund with his TV pilot Galápagos and was selected to be part of NYSAF’s filmmaker lab at Vassar. He wrote, directed and starred in the award winning short films Into the Dark and The Son, the Father. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1621310858339-P5HMJ7AO58EBQ9AXIG0G/eamonn-walker-1.jpg Juries - Eammon Walker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1621310880866-VKM91B1ANNMYCRMKRDVQ/Lauren+Weedman.jpg Juries - Lauren Weedman Lauren Weedman is an award-winning comedic actress, playwright and author. Most recently, Lauren appeared in a special episode of HBO’s EUPHORIA opposite Hunter Schafer. Lauren earned a Critic’s Choice nomination for her portrayal of Doris, the lovable best friend and series regular on HBO’s dramedy LOOKING. She is a former correspondent for THE DAILY SHOW and has appeared on television shows such as WILL & GRACE, SPECIAL, PLAYING HOUSE, TRUE BLOOD, UNITED STATES OF TARA, RENO 911, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, NEW GIRL, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT and as the recurring show stealer “Horny Patty” on HBO’s HUNG. Weedman voiced the series regular role of “Bess” in the TBS animated comedy TARANTULA, and she has also lent her voice to SUPERMANSION on Crackle. In film, Weedman has earned acclaim for her role in the Judd Apatow-produced THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT, opposite Eddie Murphy in IMAGINE THAT for Paramount, and opposite Tina Fey and Steve Carell in the FOX feature DATE NIGHT. Weedman played a role opposite Woody Harrelson in Craig Johnson’s WILSON. She also appeared in Jeff Baena’s indie films JOSHY, as well as THE LITTLE HOURS, which premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1626390149400-P5RUUP0O5TGK6AS7CA8B/image-asset.jpeg Juries - Ryan Farhoudi Ryan is a graduate of Texas Tech University, where he majored in Nutrition and Human Development. As a writer, Ryan’s most notable shorts are “Home Shopper” directed by Dev Patel, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival and then Cannes in 2018. And “Query” which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2020. He also sold a feature film called Man Camp (2013). As a producer, Ryan has worked on films such as Cooties (2014) starring Elijah Wood and Rain Wilson as well as “Ticky Tacky” (2014) starring Oscar Isaac amongst others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1625037993966-1MSAR70URQ8PKN22YM75/Harris+Goldberg.PNG Juries - Harris Goldberg Harris Goldberg was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, a place where you were either cold, depressed, or funny. Harris was blessed with all three, and started doing stand-up at age 14. Following his older brother, Daniel, to L.A., he has enjoyed a successful film-writing career (including Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo; The Master Of Disguise and Without A Paddle). After something akin to a nervous breakdown, he took a major right turn in 2006, writing the very personal and autobiographical Numb, his first feature film as director, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1625774443455-WWZ8OUQ9T7SYLZNF70VI/Sophie-Kargman.jpg Juries - Sophie Kargman Sophie is a graduate of Harvard University, where she majored in English and Psychology. As a writer, Sophie sold a true-crime series to eOne and is currently developing another series with Akiva Goldsman’s Weed Road Pictures (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, I Am Legend, Lone Survivor). As a director, Sophie debuted with the award-winning "Susie Searches", a proof-of-concept for her feature of the same name which commences principal photography in September 2021 in New York. It stars Kiersey Clemons (Hearts Beat Loud, Dope, The Flash) and Alex Wolff (Hereditary, Jumanji). 141 Entertainment (Ingrid Goes West, Marjorie Prime) is producing. Her second short, "Query", starring Justice Smith, Graham Patrick Martin and Armie Hammer had its World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival 2020, where it was nominated for best narrative short. It was selected at over two dozen film festivals around the world where it won several awards. After which, it moved to TV: it’s currently playing on Canal+ in France, Movistar+ in Spain, HBO Europe and Amazon and Apple TV in the United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1625038112594-RJKNGUZLIAX33694JR2B/Jeffrey-Reddick.jpeg Juries - Jeffrey Reddick Jeffrey Reddick is best known for creating the Final Destination film franchise. He also co-wrote the story for, and executive produced, Final Destination 2 (2003). Jeffrey lives in Los Angeles. He grew up in Eastern Kentucky and attended Berea College. Jeffrey made his first connection to the film industry at age 14, when he wrote a prequel to A Nightmare on Elm Street and mailed it Bob Shaye, the President of New Line Cinema. Bob returned the material for being unsolicited. But the young man wrote Bob an aggressive reply, which won him over. Bob read the treatment and got back to Jeffrey. Bob, and his assistant, Joy Mann, stayed in contact with Jeffrey for over five years. When he went to The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York at age 19, Bob offered him an internship at New Line Cinema. This internship turned into an 11-year stint at the studio. Jeffrey's other credits include Lions Gate's thriller, Tamara and the remake of George Romero's classic, Day of the Dead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1625038760034-KQO89Z1WV617N101XIPW/Kiwi%2BSmith.jpg Juries - Kiwi Smith Kirsten ‘Kiwi’ Smith is the co-writer of the films Legally Blonde, 10 Things I Hate About You and She’s the Man. 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James Foley James Foley is the celebrated director of such indelible films as GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, AT CLOSE RANGE, AFTER DARK MY SWEET, and FIFTY SHADES DARKER and FIFTY SHADES FREED. His extensive television credits include House of Cards, Billions, Hannibal, and Wayward Pines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1601048312775-2DBQ39D82JNSWPG93B60/Ellie+Foumbi.jpeg Juries - Ellie Foumbi Ellie Foumbi is an actor/writer/director from Cameroon. She holds an MFA from Columbia University’s School of the Arts in Directing. Her films have screened at several international film festivals, placing in the Student Academy Awards Semifinals and garnering a nomination for an African Movie Academy Award. She was invited to participate in New York Film Festival’s prestigious Artist Academy. Ellie’s projects have participated in the 2019/2020 Venice Biennale Cinema College, IFP’s No Borders International Co-production, Film Independent Screenwriting Lab, and Tribeca Film Institute's Untold Stories. Her first feature, OUR FATHER, THE DEVIL, was presented at the 78th Venice International Film Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1656814307730-0929WCSF0O7UXVPQU31I/Molly+Gillis+Headshot.jpg Juries - Molly Gillis Molly Gillis is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker. She recently graduated from NYU Grad Film with her MFA in film directing. Her last short, NOW YOU KNOW, screened at the 2019 Palm Springs Shortfest, Maryland Film Festival, Flickers Rhode Island Film Festival, Hollyshorts, and premiered on Short of the Week. She is the 2019 recipient of the Spike Lee Production Fund and the 2020 Princess Grace Award Winner of the Cary Grant Film Honor. She is also a Davey Foundation 2020/2021 grantee. Her work has been featured by Metrograph Pictures, QUIBI, and iD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1656837122120-SGS2BCQ7K8L8EAVIL07N/Placeholder%2BProfile%2BPic.jpg Juries - Kathleen McInniss Kathleen McInniss (See-Through Films) works with emerging world cinema filmmakers to help them merge their creative and business development via their films on the premiere film festival circuit. As festival director, her experience includes Aspen ShortsFest, Palm Springs ShortFest, and Slamdance, and as programmer at TIFF, Hot Docs, Tribeca and Seattle. She is a Strategic Publicist for films premiering at top-tier festivals, as well as Producer for unique narratives and documentary films. She currently curates the SIFF New Works in Progress Forum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1625038760034-KQO89Z1WV617N101XIPW/Kiwi%2BSmith.jpg Juries - Kiwi Smith Kirsten ‘Kiwi’ Smith is the co-writer of the films Legally Blonde, 10 Things I Hate About You and She’s the Man. She also co-created and executive produced the Netflix series Trinkets, based on her YA novel. She executive produced Whip It starring Elliot Page and she co-wrote and executive produced The House Bunny and The Ugly Truth. Smith recently penned the female ensemble comedy 10 for Warner Bros and the romantic comedy I’ve Got Your Number for Amazon Prime. Her two short films, The Spleenectomy and The Multi-Hyphenate, both starred Anna Faris and screened at festivals including Austin Film Fest, LA Shorts Fest, and Maui Film Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1656786627028-8G4ZOO11UTAVFGQEFURB/Wes+Hurley+Headshot.jpeg Juries - Wes Hurley Russian-born and raised, Wes Hurley has written, directed, and produced dozens of award-winning queer shorts, three feature films, and two seasons of "Capitol Hill", a series he created for Huffington Post which went on to be picked up for television in Europe and Canada. Hurley is a recipient of the Creative Capital Award, Seattle Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture Award, City Arts Magazine's Artist of the Year, and Advocate Magazine's Person to Watch. His documentary short "Little Potato" won Jury Prize at SXSW along with 27 other awards around the world. Hurley's autobiographical comedy "Potato Dreams of America" premiered at SXSW 2021 in Narrative Feature Competition. It had a theatrical release in early 2022 and is now available on DVD and VOD from Dark Star Pictures and Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1656786632983-J3YQEAAWM6L9DTITKVIM/Mark+Monroe+Headshot.jpeg Juries - Mark Monroe Mark Monroe is an award-winning documentary writer, director and producer, and co-founder of Diamond Docs. A two-time WGA award winner and BAFTA nominee, his film credits include writing the Academy Award winners, THE COVE and ICARUS, as well as the Grammy-winning THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK. Recent collaborations include LUCY AND DESI with Amy Poehler, THE BEE GEES: HOW CAN YOU MEND A BROKEN HEART with Frank Marshall, PAVAROTTI with Ron Howard, BEFORE THE FLOOD with Leonardo DiCaprio, THE DISSIDENT with Bryan Fogel, WATCH THE SOUND with Mark Ronson, and TALES FROM THE TOUR BUS, an animated music series with Mike Judge. A journalism graduate from the University of Oklahoma, Mark began his career as a newswriter for CNN. He has had at least one film premiere at the Sundance Film Festival each of the past 12 years. Other theatrical credits include: Hell On Earth: The fall of Syria and the rise of ISIS (Tribeca 2017, National Geographic); Under the Gun(Sundance 2016, Epix); Hooligan Sparrow (Sundance 2016); Racing Extinction (Sundance 2015, Discovery); Fed Up (Sundance 2014); Sonic Highways (HBO 2014); Drunk, Stoned, Brilliant, Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon (Sundance 2014, Showtime); Mission Blue (Berlin 2014, Netflix); The Summit (Winner, Best Editing Sundance 2013); Who is Dayani Cristal? (Winner, Best Cinematography, Sundance 2013); Sound City (Sundance 2013); The Tillman Story; Chasing Ice (Winner, Best Cinematography Sundance 2012); Stolen Seas; Last Play at Shea; Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (W.G.A. nomination "Best Documentary Script", 2007); Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who; and Morning Light (Disney Pictures). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1656786632371-JPMJJZSSAP5NNVZ4B9C2/Shirley+Moyers+Headshot.jpeg Juries - Shirley Moyers Shirley Moyers is an Emmy Award winning producer whose credits include documentaries (CONVENTION; GIGANTIC; and KURT COBAIN ABOUT A SON), tv series (30 for 30; Midterms; Primaries), short films (MIGHT AS WELL BE SWING) and music videos (for OK Go, Blink-182, Papa Roach) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1656786631536-IZ0BNKU7JCR887CJAG4U/Megan+Mylan+Headshot.jpeg Juries - Megan Mylan Oscar-winner Megan Mylan creates intimate observational documentaries. Her films include Simple as Water, Lost Boys of Sudan, and Smile Pinki. Megan has been recognized with an Academy Award, Independent Spirit Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, Peabody, Producers Guild, and several Emmy nominations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1656786632424-JZ6YNF069R6J2MAYFAZ7/Shal+Ngo+Headshot.png Juries - Shal Ngo Shal Ngo was bitten by the film bug early, and fondly remembers balancing his family’s video camera on his nine-year-old shoulder (it shot directly onto VHS tapes and weighed a ton). Born and raised in Minneapolis, he graduated from NYU in 2008, where his thesis film took first place at the SyFy Channel Film Contest. Since then he’s kept busy in the narrative, documentary, and commercial worlds. He regularly works with progressive politicians and has created commercial content for clients like Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and the ACLU. His narrative and documentary works have won Adweek’s Ad of the Day and Vimeo Staff Picks on multiple occasions, and he is a Sundance Institute grantee. Shal loves to mix genres; he’s had two films premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival – one was a sci-fi drama set in Vietnam (The Last Fisherman), the other an experimental documentary about solitary confinement in American prisons (The Box). In 2021 he partnered with Topic Studios to write and direct his original post-apocalyptic series - The Park - about a world ravaged by a pandemic virus that kills off the adult population (which he wrote before the coronavirus, thank you very much.) His short horror film Control is now streaming on Hulu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1657618187929-0X29O307S9POJKI7HS9S/Moriana-3.jpg Juries - Abby Alishio Abby Alishio (she/they) is a fellow filmmaker and film lover back for her second year working at The Crush and she could not be happier about that! As a recent graduate, they don’t know where life is going to take them next (when do they ever)? But it will for damn sure involve the art of film and writing. They are excited to take care of guests during the weekend and see faces familiar and new! Woohoo! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1657669448236-82VF8KS1COJ8M5R9CDMN/Placeholder%2BProfile%2BPic.jpg Juries - Sydney Favors Sydney Favors (she/her) is a recent UW graduate with a passion for film and science alike! While she works as a medical assistant during her 9-5, she loves to work on various passion projects and put on her filmmaker cap to explore the world through an artistic lens. This is her first time at the Crush, and she is thrilled to be here with everyone! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1657266661438-XDU68JOOK1BWQCDK27AM/IMG-1921.JPG Juries - Makenna Fojas Makenna Fojas (she/her) is grateful to be a part of this jury. Her passion for filmmaking was encouraged by the phenomenal film program at her public high school. The creative support she received there built Makenna’s confidence and made her realize film was for her. Now, she wants to support student filmmakers in return! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1657618090747-CZKYUVWTXJGOXVIEEN0L/Jada%2BPic.jpg Juries - Jada Godwin Jada Godwin (they/them) is a filmmaker at the University of Washington pursuing a BA in Cinema & Media Studies and Journalism & Public Interest. This is their first year at The Crush, and they can’t be more excited for what’s to come! As a producer, director of photography, and editor, they always seem to have another project on the horizon! They are also an officer at the school’s film production club, LUX, and co-creator of an upcoming series of bi-weekly screenwriting workshops. Beyond that, they are a videographer with UW’s The Daily, the university’s primary news publication. They are currently working on the narrative short HIDDEN VIOLETS, a sapphic love story focused on emotional vulnerability and finding comfort in queer spaces, and BERTHA BABY, a documentary on a non-binary drag queen working through the trauma left behind by their cult-defined childhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1657617222114-X758JLWX3VOI22GNAWO6/Rohan%2BProfile%2BPic.jpg Juries - Rohan Patel Rohan Patel (he/him) recently graduated from the University of Washington with degrees in Marketing and Cinema & Media Studies. This fall he begins as a student in the MFA Directing program at Chapman University. He currently is in post-production on The Blue Hour, a short documentary about his mental health journey in college. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1657060193751-0Y29W4SLK9385C5X3QDK/Anne+Beal+Headshot.jpeg Juries - Anne Beal Anne Beal makes animated films using painting methods and sound art. Her work has been featured at international festivals such as the Annecy International Animation Festival and the Ottawa International Animation Festival. Using tactile animation and sound, Anne explores creative Play, female empowerment, and psychology using layered visual and tonal soundscapes. She often works in watercolors and acrylics, painting on paper and in books. Anne has taught Experimental Animation at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Rhode Island School of Design, and the School of Visual Arts. She has been awarded artist residencies at the MacDowell residency and the Corporation of Yaddo in support of the animated short film she is developing independently. Website - https://www.annebealanimation.com/ Instagram - @anne_handmademotion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1560977028570-7HAIE1JFW9GLCSXJR5GJ/Joan+Gratz.jpeg Juries - Joan Gratz Joan Gratz is an Academy Award-winning director of animated short films and commercials. She pioneered “Claypainting” - working directly before the camera, she applies bits of clay, blends colors, and etches fine lines to create a seamless flow of images. In Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase, images of the human face are transformed to communicate the graphic style and emotional content of major 20th-century art works. This animated history of art won the Oscar in 1992. Joan developed animated painting when an architecture student at the University of Oregon, then shifted from paint to clay while working with Will Vinton Studios. During that time, her work included design and animation for the Academy Award Nominees Return to Oz, Rip Van Winkle, and The Creation. She established her own studio, Gratzfilm, in 1987. In addition to films, she is the author of Downward-facing Frog and My Tesla. Gratz travels extensively and has served on animation juries in Zagreb, Croatia 1994; Hiroshima, Japan 2002; Castelli Animati, Italy 2003; Soul, Korea 2004; Hangzhou, China 2006 and Changzhou, China 2008; Ukraine 2009, Neum, Bosnia 2014; and Varna, Bulgaria 2015. Gratz taught graduate animation workshops in Tehran, Iran in 2009. Joan lives on a houseboat in Portland, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1657060189406-SRQBXLP0A1EYKOULHWQJ/Chris+Miller+Headshot.jpeg Juries - Chris Miller Chris Miller and his producing partner Phil Lord are the Academy Award-winning, multi-hyphenate duo behind some of today’s most successful films including Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, The Lego Movie, The Mitchells vs. The Machines, 21 & 22 Jump Street, and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Known for their unique sensibilities and maverick mindset as writer-producer-directors, Miller and Lord have spent their careers pushing the boundaries of creativity to deliver fresh, unexpected perspectives with each of their projects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1657060190232-EVW4NMI5QQ4GQ66MMXN6/Anna+Samo+Headshot.jpeg Juries - Anna Samo Anna Samo was born in Moscow, Russia on 29.08.1980. Dreamed about becoming a clown - or a superintendent. Became animator. Favorite childhood activities were drawing on wall paper, declaiming poems and destroying the family porcelain. 1999 started studying architecture in Moscow. After two years gave up and changed to animation. 2002-2006 was studying art-direction of animated films at VGIK (Film University, Moscow). 2006-2013 was studying animation at HFF “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam, Germany. Since October 2011 freelance animator in Berlin and New York. Samo's films were shown at acclaimed film festivals around the world such as Berlinale, Annecy, Stuttgart, Hiroshima, Encounters FF, Cork FF, Aspen Shortsfest etc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1657311105219-E1GYPG7GX3J2Z4U9Q1GV/Placeholder%2BProfile%2BPic.jpg Juries - Chel White More to Come! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1657059864880-EBXKBFWDP6HFQSLSWFET/Lindsay+Pulsipher+Photo.jpeg Juries - Lindsay Pulsipher Lindsay Pulsipher is a film and television actor from Salt Lake City, Utah. She has appeared in several series such as True Blood, Justified, and Hatfields and McCoys. She just wrapped filming on THE SEA FOLK, and can be seen later this year in WASH ME IN THE RIVER Starring Robert De Niro and John Malcovich. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1657059860120-1QIJDBCFR998KQQQOPT5/Ben+Schwartz+Photo.jpeg Juries - Ben Schwartz Ben can currently be seen in Lord & Miller’s AppleTV+ miniseries THE AFTERPARTY as the musically inclined Yasper, and in Season 2 of Greg Daniels and Steve Carell’s Netflix series SPACE FORCE, in which he plays 'F*ck Tony' opposite stars Carell and John Malkovich. Ben is also the voice of SONIC THE HEDGEHOG for Paramount, which is about to start filming the third film in the franchise. He will next be seen as the villain Teddy Lobby in Chris McKay’s Dracula feature RENFIELD for Universal, starring opposite Nic Cage, Nicholas Hoult, and Awkwafina. Previous credits include the indie feature STANDING UP FALLING DOWN, for which Ben received rave reviews for his lead performance opposite Billy Crystal; NIGHT SCHOOL opposite Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish for Universal; Disney's FLORA AND ULYSSES, based on the popular novel and produced by Gil Netter; THE WALK directed by Robert Zemeckis; and THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU directed by Shawn Levy. Ben has also starred opposite Don Cheadle & Kristen Bell in the Showtime comedy series HOUSE OF LIES and played Jean-Ralphio on PARKS & RECREATION alongside Amy Poehler, Chris Pratt and Aziz Ansari. He also tours his improv comedy shows Ben Schwartz & Friends around the world and has three improv comedy specials on Netflix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1657059862250-WZHZW43NDF6VSBDGA22D/Kiko+Profile+photo.jpeg Juries - Kiko Wilson Actor and singer based in Tokyo, Japan. She’s been a performer since she was 10 years old, in television, film, and radio. Kiko was awarded Best Performance at the 2021 Walla Walla Movie Crush for her performance of Kyoko in a short film, "Aida", and has been acknowledged with awards in the Netherlands, Tokyo, and the US for her work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1657312567634-JD0V327NJIH3NQ79DGBW/Jesse+Kahnweiler+Photo.jpeg Juries - Jesse Kahnweiler Jessie Kahnweiler's films have been featured everywhere from the New York Times to TMZ. Jessie wrote, directed, and starred in "The Skinny", a dark comedic series based on her 10-year relationship with bulimia. "The Skinny" was produced by Joey Soloway, Paul Young, and Refinery29. It premiered at Sundance and won a Webby for Best Series. Jessie also developed "Viagra Diaries" for CW, "Bump" for ABC Digital, and staff on "Skam AUSTIN" for Facebook Watch. Fox Digital commissioned Jessie to write and direct the comedic thriller "Retreat" which premiered on Hulu in 2020. Most recently, Jessie's short film, "He's the One", premiered at Sundance. She is currently writing a series for Sharon Horgan at the new streaming service, Topic, based on that short. She is also at work on her first feature, a biopic about Amy Winehouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1657312567763-9G67CIBC76NFN1W0KTNR/Kurt+Lustgarden+Photo.jpeg Juries - Kurt Lustgarden Kurt Lustgarden is an award-winning commercial director from New York who now lives and works in Los Angeles. As a writer and producer, he has sold projects to Amazon, Universal Cable Productions, and HBO Max. 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Amy Bench AMY BENCH is a filmmaker and visual artist who is drawn to the immediacy of film and photography to tell stories of community and resilience. Trained as a cinematographer, her observational style highlights small details of the human experience that transcend formal explanation. Amy’s animated documentary "A Line Birds Cannot See" (2019) won Special Jury Recognition at SXSW, Best Animated Short at Bend Film Festival, Best Doc Short at Oak Cliff Film Festival, and is now available on The New Yorker, where it was nominated for the 2020 Ellie Award (video) for excellence in digital magazine journalism. Her next film in the series, "More Than I Want to Remember" (2022) has won 4 Oscar-qualifying awards in 2022 (Tribeca, Hot Docs, Cleveland, and deadCENTER) and is continuing its strong festival run through 2023. The film won Best Animated Short at Walla Walla in 2022. Amy's camera work has screened at festivals including Berlin, SXSW, Sundance, The New York Film Festival, and at MOMA/PS1. She was the cinematographer on "Trans in America: Texas Strong", which won an Emmy for Best Original Short Documentary in 2019, and 2 Webby Awards. She is the cinematographer on "Mama Bears" (SXSW 2022), a feature-length film that builds on "Texas Strong" and follows the transformative power of Christian mothers who affirm their LGBTQ children. She is a member of the artist collective ICOSA, and is currently working with Kim A Snyder on a film about book banning in Texas, and with Annie Silverstein on a portrait of a Deaf/CODA family navigating incarceration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1689449688652-K5SVGWJE9Q7MZCLGGNQ3/Screenshot_20230521-162524_Samsung+capture.jpeg Juries - DeMorge Brown DeMorge Brown is an actor, writer, director known for Murderville (NETFLIX), Corporate (Comedy Central) The Dress Up Gang (TBS), regular appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and recent films The Civil Dead, Dogleg, American Meltdown and Destroy All Neighbors. He also has written and performed with the Groundlings, Upright Citizens Brigade and at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival. His favorite color is Orange. His favorite football team - ARSENAL F.C. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1689537419744-2DBFV0UT93L9PKGLQYY6/Filmmaker+Wendy+Jo+Carlton+Talks+%E2%80%9CGood+Kisser%E2%80%9D+%28AUDIO%29.jpeg Juries - Wendy Jo Carlton Wendy Jo Carlton directed her first feature, Hannah Free, starring Emmy-winner Sharon Gless, in 2009. Her second feature, Jamie and Jessie are Not Together, is said to be the first lesbian RomCom musical, with film critic Roger Ebert giving it a glowing review, and AutoStraddle.com lists Jamie and Jessie are Not Together as one of the “Top 100 Lesbian Movies of All Time”. Carlton’s third feature, Good Kisser, debuted on Netflix and Hulu, and is now on AppleTV and Amazon Prime. Carlton was an Associate Producer on the award-winning documentary, Circus of Books, on Netflix (2021). 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She was the Head Writer for Steven Spielberg’s “Tiny Toons” reboot from Warner Brothers Animation. But you might know her as Shauna Malwae-Tweep from NBC's “Parks and Recreation.” Becker has appeared in some of the best improvised shows on television, including “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “The League,” and “Murderville.” She’s also had roles in countless other comedies, like “New Girl,” “The Unicorn,” "Californication," “Kroll Show,” “LA to Vegas,” “History of the World,” and many, many more. The short film she wrote and starred in, "Control,” was a festival darling, and she has sold feature scripts to top studios such as Amazon, Comedy Central, and Paramount. You may also remember her as a VJ on Vh1 and Fuse. Alison graduated from Georgetown University, cum laude, and is a member of the high IQ society, Mensa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1715718854453-IAZ7JEQYJ858KPI3YE4K/image-asset.jpeg Juries - Sara Gunnarsdóttir Sara Gunnarsdóttir (1982) is an Academy Award® nominated director and artist who has created animation, music videos, and original artwork for film and television, including Marielle Heller’s celebrated debut feature “The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” and HBO’s Emmy-nominated “The Case Against Adnan Sayed.” Sara was born and raised in Reykjavik, Iceland, where she received her BFA from the Icelandic Academy of the Arts, while creating and performing with the electro punk band Donna Mess. She received her MFA in Experimental Animation from CalArts, and her thesis animated documentary short, “The Pirate of Love,” was nominated for “Best Alternative” in The Academy’s Student Academy Awards. Sara most recently directed the animated comedy “My Year of Dicks,” created by Pamela Ribon (Moana, Nimona), for FX Network. The film won Special Jury Awards at SXSW for Unique Vision in Writing and Directing and earned Sara a nomination for an Oscar in 2023. Her work has been showcased at New Directors / New Films, AFI Fest, SXSW, Annecy and the Telluride Film Festival. Sara currently lives and works in Reykjavík, Iceland with her husband, Ethan Clarke, and daughter Gréta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1715718914014-EA2XRXO6Q4OXAMHNTV3F/image-asset.jpeg Juries - Paul Harrod Paul Harrod has worked over three decades as a production designer and director of both animated and live action projects, with a special emphasis on stop-motion animation. Specializing in environments for visual effects and stop-motion projects, he designed and built miniature sets for the opening titles of Pee Wee’s Playhouse (1989) and set the tone for a variety of commercials, including the first several Chevron “Talking Cars” spots at Aardman Animations in 1994, a campaign which continues to this day. As Senior Art Director at Will Vinton Studios from 1995 through 2001, he oversaw the design demands of all studio output. There, he served as production designer and episode director on the Fox TV series, “The PJs” for which he was nominated for an Annie award in 2000. Joining Bent Image Lab in 2002 as a commercial director, he created spots for clients including Kellogg’s Twistables, Tractor Supply Company, Quaker, Chips Ahoy!, Hallmark, Ensure, Cartoon Network, Lowes, Aflac and AT&T. In 2015 he was co-Production Designer with Adam Stockhausen on Wes Anderson's stop- motion feature, ISLE OF DOGS and received the 2019 Art Directors Guild award for Excellence in Production Design for an Animated Feature. In 2019 he joined Henry Selick’s stop-motion feature WENDELL AND WILD as Production Designer. The Netflix production was released in October of 2022. More recently, teaming up with Bix Pix Entertainment, he designed the Apple TV+ series, Shape Island, based on the popular Shape Trilogy children’s books by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen. Harrod lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife, the internationally acclaimed filmmaker, Joanna Priestley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1715718797493-9RY4BNR14L334HU0YQ0E/image-asset.jpeg Juries - Brooke Keesling Brooke Keesling is the Head of Animation Talent Development at Bento Box Entertainment. A native of Los Angeles, Brooke has worked in the Animation and VFX industries for decades as an artist, in production, education, and in talent development. Over the years Brooke has recruited animation talent for Cartoon Network, Disney Television Animation, and Warner Bros. among others. Brooke earned her MFA in Animation at CalArts where she produced several films including the student Academy Award winning animated short, BOOBIE GIRL. Upon graduation from CalArts, she worked in practical and miniature visual effects on films such as INCEPTION, HUGO, THE DARK KNIGHT, and THE AVIATOR. Passionate about education and outreach, Keesling is also an instructor in the Character Animation department at CalArts, the Vice President of ASIFA-Hollywood, an active member of Women in Animation, and she serves on the Advisory Board of the GLAS Animation Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1715718954623-5J2CSKSSEIYJS11RK9GH/image-asset.jpeg Juries - Zhen Li Zhen Li is a Chinese-American animation filmmaker, currently pursuing her MFA in experimental animation at CalArts. She worked years as an architectural designer and live-action line producer before she started making animation. Developing a body of narrative work sympathetic to the in-between, she ruminates over themes of intimacy and misalignment, and often expresses so with a visceral mixture of traditional methods of animation, live action, and a heavy spatial instinct. Her award-winning short film FUR (2022) has screened in festivals worldwide such as Sundance, Annecy, Zagreb and Ottawa and won the Best Animated Short Award at the 2023 Walla Walla Movie Crush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1719445618583-NX9QKYGMO2GOC0UEOU80/image-asset.jpeg Juries - TJ Martin TJ Martin is an American filmmaker. Martin's film UNDEFEATED (2011), for which he was co-director, co-editor, and co-cinematographer, won the 2012 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, making Martin the first film director of African-American descent to win an Academy Award for a feature-length film. Martin's film LA 92 (2017), for which he was co-director and co-editor, won the 2017 Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking. He also co-directed the documentary film Tina (2021) about the life of singer Tina Turner, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1719445669074-G1U21HYM1SVMCGBWO67X/image-asset.jpeg Juries - Jen Rainin Jen Rainin founded Frankly Speaking Films with Rivkah Beth Medow in 2020 to tell mesmerizing stories about strong queer women. Together, they created the feature documentary AHEAD OF THE CURVE and the Oscar shortlisted short documentary HOLDING MOSES. Jen is a Film Independent fellow whose other credits include HOMEROOM (EP: Hulu), a documentary about Oakland’s education system; TWO SPIRITS (EP: Independent Lens), a documentary about gender identity in Native American cultures; SHIT & CHAMPAGNE (EP: Hulu), a high-camp, drag send-up of the iconic exploitation films of the 1970s. With her wife, Jen co-founded The Curve Foundation to champion LGBTQ+ women’s stories and culture through intergenerational programming and community building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1719445708114-CJJOFH5QUUZROLFW1UPF/image-asset.jpeg Juries - Turner Ross Turner Ross comprises one half of The Ross Brothers, who are an American independent filmmaking duo. They are known for their feature films Gasoline Rainbow, Bloody Nose Empty Pockets, Contemporary Color, Western, Tchoupitoulas and 45365. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1719445742677-JAN3G3AQWEHF625N13L1/image-asset.jpeg Juries - Shaandiin Tome Shaandiin Tome is a recognized writer, director and cinematographer from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her award-winning break-out short film Mud (Hashtł’ishnii) premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018. She aims to bring resonating imagery in a blend of convergence with story, illustrating her perspective as a Diné woman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1719445781980-RMO2YPC0N4ZK7QV36K4O/image-asset.png Juries - Rayka Zehtabchi Rayka Zehtabchi is an Oscar-winning Iranian-American director based in Los Angeles, whose passion lies in telling human stories that bring awareness and action to little-known social causes. Her Oscar-winning short, Period. End of Sentence. is about a group of village women in Northern India who start a sanitary pad-making business in an effort to improve feminine hygiene and de-stigmatize menstruation. Rayka has also directed multiple branded documentary shorts, including A Woman’s Place, which was an official selection of Tribeca X and most recently won Gold at the 2021 Effie Awards in the Positive Change – Social Good: Brands category. Outside of branded work, Rayka’s films (SHn(y)o͞of), Just Hold On, and Are You Still There? have all received Vimeo Staff Picks and have screened and won Jury awards at prestigious festivals such as SXSW and AFI Fest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1719444995966-JV07LKQXN9DQAGQKJIUA/image-asset.jpeg Juries - Sade J. Abiodun Sade J. Abiodun is an interdisciplinary scholar and storyteller of Nigerian and South African descent. their work explores the interplay between the emotional, visual, and temporal dynamics of media and the mind. their graduate research at the Princeton neuroscience institute focuses on neurocinematics — the neuroscience of film — and explores subjective experience of emotion driven by visual narratives. their artistic practice is grounded in cerebral, multilayered storytelling, weaving together various modalities (music, performance, visual experimentation) to craft narrative landscapes, and has been featured in numerous domestic and international festivals, publications, and exhibitions. Sade has had a life long passion for all things curiously indecisive, and frequently challenges the boundaries of time, space, and schema to simultaneously explore and bridge creative and cognitive worlds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1719445041409-QL0A89JNXN218YAQYGK6/Rachael+Brister.jpeg Juries - Rachael Brister Rachael Brister has devoted nearly 25 years to working and volunteering in the LGBTQ+ community and cinematic arts world. In 2018, she founded RCB Communications, a boutique agency focusing on public relations, community relations, and marketing strategy. RCB Communications' services and expertise support businesses and nonprofit organizations in reaching their goals of activating and engaging audiences, storytelling, promoting events, and raising brand awareness. Rachael’s personal and professional passion for film began in Rochester, NY where she was the director of ImageOut: The Rochester LGBT Film Festival and managed the Dryden Theatre at the George Eastman House Museum. For the past 20 years, Rachael has lived in Seattle, WA, a city she moved to, for the role of Executive Director of Three Dollar Bill Cinema, the non-profit organization that produces The Seattle Queer Film Festival and The Seattle Transgender Film Festival. She has also worked for GSBA, the largest LGBTQ+ chamber of commerce in the country, and was selected to help start the LGBTQ+ marketing practice at GreenRubino, an integrated marketing agency in Seattle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1719445082075-6QUUSJ5GNYMKITYEOYGL/Jill+Busby.jpeg Juries - Jill Louise Busby Jill Louise Busby is a writer, trainer, and filmmaker who fearlessly dissects and challenges the status quo. She has spent years in the nonprofit sector specializing in Equity and Inclusion. She has spoken at academic institutions, businesses, and detention centers on the topics of Identity and Power and delivered hundreds of workshops to nonprofit organizations all over the country. With a keen eye for unveiling the layers of personal and societal hierarchies, Jill’s creative journey is driven by her belief in dismantling limiting narratives. Through her thought-provoking work, she playfully pushes audiences beyond their comfort zones, encouraging them to explore genuine freedom within the realm of truth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1719445168940-U55FTEQWV6DFKMF2S7BG/Dolly+Hall.jpeg Juries - Dolly Hall Dolly Hall began her producing career in 1990. Dolly’s producing credits include such award-winning films as Maria Maggenti’s The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love, (world premiere Sundance Film festival) Scott Silver’s johns (world premiere San Sebastian Film Festival), Alex Sichel’s All Over Me (world premiere Sundance Film festival), Tim Blake Nelson’s Eye of God (world premiere Sundance Film Festival), Lisa Cholodenko’s High Art (world premiere Sundance Film festival), Mark Christopher’s 54, Gary Winick’s Tadpole (world premiere Sundance Film festival), and Lisa Picard is Famous, directed by Griffin Dunne and produced by Mira Sorvino and Dolly Hall (world premiere Cannes Film Festival). In July 2009, Lion’s Gate released “Five Fingers” starring Laurence Fishburne and Ryan Phillipe. Dolly produced Michael Walker’s “Price Check”, starring Parker Posey and Eric Mabius which world premiered to rave reviews, at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and was subsequently released by IFC Films in November 2012. Dolly & Michael made another film together, “A Maid’s Room”, starring Annabella Sciorra, Paula Garces and Bill Camp which was released by Paladin Films in August of 2014. Dolly co-produced the NBC doc “Live From New York: The Revolution will be Televised”, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Saturday Night Live. The film opened the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival before it’s network premiere later the same year. Dolly is currently in development with producer Lauren Versel on several feature film scripts and their slate of TV shows for their production company, Lucky Doll Productions, LLC. Dolly is an AMPAS member, Producers Branch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1719445191051-GG0KHSSTZPWK7NSV65HU/Sylvia+Sichel.jpg Juries - Sylvia Sichel Sylvia Sichel’s first screenwriting effort, the coming-of-age and coming-out drama All Over Me, directed by her sister, Alex Sichel, had its world premiere in dramatic competition at The Sundance Film Festival and went on to win the Teddy Bear Award at The Berlin International Film Festival for best feature film. Sylvia wrote the middle segment of the HBO original movie If These Walls Could Talk 2 – 1972. The HBO movie was nominated for four Emmy Awards and won a GLAAD Media Award for outstanding television movie. Sichel co-produced #HORROR released by IFC Midnight and has written commissioned scripts for a variety of directors, actors, and producers including Susan Sarandon, Chloe Sevigny, Michelle Williams, Elain Goldsmith Thomas, Natasha Lyonne, and Ellen DeGeneres. Currently, Sichel is co-creator and co-writer of an hour-long episodic series SWANS in development with Karyn Kusama, Phil Hay, and Matt Manfredi of Familystyle Films. Sichel is an assistant arts professor at the Kanbar Institute undergraduate film and television program at New York University and lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband, Ian Chorao. In March 2020, Sichel was awarded a grant from NYFA and the NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music, and Theatre to finish a series of narrative shorts connected by their shared location of women’s bathrooms. Sylvia partnered with producer, Warren Etheredge for the final installment in the series with a short film entitled "Birthday Cake," which wrapped production on June 17th, 2023. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1720219697784-N6H8TV4W9FL1UL03DLNS/Zelda+Adams.jpeg Juries - Zelda Adams Zelda Adams is a 20 year old filmmaker based in the Catskills of New York. She is a director, writer, cinematographer, and actress within her family filmmaking company Wonder Wheel Productions, of which produces independent horror films. Since the age of 6 she has made films alongside her parents, accumulating a current total of 8 features together. Zelda is a rising junior at Columbia University, studying Art History, while also pursuing modeling as a career in New York City, in addition to singing for her alternative rock band H6LLB6ND6R. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1720219734424-7EUXXHH9GMZZZ3T1HN31/Renrick_Palmer2.jpeg Juries - Renrick Palmer Renrick Palmer was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and moved to New York City at thirteen. He joined the United States Air Force, serving around the world, including the Middle East. After his service, he earned a Master's degree from Long Island University and graduated from the New York Film Academy 1 year conservatory. Renrick, is recognized for roles such as Jackie Robinson on the History Channel and Hassim in "Hold UP." He has won Best Actor awards at the Ignite and Walla Walla Film Festivals and is also a bestselling author. As an actor, Renrick thrives on bringing characters to life and engaging audiences with resonant stories. He is actively involved with the Public Theater's Military Resilience Foundation, using storytelling to connect and inspire. This interaction fuels his passion, driving him to continually evolve as both an actor and a storyteller. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1720219768017-LMYAVAIVIS11ZKATJ2FL/Tom+Everett+Scott.jpeg Juries - Tom Everett Scott With a handful of diverse roles, Tom Everett Scott has developed a reputation as one of the industry's most versatile actors, showing up on the big screen, small screen, and stage. The Massachusetts-born actor graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in Drama before traveling to New York City to start his career. Scott first came to Hollywood's attention as the soulful drummer in Tom Hank's feature film directorial debut in THAT THING YOU DO. Other film credits include Sundance favorite RIVER RED, the drama BOILER ROOM, ONE TRUE THING opposite Meryl Streep, the animated sci-fi MARS NEEDS MOMS, the alien thriller RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN, the romantic comedy BECAUSE I SAID SO opposite Diane Keaton, family comedies PARENTAL GUIDANCE opposite Billy Crystal, DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LONG HAUL, and the award-winning LA LA LAND. Scott most recently appeared in CLOUDS, SISTER OF THE GROOM, and FINDING YOU. In addition to an impressive and diverse film slate, Scott's television credits include LAW & ORDER, WILL & GRACE, SONS OF ANARCHY, ER, SOUTHLAND, Z NATION, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER, REIGN, SCREAM, 13 REASONS WHY, I'M SORRY, THE HEALING POWERS OF DUDE, THE COUNCIL OF DADS, and THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY. Scott's Broadway debut was in the Tony-nominated show, THE LITTLE DOG THAT LAUGHED by Douglas Carter Beane. Scott's theater credits include a revival of DEAD END at the Ahmanson Theatre, Roger Kumble's smash‐hit production TURNAROUND, and off-Broadway productions of THE COUNTRY CLUB and TOUCH. His love for theater, inspired by such repertory theater companies as The Wooster Group and Steppenwolf, led him and friends to launch aTheaterCo, a New York-based theater group focusing on original works. Through aTheaterCo, Scott became involved with the project RIVER RED, which he initially directed for the stage, then later produced as a film. Scott made his feature film writing and directing debut with the short comedy GLOCK, winning Best Short Film at the Gen Art Film Festival. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife and two children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb963b8d974001a1e12ff1/1720219815278-K6K64D7ZJDOZ13UUGYUL/Doug+Tompos+%28Steve+Korn%29.jpeg Juries - Doug Tompos Doug Tompos has been a professional actor, writer, and director for over 30 years. He began his acting career in New York with the original Broadway production of City of Angels, among others, before moving to L.A. where he has played a variety of roles in Film and TV, including the recent psychological thriller, The Changed,opposite Tony Todd (the original Candyman). He has performed his one-man show, Bent to the Flame – A Night with Tennessee Williams, at theatres nationwide and was awarded “Outstanding Solo Show” at the New York International Fringe Festival. He wrote and directed the award-winning short films Dotting the “I” and Coming of Age, both of which had their world premieres at the Festival de Cannes. Dotting the “I” was an “Audience Favorite” at the 2023 Movie Crush, and he is honored to be returning as a jurist for this year’s festival. He has taught professional-level acting classes through his own studio in L.A. for the past 16 years. 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