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INDUSTRY JURORS ​

(includes main festival and spotlight editions)

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• Krushan Naik (Krushan Naik served as producer on the Oscar® nominated short film Anuja)

• Crystal Holt (previous Vice President of Series at 20th Television and former Director of Scripted Programming at AMC Networks)

• Kent Moran (Writer/Director with credits at Netflix, Paramount+, Hulu, Showtime, Warner Bros.)

• Brad Cooper (Former MGM Executive)

• Wade Sheeler (writer, Emmy nominated producer, development professional with credits at NBC, CBS, PARAMOUNT, HBO, BRAVO)

• Melinda Li (TV Creative Executive at Viola Davis' JuVee Productions, Director of Development at TM Instruments, a film & tv production company with a first-look deal at Anonymous Contents, and projects set up at Apple TV, Paramount TV, Tyler Perry Studios, and Universal Studios)

• Aeryn Michelle Williams (writer/producer with credits at NETFLIX, UNIVERSAL, AMAZON STUDIOS)

• Dori Barton (CBS/HULU's The Mentalist, HALLMARK'S A Christmas to Remember)

• Samantha Sharma (former Original Scripted Content Coordinator at Disney+, former Creative Executive at Marvel Studios, Franchise Asset Coordinator at LucasFilm Ltd.).

• Andrew Jackson (DGA Member, 2nd AD "Oppenheimer")

• Tim Curcio (writer/producer with credits at Hulu and CBS

• HaiTao Wu ((ABC, National Geographic, Sundance winner, Oscar Shortlist)

• Stephanie Drapeau (Producer of Wish Wizard starring Oscar winner Morgan Freeman, Wedding Day starring C. Thomas Howell & acting credits include S.H.I.E.L.D., Cabin Fever 2, Castle, Medium)

• Katie 'O Grady (Emmy Award winning director/producer of RID OF ME - Tribeca Film Festival)

• Devan Renea (writer with credits at Hulu, CW, OWN)

• Matidla Szydagis (SAG Award winner,“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel", Amazon Studios))

• Scott Evans (Producer/Editor - Paramount Pictures, Netflix, Hulu, HBOmax, Starz)

• James Pratt (Producer  -Apple TV, Prime Video)

• ADDITIONAL JUROR ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING SOON...