FILM AND SCREENPLAY JURORS

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INDUSTRY JURORS  ​

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• Matt Giacheri (Writer/Producer - Netflix, Amazon, SXSW)

• Scott Evans (Filmmaker/Producer/Editor - Paramount Pictures, Netflix, Hulu, HBOmax, Starz. Credits include: Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt (producer, editor), The, Road to Ruane (director, producer, editor), The Amazing Johnathan Documentary (editor), Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me (editor, Tig (co-producer, editor)

• Mike Gerbino - (Writer - Apple TV, Amazon)

• Jake Alden-Falconer (Producer - Netflix, PBS, Picturehouse, Apple TV, Prime)

• Leonora Pitts - (Actor - Hulu, ABC, HBO)

• Vincent Veloso (Writer/Director/Actor - Netflix, Prime Video, Roku, Paramount)

• Daina Ann Smith (WGA produced screenwriter, "Semolina Pilchard", "Elke's Magic")

• Thomas Ferguson (Writer - Amazon, Tubi, Roku)

• Colin Henning (Actor/Director - Hulu, Prime Video)

• Emma Steiger (junior executive, HappyBad Bungalow Productions)

• Matilda Szydagis (SAG Award winner, Amazon Studios, Hulu)

• Stephanie West (Author)

• Michael Brown (Director/Producer - Netflix, Tribeca Film Institute, "The Celebration" (2024)

• "Thousand Lights of Sun" (2021), "25 To Life" (2014)

• Shara Ashley Zeiger (Actress -  HBOmax, Hulu, TBS)

• Alex Forestenhausler (Writer/Story Editor/Creative Consultant - Amazon, Apple TV, Nicholl Fellowship Quarter Finalist, FOX Pilot Competition Finalist)

• Nela Stachalek - (Production coordinator, Production manager - HBOmax, Hulu)

• Eva Von Schweinitz (Writer/Filmmaker - Big Apple Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Palm Springs ShortFest, Screencraft Fellowship semi-finalist)

• Michael McKinley ( Screenplays "Etched in Ice" and "Diamond Dust", feature film on the Harlem Hellfighters in development with Night Fox Entertainment)

• Samuel Wilson (feature directoral debut currently in post production titled "The Trees", heading to festivals later this year)

• Aline Andrade (unscripted: CNN, Hulu, Netflix, ABC/ scripted: Austin Film festival; Big Apple Film festival)

• Greg Roderick - "The World is Lit By Lightning", festival circuit in 2023-2024, Post production for the short film RUTH, current feature film "Lineage" in pre-production and funding. Edited over 40+ films.

• Romina Schwedler - "Writer/Director, credits include "How a Man Gets Ready" (award-winning spec commercial) - writer, director, editor, producer, "The Visit", (award-winning psychological drama short starring OSCAR® Nominee June Squibb and Sean Maher) - writer, director, editor, producer, "Now You See Us: A Coming of a Certain Age Story" (award-winning dramedy short) - writer (adapted screenplay), director, editor, producer, "Evolution" (award-winning micro-short) - writer, director, editor, producer.

• Michael J. White - Michael J. White (Producer and co-writer of "Song Without A Name," writer/producer at La Vida Misma Films, Aqui Y Alla Films, and O3 Medya.)

• Thomas Lim - Producer/Financier, "Palm Springs" (Hulu, Sundance), "The Starling" (Netflix, TIFF), "The Desperate Hour" (Amazon, TIFF)

• More to be announced..