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Jurors include Art Linson, Kyle McLaughlin, Myra Sorvino, Ahmed
Ahmed, Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Beals, Ilana Glazer,
Kareem Rama and more. Tribeca membership and festival
passes available at tribecafilm.com.
Single tickets on sale now. The Tribeca Festival presented
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by OK X today unveiled its star-studded 2025 jury lineup
responsible for selecting this year as top projects across
film, games and audio storytelling sections.
The prestigious panel will awardcoveted honors across 15
competition categories at the festival taking place June 4th
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to 15th in New York City. This year's jury brings together
a prolific collection of creative forces, from
international stars and Oscar winners to cult icons and comedy
Trail Blazers. Notable names include Jennifer
Beals, Matthew Broderick, Ilana Glazer, Art Linson, Kyle
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McLaughlin, Myra Sorvino, alongside other visionaries
tasked with discovering tomorrow's breakthrough talents.
In addition, the Nora Ephron Award will honor an exceptional
female filmmaker who represents the spirit and vision of the
legendary filmmaker and writer. We're proud to welcome an
eclectic group of jurors to thisyear S Tribeca Festival, said
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Nancy Lefkowitz, EVP at Tribeca Enterprises.
Their breadth of expertise across genres will be
instrumental in recognizing standout storytellers and
honoring bold new voices from around the world.
More than 30 industry luminarieswere selected to honor feature
length and short film categoriescomposed of narrative and
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documentary films. Additional juries have also been
established to honor the best work in Tribeca S games, as well
as submissions in the Audio Storytelling category.
The winning films, projects, film makers, storytellers and
actors in each category will be announced at the Tribeca
Festival ceremony on June 12th. Learn more about the Tribeca
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Festival programming team@tribecafilm.com.
For more updates on programming,follow Twitter, Instagram,
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Tribeca Festival passes and ticket packages can be purchased
at tribecafilm.com. The following is a list of the
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2025 Festival jurors and their respective categories.
About the Tribeca Festival The Tribeca Festival, presented by
OK X brings artists and diverse audiences together to celebrate
storytelling in all its forms, including film, TV, music,
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audio, storytelling, games and immersive.
With strong roots in independentfilm, Tribeca is synonymous with
creative expression and entertainment.
Tribeca champions emerging and established voices, discovers
award-winning talent, cure its innovative experiences, and
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introduces new ideas through exclusive premieres,
exhibitions, conversations and live performances.
The festival was founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal
and Craig Hatkoff in 2001 to spur the economic and cultural
revitalization of Lower Manhattan following the attacks
on the World Trade Center. The annual Tribeca Festival will
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celebrate its 24th year from June 4th to 15th, 2025 in New
York City. In 2019, James Murdoch S Lupus
Systems bought a majority stake in Tribeca Enterprises, bringing
together Rosenthal, De Niro and Murdoch to grow the enterprise.
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About the 2025 Tribeca Festival Partners The 2025 Tribeca
Festival is presented by OK X and with the support of our
partners AT&T, Audible, Boulet, Frontier Whiskey, Canva, Chanel
City National Bank, DIRECTV, DonJulio, Tequila, Fiji Water
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Indeed, KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines, NBC4 and Telemundo 47
NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, National
Cinemedia, New York Magazine, Purina, Spring Studios New York,
The Wall Street Journal, Variety, Vulture and Whaler
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feature film competition categories Jurors for the 2025
US narrative feature competitionare NIA da Costa.
Acclaimed filmmaker NIA da Costais one of Hollywood's most
sought after voices. Currently in post production on
28 Years Later, The Bone Temple.She recently wrote, directed and
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produced Head of Starring Tessa Thompson.
In 2023, Dacosta made history asthe first Black woman and
youngest director to helm a Marvel Studios film with The
Marvels. Her 2021 remage Inning of Candy
Man debuted at one at the box office to critical acclaim.
Her Tribeca Festival 2018 debut feature Littlewoods earned a 96%
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Rotten Tomatoes rating. Her television work includes
Netflix's Top Boy and HBO's industry Art Linson.
award-winning producer Art Linson has created landmark
films across 5 decades includingFight Club Heat, The
Untouchables, Fast Times at Ridgemont, High Into the Wild
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and two time Oscar registered winner Melvin and Howard.
With partner John Linson, he executive produces cable
television's most popular scripted series Yellowstone and
it's hit prequels 1883 and 1923.Linsen author Dave Pound of
Flesh and What Just Happened. The latter adapted into a film
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starring Robert De Niro. Joshua Marston.
Joshua Marston is a Brooklyn based independent filmmaker and
television director. His first film, Maria Full of
Grace, won the Audience Award atthe 2004 Sundance Film Festival
and went on to receive an Academy Award nomination for
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Best Actress. His second film, The Forgiveness
of Blood, available on the Criterion Collection, premiered
at the 2011 Berlin InternationalFilm Festival, where it was
awarded the Silver Bear for BestScreenplay.
His most recent film, Come Sunday, starring Chewetel,
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Ejiofor, Martin Sheen, Jason Segel and Danny Glover, became
available on Netflix after having its premiere at the
Sundance Film Festival. Marston wrote and directed the
Coney Island section of New YorkI Love You, starring Cloris
Leachman and Eli Wallach, and has directed episodes of Tulsa
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King, Billions, Ray Donovan, TheNewsroom, 6 Feet Under, and In
Treatment. He is a recipient of the
Guggenheim Fellowship and earnedin Mock in Political Science
from the University of Chicago as well as an MFA in Filmmaking
from New York University. Kent Sanderson Kent Sanderson is
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the head of indie film studio Bleeker St. founded by Andrew
Carpen, which he joined at its 2014 inception.
He overseas the company's acclaimed film slate, which
includes Trebek, a Selected Relay with Riz Ahmed, period
parody Fakham Hall horror entry The third parent.
This summer's re release of ThisIs Spinal Tap and its sequel
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Spinal Tap to September. Recent highlights include The
Wedding Banquet with Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone, One Life
with Anthony Hopkins, Trebek a selected waitress, the musical
and Oscar nominated Golda. His previous experience includes
roles at Go Digital, Focus Features and William Morris
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Agency. Colson Whitehead Colson
Whitehead is the author of The Intuitionist, John Henry Days,
The Colossus of New York, Apex Hides the Hurt, Sag Harbor, Zone
1, and The Noble Hustle. His novel The Underground
Railroad was an international and one New York Times
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bestseller and won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award,
the Carnegie Medal for Fiction, the 2017 Hurston Wright Award
for Fiction, the Arthur C ClarkeAward for Science Fiction
Literature. He was featured on the cover of
Time magazine and included in the list of the 100 most
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influential people compiled by Time.
His novel The Nickel Boys won the Kirkus Prize, the Orwell
Prize for Political Fiction, wasa finalist for the 2020 Southern
Book Prize, and was long listed for the National Book Award, the
Carnegie Medal for Excellence inFiction, and the Aspen Words
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Literary Prize. It was a long running New York
Times bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize 2020, making
him a two time winner of the award.
His novel Harlem Shuffle was published in 2021 and won the UN
Thriller of the Year. The sequel, Crook Manifesto, was
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published in 2023 and has been nominated for an Edgar Award.
The final title in the trilogy will be published in 2025.
All Doubleday. President Biden awarded him with
a National Endowment for the Humanities Medal in 2023.
Jurors for the 2025 US International Narrative Feature
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Competition are Dogmar Ottoman Chick, Polish born actress
Dogmar Ottoman Chick, a graduateof Carnegie Mellon University
and LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts, has established
herself across film, television and theater.
Early film appearances in The Count of Monte Cristo and
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Running with Scissors paved the way for recent acclaimed roles
in the Oscar nominated The Lost Daughter, directed by Maggie
Gyllenhaal, and as Anbolu in Sofia Coppolis, Priscilla.
Television audiences recognize her as the stealth MVP Carolina
Novodnetti in HBO Succession andas dogged and restrained FBI
agent Erica Jensen in the miniseries We Own This City.
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Her extensive TV credits includeThe Deuce, Boardwalk Empire, and
Law and Order SVU. Upcoming, she stars in Netflix's
Black Rabbit alongside Jason Bateman and Jude Law.
Beyond acting, Domincik authoredthe novel The Lullaby of Polish
Girls, Random House 2013 inspired by her childhood.
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Valeria Gallino Italian actress,director, producer and
screenwriter Valeria Gallino wasdiscovered by Lena Wardmuller
for Pick a Life Walk in 1985. She has won two Volpe Cups at
Venice Film Festival for Story at Damore and Piramor Vostro.
Her international work includes Rain Man Hotshots and Apple TV,
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plus S The Morning Show. Notable Italian credits include
collaborations with acclaimed directors Salvatore's Verzi and
Soldiny, plus roles in Celine Siamba's Portrait of a Lady on
Fire and Costa Gavras Adults in the Room as director.
Her debut Meal received special mention at Cannes, followed by
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Euphoria Con on Certain Regard. Recent work includes Netflix's
The Lying Life of Adults, GinverElkan's Tel Avivodeto and her
latest directorial effort El Arte della Joya, which earned 14
David de Donatello nominations. She currently stars in Mario
Martoni's Fori in competition atthe 78th Con Film Festival.
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Toby Jones, award-winning actor known for roles on stage and
screen, recently starred in Mr. Burton and LED the critically
acclaimed BAFTA award-winning Mr. Bates VS the Post Office,
earning him a nomination for Best Actor.
Upcoming projects include IT VS The Hack with David Tennant,
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Apple TV Plus S Hijack Series 2,Duke Johnson's The Actor and
Borat Nallory. S Flavia.
Toby will also be making a return to stage this October in
Othello at Theatre Royal Haymarket in London.
Notable screen credits include Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,
Frost, Nixon, The Hunger Games, Indiana Jones and the Dial of
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Destiny and Detectorists. Stage work includes his Olivier
Award-winning debut in the play What I Wrote and an Olivier
nominated performance in the titular role of Uncle Vanya at
the Harold Pinter Theatre. David Lobb David Lobb leads
Metro Graph Pictures, an independent film distributor
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born from the iconic downtown New York cinema.
Since February 2024, he's acquired 10 films, including
India Donaldson's Good One. Santhiyasuri's Academy
shortlisted Santosh and Venice Prize winner April previously in
his nine year tenure at age 24, he shepherded acclaimed titles
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including After Soon close, First Cow, First Reformed and
Stop Making Sense while contributing to campaigns for
Oscar winners Everything Everywhere All at Once and
Moonlight. As Co president of Oscilloscope
Laboratories, he oversaw releases like We Need to Talk
About Kevin and Exit Through theGift Shop.
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His career began at Think Film where he helped acquire Half
Nelson and Oscar winning documentary Taxi to the Dark
Side. Kyle McLaughlin With a career
spanning over 4 decades, Kyle McLaughlin is a star of the
silver screen, television screenand now the phone screen.
His breakthrough came through David Lynch collaborations in
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Dune, Blue Velvet, and Twin Peaks, where his portrayal of
FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper earned him two Emmy nominations
and a Golden Globe. His diverse filmography includes
The Doors, Showgirls, Inside Outfranchise, and Blink Twice,
while his television work span Sex and the City, Desperate
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Housewives Portlandia, Fallout, and the upcoming comedy
Overcompensating. Beyond acting, McLaughlin has
expanded into producing across multiple platforms with his
award-winning Barnam Town podcast and several forthcoming
projects. In 2024, he reinvented himself
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as a social media phenomenon, creating viral content that
connected him with stars like Charli XCX and Lord.
Off Screen he channels his creativity as proprietor of his
Washington State wine label, Pursued by Bayer.
Jurors for the 2025 Documentary Feature competition are Sara
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Bernstein. Sara Bernstein is an
award-winning producer and president of Imagine
Documentaries, leading the development and production of
premium documentary feature films and series.
Recent credits include the five time Emmy award-winning best
documentary. Jim Henson Idea Man Disney Plus
free to Prime Video music by John Williams Disney Plus the
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supermodels Apple TV plus the dynasty New England Patriots
Apple TV plus the volcano rescuefrom wakari Netflix fight for
glory 2024 World Series Apple TVplus David Blaine do not attempt
Nat Geo pets. Disney plus, Earnhardt Prime
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Video and the upcoming Barbara Walters tell me everything Hulu.
Prior to joining imagine, Bernstein was SVPHBO documentary
films where she oversaw award-winning non fiction
programming for the network. Bernstein S films and series
have garnered multiple Emmy, Peabody and Academy Awards.
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In 2024, she was featured on Variety S New York Women S
Impact list, then Proudfoot A2 time Academy Award registered
winning director and entrepreneur Ben Proudfoot is
the creative force behind Breakwater Studios.
A landmark partnership with The New York Times produced 16
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collaborations with over 10 million views, including The
Queen of Basketball, which won the Oscar for Best Documentary
Short in 2022. On March 10th 2024, Proudfoot
won a second Academy Award registered this time for The
Last Repair Shop. Proudfoot views real world
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impact as a film S highest achievement, advocating for the
Queen of Basketball S Lucia Harris legacy as a unsung
basketball pioneer and inspiringA15M Capital campaign for the
repair facility in The Last Repair Shop.
Today, Proudfoot leads a full time film making staff of 25
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across Breakwater Studios, multiple Los Feliz facilities,
producing both original and commissioned documentaries with
partners like Google, UNICEF andEl Oriel Paris.
Proudfoot was named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 for
innovation in the brand funded documentary space.
He hails from Halifax, NS and graduated from USC School of
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Cinematic Arts Proudfoot is alsoan accomplished slight of hand
magician and has performed at the Magic Castle in Los Angeles.
Myra Sorvino Myra Sorvino's acclaimed career includes an
Academy Award, Golden Globe Critics Choice Award and New
York Film Critics Circle honor for Mighty Aphrodite.
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She earned additional Golden Globe nominations for human
trafficking and her Emmy nominated portrayal of Marilyn
Monroe in HBO's Norma Jean and Marilyn.
Her diverse filmography featurescollaborations with renowned
directors in Summer of Sam, Mimic Quiz Show called Favorite,
Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion, Beautiful Girls, and
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Reservation Rd. Recent television work includes
Shining Veil with Courtney Cox and Ryan Murphy's Hollywood and
Impeachment American Crime Story.
Beyond acting, Sorvino serves asAUN Goodwill Ambassador,
dedicating herself to the globalfight against human trafficking.
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Jurors for the 2025 Best New Narrative Director competition
are Matthew Broderick. Two time Tony award-winning
actor Matthew Broderick was mostrecently seen starring in
Netflix S opioid drama Painkiller opposite Hoso Adioba
and Sony S coming of age comedy No Hard Feelings opposite
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Jennifer Lawrence and Laura Benenti.
Additionally, he starred in the hit world premiere of Joe Di
Pietro? S new play.
Bhabitat La Jolla Playhouse, as well as the Broadway revival of
Neil Simon S Plaza Suite alongside his wife Sarah Jessica
Parker, which they most recentlyperformed in the West End.
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Additional credits include Manchester by the Sea, directed
by Kenneth Lonergan, Margaret Election, the producers and fan
favorite Ferris Bueller S Day Off, among many others.
Sejin Croninger Sejin Croninger serves as EVP of Worldwide
Acquisitions at Paramount Pictures and GM of Republic
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Pictures, where she establishes strategy and distribution for
all acquisitions. Her team sources content for
both theatrical release and the Republic Pictures label,
overseeing projects including Academy and Golden Globe.
Nominated September 5th, Sundance Grand jury audience
winner, Twin lists and upcoming films Bad Apples, starring Say
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Ayers, Ronan and Savage House with Richard E Grant and Claire
Foy. Previously, she held senior
leadership positions at Universal Pictures Content
Group, Entertainment One and NewLine Cinema.
An adjunct professor in producing at the American Film
Institute Conservatory, Croninger studied in UCLAS Film
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Critical Studies Master's program and holds ABS in
political science from UCI. Eliza Hitman Eliza Hitman is an
award-winning filmmaker. Born based in Brooklyn, NY.
Her latest film, Never Rarely Sometimes Always was released by
Focus Features in 2020 after premiering at the Berlin Film
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Festival, winning the Silver Bear Grand Jury Award.
The film as US premiere was at Sundance and won a Special Jury
Prize. The film also won the National
Society of Film Critics awards for Best Screenplay.
Eliza S 2nd feature, Beach Rats,was released by Neon in 2017.
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Hitman was awarded the directingaward at Sundance that year.
Her debut feature, It Felt Like Love, premiered at Sundance in
2013 in Next and was a New York Times critics pick.
Most recently, Eliza directed and executive produced the pilot
and episode 103 of Peacock S original limited Series A Friend
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of the Family, which premiered on October 6th, 2022.
In January 2023, Eliza participated as a member of the
jury for US Dramatic Competitionfor the 2023 Sundance Film
Festival. In February 2024, she
participated as a member of the jury for the 74th Annual Berlin
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Film Festival. Jurors for the 2025 Best New
Documentary Director competitionare Christine Staleckis.
Emmy nominated director Christine Staleckis creates
films about mental health and coming of age.
Her feature debut Prey Away, Netflix 2021, chronicling the
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Prey, the gay away movement, received Emmy, Critics Choice
and Glaude Media Award nominations.
Executive produced by Bloomhouseand Ryan Murphy.
Produced by Multitude Films withsupport from Tribeca Film
Institute and Sundance Institute, it was hailed as one
of the most important films of the year.
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Currently, she's completing her sophomore feature Alive, an
animated documentary following young women rebuilding after
nearly fatal eating disorders. Steleckis is also writing her
fiction feature debut with NYT Magazine writer Gia Lee and
developing a short documentary on birth trauma with Insignia
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Films. She teaches film production at
Hunter College and holds an MFA from Stanford University.
Shawn Stewart Sean Stewart is founder and president of Sutter
Rd. Picture Company, producing the
Emmy and PGA award-winning What's My Name Muhammad Ali 2020
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and Grammy award-winning Jazz Fest A New Orleans Story, 2023.
Recent projects include Rd. Diary, Bruce Springsteen and the
E Street Band, Toronto, 2024. Diane von Forstenberg, Woman in
Charge, Tribeca, 2024 and the Blue Angels, Amazon, IMAX.
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In 2024 he produced HBO Max documentaries Charlie Hustle and
The Matter of Pete Rose and Contrebecca selection Elizabeth
Taylor The Lost Tapes. His 2024 Emmy nominated works
include Chow Chilla, CNN and Sundance selection Willie Nelson
and Family. Paramount Plus as founding
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partner of company Name with Colin Hanks Stewart is producing
an untitled John Candy documentary with maximum effort
following previous collaborationSay Hey Willie Mays with LeBron
James and Thriller 40 for Paramount Plus.
Jamila Wignot Jamila Wignot is an award-winning Brooklyn based
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filmmaker who explores the intersections of history,
culture and identity through innovative storytelling.
Her body of work includes the Peabody Award-winning series
Stacks Soulsville USA South by Southwest 24 Ailey Sundance 21,
the Peabody Emmy and DuPont Columbia Award-winning The
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African Americans many rivers tocross town hall of feature
length Co production with ITV S about the Tea Party movement and
for American experience, the Peabody award-winning Triangle
Fire and Emmy nominated Walt Whitman.
Wignot S producing credits include Sierra pettengill S
Riotsville USA Sundance 22 handson for the New York Times FX
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Hulu series the weekly W Kamau Bell S directorial debut Bring
the Pain, the documentary. She most recently directed the
series Girls Gone Wild, The Untold Story, now streaming on
Peacock. Jurors for the 2025 Nora Ephron
Award are Caroline Aaron. Caroline Aaron currently stars
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Off Broadway in Conversations with Mother opposite Matt Doyle.
She recently concluded her run as Shirley Mysell in Amazon's
The Marvelous Missus Mysell while recurring on CB s s
Ghosts. Other television highlights
include Transparent, Curb Your Enthusiasm showtimes episodes,
plus appearances on Modern Family and the Law and Order
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franchise. Her extensive Broadway credits
include Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy
Dean, The Iceman, Cometh, and Relatively Speaking, while
recent stage work features Mad Women of the West London, LA,
New York and Bye Bye Birdie at the Kennedy Center.
With over 100 film appearances, Aaron stars in recent indie hits
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Theatre Camp and Between the Temples.
The upcoming book ends with F Murray Abraham, plus classics
like Crimes and Misdemeanors, Edward Scissorhands and Primary
Colors. IJA Keith IJA Keith is the Head
of Indie Film Licensing at Hulu,where she spearheads
negotiations and strategy acrossthe company S independent film
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portfolio. She manages Hulu S extensive
licensing slate, securing deals for over 300 films annually and
overseas exclusive output partnerships with leading
distributors such as Neon, Roadside Attractions and AMC
Networks, IFC Films and RLJ Entertainment.
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Her efforts have brought critically acclaimed and
culturally impactful titles to the platform, including Academy
Award Best Picture winner Enera,Long Legs, BlackBerry and The
Order, cementing Hulu S reputation as a premier
destination for distinguished independent cinema.
Prior to joining Hulu, I just served as Director of
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Acquisitions at IFC Films, whereshe LED acquisitions on some of
the most critically acclaimed independent films in the
marketplace. She was named to MPNS 40 Under
40 in the class of 2023. Annie Murphy Emmy Registered
Award-winning Actress Annie Murphy gained fame as Alexis
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Rose in Skids Creek, which swept9 Emmy Registered Awards, a
Golden Globe for Best Musical orComedy Series, and a SAG Award
for Best Ensemble in its final season.
She will next appear in Season 2of Nine Perfect Strangers
alongside Nicole Kidman. Hulu May 21st, 2025 and voice a
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character in Toby's animated comedy Breaking Bear.
Recent credits include Netflix'sBlack Mirror, DreamWorks, Ruby
Gillman, Teenage Kraken, and voicing the lead in free forms.
Praise Peeving. She previously starred in AMC
Stark comedy Kevin Ken FK himself and appeared in
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Netflix's Russian Doll. Murphy has voiced characters for
Robot Chicken, American Dad and Family Guy, and created the CBC
web series The Plateaus featuring Alicia Cuthbert and
Jay Baruchel. The Ontario native is a graduate
of the Canadian Film Center, Actors Conservatory and
Concordia University's theatre performance program.
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Jurors for the 2025 Viewpoints competition are Brian Jordan
Alvarez. Multi hyphenate Brian Jordan
Alvarez named one of the New York Times Breakout Stars of
2023 and Varieties 10 Comics to Watch in 2017.
Currently stars in show runs, executive produces, writes and
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directs FX's acclaimed comedy English Teacher.
The series has been recognized with four Independent Spirit
Award nominations, including Best New Scripted Series and
Best Lead Performance, 3 CriticsChoice nominations including
Best Actor and Best Comedy Series, 2 Writers Guild of
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America award nominations, and two Gotham TV Award nominations.
He first gained recognition creating Indie Wires Best Web
Series of 2016, The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo,
which earned a Gotham Award nomination and a Lions Gate
development deal. This summer, he returns as Cole
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in Universal's anticipated horror sequel, M3 Gan 2.0.
The Colombian American creator, fluent in Spanish, frequently
draws from his Latin American heritage and Southern upbringing
in Tennessee throughout his work.
Jennifer Beals Jennifer Beals isa Golden Globe nominated
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actress, producer and creative force known for her captivating
performances across film and television.
Over her legendary 4 decade career, she has delivered
unforgettable performances, fromher N double ACP award-winning
debut in Flashdance to her portrayal of Bette Porter in The
L Word, a ground breaking character who remains A beloved
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role model to queer women aroundthe world.
The portrayal won her the GLAUDEGolden Gate Award as well as 2N
Double ACP Image Award nominations and a Satellite
Award nomination. Jennifer has also starred in
Netflix's global hit Luckiest Girl Alive and the Disney Plus
Star Wars spin off The Book of Boba Fett lead by Jon Favreau.
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Additionally, Beals has made hermark as a visionary producer,
published author, acclaimed and prolific photographer, and even
an inventor. Her advocacy work has been
equally impactful. Beals received the Human Rights
Campaign S Ally for Equality Award in 2012 for her steadfast
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support of the LGBTQ plus community and was honored with
Coulson S Champion Award in 2020for her dedication to LGBTQ plus
youth. With her talent, intellect, and
passion for meaningful storytelling, Beals continues to
inspire and enthrall audiences, cementing her legacy as a true
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trailblazer in the entertainmentworld.
Raul Castillo Raul Castillo recently starred in Paramount's
much anticipated sequel Smile Too, and just wrapped The Hand
that Rocks the Cradle alongside Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Mike
Ho Monroe, as well as The CasketGirls with Gabrielle Union and
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Mike Coulter. He will be seen next in HBOS
upcoming series Task from Brad Angels by and leads the thriller
push from directors David Char OBeer and Justin Powell, as well
as Cold Wallet, which premiered at South by Southwest.
Other films include a 24 S The Inspection, which earned him a
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Gotham Award nomination for outstanding supporting
performance. Baroness Cove, which premiered
Hamptons International Film Festival prime video's cassandro
Miguel wants to fight from Hulu Netflix S hustle with Adam
Sandler cha cha real smooth and mother Android.
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He was a fan favorite on LookingClass of 09 on Netflix S
original series Atypical and Seven Seconds.
Alex Karpovsky Alex is an actor,writer and director best known
for his starring role as Ray in the Golden Globe winning HBO
comedy Girls. Acting credits include the Coen
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brothers films Inside Llewyn Davis and Hale Caesar, the
television series Homecoming opposite Julia Roberts and
Angelina opposite Emmy Rossum. He will next be seen in Netflix
S Nobody Wants This. A multi hyphenate, Alex wrote,
directed and starred in the darkcomedy Red Flag and the thriller
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Rubberneck. His award-winning debut feature
The Whole Story earned him a spot on Filmmaker Magazine S 25
New Faces of Independent Film. He is currently in post
production on his sixth feature.Mickey Sumner upcoming Mickey
Sumner Co stars in Brat Angels by SHBO limited series Task
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opposite Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey, and in Kiri Fukunaga S
film Blood on Snow opposite Benedict Cumberbatch and Aaron
Taylor Johnson. Sumner starred in Christine Jeff
S feature film A Mistake opposite Elizabeth Banks.
The film premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival to
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critical acclaim and was released theatrically in
September 2024. Sumner starred as a series
regular alongside Dave Diggs andJennifer Connelly in all Four
Seasons of the dystopian thriller drama series
Snowpiercer, based on the Bong Joon Ho directed feature.
She gave a standout performance opposite Greta Gerwig in Noah
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Baumbach S Francis Ha. She starred in Tim Blake
Nelson's Anaesthesia, John Magary S The Mend, James
Ponsold's The End of the Tour and the comedy This is
Happening. She had a cameo role as Patti
Smith in CBGB and played the lead role in Martin Snyder S
Missed Connections, also appearing in Girl, Most Likely
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American Made, Battle of the Sexes and Marriage Story.
Sumner directed I'm Listening inthe Within volume to anthology,
which was released in 2021. Her television credits include
recurring roles in AMC, Slow Winter Sun, The Borjahs and
Caring. Sumner made her Off Broadway and
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Atlantic Theatre Company debut in Craig Lucas world premiere
The Lying Lesson. Her other theatre credits
include The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway and Tomorrow Morning.
Born and raised in England, she currently lives in New York
having graduated with ABFA from Parsons School of Design.
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Short Film Competition Categories Jurors for the 2025
Narrative and Animated Shorts competition are Ilana Glazer.
Ilana Glazer is an Emmy Award winner and Co creator, writer,
director, executive producer andstar first known for the
critically acclaimed show Broad City.
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Most recently, Glazer made theirBroadway debut alongside George
Clooney in Goodnight and Good Luck.
Glazer released their sophomore stand up special, Human Magic on
Hulu. Glazer Co wrote and starred in
the film Babes Neon, which premiered in 2024 at South by
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Southwest to rave reviews. Asher Grodman Asher Grodman is
an actor, director, writer, and producer who has worked across
all mediums. Asher can currently be seen
starring as fan favorite character Trevor on the
critically acclaimed CBS comedy Ghosts, for which he earned A
Critics Choice nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a
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Comedy. The series is currently on its
fourth season and has been renewed for two additional
seasons. Grodman S other recent
television appearances include Succession, HBO, Chicago MET,
NBC, House of Cards, Netflix Elementary, CBS and Law and
Order Special Victims Unit NBC. Grodman recently directed,
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wrote, produced and starred in the Jacksonville Jaguars 2023
schedule release video. The schedule release video
received 3 nominations at the 2024 Webby Awards in the
following categories Scripted entertainment, Short Form,
Branded entertainment and SportsVideo Entertainment.
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It also won a 2024 Bronze Lion at Con Lion and one at Tribeca X
Festival. Grodman is also the writer,
director, producer of the award-winning short film The
Train, starring Academy Award winner Eli Wallach.
The Train was featured in over 25 festivals and won numerous
honors including recognitions for Best Film at the Cleveland
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International Film Festival and the Sedona International Film
Festival. Sheila Nevins Sheila Nevins is
the former president of HBO Documentary Films and Family
Programming and former executiveproducer for MTV Documentary
Films, making her responsible for the development and
production of more than 1500 programs.
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She has received 32 Prime Time Emmy Registered awards, 35 News
and Documentary Emmys, and 42 George Foster Peabody Awards.
A New York Times bestselling author, Nevins has been honored
with numerous prestigious careerachievement awards and inducted
into broadcasting and cable S Hall of Fame.
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She has garnered an Ida Career Achievement Award and the New
York Women in Film and Television Muse Award for
Outstanding Vision and achievement.
Most recently, she was executiveproducer on the 2025 Academy
Award nominated film I Am Ready Warden Pamela Ribon.
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Pamela Ribon is the Academy Award registered nominated
creator, performer and writer ofMy Year of Dicks, an adaptation
of her critically acclaimed comedic memoir Notes to Boys and
Other Things I Shouldn't Cheer in Public, which was nominated
for Best Animated Short Film forthe 95th Academy Awards.
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Her screen writing work includesMoana, Nemina, Ralph Breaks the
Internet and Bears and has written for television and VR.
She's written several comic books and is a best selling
novelist. My boyfriend is a bear slam.
Why girls are weird. She Co hosts the podcast Listen
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to Sassy, a weekly deep dive through every issue of the
beloved 90s teen magazine. She is currently writing Emily
the Strange for Warner Brothers Animation and Bad Robot and is
hard at work on her first documentary at Pam Laraben.
She her Moon Zappa Moon Unit Zappa is a writer, artist, T
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merchant and podcaster. Her moon unit registered T is
currently only available on her website moonunit.com equals her
latest book Earth to Moon, a memoir published by Harper
Collins. Day St.
Books can be found in hardcover and will soon be released as a
trade paperback. Jurors for the 2025 short
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documentary and student visionary competition are Ahmed
Ahmed, actor, comedian, producerand director known for breaking
barriers as the sole Arab American actor in a non
stereotypical role as Ahmed on TBS comedy series Sullivan and
Son. TV and film credits include The
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Tonight Show, Weeds, Iron Man, You Don't Mess with the Zohan
and Swingers, recipient of the inaugural Richard Pryor Award
for Ethnic Comedy at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival, Co
founder of the historic Axis of Evil Comedy Tour and creator of
the first ever Middle Eastern stand up comedy special on
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Comedy Central tours nationally and internationally.
Recently headlining at Netflix is a joke festival with a new
comedy special coming from Comedy Dynamics this fall.
Ways Blood. Natalie Miring, known
professionally by her artist name Ways Blood, is an American
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singer-songwriter with a penchant for the cinematic.
Transcendent and sometimes wistful, her folk pop
experimentalism explores everything that drives us,
divides us, and destroys us. Miring grew up singing in gospel
and madrigal choirs before prodigiously picking up guitar
at age 8. That, mingled with her love of
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jazz filmmaker Alejandro Yaderoski and scholar Joseph
Campbell, has shaped her music, which tells stories of both
ancient and modern myths. Havana Rose Lou Havana Rose Lou
recently wrapped shooting the independent feature tuner for
Oscar winning filmmaker Daniel Royer, starring opposite Leo
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Woodall and Dustin Hoffman. She can next be seen in the
indie feature Lurker for writer and director Alex Russell and
executive producer Chris Storer opposite Archie Mad Weekly and
in Cooper Rafe S highly anticipated independent series
Hall and Harper opposite Rafe, Mark Ruffalo and Lily Reinhardt.
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Both projects premiered at Sundance 2025.
Following this, she will be seenin John Carney S feature film
Power Ballad opposite Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas, as well as
Michael Showalter S feature filmO What Fun for Amazon, opposite
Michelle Pfeiffer and Dominic Sesse.
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Havana broke out in 2023 for herrole in MSL Jim and S satirical
comedy feature Bottoms opposite Rachel Senat and AO Ed Barai,
which premiered at South by Southwest to stellar reviews.
Past credits include the Hulu original No Exit as well as a 24
S The Sky is everywhere. On the theater side, Havana just
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made her Off Broadway debut in the world premiere of All
Nighter opposite Christine Frozeth, Julia Lester and
Catherine Gallagher. Kim Magnussen Kim Magnussen is a
Danish film producer. Since he founded M&M Productions
with his father Tivi Magnussen in 1995, he has produced or EPD
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over 160 films. He won two Academy Awards for
the short live action films Election Night 1998 and Helium
2014 and was nominated five moretimes.
Kim held a producer title on sixmore Oscar nominated films with
three wins including this year Swinner I'm Not a Robot.
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Kim was the CEO of Nordisk Film Production 2003 to 2009.
Kim has been the longest servingchairman of the Danish Producers
Association 9 years as well as 20 year long chairman of the
Danish Film Academy. In 2010 he launched Dansk Film
Compagny to develop and produce high end commercial driven film
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for the international market. He was also part of forming
Scandinavian Film Funds and served as CCO to the Pan Nordic
Scandinavian Film Distribution. Kim is a voting member of Ampa's
Registered and the PGA as well as the Independent Spirits
Awards, the Danish and the European Film Academy.
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Kareem Rama 3 time Webby nominated writer, producer,
comedian and musician, creator and host of viral digital series
Keep the Meter Running and Subway takes with hundreds of
millions of views across platforms.
Wrote, produced and starred in Or Something, The Downtown
Festival 2024 and out of Order, Tribeca 2022, executive producer
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of Caterpillar South by Southwest, 2023.
Ferguson Rises, Tribeca 2021 andMiracle Fishing, Tribeca 2020.
Published poet We Were Promised Flying Cars 2020 and performs
with his band Tiny Gun at iconicNew York venues.
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Featured as one of seven people who made New York City a better
place in 2024 by The New York Times.
Recipient of the Above the Fold Award from the University of
Minnesota and named to Cairo Scenes 18 of 2018.
Influential Egyptians. Has been profiled in major
publications including The New York Times, Interview Magazine,
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Vanity Fair, GQ and Vice. 2025 AT&T Untold Stories Green Light
Committee Andrew Ahn Andrew Ahn is a queer Korean American
filmmaker based in Los Angeles. On's latest film, The Wedding
Banquet Bleaker St., starring Lily Gladstone, Bowen Yang and
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Kelly Marie Tran, premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
His previous film, Fire Island Searchlight Pictures, was
nominated for two Emmy Awards and won the Ensemble Tribute at
the 2023 Gotham Awards and a Glott Award for Outstanding Film
Streaming TV. ON sophomore feature Driveways
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premiered at the 2019 Berlin andwas nominated for two
Independent Spirit Awards. On's first film, Spa Night,
premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and won a Special
Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance.
The film went on to win the 2017John Cassavetes Film Independent
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Spirit Award. AHN has directed both fiction
and documentary television, including shows Britt Gurdon and
Generation. He has promoted diversity in the
arts by mentoring youth film makers through programs like
Pacific Arts Movement S Real Voices, Outfest S Outset, and
the Sundance Institute's Native Filmmaker Lab.
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He graduated from Brown University and received an MFA
from the California Institute ofthe Arts.
Cal Arts. David Fortune David Fortune is a
writer and director from Atlanta, GA.
He was named Variety S10 Directors to Watch in 2025 and
is a recipient of the 2020 ThreeAT&T Untold Stories Award, which
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provided a 1,000,000 grant to direct his feature film Color
Book. The film premiered at the 2024
Tribeca Festival and has garnered jury and audience
awards at festivals around the nation.
In addition to these recognitions, David was also
nominated for the 2025 N Double ACP Image Awards for Outstanding
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Breakthrough Creative. David is a proud alumnus of
Morehouse College and Loyola Marymount University S School of
Film and Television. As a writer and director, he
seeks to capture universal connections within marginalized
communities while shedding lighton the intimate human
experiences. Stephanie Hsu Stephanie Hsu is
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an award-winning actor known forher work in the Academy
award-winning film Everything Everywhere All at Once.
For her role as Joy Yobu, she was awarded the Independent
Spirit Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and
nominated for an Academy Award as well as SAG Award for Best
Supporting Actress. Her other work includes Me in
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The Marvelous Missus Misel, for which she was also awarded Best
Ensemble by the Screen Actors Guild.
Hsu originated the roles of Karen the Computer in SpongeBob
SquarePants, the Broadway musical and Christine Kanegula
in the cult Broadway hit Be MoreChill.
On screen she has had roles in Poker Face, Joyride, The Fall
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Guy and American Born Chinese and more.
She is currently producing and starring in the Peacock series
Laid while Collecting Rocks and Feathers Mountainside Mary and
John Baptiste Marianne John Baptiste, acclaimed for her
Oscar nominated role in secrets and lies 1996, reunited with
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director Mike Lee in his film hard truths, A tragicomic look
at contemporary life. Their long standing
collaboration began with Lee S stage production of A Great Big
Shame and John Baptiste also composed the score for his film
Career Girls. Marianne S performance in Hard
Truths earned her Best leading performance at the British
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Independent Film Awards as well as the critics trifecta.
She was named Best Actress by New York Film Critics Circle,
National Society of Film Critics, and she made history as
the first black actress to win Best Leading Performance from
the Los Angeles Film Critics Awards.
A versatile talent, Jon Baptisteis also a writer, composer and
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director, having made her directorial debut with the short
film Inc. She starred in CBSS long running
series Without a Trace, Apple TVPlus S Surface, BBCS.
The following events are based on a pack of lies Netflix S
soundtrack, Amazon S Homecoming,NBCS Blindspot, and ITVS
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Broadchurch. Feature credits include rumble
through the dark, Boxing Day in fabric, training day, RoboCop,
28 days, The cell and city of ember.
Gina Rodriguez Gina Rodriguez isbest known for playing the title
role on the hit series Jane the Virgin, for which she won a
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Golden Globe for Best Actress ina Television Series, Musical or
Comedy. Rodriguez currently stars in
season 3 of AB CS Will Trent as assistant District Attorney
Marian Alba. She also starred in Abcs comedy
series Not Dead Yet and Co hosted Lucky 13 for ABC.
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Fans can also see her in Robert Rodriguez's reboot of Spy Kids
for Netflix and ROM Com Players for Netflix.
Kellin Smith Kenney Kellen SmithKenney is the Chief Marketing
and Growth Officer at AT&T, where she is responsible for
deepening customer relationships, accelerating
growth, and elevating AT and TS premium position.
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Over the past several years, AT&T has launched groundbreaking
programs with the NBAWNBA Tribeca Festival, See her Cloud
9 and more to under score the importance of elevating
underrepresented voices. Kellen is passionate about the
role brands play in reflecting and promoting inclusivity and
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honored to help select this yearas winner of AT&T Untold
Stories. Jurors for the 2025 Games
competition are Megan Scavio. Megan Scavio brings her
experience in conference organization, technology and
video games to her position of President at the Academy of
Interactive Arts and Sciences. Scavio was appointed to the
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position in August 2017 and willserve as the representative of
the 35 Comma 000 plus Academy members.
As the AIAS President, Scavio promotes, advances and
recognizes the outstanding achievements in the interactive
entertainment industry worldwide.
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She overseas the AIAS many initiatives benefiting the video
games industry, the DICE Summit,the industry S premier gathering
of creative and business leaders, the AIAS member voted
DICE Awards show, the European Centric DICE Europe Conference
and the AIAS Foundation. Scavio spent 18 years at UBM,
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where she most recently held theposition of General Manager of
the Game Developers Conference GDC for eight years.
During her tenure as General Manager at GDC, she was
responsible for overseeing all of GDCS domestic and
international conferences, including GDC Europe, GDC China,
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GDC Online and VRDC. Scavio started off her career at
UBM as an Operations Manager when GDC was held at the San
Jose Convention Center. Harvey Smith Harvey Smith is a
game designer, writer, and director with over 3 decades of
experience in video games. Currently the Creative Director
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and CEO of Anew, as yet unrevealed game studio, he most
recently served as Studio Director at the award-winning
Arcane Austin until May 2024. Smith is best known for his work
on the Deus Ex and Dishonored game series, both of which
garnered many Game of the Year awards, including the BAFTA,
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covering topics related to leveldesign, narrative, and game
systems. Smith has spoken at prominent
industry conferences including the Game Developers Conference,
Migs South by Southwest, E3 and Quake Con.
Shuhei Yashita Shuhei Yashita, aformer 38 year Sony veteran and
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renowned software developer, wasone of the initial members of
the PlayStation Project. He was appointed president of
Worldwide Studios, current PlayStation Studios, in May
2008. Yoshida had overseen development
of many global best selling franchises such as God of War
registered, Ghost of Susima registered, Gran Turismo
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registered, Journey trademark, Horizon 0, Dawn trademark,
Ratchet and Clank registered, The Last of Us registered, and
Uncharted. In November 2019, Yoshida left
his role at WWS and became head of Indy's Initiative, where his
focus was on nurturing external,independent creators to ensure
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they have the tools, technology and services to reach
PlayStation S large community ofgamers successfully.
He left SIE in January 2025 and now helps indie publishers and
developers to succeed. Jurors for the 2025 Audio
Fiction Competition are Sophie Crane.
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Sophie Crane is the executive Director of the Transom Story
Lab, a cornerstone of the audio storytelling world.
Tierransom.org was the first website to win a Peabody Award,
and it has played a pivotal rolein shaping the public radio and
podcast landscape, launching thecareers of many of today S
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leading audio makers. Sophie leads transom S training
programs and editorial vision, expanding access to the craft of
documentary audio storytelling through workshops, fellowships,
and new initiatives. She also teaches audio
storytelling at Dartmouth College.
Previously, she was an executiveproducer and senior editor at
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Pushkin Industries, where she worked on acclaimed shows
including The Last Archive, The Loudest Girl in the World, and
Broken Record. Earlier, Sophie was a series
producer at PBSS Frontline, helping translate the legacy
documentary brand into audio. Her work has won numerous awards
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including the Alfred I DuPont Awards, Highest Honor, a Gold
Baton. James Kim James Kim is a Los
Angeles based podcast creator and founder of Overtones Media.
He recently created the iHeartRadio fiction podcast You
Feeling This, which made its debut at the Tribeca Film
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Festival and was nominated for aWebby Award.
Previously, he has worked with Apple TV Plus, Disney, TCMHBO,
Marvel, Radiotopia, Audible, NPR, and Gimlet Media.
He also made the indie fiction show Moon Face, which the New
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York Times called cinematic, andthe Wall Street Journal hailed
as the Sundance hit of fiction podcasts.
Doctor Kaioke L Anson Doctor Kaioke I Anson is the founder of
Resonate Podcast Festival and director of the VPM Plus ICA
Community Media Center. Coyote's voice has been heard on
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many podcasts including The 11thLove Plus Radio, Radiolab,
Everything is Alive, and Our Ancestors Were Messy on NPR.
He is an underwriting voice and an occasional fill in on Wait
Wait, Don't Tell Me. Coyote's perspectives on audio
and creativity are informed by his academic study of
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philosophy. He supports the fresh expression
of good ideas in all mediums. Jurors for the 2025 Audio
Independent Fiction competition are Stephanie Kuo.
Stephanie Kuo is the Vice President of Content at PRX,
overseeing the organization's content strategy, broadcast,
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podcast acquisition and distribution, as well as in
house content and production development.
She was previously the Director of Training at PRX.
Leading education initiatives, accelerator programs, and
creative consultancies for podcasters and organizations
around the US and the world. Before PRX, Stephanie was an
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award-winning public radio reporter and producer.
She received a bachelor's degreein Journalism and Design from
the University of Texas at Austin and a Master's in
Broadcast Journalism from Columbia University.
Megan Nadolski Megan Nadolski officially began telling stories
as the single staff photographerat a newspaper in Milledgeville,
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GA from there, she went on to tell stories in every place and
in every way she could, from a documentary film on women chefs
in Saudi Arabia to covering chief 2D Montana S funeral in
the dream. Some of Megan S favorite stories
are told in a single photograph and some have taken many
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interviews to tell. These days she tells stories
through audio as the coup of Goat rodeo in Washington, DC
Megan is goat rodeo S driving force behind operations,
creative direction, and execution.
She S built Goat Rodeo's distinct sound and process to
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always deliver audio. You'll want to keep an ear out
for Kate Navin as Head of Creative Development for North
America. At Audible, Kate Navin shapes
the vision and voice of the company S original content,
developing and implementing innovative audio first
strategies with a range of talent and collaborators.
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Kate joined Audible in 2017 as Artistic Producer and launched
Audible Theater after more than a decade working as a
representative for artists. This initiative has resulted in
more than 120 theater titles andawarded over 50 emerging
playwright commissions. Under her leadership, Audible
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began producing at Audible S Mineta Lane Theatre in 2018 with
productions such as Harry Clark Starring Billy, Crewed Up Girls
and Boys starring Carey Mulliganand original musical Dead Outlaw
which went on to transfer to Broadway and garnered 7 Tony
Award nominations. Kate has also been integral in
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creating high profile scripted entertainment projects and
served as executive producer on projects such as The Big Lie,
Jon Hamm, The Miranda Obsession,Rachel Brosnahan and The
Prophecy, Kerry Washington, as well as the audio adaptation of
Coleman Domingo S play Wild withHappy Coleman Domingo, Oprah
Winfrey. In 2025, Kate Navin and Audible
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Theatre were honored with the Drama League Contribution to
Theatre Award.
Jurors include Art Linson, Kyle McLaughlin, Myra Sorvino, Ahmed
Ahmed, Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Beals, Ilana Glazer,
Kareem Rama and more. Tribeca membership and festival
passes available at tribecafilm.com.
Single tickets on sale now. The Tribeca Festival presented
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by OK X today unveiled its star-studded 2025 jury lineup
responsible for selecting this year as top projects across
film, games and audio storytelling sections.
The prestigious panel will awardcoveted honors across 15
competition categories at the festival taking place June 4th
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to 15th in New York City. This year's jury brings together
a prolific collection of creative forces, from
international stars and Oscar winners to cult icons and comedy
Trail Blazers. Notable names include Jennifer
Beals, Matthew Broderick, Ilana Glazer, Art Linson, Kyle
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McLaughlin, Myra Sorvino, alongside other visionaries
tasked with discovering tomorrow's breakthrough talents.
In addition, the Nora Ephron Award will honor an exceptional
female filmmaker who represents the spirit and vision of the
legendary filmmaker and writer. We're proud to welcome an
eclectic group of jurors to thisyear S Tribeca Festival, said
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Nancy Lefkowitz, EVP at Tribeca Enterprises.
Their breadth of expertise across genres will be
instrumental in recognizing standout storytellers and
honoring bold new voices from around the world.
More than 30 industry luminarieswere selected to honor feature
length and short film categoriescomposed of narrative and
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documentary films. Additional juries have also been
established to honor the best work in Tribeca S games, as well
as submissions in the Audio Storytelling category.
The winning films, projects, film makers, storytellers and
actors in each category will be announced at the Tribeca
Festival ceremony on June 12th. Learn more about the Tribeca
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Festival programming team@tribecafilm.com.
For more updates on programming,follow Twitter, Instagram,
Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube.A Tribeca membership or 2025
Tribeca Festival passes and ticket packages can be purchased
at tribecafilm.com. The following is a list of the
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2025 Festival jurors and their respective categories.
About the Tribeca Festival The Tribeca Festival, presented by
OK X brings artists and diverse audiences together to celebrate
storytelling in all its forms, including film, TV, music,
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audio, storytelling, games and immersive.
With strong roots in independentfilm, Tribeca is synonymous with
creative expression and entertainment.
Tribeca champions emerging and established voices, discovers
award-winning talent, cure its innovative experiences, and
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introduces new ideas through exclusive premieres,
exhibitions, conversations and live performances.
The festival was founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal
and Craig Hatkoff in 2001 to spur the economic and cultural
revitalization of Lower Manhattan following the attacks
on the World Trade Center. The annual Tribeca Festival will
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celebrate its 24th year from June 4th to 15th, 2025 in New
York City. In 2019, James Murdoch S Lupus
Systems bought a majority stake in Tribeca Enterprises, bringing
together Rosenthal, De Niro and Murdoch to grow the enterprise.
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About the 2025 Tribeca Festival Partners The 2025 Tribeca
Festival is presented by OK X and with the support of our
partners AT&T, Audible, Boulet, Frontier Whiskey, Canva, Chanel
City National Bank, DIRECTV, DonJulio, Tequila, Fiji Water
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Indeed, KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines, NBC4 and Telemundo 47
NYC Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, National
Cinemedia, New York Magazine, Purina, Spring Studios New York,
The Wall Street Journal, Variety, Vulture and Whaler
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feature film competition categories Jurors for the 2025
US narrative feature competitionare NIA da Costa.
Acclaimed filmmaker NIA da Costais one of Hollywood's most
sought after voices. Currently in post production on
28 Years Later, The Bone Temple.She recently wrote, directed and
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produced Head of Starring Tessa Thompson.
In 2023, Dacosta made history asthe first Black woman and
youngest director to helm a Marvel Studios film with The
Marvels. Her 2021 remage Inning of Candy
Man debuted at one at the box office to critical acclaim.
Her Tribeca Festival 2018 debut feature Littlewoods earned a 96%
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Rotten Tomatoes rating. Her television work includes
Netflix's Top Boy and HBO's industry Art Linson.
award-winning producer Art Linson has created landmark
films across 5 decades includingFight Club Heat, The
Untouchables, Fast Times at Ridgemont, High Into the Wild
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and two time Oscar registered winner Melvin and Howard.
With partner John Linson, he executive produces cable
television's most popular scripted series Yellowstone and
it's hit prequels 1883 and 1923.Linsen author Dave Pound of
Flesh and What Just Happened. The latter adapted into a film
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starring Robert De Niro. Joshua Marston.
Joshua Marston is a Brooklyn based independent filmmaker and
television director. His first film, Maria Full of
Grace, won the Audience Award atthe 2004 Sundance Film Festival
and went on to receive an Academy Award nomination for
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Best Actress. His second film, The Forgiveness
of Blood, available on the Criterion Collection, premiered
at the 2011 Berlin InternationalFilm Festival, where it was
awarded the Silver Bear for BestScreenplay.
His most recent film, Come Sunday, starring Chewetel,
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Ejiofor, Martin Sheen, Jason Segel and Danny Glover, became
available on Netflix after having its premiere at the
Sundance Film Festival. Marston wrote and directed the
Coney Island section of New YorkI Love You, starring Cloris
Leachman and Eli Wallach, and has directed episodes of Tulsa
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King, Billions, Ray Donovan, TheNewsroom, 6 Feet Under, and In
Treatment. He is a recipient of the
Guggenheim Fellowship and earnedin Mock in Political Science
from the University of Chicago as well as an MFA in Filmmaking
from New York University. Kent Sanderson Kent Sanderson is
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the head of indie film studio Bleeker St. founded by Andrew
Carpen, which he joined at its 2014 inception.
He overseas the company's acclaimed film slate, which
includes Trebek, a Selected Relay with Riz Ahmed, period
parody Fakham Hall horror entry The third parent.
This summer's re release of ThisIs Spinal Tap and its sequel
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Spinal Tap to September. Recent highlights include The
Wedding Banquet with Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone, One Life
with Anthony Hopkins, Trebek a selected waitress, the musical
and Oscar nominated Golda. His previous experience includes
roles at Go Digital, Focus Features and William Morris
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Agency. Colson Whitehead Colson
Whitehead is the author of The Intuitionist, John Henry Days,
The Colossus of New York, Apex Hides the Hurt, Sag Harbor, Zone
1, and The Noble Hustle. His novel The Underground
Railroad was an international and one New York Times
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bestseller and won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award,
the Carnegie Medal for Fiction, the 2017 Hurston Wright Award
for Fiction, the Arthur C ClarkeAward for Science Fiction
Literature. He was featured on the cover of
Time magazine and included in the list of the 100 most
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influential people compiled by Time.
His novel The Nickel Boys won the Kirkus Prize, the Orwell
Prize for Political Fiction, wasa finalist for the 2020 Southern
Book Prize, and was long listed for the National Book Award, the
Carnegie Medal for Excellence inFiction, and the Aspen Words
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Literary Prize. It was a long running New York
Times bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize 2020, making
him a two time winner of the award.
His novel Harlem Shuffle was published in 2021 and won the UN
Thriller of the Year. The sequel, Crook Manifesto, was
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published in 2023 and has been nominated for an Edgar Award.
The final title in the trilogy will be published in 2025.
All Doubleday. President Biden awarded him with
a National Endowment for the Humanities Medal in 2023.
Jurors for the 2025 US International Narrative Feature
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Competition are Dogmar Ottoman Chick, Polish born actress
Dogmar Ottoman Chick, a graduateof Carnegie Mellon University
and LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts, has established
herself across film, television and theater.
Early film appearances in The Count of Monte Cristo and
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Running with Scissors paved the way for recent acclaimed roles
in the Oscar nominated The Lost Daughter, directed by Maggie
Gyllenhaal, and as Anbolu in Sofia Coppolis, Priscilla.
Television audiences recognize her as the stealth MVP Carolina
Novodnetti in HBO Succession andas dogged and restrained FBI
agent Erica Jensen in the miniseries We Own This City.
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Her extensive TV credits includeThe Deuce, Boardwalk Empire, and
Law and Order SVU. Upcoming, she stars in Netflix's
Black Rabbit alongside Jason Bateman and Jude Law.
Beyond acting, Domincik authoredthe novel The Lullaby of Polish
Girls, Random House 2013 inspired by her childhood.
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Valeria Gallino Italian actress,director, producer and
screenwriter Valeria Gallino wasdiscovered by Lena Wardmuller
for Pick a Life Walk in 1985. She has won two Volpe Cups at
Venice Film Festival for Story at Damore and Piramor Vostro.
Her international work includes Rain Man Hotshots and Apple TV,
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plus S The Morning Show. Notable Italian credits include
collaborations with acclaimed directors Salvatore's Verzi and
Soldiny, plus roles in Celine Siamba's Portrait of a Lady on
Fire and Costa Gavras Adults in the Room as director.
Her debut Meal received special mention at Cannes, followed by
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Euphoria Con on Certain Regard. Recent work includes Netflix's
The Lying Life of Adults, GinverElkan's Tel Avivodeto and her
latest directorial effort El Arte della Joya, which earned 14
David de Donatello nominations. She currently stars in Mario
Martoni's Fori in competition atthe 78th Con Film Festival.
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Toby Jones, award-winning actor known for roles on stage and
screen, recently starred in Mr. Burton and LED the critically
acclaimed BAFTA award-winning Mr. Bates VS the Post Office,
earning him a nomination for Best Actor.
Upcoming projects include IT VS The Hack with David Tennant,
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Apple TV Plus S Hijack Series 2,Duke Johnson's The Actor and
Borat Nallory. S Flavia.
Toby will also be making a return to stage this October in
Othello at Theatre Royal Haymarket in London.
Notable screen credits include Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,
Frost, Nixon, The Hunger Games, Indiana Jones and the Dial of
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Destiny and Detectorists. Stage work includes his Olivier
Award-winning debut in the play What I Wrote and an Olivier
nominated performance in the titular role of Uncle Vanya at
the Harold Pinter Theatre. David Lobb David Lobb leads
Metro Graph Pictures, an independent film distributor
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born from the iconic downtown New York cinema.
Since February 2024, he's acquired 10 films, including
India Donaldson's Good One. Santhiyasuri's Academy
shortlisted Santosh and Venice Prize winner April previously in
his nine year tenure at age 24, he shepherded acclaimed titles
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including After Soon close, First Cow, First Reformed and
Stop Making Sense while contributing to campaigns for
Oscar winners Everything Everywhere All at Once and
Moonlight. As Co president of Oscilloscope
Laboratories, he oversaw releases like We Need to Talk
About Kevin and Exit Through theGift Shop.
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His career began at Think Film where he helped acquire Half
Nelson and Oscar winning documentary Taxi to the Dark
Side. Kyle McLaughlin With a career
spanning over 4 decades, Kyle McLaughlin is a star of the
silver screen, television screenand now the phone screen.
His breakthrough came through David Lynch collaborations in
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Dune, Blue Velvet, and Twin Peaks, where his portrayal of
FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper earned him two Emmy nominations
and a Golden Globe. His diverse filmography includes
The Doors, Showgirls, Inside Outfranchise, and Blink Twice,
while his television work span Sex and the City, Desperate
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Housewives Portlandia, Fallout, and the upcoming comedy
Overcompensating. Beyond acting, McLaughlin has
expanded into producing across multiple platforms with his
award-winning Barnam Town podcast and several forthcoming
projects. In 2024, he reinvented himself
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as a social media phenomenon, creating viral content that
connected him with stars like Charli XCX and Lord.
Off Screen he channels his creativity as proprietor of his
Washington State wine label, Pursued by Bayer.
Jurors for the 2025 Documentary Feature competition are Sara
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Bernstein. Sara Bernstein is an
award-winning producer and president of Imagine
Documentaries, leading the development and production of
premium documentary feature films and series.
Recent credits include the five time Emmy award-winning best
documentary. Jim Henson Idea Man Disney Plus
free to Prime Video music by John Williams Disney Plus the
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supermodels Apple TV plus the dynasty New England Patriots
Apple TV plus the volcano rescuefrom wakari Netflix fight for
glory 2024 World Series Apple TVplus David Blaine do not attempt
Nat Geo pets. Disney plus, Earnhardt Prime
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Video and the upcoming Barbara Walters tell me everything Hulu.
Prior to joining imagine, Bernstein was SVPHBO documentary
films where she oversaw award-winning non fiction
programming for the network. Bernstein S films and series
have garnered multiple Emmy, Peabody and Academy Awards.
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In 2024, she was featured on Variety S New York Women S
Impact list, then Proudfoot A2 time Academy Award registered
winning director and entrepreneur Ben Proudfoot is
the creative force behind Breakwater Studios.
A landmark partnership with The New York Times produced 16
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collaborations with over 10 million views, including The
Queen of Basketball, which won the Oscar for Best Documentary
Short in 2022. On March 10th 2024, Proudfoot
won a second Academy Award registered this time for The
Last Repair Shop. Proudfoot views real world
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impact as a film S highest achievement, advocating for the
Queen of Basketball S Lucia Harris legacy as a unsung
basketball pioneer and inspiringA15M Capital campaign for the
repair facility in The Last Repair Shop.
Today, Proudfoot leads a full time film making staff of 25
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across Breakwater Studios, multiple Los Feliz facilities,
producing both original and commissioned documentaries with
partners like Google, UNICEF andEl Oriel Paris.
Proudfoot was named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 for
innovation in the brand funded documentary space.
He hails from Halifax, NS and graduated from USC School of
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Cinematic Arts Proudfoot is alsoan accomplished slight of hand
magician and has performed at the Magic Castle in Los Angeles.
Myra Sorvino Myra Sorvino's acclaimed career includes an
Academy Award, Golden Globe Critics Choice Award and New
York Film Critics Circle honor for Mighty Aphrodite.
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She earned additional Golden Globe nominations for human
trafficking and her Emmy nominated portrayal of Marilyn
Monroe in HBO's Norma Jean and Marilyn.
Her diverse filmography featurescollaborations with renowned
directors in Summer of Sam, Mimic Quiz Show called Favorite,
Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion, Beautiful Girls, and
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Reservation Rd. Recent television work includes
Shining Veil with Courtney Cox and Ryan Murphy's Hollywood and
Impeachment American Crime Story.
Beyond acting, Sorvino serves asAUN Goodwill Ambassador,
dedicating herself to the globalfight against human trafficking.
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Jurors for the 2025 Best New Narrative Director competition
are Matthew Broderick. Two time Tony award-winning
actor Matthew Broderick was mostrecently seen starring in
Netflix S opioid drama Painkiller opposite Hoso Adioba
and Sony S coming of age comedy No Hard Feelings opposite
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Jennifer Lawrence and Laura Benenti.
Additionally, he starred in the hit world premiere of Joe Di
Pietro? S new play.
Bhabitat La Jolla Playhouse, as well as the Broadway revival of
Neil Simon S Plaza Suite alongside his wife Sarah Jessica
Parker, which they most recentlyperformed in the West End.
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Additional credits include Manchester by the Sea, directed
by Kenneth Lonergan, Margaret Election, the producers and fan
favorite Ferris Bueller S Day Off, among many others.
Sejin Croninger Sejin Croninger serves as EVP of Worldwide
Acquisitions at Paramount Pictures and GM of Republic
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Pictures, where she establishes strategy and distribution for
all acquisitions. Her team sources content for
both theatrical release and the Republic Pictures label,
overseeing projects including Academy and Golden Globe.
Nominated September 5th, Sundance Grand jury audience
winner, Twin lists and upcoming films Bad Apples, starring Say
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Ayers, Ronan and Savage House with Richard E Grant and Claire
Foy. Previously, she held senior
leadership positions at Universal Pictures Content
Group, Entertainment One and NewLine Cinema.
An adjunct professor in producing at the American Film
Institute Conservatory, Croninger studied in UCLAS Film
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Critical Studies Master's program and holds ABS in
political science from UCI. Eliza Hitman Eliza Hitman is an
award-winning filmmaker. Born based in Brooklyn, NY.
Her latest film, Never Rarely Sometimes Always was released by
Focus Features in 2020 after premiering at the Berlin Film
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Festival, winning the Silver Bear Grand Jury Award.
The film as US premiere was at Sundance and won a Special Jury
Prize. The film also won the National
Society of Film Critics awards for Best Screenplay.
Eliza S 2nd feature, Beach Rats,was released by Neon in 2017.
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Hitman was awarded the directingaward at Sundance that year.
Her debut feature, It Felt Like Love, premiered at Sundance in
2013 in Next and was a New York Times critics pick.
Most recently, Eliza directed and executive produced the pilot
and episode 103 of Peacock S original limited Series A Friend
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of the Family, which premiered on October 6th, 2022.
In January 2023, Eliza participated as a member of the
jury for US Dramatic Competitionfor the 2023 Sundance Film
Festival. In February 2024, she
participated as a member of the jury for the 74th Annual Berlin
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Film Festival. Jurors for the 2025 Best New
Documentary Director competitionare Christine Staleckis.
Emmy nominated director Christine Staleckis creates
films about mental health and coming of age.
Her feature debut Prey Away, Netflix 2021, chronicling the
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Prey, the gay away movement, received Emmy, Critics Choice
and Glaude Media Award nominations.
Executive produced by Bloomhouseand Ryan Murphy.
Produced by Multitude Films withsupport from Tribeca Film
Institute and Sundance Institute, it was hailed as one
of the most important films of the year.
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Currently, she's completing her sophomore feature Alive, an
animated documentary following young women rebuilding after
nearly fatal eating disorders. Steleckis is also writing her
fiction feature debut with NYT Magazine writer Gia Lee and
developing a short documentary on birth trauma with Insignia
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Films. She teaches film production at
Hunter College and holds an MFA from Stanford University.
Shawn Stewart Sean Stewart is founder and president of Sutter
Rd. Picture Company, producing the
Emmy and PGA award-winning What's My Name Muhammad Ali 2020
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and Grammy award-winning Jazz Fest A New Orleans Story, 2023.
Recent projects include Rd. Diary, Bruce Springsteen and the
E Street Band, Toronto, 2024. Diane von Forstenberg, Woman in
Charge, Tribeca, 2024 and the Blue Angels, Amazon, IMAX.
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In 2024 he produced HBO Max documentaries Charlie Hustle and
The Matter of Pete Rose and Contrebecca selection Elizabeth
Taylor The Lost Tapes. His 2024 Emmy nominated works
include Chow Chilla, CNN and Sundance selection Willie Nelson
and Family. Paramount Plus as founding
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partner of company Name with Colin Hanks Stewart is producing
an untitled John Candy documentary with maximum effort
following previous collaborationSay Hey Willie Mays with LeBron
James and Thriller 40 for Paramount Plus.
Jamila Wignot Jamila Wignot is an award-winning Brooklyn based
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filmmaker who explores the intersections of history,
culture and identity through innovative storytelling.
Her body of work includes the Peabody Award-winning series
Stacks Soulsville USA South by Southwest 24 Ailey Sundance 21,
the Peabody Emmy and DuPont Columbia Award-winning The
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African Americans many rivers tocross town hall of feature
length Co production with ITV S about the Tea Party movement and
for American experience, the Peabody award-winning Triangle
Fire and Emmy nominated Walt Whitman.
Wignot S producing credits include Sierra pettengill S
Riotsville USA Sundance 22 handson for the New York Times FX
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Hulu series the weekly W Kamau Bell S directorial debut Bring
the Pain, the documentary. She most recently directed the
series Girls Gone Wild, The Untold Story, now streaming on
Peacock. Jurors for the 2025 Nora Ephron
Award are Caroline Aaron. Caroline Aaron currently stars
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Off Broadway in Conversations with Mother opposite Matt Doyle.
She recently concluded her run as Shirley Mysell in Amazon's
The Marvelous Missus Mysell while recurring on CB s s
Ghosts. Other television highlights
include Transparent, Curb Your Enthusiasm showtimes episodes,
plus appearances on Modern Family and the Law and Order
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franchise. Her extensive Broadway credits
include Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy
Dean, The Iceman, Cometh, and Relatively Speaking, while
recent stage work features Mad Women of the West London, LA,
New York and Bye Bye Birdie at the Kennedy Center.
With over 100 film appearances, Aaron stars in recent indie hits
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Theatre Camp and Between the Temples.
The upcoming book ends with F Murray Abraham, plus classics
like Crimes and Misdemeanors, Edward Scissorhands and Primary
Colors. IJA Keith IJA Keith is the Head
of Indie Film Licensing at Hulu,where she spearheads
negotiations and strategy acrossthe company S independent film
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portfolio. She manages Hulu S extensive
licensing slate, securing deals for over 300 films annually and
overseas exclusive output partnerships with leading
distributors such as Neon, Roadside Attractions and AMC
Networks, IFC Films and RLJ Entertainment.
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Her efforts have brought critically acclaimed and
culturally impactful titles to the platform, including Academy
Award Best Picture winner Enera,Long Legs, BlackBerry and The
Order, cementing Hulu S reputation as a premier
destination for distinguished independent cinema.
Prior to joining Hulu, I just served as Director of
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Acquisitions at IFC Films, whereshe LED acquisitions on some of
the most critically acclaimed independent films in the
marketplace. She was named to MPNS 40 Under
40 in the class of 2023. Annie Murphy Emmy Registered
Award-winning Actress Annie Murphy gained fame as Alexis
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Rose in Skids Creek, which swept9 Emmy Registered Awards, a
Golden Globe for Best Musical orComedy Series, and a SAG Award
for Best Ensemble in its final season.
She will next appear in Season 2of Nine Perfect Strangers
alongside Nicole Kidman. Hulu May 21st, 2025 and voice a
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character in Toby's animated comedy Breaking Bear.
Recent credits include Netflix'sBlack Mirror, DreamWorks, Ruby
Gillman, Teenage Kraken, and voicing the lead in free forms.
Praise Peeving. She previously starred in AMC
Stark comedy Kevin Ken FK himself and appeared in
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Netflix's Russian Doll. Murphy has voiced characters for
Robot Chicken, American Dad and Family Guy, and created the CBC
web series The Plateaus featuring Alicia Cuthbert and
Jay Baruchel. The Ontario native is a graduate
of the Canadian Film Center, Actors Conservatory and
Concordia University's theatre performance program.
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Jurors for the 2025 Viewpoints competition are Brian Jordan
Alvarez. Multi hyphenate Brian Jordan
Alvarez named one of the New York Times Breakout Stars of
2023 and Varieties 10 Comics to Watch in 2017.
Currently stars in show runs, executive produces, writes and
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directs FX's acclaimed comedy English Teacher.
The series has been recognized with four Independent Spirit
Award nominations, including Best New Scripted Series and
Best Lead Performance, 3 CriticsChoice nominations including
Best Actor and Best Comedy Series, 2 Writers Guild of
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America award nominations, and two Gotham TV Award nominations.
He first gained recognition creating Indie Wires Best Web
Series of 2016, The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo,
which earned a Gotham Award nomination and a Lions Gate
development deal. This summer, he returns as Cole
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in Universal's anticipated horror sequel, M3 Gan 2.0.
The Colombian American creator, fluent in Spanish, frequently
draws from his Latin American heritage and Southern upbringing
in Tennessee throughout his work.
Jennifer Beals Jennifer Beals isa Golden Globe nominated
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actress, producer and creative force known for her captivating
performances across film and television.
Over her legendary 4 decade career, she has delivered
unforgettable performances, fromher N double ACP award-winning
debut in Flashdance to her portrayal of Bette Porter in The
L Word, a ground breaking character who remains A beloved
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role model to queer women aroundthe world.
The portrayal won her the GLAUDEGolden Gate Award as well as 2N
Double ACP Image Award nominations and a Satellite
Award nomination. Jennifer has also starred in
Netflix's global hit Luckiest Girl Alive and the Disney Plus
Star Wars spin off The Book of Boba Fett lead by Jon Favreau.
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Additionally, Beals has made hermark as a visionary producer,
published author, acclaimed and prolific photographer, and even
an inventor. Her advocacy work has been
equally impactful. Beals received the Human Rights
Campaign S Ally for Equality Award in 2012 for her steadfast
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support of the LGBTQ plus community and was honored with
Coulson S Champion Award in 2020for her dedication to LGBTQ plus
youth. With her talent, intellect, and
passion for meaningful storytelling, Beals continues to
inspire and enthrall audiences, cementing her legacy as a true
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trailblazer in the entertainmentworld.
Raul Castillo Raul Castillo recently starred in Paramount's
much anticipated sequel Smile Too, and just wrapped The Hand
that Rocks the Cradle alongside Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Mike
Ho Monroe, as well as The CasketGirls with Gabrielle Union and
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Mike Coulter. He will be seen next in HBOS
upcoming series Task from Brad Angels by and leads the thriller
push from directors David Char OBeer and Justin Powell, as well
as Cold Wallet, which premiered at South by Southwest.
Other films include a 24 S The Inspection, which earned him a
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Gotham Award nomination for outstanding supporting
performance. Baroness Cove, which premiered
Hamptons International Film Festival prime video's cassandro
Miguel wants to fight from Hulu Netflix S hustle with Adam
Sandler cha cha real smooth and mother Android.
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He was a fan favorite on LookingClass of 09 on Netflix S
original series Atypical and Seven Seconds.
Alex Karpovsky Alex is an actor,writer and director best known
for his starring role as Ray in the Golden Globe winning HBO
comedy Girls. Acting credits include the Coen
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brothers films Inside Llewyn Davis and Hale Caesar, the
television series Homecoming opposite Julia Roberts and
Angelina opposite Emmy Rossum. He will next be seen in Netflix
S Nobody Wants This. A multi hyphenate, Alex wrote,
directed and starred in the darkcomedy Red Flag and the thriller
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Rubberneck. His award-winning debut feature
The Whole Story earned him a spot on Filmmaker Magazine S 25
New Faces of Independent Film. He is currently in post
production on his sixth feature.Mickey Sumner upcoming Mickey
Sumner Co stars in Brat Angels by SHBO limited series Task
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opposite Mark Ruffalo and Tom Pelphrey, and in Kiri Fukunaga S
film Blood on Snow opposite Benedict Cumberbatch and Aaron
Taylor Johnson. Sumner starred in Christine Jeff
S feature film A Mistake opposite Elizabeth Banks.
The film premiered at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival to
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critical acclaim and was released theatrically in
September 2024. Sumner starred as a series
regular alongside Dave Diggs andJennifer Connelly in all Four
Seasons of the dystopian thriller drama series
Snowpiercer, based on the Bong Joon Ho directed feature.
She gave a standout performance opposite Greta Gerwig in Noah
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Baumbach S Francis Ha. She starred in Tim Blake
Nelson's Anaesthesia, John Magary S The Mend, James
Ponsold's The End of the Tour and the comedy This is
Happening. She had a cameo role as Patti
Smith in CBGB and played the lead role in Martin Snyder S
Missed Connections, also appearing in Girl, Most Likely
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American Made, Battle of the Sexes and Marriage Story.
Sumner directed I'm Listening inthe Within volume to anthology,
which was released in 2021. Her television credits include
recurring roles in AMC, Slow Winter Sun, The Borjahs and
Caring. Sumner made her Off Broadway and
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Atlantic Theatre Company debut in Craig Lucas world premiere
The Lying Lesson. Her other theatre credits
include The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway and Tomorrow Morning.
Born and raised in England, she currently lives in New York
having graduated with ABFA from Parsons School of Design.
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Short Film Competition Categories Jurors for the 2025
Narrative and Animated Shorts competition are Ilana Glazer.
Ilana Glazer is an Emmy Award winner and Co creator, writer,
director, executive producer andstar first known for the
critically acclaimed show Broad City.
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Most recently, Glazer made theirBroadway debut alongside George
Clooney in Goodnight and Good Luck.
Glazer released their sophomore stand up special, Human Magic on
Hulu. Glazer Co wrote and starred in
the film Babes Neon, which premiered in 2024 at South by
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Southwest to rave reviews. Asher Grodman Asher Grodman is
an actor, director, writer, and producer who has worked across
all mediums. Asher can currently be seen
starring as fan favorite character Trevor on the
critically acclaimed CBS comedy Ghosts, for which he earned A
Critics Choice nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a
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Comedy. The series is currently on its
fourth season and has been renewed for two additional
seasons. Grodman S other recent
television appearances include Succession, HBO, Chicago MET,
NBC, House of Cards, Netflix Elementary, CBS and Law and
Order Special Victims Unit NBC. Grodman recently directed,
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wrote, produced and starred in the Jacksonville Jaguars 2023
schedule release video. The schedule release video
received 3 nominations at the 2024 Webby Awards in the
following categories Scripted entertainment, Short Form,
Branded entertainment and SportsVideo Entertainment.
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It also won a 2024 Bronze Lion at Con Lion and one at Tribeca X
Festival. Grodman is also the writer,
director, producer of the award-winning short film The
Train, starring Academy Award winner Eli Wallach.
The Train was featured in over 25 festivals and won numerous
honors including recognitions for Best Film at the Cleveland
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International Film Festival and the Sedona International Film
Festival. Sheila Nevins Sheila Nevins is
the former president of HBO Documentary Films and Family
Programming and former executiveproducer for MTV Documentary
Films, making her responsible for the development and
production of more than 1500 programs.
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She has received 32 Prime Time Emmy Registered awards, 35 News
and Documentary Emmys, and 42 George Foster Peabody Awards.
A New York Times bestselling author, Nevins has been honored
with numerous prestigious careerachievement awards and inducted
into broadcasting and cable S Hall of Fame.
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She has garnered an Ida Career Achievement Award and the New
York Women in Film and Television Muse Award for
Outstanding Vision and achievement.
Most recently, she was executiveproducer on the 2025 Academy
Award nominated film I Am Ready Warden Pamela Ribon.
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Pamela Ribon is the Academy Award registered nominated
creator, performer and writer ofMy Year of Dicks, an adaptation
of her critically acclaimed comedic memoir Notes to Boys and
Other Things I Shouldn't Cheer in Public, which was nominated
for Best Animated Short Film forthe 95th Academy Awards.
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Her screen writing work includesMoana, Nemina, Ralph Breaks the
Internet and Bears and has written for television and VR.
She's written several comic books and is a best selling
novelist. My boyfriend is a bear slam.
Why girls are weird. She Co hosts the podcast Listen
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to Sassy, a weekly deep dive through every issue of the
beloved 90s teen magazine. She is currently writing Emily
the Strange for Warner Brothers Animation and Bad Robot and is
hard at work on her first documentary at Pam Laraben.
She her Moon Zappa Moon Unit Zappa is a writer, artist, T
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merchant and podcaster. Her moon unit registered T is
currently only available on her website moonunit.com equals her
latest book Earth to Moon, a memoir published by Harper
Collins. Day St.
Books can be found in hardcover and will soon be released as a
trade paperback. Jurors for the 2025 short
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documentary and student visionary competition are Ahmed
Ahmed, actor, comedian, producerand director known for breaking
barriers as the sole Arab American actor in a non
stereotypical role as Ahmed on TBS comedy series Sullivan and
Son. TV and film credits include The
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Tonight Show, Weeds, Iron Man, You Don't Mess with the Zohan
and Swingers, recipient of the inaugural Richard Pryor Award
for Ethnic Comedy at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival, Co
founder of the historic Axis of Evil Comedy Tour and creator of
the first ever Middle Eastern stand up comedy special on
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Comedy Central tours nationally and internationally.
Recently headlining at Netflix is a joke festival with a new
comedy special coming from Comedy Dynamics this fall.
Ways Blood. Natalie Miring, known
professionally by her artist name Ways Blood, is an American
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singer-songwriter with a penchant for the cinematic.
Transcendent and sometimes wistful, her folk pop
experimentalism explores everything that drives us,
divides us, and destroys us. Miring grew up singing in gospel
and madrigal choirs before prodigiously picking up guitar
at age 8. That, mingled with her love of
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jazz filmmaker Alejandro Yaderoski and scholar Joseph
Campbell, has shaped her music, which tells stories of both
ancient and modern myths. Havana Rose Lou Havana Rose Lou
recently wrapped shooting the independent feature tuner for
Oscar winning filmmaker Daniel Royer, starring opposite Leo
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Woodall and Dustin Hoffman. She can next be seen in the
indie feature Lurker for writer and director Alex Russell and
executive producer Chris Storer opposite Archie Mad Weekly and
in Cooper Rafe S highly anticipated independent series
Hall and Harper opposite Rafe, Mark Ruffalo and Lily Reinhardt.
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Both projects premiered at Sundance 2025.
Following this, she will be seenin John Carney S feature film
Power Ballad opposite Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas, as well as
Michael Showalter S feature filmO What Fun for Amazon, opposite
Michelle Pfeiffer and Dominic Sesse.
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Havana broke out in 2023 for herrole in MSL Jim and S satirical
comedy feature Bottoms opposite Rachel Senat and AO Ed Barai,
which premiered at South by Southwest to stellar reviews.
Past credits include the Hulu original No Exit as well as a 24
S The Sky is everywhere. On the theater side, Havana just
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made her Off Broadway debut in the world premiere of All
Nighter opposite Christine Frozeth, Julia Lester and
Catherine Gallagher. Kim Magnussen Kim Magnussen is a
Danish film producer. Since he founded M&M Productions
with his father Tivi Magnussen in 1995, he has produced or EPD
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over 160 films. He won two Academy Awards for
the short live action films Election Night 1998 and Helium
2014 and was nominated five moretimes.
Kim held a producer title on sixmore Oscar nominated films with
three wins including this year Swinner I'm Not a Robot.
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Kim was the CEO of Nordisk Film Production 2003 to 2009.
Kim has been the longest servingchairman of the Danish Producers
Association 9 years as well as 20 year long chairman of the
Danish Film Academy. In 2010 he launched Dansk Film
Compagny to develop and produce high end commercial driven film
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for the international market. He was also part of forming
Scandinavian Film Funds and served as CCO to the Pan Nordic
Scandinavian Film Distribution. Kim is a voting member of Ampa's
Registered and the PGA as well as the Independent Spirits
Awards, the Danish and the European Film Academy.
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Kareem Rama 3 time Webby nominated writer, producer,
comedian and musician, creator and host of viral digital series
Keep the Meter Running and Subway takes with hundreds of
millions of views across platforms.
Wrote, produced and starred in Or Something, The Downtown
Festival 2024 and out of Order, Tribeca 2022, executive producer
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of Caterpillar South by Southwest, 2023.
Ferguson Rises, Tribeca 2021 andMiracle Fishing, Tribeca 2020.
Published poet We Were Promised Flying Cars 2020 and performs
with his band Tiny Gun at iconicNew York venues.
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Featured as one of seven people who made New York City a better
place in 2024 by The New York Times.
Recipient of the Above the Fold Award from the University of
Minnesota and named to Cairo Scenes 18 of 2018.
Influential Egyptians. Has been profiled in major
publications including The New York Times, Interview Magazine,
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Vanity Fair, GQ and Vice. 2025 AT&T Untold Stories Green Light
Committee Andrew Ahn Andrew Ahn is a queer Korean American
filmmaker based in Los Angeles. On's latest film, The Wedding
Banquet Bleaker St., starring Lily Gladstone, Bowen Yang and
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Kelly Marie Tran, premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
His previous film, Fire Island Searchlight Pictures, was
nominated for two Emmy Awards and won the Ensemble Tribute at
the 2023 Gotham Awards and a Glott Award for Outstanding Film
Streaming TV. ON sophomore feature Driveways
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premiered at the 2019 Berlin andwas nominated for two
Independent Spirit Awards. On's first film, Spa Night,
premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and won a Special
Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance.
The film went on to win the 2017John Cassavetes Film Independent
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Spirit Award. AHN has directed both fiction
and documentary television, including shows Britt Gurdon and
Generation. He has promoted diversity in the
arts by mentoring youth film makers through programs like
Pacific Arts Movement S Real Voices, Outfest S Outset, and
the Sundance Institute's Native Filmmaker Lab.
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He graduated from Brown University and received an MFA
from the California Institute ofthe Arts.
Cal Arts. David Fortune David Fortune is a
writer and director from Atlanta, GA.
He was named Variety S10 Directors to Watch in 2025 and
is a recipient of the 2020 ThreeAT&T Untold Stories Award, which
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provided a 1,000,000 grant to direct his feature film Color
Book. The film premiered at the 2024
Tribeca Festival and has garnered jury and audience
awards at festivals around the nation.
In addition to these recognitions, David was also
nominated for the 2025 N Double ACP Image Awards for Outstanding
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Breakthrough Creative. David is a proud alumnus of
Morehouse College and Loyola Marymount University S School of
Film and Television. As a writer and director, he
seeks to capture universal connections within marginalized
communities while shedding lighton the intimate human
experiences. Stephanie Hsu Stephanie Hsu is
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an award-winning actor known forher work in the Academy
award-winning film Everything Everywhere All at Once.
For her role as Joy Yobu, she was awarded the Independent
Spirit Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and
nominated for an Academy Award as well as SAG Award for Best
Supporting Actress. Her other work includes Me in
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The Marvelous Missus Misel, for which she was also awarded Best
Ensemble by the Screen Actors Guild.
Hsu originated the roles of Karen the Computer in SpongeBob
SquarePants, the Broadway musical and Christine Kanegula
in the cult Broadway hit Be MoreChill.
On screen she has had roles in Poker Face, Joyride, The Fall
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Guy and American Born Chinese and more.
She is currently producing and starring in the Peacock series
Laid while Collecting Rocks and Feathers Mountainside Mary and
John Baptiste Marianne John Baptiste, acclaimed for her
Oscar nominated role in secrets and lies 1996, reunited with
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director Mike Lee in his film hard truths, A tragicomic look
at contemporary life. Their long standing
collaboration began with Lee S stage production of A Great Big
Shame and John Baptiste also composed the score for his film
Career Girls. Marianne S performance in Hard
Truths earned her Best leading performance at the British
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Independent Film Awards as well as the critics trifecta.
She was named Best Actress by New York Film Critics Circle,
National Society of Film Critics, and she made history as
the first black actress to win Best Leading Performance from
the Los Angeles Film Critics Awards.
A versatile talent, Jon Baptisteis also a writer, composer and
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director, having made her directorial debut with the short
film Inc. She starred in CBSS long running
series Without a Trace, Apple TVPlus S Surface, BBCS.
The following events are based on a pack of lies Netflix S
soundtrack, Amazon S Homecoming,NBCS Blindspot, and ITVS
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Broadchurch. Feature credits include rumble
through the dark, Boxing Day in fabric, training day, RoboCop,
28 days, The cell and city of ember.
Gina Rodriguez Gina Rodriguez isbest known for playing the title
role on the hit series Jane the Virgin, for which she won a
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Golden Globe for Best Actress ina Television Series, Musical or
Comedy. Rodriguez currently stars in
season 3 of AB CS Will Trent as assistant District Attorney
Marian Alba. She also starred in Abcs comedy
series Not Dead Yet and Co hosted Lucky 13 for ABC.
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Fans can also see her in Robert Rodriguez's reboot of Spy Kids
for Netflix and ROM Com Players for Netflix.
Kellin Smith Kenney Kellen SmithKenney is the Chief Marketing
and Growth Officer at AT&T, where she is responsible for
deepening customer relationships, accelerating
growth, and elevating AT and TS premium position.
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Over the past several years, AT&T has launched groundbreaking
programs with the NBAWNBA Tribeca Festival, See her Cloud
9 and more to under score the importance of elevating
underrepresented voices. Kellen is passionate about the
role brands play in reflecting and promoting inclusivity and
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honored to help select this yearas winner of AT&T Untold
Stories. Jurors for the 2025 Games
competition are Megan Scavio. Megan Scavio brings her
experience in conference organization, technology and
video games to her position of President at the Academy of
Interactive Arts and Sciences. Scavio was appointed to the
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position in August 2017 and willserve as the representative of
the 35 Comma 000 plus Academy members.
As the AIAS President, Scavio promotes, advances and
recognizes the outstanding achievements in the interactive
entertainment industry worldwide.
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She overseas the AIAS many initiatives benefiting the video
games industry, the DICE Summit,the industry S premier gathering
of creative and business leaders, the AIAS member voted
DICE Awards show, the European Centric DICE Europe Conference
and the AIAS Foundation. Scavio spent 18 years at UBM,
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where she most recently held theposition of General Manager of
the Game Developers Conference GDC for eight years.
During her tenure as General Manager at GDC, she was
responsible for overseeing all of GDCS domestic and
international conferences, including GDC Europe, GDC China,
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GDC Online and VRDC. Scavio started off her career at
UBM as an Operations Manager when GDC was held at the San
Jose Convention Center. Harvey Smith Harvey Smith is a
game designer, writer, and director with over 3 decades of
experience in video games. Currently the Creative Director
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and CEO of Anew, as yet unrevealed game studio, he most
recently served as Studio Director at the award-winning
Arcane Austin until May 2024. Smith is best known for his work
on the Deus Ex and Dishonored game series, both of which
garnered many Game of the Year awards, including the BAFTA,
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covering topics related to leveldesign, narrative, and game
systems. Smith has spoken at prominent
industry conferences including the Game Developers Conference,
Migs South by Southwest, E3 and Quake Con.
Shuhei Yashita Shuhei Yashita, aformer 38 year Sony veteran and
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renowned software developer, wasone of the initial members of
the PlayStation Project. He was appointed president of
Worldwide Studios, current PlayStation Studios, in May
2008. Yoshida had overseen development
of many global best selling franchises such as God of War
registered, Ghost of Susima registered, Gran Turismo
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registered, Journey trademark, Horizon 0, Dawn trademark,
Ratchet and Clank registered, The Last of Us registered, and
Uncharted. In November 2019, Yoshida left
his role at WWS and became head of Indy's Initiative, where his
focus was on nurturing external,independent creators to ensure
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they have the tools, technology and services to reach
PlayStation S large community ofgamers successfully.
He left SIE in January 2025 and now helps indie publishers and
developers to succeed. Jurors for the 2025 Audio
Fiction Competition are Sophie Crane.
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Sophie Crane is the executive Director of the Transom Story
Lab, a cornerstone of the audio storytelling world.
Tierransom.org was the first website to win a Peabody Award,
and it has played a pivotal rolein shaping the public radio and
podcast landscape, launching thecareers of many of today S
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leading audio makers. Sophie leads transom S training
programs and editorial vision, expanding access to the craft of
documentary audio storytelling through workshops, fellowships,
and new initiatives. She also teaches audio
storytelling at Dartmouth College.
Previously, she was an executiveproducer and senior editor at
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Pushkin Industries, where she worked on acclaimed shows
including The Last Archive, The Loudest Girl in the World, and
Broken Record. Earlier, Sophie was a series
producer at PBSS Frontline, helping translate the legacy
documentary brand into audio. Her work has won numerous awards
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including the Alfred I DuPont Awards, Highest Honor, a Gold
Baton. James Kim James Kim is a Los
Angeles based podcast creator and founder of Overtones Media.
He recently created the iHeartRadio fiction podcast You
Feeling This, which made its debut at the Tribeca Film
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Festival and was nominated for aWebby Award.
Previously, he has worked with Apple TV Plus, Disney, TCMHBO,
Marvel, Radiotopia, Audible, NPR, and Gimlet Media.
He also made the indie fiction show Moon Face, which the New
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York Times called cinematic, andthe Wall Street Journal hailed
as the Sundance hit of fiction podcasts.
Doctor Kaioke L Anson Doctor Kaioke I Anson is the founder of
Resonate Podcast Festival and director of the VPM Plus ICA
Community Media Center. Coyote's voice has been heard on
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many podcasts including The 11thLove Plus Radio, Radiolab,
Everything is Alive, and Our Ancestors Were Messy on NPR.
He is an underwriting voice and an occasional fill in on Wait
Wait, Don't Tell Me. Coyote's perspectives on audio
and creativity are informed by his academic study of
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philosophy. He supports the fresh expression
of good ideas in all mediums. Jurors for the 2025 Audio
Independent Fiction competition are Stephanie Kuo.
Stephanie Kuo is the Vice President of Content at PRX,
overseeing the organization's content strategy, broadcast,
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podcast acquisition and distribution, as well as in
house content and production development.
She was previously the Director of Training at PRX.
Leading education initiatives, accelerator programs, and
creative consultancies for podcasters and organizations
around the US and the world. Before PRX, Stephanie was an
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award-winning public radio reporter and producer.
She received a bachelor's degreein Journalism and Design from
the University of Texas at Austin and a Master's in
Broadcast Journalism from Columbia University.
Megan Nadolski Megan Nadolski officially began telling stories
as the single staff photographerat a newspaper in Milledgeville,
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GA from there, she went on to tell stories in every place and
in every way she could, from a documentary film on women chefs
in Saudi Arabia to covering chief 2D Montana S funeral in
the dream. Some of Megan S favorite stories
are told in a single photograph and some have taken many
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interviews to tell. These days she tells stories
through audio as the coup of Goat rodeo in Washington, DC
Megan is goat rodeo S driving force behind operations,
creative direction, and execution.
She S built Goat Rodeo's distinct sound and process to
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always deliver audio. You'll want to keep an ear out
for Kate Navin as Head of Creative Development for North
America. At Audible, Kate Navin shapes
the vision and voice of the company S original content,
developing and implementing innovative audio first
strategies with a range of talent and collaborators.
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Kate joined Audible in 2017 as Artistic Producer and launched
Audible Theater after more than a decade working as a
representative for artists. This initiative has resulted in
more than 120 theater titles andawarded over 50 emerging
playwright commissions. Under her leadership, Audible
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began producing at Audible S Mineta Lane Theatre in 2018 with
productions such as Harry Clark Starring Billy, Crewed Up Girls
and Boys starring Carey Mulliganand original musical Dead Outlaw
which went on to transfer to Broadway and garnered 7 Tony
Award nominations. Kate has also been integral in
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creating high profile scripted entertainment projects and
served as executive producer on projects such as The Big Lie,
Jon Hamm, The Miranda Obsession,Rachel Brosnahan and The
Prophecy, Kerry Washington, as well as the audio adaptation of
Coleman Domingo S play Wild withHappy Coleman Domingo, Oprah
Winfrey. In 2025, Kate Navin and Audible
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Theatre were honored with the Drama League Contribution to
Theatre Award.
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