JUDGES

ALEJANDRA LÓPEZ

Filmmaker

DOUG JONES

Actor, HELLBOY II, SHAPE OF WATER, PANS LABYRINTH

JACK HANLEY

Academic, critic, and filmmaker.

KAITLYN BLACK

Actress, HEART OF DIXIE

LAUREN REID

Director of Programming at Salute Your Shorts Film Festival

BING LIU

Filmmaker, MINDING THE GAP

EMILY BEST

Founder, Seed & Spark

JACKIE TOHN

Actress (GLOW)

KATHERINE TOLENTINO

Filmmaker and Programmer at Salute Your Shorts Film Festival

MATT FAGERHOLM

Assistant Editor at RogerEbert.com and a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association.

DAN LIN

Producer, THE LEGO MOVIE, SHERLOCK HOLMES

GREG SORVIGP

Programmer, Indy Shorts International Film Festival, Heartland International Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival

JEREMY HOWE

Co-Executive Producer, YOUNG SHELDON

KATIE McCULLOUGH

Founder of Festival Formula Ltd

TONY HALE

Actor, ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, VEEP, SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, TOY STORY 4

Photo by Leisa Cole

DEANNA WILEY

INA PIRA

Curator and Senior Programmer at Hamptons International Film Festival, Montclair Film Festival, and Sarasota Film Festival.

KABIR AKHTAR

Director, CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND, GROWN-ISH

KURT SCHEMPER

Producer, INTERVENTION

TROIAN BELLISARIO

Actress and Director, PRETTY LITTLE LIARS