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Jessica Kantor
March 13, 2023
Jessica Kantor is a motion picture agent in the Independent Film Group at leading global talent and entertainment company United Talent Agency (UTA). Kantor represents writers, directors, actors, and packages; sources financing and negotiates distribution deals for independent films. Kantor is passionate about elevating the stories of diverse and underrepresented filmmakers and championing projects that change culture. Kantor has gathered a dynamic […]
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Opal Bennett
March 10, 2023
Opal is an Emmy-winning co-producer and shorts producer at POV. Her first season curating POV SHORTS won the 2020 IDA Award for Best Short Form Series and the series broadcast the 2021 NewsDoc Emmy Winner for Short Documentary THE LOVE BUGS. Previously Opal was Shorts Programmer and Director of Artist Development at DOC NYC and […]
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Kiva Reardon
March 10, 2023
Kiva Reardon is Vice President, Film at PASTEL, the filmmaking collective founded by Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski and Mark Ceryak. Previously, she held the positions of: Associate Director of Film Programs at the Academy Museum and Lead Programmer of Contemporary World Cinema at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). She has also worked with Hot […]
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Justine Bateman
March 10, 2023
Filmmaker and author Justine Bateman has an impressive, decades-long resume in film and TV that includes a Golden Globe nomination and two Emmy nominations. VIOLET, Bateman’s directorial feature film debut of her own script, stars Olivia Munn, Luke Bracey, and Justin Theroux. It premiered at the 2021 SXSW Film Festival and the 2021 Toronto Film Festival. VIOLET […]
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Sudeep Sharma
March 10, 2023
Sudeep is a Programmer for the Sundance Film Festival focusing on documentary feature films. Having started at Sundance in 2008 as a screener of international documentary features for the festival and a reader for the labs, he has previously been an Associate Programmer, Documentaries and Shorts Programmer for the festival. He is also Director of […]
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Glenn Kiser
March 10, 2023
Glenn Kiser is the Director of the Dolby Institute, Dolby’s initiative to bring education and inspiration to filmmakers and artists about the creative use of sound and image in storytelling. He is the host of the Dolby Institute Podcast, now in its seventh season, featuring in-depth conversations with artists about how they use technology. He […]
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Sarah Lash
March 10, 2023
Sarah Lash is the Senior Director, Acquisitions at Condé Nast Entertainment (CNE), responsible for acquiring premium content for the company’s network of digital channels, including Glamour, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and WIRED. Lash started at CNE in 2014 as a consultant, helping to shepherd the acquisition of dozens of short films and series […]
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Lisa Haller
March 10, 2023
Lisa Haller is the Director of Programming at the Atlantic International Film Festival (AIFF), where she is responsible for overseeing the artistic direction and film curation for the annual festival and its year-round initiatives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Lisa has over 10 years of experience in festival programming and strategy, and has served on […]
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Liane Cunje
March 10, 2023
Liane Cunje is a Canadian producer, and film programmer. Coming from a Film Studies and TV development background in Montreal, Liane completed an MA in Producing Film and TV in the UK before working for cult label Arrow Video. A former Festival Programming Manager at TIFF, Programmer for Overlook FF, Assistant Director for Media City […]
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Diana Cadavid
March 10, 2023
Diana Cadavid is a Colombian/Canadian curator of film and new media. She’s currently International Programmer for the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and the Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) and the Festival Internacional de Cine de Cali (FICCALI). Diana has also produced and edited the short films “Breathe the […]
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