Festival Staff

Festival Manager
Elise Finnerty

Programmer
Ian Birnie

Education Director
Anita Boyer

Hospitality
Jamie Coy Wallace

Program
Anita Kusick, Design
Ellen Pearlman, Copy

Social Media
Madison Church

Technical Directors
Ken Blessing
Neil Creedon
Matt Hindra

Ticketing
Livia Campos de Menezes

Photography
Jim Lennon

Video/Media
The Color Bar
WVVH TV

Stage Manager
Max Hecksher

Balloting
Vicki Umans

Q/A Hosts
Andrew Botsford
Roger Sherman

Screening committee

Jackie Leopold, Coordinator
FEATURES:
Susan Babkes
Ellen Bloom
Richard Ives
Deborah Kooperstein
Patti Leber
Hillary Leff
Kris Liem
Michael Morrison
Marilyn Nissenson
Leslie Siben
Rachel Verno
Steven Wechsler
SHORTS:
Ann Chwatsky
Melissa Hammel
Jan Kumar
Lynn Leary
Carolyn Oldenbusch
Jamie Coy Wallace

Volunteer Corps

Liz Yennie, Coordinator
Arline Blake
Roz Block
Bridget Brosseau
Caroline Cutaia
Mary Ann Eddy
Marlene Esposito
Christine Ganitsch
Nora Hajko
Mary Ann Kolhoff
Zoe Lindstrom-Ives
Dawn Margolis
Kathleen McLaughlin
Kathleen McNamara
Doreen Mole-West
Susan Nash
Camille Petrillo
Maud Seaver
Chris Tice
Jean Van Erk
Jeff Yennie
Dianne Youngblood

Founder & Executive Director
Jacqui Lofaro

Artistic Director
Karen Arikian

Associate Director
Jackie Leopold

Deputy Director
Gillian Coyne

Marketing
Claudia Pilato

Publicity
Arlene Hinkemeyer

Digital Content
Andrea Baez Brand
Made by Sea

ANDREW BOTSFORD
Andrew Botsford is a former visiting professor in the graduate arts programs at Stony Brook Southampton and was for 20 years the arts editor of the Southampton Press family of newspapers. An actor, director and writer, he is a longtime board member of the Hampton Theatre Company in Quogue, which marked its 40th anniversary last year, and has appeared in more than 50 HTC productions since 1985, most recently in the role of George in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" In July and August, he offers commentary on independent and foreign films and interviews filmmakers as the perennial host of the summer "Finest in World Cinema" series at the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center

ROGER SHERMAN
Roger Sherman is an American filmmaker, cinematographer, director, producer, still photographer, and author best known for his work in documentary cinema. He is a founder of Florentine Films, as well as a member of our Advisory Board.