WITH GRATITUDE TO ALL OUR DONORS FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT
ACADEMY CIRCLE DONORS sustain the work of our festival now and into the future.
ACADEMY CIRCLE PLATINUM $25,000 TO $50,000
Tee & Charles Addams Foundation
Eric & Fiona Rudin
ACADEMY CIRCLE GOLD $5,000 TO $25,000
NY Community Fund
Yaffa Foundation
Artemis Rising Foundation, Regina K. Scully
Fridolin Family Trust
ACADEMY CIRCLE SILVER $1,000 TO $5,000
Linda M. Koszalka, Wells Fargo Advisors
Faye & Richard Nespola
Sheila Nevins
Perillo Hill, LLP
Renaissance Charitable Foundation
Lisa Rosenblum Giving Foundation
Robert Rubin
William & Ophelia Rudin
Sabin Family Foundation
Leslie & Andy Schultz
Nikki Shomer
Leslie & Andrew Siben
Siben & Siben, LLP
Silvercrest Asset Management
Jason Weinberg
Atlantic Golf Foundation
Susan Bloom
Sarah Cuyler Giving Fund
Leigh Dance
Tracey DeMatteis
Mitchel Draizin & Fritz Bregere-Trelat
Denise Gellis & Arlene Gail
Brian Gemino
Sharon Held
Jewish Community Fund
Lana Jokel
Saskia Keeley
David Kelley
Barbara Klapper
Deborah Kooperstein
FRIENDS TO $999
John & Margery Lewin
Nancy Marr
Anthony Newman
Joan Overlock
Trish Rehill
Peter Schmuki
Lisa Scott
Anne Seilbach
Kimberly Allen
Joel Brieter
Susan Burke
Linda Rice & Patricia Cristol
Dermot Dolan
Dede Gotthelf
Arlene Hinkemeyer
Adrienne Kitaeff
THANKS TO THE 2026 HAMPTONS DOC FEST TEAM
Year Round Staff
Publicity
Arlene Hinkemeyer
Events
Jamie Coy Wallace
Education
Sarah Alford
Digital Content
Madison Church
Made by Sea
Founder & Executive Director
Jacqui Lofaro
Artistic Director
Karen Arikian
Associate Director
Jackie Leopold
Festival Manager
Elise Finnerty
Marketing/Advertising
Claudia Pilato
Festival Staff
Programmer
Ian Birnie
Hospitality
Jamie Coy Wallace
Operations/Ticketing
Livia Campos de Menezes
Graphics/Copy
Anita Kusick
Ellen Pearlman
Technical Team
Ken Blessing
Neil Creedon
Matt Hindra
Stage Manager
Max Hecksher
Balloting
Vicki Umans
Photography
Jim Lennon
Video/Media
Eric Glandbard
The Color Bar
WVVH TV
Q/A Hosts
Andrew Botsford
Roger Sherman
Screening committee
Jackie Leopold, Coordinator
FEATURES:
Susan Babkes
Ellen Bloom
Richard Ives
Deborah Kooperstein
Patti Leber
Michael Morrison
Barbara Moss
Leslie Siben
Rachel Verno
Steven Wechsler
SHORTS:
Ann Chwatsky
Jan Kumar
Lynn Leary
Carolyn Oldenbusch
Paula Raflo
Jamie Coy Wallace
Volunteer Corps
Liz Yennie, Coordinator
Arline Blake
Bridget Brosseau
Leslie Byron
Melissa Chung
Caroline Cutaia
Mary Daunt
Karen Diamond
Mary Ann Eddy
Marlene Esposito
Sharmila Gold
Nicole Hadix
Barbara Kinnier
Mary Ann Kolhoff
K. McLaughlin
Linda Muse
Susan Nash
Robyn Obler
Jeff Yennie
Will Yennie
Dianne Youngblood
Barbara Zack
OUR HOSTS
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.
