Jury Members - 2014
Special Thanks to our Jury members of the inaugural edition for selecting the winning films in the Feature, Documentary and Short film Categories as well as the Scripts submitted to the competition.
Feature Competition Jury
Chiara Spagnoli: Freelance film critic, US & Italy
Gerald Papasian: Actor-Director, France
Golda Sellam: Producer, France
John Kenny: Novelist, director, screenwriter, US
Michael Preece: Director, US
Linda Selman: Playwright, director, producer, US
Documentary Competition Jury
Richard Castro: Producer/Distributor, US
Jessica Green: Cinema Director, Maysles Cinema Harlem, US
Manfred 'Manny' Kirchheimer: Filmmaker, US
Niki Bhattacharya: MFA Social Documentary Film Dept. at the School of Visual Arts, US
Tovah Feldshuh: Actress, playwright, US
Short Films Competition Jury
Students of the MFA Social Documentary Film Dept. at the School of Visual Arts
Scriptwriting Competition Jury
Lucie Tripon: Writer, actress, US
Conan Magee: Puppeteer, explorer, US
Dalia Kasparian: Master’s Student in management, Germany
Ared Spendjian: Madman, Art Director, US