Luminary Jurors & Panelists at BIFF

Fri, Nov 27th 2015, 12:28 PM

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December 1 - 4, Harbour Island
December 5 - 8, Governor's Harbour
December 9 - 12, Nassau

The four competition categories at BIFF are Spirit of Freedom: Narrative; Spirit of Freedom: Documentary; New Visions; and Short Film.

Jury members are:

Spirit of Freedom: Narrative & Documentary
Stephen Bereaux – Director of Policy & Regulation of Bahamas’ Utilities Regulation & Competition Authority.
Tivi Magnusson – Director/Producer
Kate Perotti – Director/Producer/Writer/Cinematographer/Photographer/Editor

New Visions
Rickard Gramfors – Project Manager/Film Historian/DVD Company CEO/Journalist/Musician
Dorian Missick – TV, Film and Theater Actor
Matthew Shreder – Co-founder and Managing Partner of Concourse Media

Short Film
Martina Carroll – Locations Scout and Manager
Bentley Kyle Evans – Writer/Producer/Director/Actor
Kate Perotti – Director/Producer/Writer/Cinematographer/Photographer/Editor

Additional categories out of competition are World Cinema Narrative and World Cinema Documentary; Caribbean Spotlight Narrative and Caribbean Spotlight Documentary; Comedy; and non-Jury Short Films.

The Festival will be hosting a Screenwriters’ Residency Program and a variety of panels covering a number of topics including Development & Production, Pitch & Writing Career, Music & Film, Film & Finance, Woman in Film, Editing and Art of Collaboration. A Master Class in Music session will also take place.

Among the participating mentors and panelists are:

Development & Production / Pitch & Writing (Harbour Island)
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Vince Gerardis – Producer (including HBO’s “Game Of Thrones”)/Writer
Matthew Helderman – Co-CEO of Buffalo 8 Productions
John Rhodes – Producer/Co-Founder of ScreenCraft
Cameron Cubbison – Co-Founder of ScreenCraft
Sean Covel – Producer

Master Class In Music (Governors Harbour)
Saturday, December 5 / 11:00am
Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve, Central Eleuthera
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Jonathan McHugh is an independent film producer & music supervisor who has held high-level corporate film & music creative and marketing corporate positions at New Line Cinema (Warner Brothers) (VP Soundtracks,) Sony Records (Sr. VP Film & TV), Universal Records (Sr. VP Visual Media) over the past few decades.

Music & Film (Governors Harbour)
Sunday, December 6 / 11:00am
French Leave, Central Eleuthera
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Jonathan McHugh – Film Producer/Music Supervisor
Steven Beer – Film, TV and Music Lawyer
Rickard Gramfors, Project manager, Film Historian, CEO DVD Company, Journalist, Musician

Women In Film (Nassau)
Friday, December 11 / 3:00pm
Melia Hotel
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Kate Perotti –  2015 BIFF Juror
Isabella Astengo – Director, “New Cambodian”
Susan Batten – Producer/Writer, “Showing Roots”
Maria Hengge – Actress/Writer/Director, “Sin and Illy Still Alive”
Lynn Kressel – Casting Director, “A Beautiful Now”
Jessica Ballard – Producer, “Golden Kingdom”

Art of Collaboration (Nassau)
Saturday, December 12
9:00am - 10:00am
Blue Sail
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Bentley Kyle Evans – 2015 BIFF JUROR, Producer, TV & Film Writer
Leslie Vanderpool – Founder & Executive Director, Bahamas International Film Festival
Michael David Lynch – Director, “Dependent’s Day”
Jessica Ballard – Producer, “Golden Kingdom”
Sean Hodgkinson – Director, “Trafficked”
Michael Wilson – Director, “Showing Roots”
Susan Batten – Producer/Writer, “Showing Roots”
Maria Hengge – Director, “Sin and Illy Still Alive”
Neto DePaula Pimenta – Writer/Producer, “Singapore Sling”
Athama Bowe – Chairman Bahamas Film and Players Rating Board

Editing Panel Discussion (Nassau)
Saturday, December 12
10:00am- 11:00am
Blue Sail
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Kerim Duran, MY BROTHER JACK, OF FORTUNE AND GOLD, THE ALIEN, DEAR HARLEY
Michael D. Lynch, DEPENDENT'S DAY

Full details of panel discussions and dates are available at: http://www.bintlfilmfest.com/the_festival/events

Celebrating its 12th year, the Bahamas International Film Festival has established itself as a marquee international Festival in the Caribbean region, discovering and promoting independent voices and talent from around the world and showcasing a diverse array of international films.

For additional information, including screening listings, events and ticket pricing, please visit www.bintlfilmfest.com.

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