The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF), this year celebrating its 12th anniversary, has announced the members of the jury that will preside over the competition categories at the festival, which takes place December 1-12. The jury was revealed today by BIFF Founder and Executive Director Leslie Vanderpool.
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 and Competition Authority.
Tivi Magnusson - Director/Producer.
Kate Perotti - Director/Producer/Writer/Cinematographer/Photographer/Editor.
New Visions: First Look
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 and production, pitch and writing career, music and film, film and finance, women in film, editing and art of collaboration. A master class in music session will also take place.
Among the participating mentors and panelists are:
Screenwriters Residency / Development & Production / Pitch & Writing
Vince Gerardis - Producer (including HBO's "Game Of Thrones")/Writer.
Dan Guando - SVP Acquisitions and Development at The Weinstein Company.
Matthew Helderman - Co-CEO of Buffalo 8 Production.s
John Rhodes - Producer/Co-Founder of ScreenCraft.
Cameron Cubbison - Co-Founder of ScreenCraft
Sean Covel - Produce.
Music & Film
Jonathan McHugh - Film Producer/Music Supervisor.
Steven Beer - Film, TV and Music Lawyer.
Rickard Gramfors - Project Manager/Film Historian/DVD Company CEO/Journalist/Musician.
Women In Film
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
Bentley Kyle Evans - 2015 BIFF JUROR.
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.
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.
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