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1 0 9 2 0 1 6 S X S W F I L M P R O G R A M G U I D E F i l m Aw rd s J u r i e s FILM AWARDS JURIES FILM FESTIVAL NARRATIVE FEATURE JURY Lindsey Bahr [1] is a fi lm writer and critic at The Associated Press. Richard Brody [2] is the movie listings editor at The New Yorker and the author of "Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard." Alonso Duralde [3] is the Film Reviews Editor for TheWrap, Senior Programmer at Outfest, and co-host of What the Flick?! (TYT What the Flick?! (TYT What the Flick?! Network) and the Linoleum Knife podcast. Linoleum Knife podcast. Linoleum Knife DOCUMENTARY FEATURE JURY David Edelstein [4] is fi lm critic for New York Magazine (and its culture site, New York Magazine (and its culture site, New York Magazine Vulture) and NPR's Fresh Air, as well as a Fresh Air, as well as a Fresh Air commentator for CBS Sunday Morning. Jen Yamato [5] reports on fi lm and entertainment for The Daily Beast. She The Daily Beast. She The Daily Beast previously covered Hollywood for Deadline Hollywood and Hollywood and Hollywood Rotten Tomatoes and served Rotten Tomatoes and served Rotten Tomatoes as co-chief fi lm critic of Movies.com. Stephanie Zacharek [6] is the fi lm critic for Time magazine. She was previously chief fi lm Time magazine. She was previously chief fi lm Time critic for the Village Voice, and was a fi nalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in criticism. SHORTS PROGRAM JURY Frances Bodomo [7] is an award-winning Ghanaian fi lmmaker whose short work has played at Sundance, Berlinale, New Directors/New Films & SXSW. She is currently developing her fi rst feature fi lm, Afronauts. Sarah Lash [8] oversees acquisitions for Conde Nast Entertainment. She was previously the SVP of Sales and Acquisitions for ATO Pictures and the head of domestic sales for Cinetic Media, working on titles like Terri and Terri and Terri Taxi to the Dark Side respectively. Taxi to the Dark Side respectively. Taxi to the Dark Side Where shorts and the internet intersect, you'll fi nd Jason Sondhi [9]. Co-founder of the infl uential site Short of the Week, he previously managed Vimeo's famous "Staff Picks". DOCUMENTARY SHORTS JURY Liz Cook [10] is a documentary fi lm outreach lead at Kickstarter. She has worked with hundreds of fi lmmakers, helping them successfully raise funds and build audiences. Kathleen Lingo [11] is series producer of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning New York Times Op-Doc series and commissioning York Times Op-Doc series and commissioning York Times editor for The New York Times Opinion video. The New York Times Opinion video. The New York Times Amanda Salazar [12] is the Film Acquisitions Director at Fandor, a musician, a programmer and currently co-founder of the newly reconstituted Camera Obscura in Petaluma, CA. ANIMATED SHORTS JURY Tom Brown [13] is a British, Brooklyn based Director, Illustrator, and Loner. His award- winning fi lms have screened in festivals worldwide, redeeming his commercial work. Geoff Marslett [14] is an animator, director, writer and actor based out of Austin, Texas. He directed the feature fi lms MARS and MARS and MARS Loves Her Gun as well as producing a feature Loves Her Gun as well as producing a feature Loves Her Gun documentary, Yakona. He taught at UT Austin for 15 years and now teaches at CU Boulder. Leah Shore's [15] fi lms have been featured at over 100 festivals worldwide. She directs, animates, writes commercially, and produces live action fi lms. She is currently pitching comedic TV shows. MIDNIGHT SHORTS JURY Owen Egerton [16] is the writer/director of the horror fi lm Follow, a Black List honored Follow, a Black List honored Follow screenwriter, and the author of several books including How Best to Avoid Dying. Michael Lerman [17] is the Toronto International Film Festival's Primetime Programmer, the Philadelphia Film Society's Artistic Director, and the co-writer/co-producer of SXSW features Surrogate Valentine and Surrogate Valentine and Surrogate Valentine Daylight Savings. PJ Raval [18] is an award-winning fi lmmaker whose credits include the feature documentary Before You Know It (SXSW 2013), as well as Before You Know It (SXSW 2013), as well as Before You Know It the highly charged Christeene video collection Christeene video collection Christeene (SXSW 2010–2014). MUSIC VIDEOS JURY Toby Halbrooks [19] is a fi lmmaker from Dallas. He produced the fi lms Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Upstream Color, and Bodies Saints, Upstream Color, and Bodies Saints, Upstream Color Listen Up Philip. He is also a Wizard. Doug Klinger [20] is a curator at Vimeo and co-founder of the Internet Music Video Database. John T. Kunz [21] is the President/Owner of Waterloo Records & Video, celebrating 33 1/3 years retailing great music and fi lm in Austin, TX, and online. TEXAS SHORTS JURY Kat Candler's [22] feature Hellion screened Hellion screened Hellion in competition at Sundance in 2014. Her award-winning short fi lms include Hellion, Black Metal, Love Bug and Black Metal, Love Bug and Black Metal, Love Bug The Rusted. The Rusted. The Rusted Laura Kincaid [23] is the new Director of Operations at the ATX Television Festival, and was previously the Senior Marketing Coordinator at the Texas Film Commission. Travis Mathews [24] is a San Francisco- based fi lmmaker whose work focuses on male intimacy. He recently completed production on his latest feature, Discreet, Discreet, Discreet shot here in Austin. TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL SHORTS JURY Marcy Garriott [25] is an Austin-based independent documentary fi lmmaker (director, producer, executive producer, editor); her award-winning fi lms have appeared on PBS, CNN and MTV. Documentary, narrative, animation, shorts, features, music videos, dumb, dangerous, fringe, unhinged, counter-culture, subversive, non-traditional, fi lmmaker <-- those are words. Bob Ray [26] are also words. Makes bio. Bart Weiss [27] is an award-winning fi lmmaker who is mostly widely recognized as the founder/director of the Dallas Videofest. Weiss also teaches courses at UT Arlington and produces the show Frame of Mind for KERA TV. Mind for KERA TV. Mind LOUIS BLACK / LONE STAR JURY John DeFore [28] is a writer and critic who grew up in Austin and has contributed to several Texas publications over the course of his career. Victor Diaz [29] is a lifelong Texan, fi lm reporter and critic for Time Warner Cable News. Each week his "Cinema Spotlight" and "At the Movies" segments explore everything from new theatrical releases to productions in the local fi lmmaking community. Christy Lemire [30] Christy Lemire is a longtime fi lm critic who co-hosts the YouTube show What the Flick?! and writes What the Flick?! and writes What the Flick?! for RogerEbert.com, Rotten Tomatoes and her own website, ChristyLemire.com. TITLE SEQUENCE DESIGN JURY Dan Brown [31] is an Emmy award-winning fi lmmaker and the co-owner of the production and design company Curiosity Shoppe. Henry Hobson Erin Sarofsky [32] is President, Owner and ECD of Sarofsky, the design-driven production company specializing in live-action production, VFX, 3D, design, animation and editorial for entertainment and advertising. POSTER DESIGN JURY Sean Carnegie [33] specializes in design to enhance experiences through a variety of mediums, techniques and disciplines. Located in East Austin, he currently works at LewisCarnegie. Tim League [34] and his wife Karrie founded the Alamo Drafthouse in 1997. League also co-founded Fantastic Fest, the largest genre fi lm festival in the U.S. and launched Drafthouse Films, a distribution label committed to releasing provocative, visionary and artfully unusual fi lms from around the world. Award-winning designer Danny Parker [35] is the Senior Art Director for El Rey Network, headquartered in Austin, TX. 1 12 23 33 2 13 24 35 34 3 14 25 4 15 26 5 16 27 6 17 28 7 18 29 8 19 30 9 20 32 10 21 11 22 31