2025 JUDGES

Experimental Film Director, Editor, and Independent Film Producer based in Los Angeles, CA…

Pat Battistini is a writer/director/editor from Merrillville, Indiana…

Began her career working on reality shows, moved into films at Tim Burton's production company…

Antonio is a Mexican filmmaker, writer, producer and entrepreneur…

Insisted on going to the London School of Economics where Mick Jagger had gone to college…

A multiple Emmy Award®-winning producer in the realm of new media…

Growing up in Mumbai, the movie capital of India, Gautam saw movies from across the globe…

Owns her own production company “Then What Films” in Los Angeles…

Aline Andrade is a Brazilian/American producer, director, and screenwriter in Los Angeles. She is the founder of Fine Frenzy Films and a member of the Producers Guild of America…

Has deep connection to her Mexican roots and and magical realism…

Worked on various film and television productions, and her films have been showcased in numerous festivals…

Russell is a retired actor, director and theatrical technician who, after graduating from San Diego State…

David is widely known for his acting on the big screen…

Donna Bonilla Wheeler is an Indigenous Peruvian-Irish film and theatre director, known for…