Filmfest DC Board of Directors
Max N. Berry, Chair
Attorney at Law
Arch Campbell
Film Critic and Entertainment Reporter
Alberto Casciero
Former Director, Learning Resources Division, University of the District of Columbia
Tony Gittens
Director, Washington, DC International Film Festival
Arnold P. Lutzker
Lutzker & Lutzker LLP
Ted Pedas
President, Circle Films, Inc.
John M. Vine
Senior Counsel, Covington & Burling LLP
Festival Staff
Tony Gittens
Festival Director
Shirin Ghareeb
Deputy Festival Director
Tracy Betsock
Coordinating Assistant
Paul Marengo
Volunteer Coordinator
Constance Blackwell
Stephen Kharfen
Theater Coordinators
Corey Schuler
Print Traffic and Technical Coordinator
Liliane Blom
Don Chan
Hospitality Coordinators
Anne Delaney
Events Coordinator
Wuiping Yap
Logistics Coordinator
Juliet Burch
Shorts Program Co-Curator
Lisa Y. Allen
Outreach and Engagement Coordinator, Justice Matters
Lisa Fierstein
Outreach and Engagement Assistant, Justice Matters
Aimee Bosse
Don Bush
Andrew Davis
Abbe Karp
Jill Larvo
Tutu Lawal
Merrie Leininger
Jonathan Lifland
Donné Malloy-Murray
William McLeod
Ken Rosenberg
Claire Saillour
Kristin Van Meerbeke
Bahram Zandi
Theater Managers
Laura Gross
Dee Donavanik
Judith Rontal
Scott Circle Communications, Inc.
Susan Barocas
Circle Award Coordinator
John Hall
Print Runner
Chad Evans Wyatt
Photographer
Muna Abdulkader
Adam Jacobs
Matthew Ryan
Festival Assistants
Programmers
Tony Gittens
Senior Programmer
Shirin Ghareeb
Programmer
Linda Blackaby
Senior Programming Consultant
Programming Advisors
Manjula Kumar
President/Executive Director, Global Performing Arts
Dera Tompkins
Programming Consultant
Festival Catalog
Judy Bloch
Dave Nuttycombe
Eddie Cockrell
Filmnote Writers
Jill Tunick
Editor
Michael Shenk
Graphic Design
Alexis Thornlow
Catalog Cover Design
Festival Website
Tuan Tran
Website Programmer and Designer
Filmfest DC Trailer
Clean Cuts and Cerebral Lounge
Special Thanks To
Angela Gates
Herbert Niles
DC Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment
Federico Barttfeld
Embassy of Argentina
Catherine Shannon
Fiona Koschade
Embassy of Australia
Julie Le Saos
Emilie Bernard
Embassy of France
Renato Miracco
Michele Giacalone
Embassy of Italy, Italian Cultural Institute
Dagmara Jasinska
Embassy of the Republic of Poland
Helena Hakari
Embassy of Finland
Jack Yeh-Chin Kuei
Bell Yueh-Chin Liu
Taiwan Academy, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States
Sara Taylor
Gloria Jones
Allied Advertising
Hailu Woldeysus
AMC Mazza Gallerie
Tom Beddow
Landmark Cinemas
Nausheen Ilahi
Washington, DC South Asian Film Festival
Staff Pictures by Chad Evans Wyatt
Candy Blackwell and Aimee Bosse
Liliane Blom and Tuan Tran
Juliet Burch and John Hall
Abbe Karp and Claire Saillour
Stephen Kharfen and Paul Marengo
Jonathan Lifland and Wuiping Yap
Judith Rontal and Tracy Betsock
Corey Schuler and Tutu Lawal
Dera Tompkins and Susan Barocas
Bahram Zandi and Anne Delaney
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