Filmfest DC Board of Directors
Max N. Berry, Chair
Attorney at Law
Arch Campbell
Film Critic and Entertainment Reporter
Albert 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
Covington & Burling LLP
Festival Staff
Tony Gittens
Festival Director
Shirin Ghareeb
Deputy Festival Director
Muna Abdulkader
Festival Coordinator
Linda Blackaby
Impact Project
Charles Powell
Technical Coordinator
Aimee Bosse
Video Conferencing Coordinator
Constance Blackwell
Stephen Kharfen
Staff Coordinators
Juliet Burch
Shorts Program Co-Curator
Tripp Donnelly
Avelyn Austin
Carly Mustich
Emma Buthusiem
Kaylea Tolchin
Mac Bassett
Lily Young
Shannon Cooney
Krystal Middleton
REQ
Kendra Rubinfeld
Travis Hare
KRPR
Chad Evans Wyatt
Photographer
Hannah Funk
Caroline Lougee
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
Peggy Parsons
Head, Department of Film, National Gallery of Art
Cornelius Moore
Programming Consultant
Festival Catalog
Judy Bloch
Dave Nuttycombe
Film Note Writers
Jill Tunick
Editor
C. Patrick Lowry
Graphic Design
Alexis Thornlow
Catalog Cover Design
Festival Website
Tuan Tran
Developer/Designer
Filmfest DC Trailer
Melissa Campbell
Damien Krzesinski
Film and Video Studies
George Mason University
Special Thanks To
Angela Gates
Herbert Niles
Office of Cable Television, Film, Music & Entertainment
Emanuele Amendola
Michele Giacalone
Embassy of Italy, Italian Cultural Institute
Emily R. Buss
Embassy of Switzerland
Jean-Francois Hould
Justin Margolis
Office of Quebec in Washington, DC
Amanda Kraus
Assistant Professor of Sound and Editing
George Mason University
Cornelius Moore
California Newsreel
Shannon Moore
Heather Sessa
Allied Global Marketing
Jared Traver
