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NY Film Office Welcome 11

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Venues Map 13

Urbanworld Digital 14

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Urbanworld Music 52

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Welcome to the 18th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival!

The Urbanworld Film Festival has arrived, ready to take over NYC! With an incredible slate of 80 films from around the world, this year marks our most international festival to date — all taking place at AMC Empire 42nd Street. is proud to sponsor URBANWORLD We are extremely honored to provide a showcase for filmmakers across the globe, who fearlessly share their stories in the most personal, thought-provoking, and unrelenting ways. They are rebels with a cause, with a voice, and with an independent spirit that defines Urbanworld and the content we proudly present each year. They expand, deepen, and intensify the art of storytelling, as they navigate their creative process, all while magnifying the diverse lens capturing the world we live in. Each year at Urbanworld, we strive for greatness and impact — in our films, our filmmakers, and our overall relevance in the industry. We fully comprehend the significance of presenting a platform for those historically underrepresented in the media arena. It’s a mission we unconditionally embrace with the credos of community and collaboration. Urbanworld’s cadre of partners in this endeavor represents companies, brands, organizations, and individuals with a shared sense of responsibility. They exercise their power and influence for good, and leverage the business opportunity that exists, connecting with creative thinkers who are transforming the world with their work. Urbanworld is forever grateful for the continued support of presenting partner BET Networks and founding partner HBO — they have not just aligned with us, but amplified our imprint. We thank the many other sponsors who contribute to Urbanworld each year and support our efforts to expose, inform, and inspire. This year, we are excited to welcome Tyrese Gibson as Urbanworld’s 2015 festival ambassador and share the world premiere of his short film SHAME, which he wrote, stars in with Jennifer Hudson, and produces alongside Denzel Washington. His ambition with this film and his overall multi-hyphenate career exemplify the “force to be reckoned with” quality of the Urbanworld community. So, get ready to dive into the deep end, where we have much in store for you across our film screenings, Urbanworld Digital sessions, and Urbanworld Music nightlife. None of which would be possible without Urbanworld’s incredible behind-the-scenes team and volunteers who each year rally around Urbanworld as if they were members of Marvel’s THE AVENGERS! As we head quickly towards our 20-year milestone, come join us for this chapter and experience our world — Urbanworld! With purpose & gratitude,

Gabrielle Glore Festival Director Urbanworld

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Welcome to the 19th Annual Urbanworld® Film Festival! BET Networks is delighted to be Dear Urbanworld Film Festival Attendees: entering its eighth year in partnership with an evolving festival erected to support upcoming and established creative thinkers in film. As Founding Sponsor, we welcome you to the 19th Urbanworld Film Festival!

Urbanworld Film Festival continues to prove itself as an important platform for diverse HBO is excited to continue our partnership with Urbanworld, in support of its mission to content makers and film lovers alike. Committed to being more than a platform for dynamic create a platform where on screen talent, directors and industry influencers are able to content, BET is proud to participate alongside Urbanworld Film Festival in the cultivation connect through film competitions, panel discussions and networking events. For nearly and empowerment of innovative and thoughtful artists. two decades we have seen the evolution of the festival as they’ve expanded to broader areas and influenced entertainment in a way that’s reflective of today’s growing population This year, we are excited to launch BET’s original news documentary series during opening night with the film, of diverse filmmakers and audiences. “Muhammad Ali: The People’s Champ.” The biographical tribute to the former heavyweight champion connects the fighter’s boxing prowess and his social media activism to the millennial audience. Featuring exclusive We invite you to experience a variety of events that HBO will host throughout the festival. By popular demand, interviews with Muhammad Ali’s daughter and niece Laila Ali and Shaya Ali, viewers will also see interviews with we will host Urbanworld Digital for the sixth consecutive year. Urbanworld Digital explores the intersection of LL Cool J, Ludacris, Common, Nas, Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard and many more. ”Muhammad Ali: The People’s technology, content creation, and marketing. We will also present a special screening of the HBO documentary, Champ” is directed and executive produced by Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah. 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets, a tragic and timely look at race and violence against Blacks in America, as told by the killing of Jordan Davis. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with those closest to this tragedy. This year’s festival will feature over 80 film selections, as well as present the work of 4 Urbanworld Screenplay Finally, HBO is proud to sponsor the $5,000 cash prize for the winner of the Best Documentary Film Award. Competition finalists in live readings. BET Networks is thrilled to sponsor the Screenplay Award category again this year. Through the years, HBO has cultivated committed relationships with organizations and film festivals that dedicate themselves to supporting and elevating multicultural talent. We recognize the importance of telling We applaud the Urbanworld® Foundation Inc. for its unwavering dedication to film and appreciate everyone everyone’s story and are pleased to support Urbanworld as they provide opportunities for multicultural talent who has a part in making this festival a success. across the world. We look forward to seeing you at the festival.

Sincerely, Sincerely,

Stephen Hill Dennis Williams President of Programming Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility BET Networks HBO

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September 2015

Dear Friends:

It is a pleasure to welcome you to the 2015 Urbanworld Film Festival! Throughout this festival, you’ll have the opportunity to experience a range of films, each showcasing the remarkable talent of the filmmaking community, and attend insightful events about the creative process. It’s especially significant that this festival calls New York City home. The City is a thriving center of media and entertainment and home to innovative storytellers and content creators who are adding new perspectives to the media landscape.

At the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, we support media in its many forms through the Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, which facilitates film and TV production throughout C

M the five boroughs, and NYC Media, the official TV and radio network and media production entity

Y of the City of New York. In addition to issuing filming permits, we’ll help promote your eligible

CM project when it’s ready for distribution through the “Made in NY” Marketing Credit with free

MY advertising in subways, bus shelters, and on Taxi TV. We also offer educational and workforce

CY development programs, like our ongoing “Made in NY” Talks, which features industry professionals

CMY form a variety of fields sharing firsthand knowledge about their careers with students and interested

K New Yorkers.

We welcome you to take a look at our website―www.nyc.gov/film―and follow us on Twitter―@madeinny―and discover everything New York City has to offer the creative content community.

Sincerely,

Cynthia López, Commissioner Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment

URBANWORLD FILM FESTIVAL 2015 11 CENTRAL PARK WEST SCHEDULE OF EVENTS VENUES MAP

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23

1:00pm – 10:00pm Festival Box Office & Pass Pick Up (AMC EMPIRE 42nd) 7:30pm – 9:30pm OPENING NIGHT FILM (AMC EMPIRE 42nd): MUHAMMAD ALI: THE PEOPLE’S CHAMP 9:30pm – 2:00am OPENING NIGHT AFTER PARTY (The Skylark), Hosted by BET Networks **Invitation Only**

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24

12:00pm – Midnight Festival Box Office & Pass Pick Up (AMC EMPIRE 42nd) 12:30pm – 7:30pm URBANWORLD DIGITAL & INDUSTRY RECEPTION, Hosted by HBO HBO Theater, 15th Floor **RSVP Required** 5:00pm – Midnight Independent Screenings (AMC EMPIRE 42nd) 2 7:30pm – 9:30pm SPOTLIGHT FILM: STRETCH AND BOBBITO: RADIO THAT CHANGED LIVES 9:00pm – 2:00am URBANWORLD MUSIC AFTER PARTY, CIELO

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

12:00pm – Midnight Festival Box Office & Pass Pick Up (AMC EMPIRE 42nd) 11:00am - 1:00pm LIVE SCREENPLAY READINGS, Hosted by BET Networks in Partnership with WGA East **Invitation Only** 1:00pm - 3:00pm DIRECTORS LUNCHEON, Hosted by Directors Guild of America **Invitation Only** 5:00pm – Midnight Independent Screenings (AMC EMPIRE 42nd) 7:00pm – 9:00pm SPOTLIGHT FILM: 3 ½ MINUTES, TEN BULLETS, Presented by HBO 9:45pm –11:45pm SPOTLIGHT FILM: THE MAN IN 3B 10:00pm – 2:00am URBANWORLD MUSIC AFTER PARTY, GINNY’S SUPPER CLUB @ RED ROOSTER

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

11:00am – Midnight Festival Box Office & Pass Pick Up (AMC EMPIRE 42nd) 12:00pm – Midnight Independent Screenings (AMC EMPIRE 42nd) 6:30pm – 7:30pm SPOTLIGHT FILM: SHAME (World Premiere), Followed by Post Film Q&A with Tyrese Gibson 8:30pm – 10:30pm CLOSING NIGHT FILM (AMC EMPIRE 42nd): A BALLERINA’S TALE 10:00pm – 3:00am CLOSING NIGHT AFTER PARTY, HK LOUNGE

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 DIRECTIONS BY SUBWAY: AMC Empire 42nd Street Theater 1 312 W. 34th Street (btw 8th & 9th Avenues) 11:00am - 1:00pm AWARDS CEREMONY & BRUNCH **Invitation Only** AMC EMPIRE 42nd STREET THEATER A/C/E to 42nd Street & 8th Avenue 1/2/3 to 42nd Street & 7th Avenue HBO 2 1100 6th Avenue (btw 42nd & 43rd Streets) B/D/F/N/Q/R/V/W to 42nd Street & 6th Avenue 15th Floor *SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. HBO A/C/E to 42nd Street & 8th Avenue 1/2/3 to 42nd Street & 7th Avenue B/D/F/N/Q/R/V/W to 42nd Street & 6th Avenue

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 | 12:30PM - 7:30PM HBO THEATER THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 | 12:30PM - 7:30PM HBO THEATER

URBANWORLD SESSION 1 DIGITAL DOWNLOAD CHANGING THE GAME: EXPANDING SUBSCRIPTION VOD THE PERFECT SCORE FOR DIVERSE CONTENT CREATORS 2:00PM - 2:15PM PRESENTED BY AUDIO NETWORK 1:15PM - 2:00PM PRESENTED BY URBAN MOVIE CHANNEL FEATURED PRESENTER TRISTAN EFREMENKO FEATURED GUEST EXECUTIVE TEAM Manager, Music Licensing, BOB JOHNSON TRACI OTEY BLUNT Audio Network Chairman, RLJ Entertainment & EVP, Corporate Marketing & Founder of Black Entertainment Corporate Affairs, Manager of Music Licensing at Audio Television RLJ Entertainment Network, Tristan graduated from the University of Vermont with a degree in Business Marketing. Robert L. Johnson is the Founder and Traci Otey Blunt is responsible for oversee- He quickly went to work for Euromoney Institutional Inves- Chairman of The RLJ Companies, an innovative business ing the RLJ Entertainment’s corporate marketing, public tor selling financial information to Fortune 500 companies. network that owns or holds interests in businesses oper- relations, and investor relations, as well as the development He then went on to work in business development for The ating in hotel real estate, private equity, consumer finan- and promotion of UMC – Urban Movie Channel, the recently Mergermarket Group, a Financial Times company, before cial services, asset management, automobile dealerships, launched digital streaming service. Prior to RLJ, Traci served joining the Audio Network Team. Currently, Tristan works on sports and entertainment, and video lottery terminal as a national deputy communications director and national Audio Network’s East Coast TV Team, driving efforts to devel- (VLT) gaming. Prior to forming The RLJ Companies, Mr. director of African American media to former Secretary of op new business relationships and increase the client base. Johnson was founder and chairman of Black Entertain- State Hillary Clinton during her 2008 presidential campaign. ment Television (BET), the nation’s first and leading tele- vision network providing quality entertainment, music, EXECUTIVE TEAM news, sports and public affairs programming for the Afri- ANGELA NORTHINGTON URBANWORLD SESSION 2 can American audience. In 1991, Johnson took BET public SVP, Content Acquisitions, making the network the first African American company HBO NOW: HBO’S DIGITAL EVOLUTION RLJ Entertainment & 2:15PM - 3:00PM PRESENTED BY HBO to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange, and in 2001, Urban Movie Channel Johnson sold BET to Viacom for approximately $3 billion. Angela currently oversees the acquisition FEATURED GUEST FEATURED GUEST MODERATOR of content for the RLJ Entertainment’s urban division, JACKIE GAGNE NAVIN KAMATH GEORGE ALEXANDER as well as its newly launched subscription VOD plat- VP, Multicultural Marketing, VP, Worldwide Digital Principal & Founder, form Urban Movie Channel (www.UrbanMovieChannel. HBO Distribution & Partner Galex Media Group, LLC com), launched in 2014 by BET founder Robert L. John- Marketing, HBO son. Angela recently joined RLJE from Revolt TV, a mu- Jackie Gagne is the VP, Multicultural An NAACP Image Award-nominat- sic network founded by Sean “Diddy” Combs, which Marketing, for Home Box Office, Inc. (HBO) Navin Kamath is the VP, Worldwide Digi- ed producer, George Alexander is the launched in the fall of 2013 on Comcast and Time War- where she is responsible for the strategic and creative tal Distribution & Partner Marketing for Home Box Office, principal and founder of Galex Media Group, LLC, a full- ner. Prior to REVOLT, Northington held previous posi- oversight of targeted marketing efforts and business initia- Inc. (HBO) where he is responsible for the account man- service television, film, video production and publishing tions at Codeblack Entertainment, Simmons Lathan tives to the network’s African American, Latino, Asian and agement and partner marketing functions of HBO NOW company. A former editor-at-large at Black Enterprise Media Group, and Urban Entertainment (Time Warner). LGBT audiences. She also oversees marketing and brand and HBO GO. This includes key digital distribution rela- magazine, in addition to Black Enterprise and Black- development for HBO Latino, HBO’s dedicated Spanish- tionships and marketing activities with mobile, streaming Enterprise.com, George has also written for The Huff- language premium service. Among her most recent ac- device and game console partners. In this role, Navin has ington Post, CNN.com, AOL, Daily Variety, VH1, The Bi- complishments at HBO, Gagne led the development of helped launch both HBO NOW and HBO GO on various plat- ography Channel, ESSENCE, Ebony, HBO.com, Forbes award-winning, targeted marketing campaigns for Games forms/devices including iPhone, iPad, Roku, Android devic- Special Interest, American Legacy, Playthings, and Savoy. of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire and East of Main Street. es, Xbox, Samsung Smart TV, PlayStation, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast and affiliate portals/applications.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 | 12:30PM - 7:30PM HBO THEATER THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 | 12:30PM - 7:30PM HBO THEATER

DIGITAL DOWNLOAD FEATURED GUEST POSITIVELY BLK IN THE DIGITAL AGE: AN XILLA VALENTINE Host, Producer, Media INTRODUCTION TO NBCBLK Personality, Sr. Editor @ 3:00PM - 3:15PM PRESENTED BY NBCUNIVERSAL GlobalGrind

Xilla Valentine is a self-taught journalist who overcame in- FEATURED PRESENTER surmountable odds to become an influential media per- AMBER PAYNE sonality. After starting BlogXilla.com in 2007 and being Managing Editor, NBCBLK named best new blog, “BlogXilla” was hired by Russell Sim- mon’s GlobalGrind.com to help them become the voice Amber Payne is the Managing Editor of the New American Mainstream movement. Since then, of NBCBLK, a section of NBCNews.com he has broken numerous exclusives and is one of the best dedicated to telling stories for and about the black com- bloggers online. Xilla’s digital content has over 48,000,000 munity. ‘BLK’ elevates America’s conversation about black views, which include interviews with Drake, Oprah, Den- identity, social issues, and culture. The vertical launched in zel Washington, Matt Damon, Will Smith and many more. January of 2015. Previously, Amber was an award-winning producer at NBC Nightly News where she produced break- ing news and feature stories throughout the U.S. and the UK, Ecuador and parts of West Africa and South Africa. DIGITAL DOWNLOAD GIVE ME THE GREENLIGHT URBANWORLD SESSION 3 2:00PM - 2:15PM PRESENTED BY HELLOBEAUTIFUL THE NEW AMERICAN MAINSTREAM: ENGAGING MILLENNI- FEATURED PRESENTER ALS OF THE DIGITAL WORLD LEIGH DAVENPORT 3:15PM - 4:00PM PRESENTED BY GLOBALGRIND VP, Programming, Women & Lifestyle, HBO MODERATOR FEATURED GUEST Studios, Interactive One SMOKEY D. FONTAINE RAE HOLLIDAY Founder, APlus Studio Co-Creator & Editor, Leigh is responsible for leading all edi- Stuff Fly People Like torial direction, strategy and programming for iOne’s Smokey Fontaine leads his latest proj- Women’s Channel, which reaches over 7 million unique ect, a+ creative studio, a digital agency As Co-Creator and Editor of Stuff Fly Peo- monthly visitors and includes the fast-growing Hello- dedicated to the creation of world-class content. Previ- ple Like, Rae has supplied the flyest in fashion, music & en- Beautiful.com. A well-respected creator of digital edito- ously, as Co-Founder & Chief Content Officer of Interactive tertainment. Rae has also served as the Fashion Editor of Ro- rial content, Davenport is also the founding director of the One, Fontaine developed the largest online network in the c4Life, Editor-At-Large of Bleu Magazine & Managing Editor newly-launched HB Studios – an initiative that will create world dedicated to serving African-American, Hispanic of Necole Bitchie, where he posted daily and has interviewed original digital video programming that celebrates sto- and other urban millennial audiences. Fontaine’s recent the likes of La La Anthony, Melanie Fiona, Emily B, 2 Chainz ries of real women and the diversity of their experiences, Interludes Live! show, a cross-platform music experience and Tichina Arnold via The Roc Style Series. Rae stands as a from news and entertainment to lifestyle, beauty & fash- that featured Alicia Keys, John Legend, Trey Songz & Jen- weekly contributor to Uptown Magazine. Rae has FINALLY ion, including both scripted and unscripted programming. nifer Hudson, was honored with multiple Telly Awards. launched his highly anticipated blog, RaeHolliday.com.

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 | 12:30PM - 7:30PM HBO THEATER THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 | 12:30PM - 7:30PM HBO THEATER

URBANWORLD SESSION 4 URBANWORLD SESSION 5 EPIC ENCOUNTERS: THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN VR INNOVATE, INCUBATE - THE FUTURE IS NOW 4:15PM - 5:00PM PRESENTED BY THE VIRTUAL REALITY COMPANY 5:15PM - 6:00PM PRESENTED BY TIME WARNER INC.

FEATURED GUEST GUY PRIMUS FEATURED GUEST FEATURED GUEST Co-Founder + CEO, ONE9 FERNANDA COPPEL The Virtual Reality Company Director Playwright

Guy Primus is Co-Founder and Chief One9 is an award winning multimedia art- Fernanda Coppel is a playwright Executive Officer of The Virtual Real- ist, director, producer and editor. His cli- and screenwriter. Her play King Liz ity Company (VRC), a content studio whose mission is ents have included Google, PBS, Viacom, Sony Music, Smith- opens this summer at Second Stage, to become the world leader in the production and dis- sonian Institution and several non-profit organizations. Nas: and Chimichangas and Zoloft premiered at the Atlan- tribution of premium, story-driven Virtual Reality con- Time is Illmatic, One9’s feature length directorial debut, pre- tic Theater Company in 2012. Coppel was a three-year tent. Prior to starting VRC, Guy co-founded Thrillerdome miered opening night of the Tribeca Film Festival in 2014. Lila Acheson Wallace Playwriting Fellow at The Juil- Ventures, a fund focused on the intersection of technol- liard School and received her MFA in Dramatic Writ- ogy, sports and entertainment and Tentpole Ventures, FEATURED GUEST ing from New York University. Her television credits in- an early-stage fund for actor Will Smith. Guy recently LEMON ANDERSEN clude “The Bridge” on FX and “Kingdom” on DIRECTV. served as Chief Operating Officer at Overbrook Enter- Writer / Poet / Actor tainment, the film and television production company co-founded by Will Smith and producer James Lassiter. Lemon Andersen is a Brooklyn-based MODERATOR playwright, television writer, brand TAMIR MUHAMMAD DIGITAL DOWNLOAD creative, and Tony Award-winning poet. Author of three Director, Content & WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?! books, Andersen has also acted in feature films, lec- Artist Development, 5:00PM - 5:15PM PRESENTED BY KOLLIDETV tured at universities across the country, and produced Time Warner Inc. branded content for companies like Nike and Absolut. As Director, Content & Artist Development for Time War- FEATURED PRESENTER ner Inc., Tamir Muhammad is responsible for a new con- LATEEF A. SARNOR tent initiative that creates meaningful ways for today’s Founder & CEO, KollideTV content creators to further engage Time Warner’s divi- sions (Warner Bros., HBO, and Turner Broadcasting) with Lateef A. Sarnor is the Founder & CEO of the company’s longstanding focus on the development of KollideTV, an online video platform and the next generation of storytellers. Prior to joining Time streaming subscription service that offers exclusive original Warner Inc., Tamir was the VP, Content Development for programming that features engaging stories, compelling Tribeca Enterprise’s Digital Studios overseeing the devel- personalities and untold perspectives to multicultural mil- opment of content ideas for production and distribution. lennials via online, mobile and over-the-top devices. Over the years, Lateef has overseen strategic marketing initia- tives at AOL, BET, Black Enterprise, and Def Jam Records, where he developed and executed successful programs for brands such as Coca-Cola, Ford, P&G, Diageo and Toyota.

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FRIDAY 11AM - 1PM | Hosted by BET Networks in Partnership with WGA East

The Urbanworld Film Festival will present the 4 finalists in the Screenplay Category to festival attendees in an intimate event, where their works will be performed live. Each finalist will stage a performance of their chosen screenplay scene, with seasoned actors breathing life into each selected work.

ARE THEY DEAD YET BLEEDING SUNSHINE CHASING JEREMY Y LOS HIPSTERS QUE Duane’s still living with Sweetie Addo is a promising After a run-in at a convenience Paloma is frustrated in her his grandparents and his academic hailing from a long store, Jeremy is haunted by third-world country. Her only girlfriend Gabrielle has given line of fishermen, in a quaint the revenge-seeking black source of relief is leading up on him two community Ghanaian seaside village. male teen victim. Tensions an artistic group of vandals college classes ago. Hours After her father’s death, escalate as both families – think Caribbean Banksy- before the big annual family she is forced to quit school struggle to deal with the responsible for the political reunion starts, Duane and and find work to support tragic event. As media graffiti/performance art his 10-year-old nephew Te her family. Sweetie settles pressure continues to mount, around the city. Charismatic discover their great aunt into a local waitressing job the community is confronted Sergio has recently moved FOX AUDIENCE STRATEGY & has been infected (perhaps where she meets two men with issues of race, class and back to Dominican Republic intentionally?) with a strange who offer to launch her police handling of the case. from New York. On a drunken, virus. Throughout the lively modeling career, and let Onemoment forever changes serendipitous night- Sergio FOX GLOBAL DIRECTORS INITIATIVE reunion, Duane uncovers the finish her education abroad. two lives, and the men must meets Paloma. What was virus’s deadly and undeadly What began as a dream to face their altered futures and expected to be a one-night side effects. Yup, zombies. turns into a nightmare as her the impact of their actions. stand becomes something ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT THE Even worse... Te has been dark journey takes her from else. Their journey: in cafes scratched. Afraid of failing in Ghana to Egypt, where she is and in bedrooms, they get front of everyone yet again, transported through the Sinai artsy and political. Both are Duane must finally step up corridor and sold to a brothel in silent agreement that and lead this race against in Tel Aviv. what is happening between time to save Te, the family, them could be something and quite possibly the entire special. Is love enough or human race. will globalization keep them apart? 2015

INDA CRAIG- YAA BOAA MARY YOHANNA GALVÁN ANING’s path to MCCALLUM BAEZ was born studied comedy Hollywood was is a writer, in La Romana, writing and unconventional. producer, Dominican improv at The URBANWORLD Armed with actress and Republic and Second City in a Bachelor’s director. Her grew up in Chicago and in degree from film “The Los Angeles. Los Angeles at UNC Chapel 70% Club” She pursued The Groundlings Hill, she headed home to was Best Feature winner of a career in media as a former School. Inda’s short film script begin a career in advertising. IBFFN and distributed by production assistant for the FILM FESTIVAL – which she also directed – Quickly growing bored, she Maverick Entertainment. The Tavis Smiley Show and Sponge, was selected for the tried her hand at fashion show She has awards from major various reality shows for Dances With Films Festival production which lead to theater festivals including the BBC. Yohanna produced a (Los Angeles, CA). Inda styling/film costuming. This D.C. Black Theater Festival documentary on Dominican has written an 8-episode & ultimately exposed her to the (“SingleVille”- Winner One Act tourism which was an official comedic web series, the enduring art of filmmaking. Battle) and the Atlanta Black selection for a few festivals semi-autobiographical Raising Yaa Boaa has since written Theatre Festival (“Six Triple and inducted into the CUNY Mexicans. Inda is currently several scripts, three of which Eight”- 3 Festival Awards). Dominican Studies Institute Best Narrative Feature an MFA Dramatic Writing have been produced into She was recently a Playwright library. She recently won the candidate at USC’s School of short films. She is a 2014 Film in Residence at Tennessee first European Performing Arts (U.S. Cinema) Dramatic Arts. Independent Fellow. Repertory Theatre. Mary and Transmedia Lab grant. received her B.S. & M.B.A. from Vanderbilt University.

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20 2015 LIVE SCREENPLAY READINGS OPENING NIGHT FILM CLOSING NIGHT FILM Presented by BET Networks Presented by Sundance Selects FESTIVAL PREMIERE USA/2015/Color USA/2015/Color DIRECTOR: DIRECTORS: Nelson George Clarence “Coodie” Simmons WRITER: & Chike Ozah Nelson George WRITER: PRODUCER J.Ivy Leslie Norville PRODUCERS: CINEMATOGRAPHER: Marjorie Clarke, Amani Martin Cliff Charles CINEMATOGRAPHER: EDITOR: Coodie Simmons & Chike Ozah Malika Weeden EDITOR: FEATURING: Jack Raybin, Santiago Gutierez Misty Copeland, Susan Fales-Hill, & FEATURING: Victoria Rowell Jim Brown, Muhammad Ali, Godfrey C. Danchimah, Laila Ali, Nas, Genesis MUHAMMAD ALI: The Grey Kid, LL Cool J, David Banner, Tyrese, J. Ivy, Walt Frazier, Sugar Ray THE PEOPLE’S CHAMP Leonard & more... A BALLERINA’S TALE

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Muhammad Ali: The People’s Champ honors the boxing legend in a way that Iconic ballerina Misty Copeland made history when she became the first goes beyond a simple portrayal of historic events. The directors have used a African-American woman to be named principal dancer of the legendary unique mix of memorable interviews and evocative and rarely seen archival American Ballet Theater. Get the incredible, behind-the-scenes story of how images to illustrate his significant impact on culture. His influence can be she overcame a tumultuous upbringing and near career-ending injuries to immediately recognized in hip-hop as he has been referenced numerous times become one of the most revered dancers of her generation. More than just a by the genre’s leading voices. The film highlights more than Muhammad Ali’s ballet success story, Copeland’s journey is a hugely inspirational, universal tale brilliance in the ring and shines a light on both his legacy as a social activist of perseverance. who has never wavered from fighting against injustice and his infamous charm COODIE AND CHIKE STARTED DIRECTING NELSON GEORGE IS AN AUTHOR, FILMMAKER, that still wins over hearts around the world today. TOGETHER WITH THEIR BUZZ-WORTHY TELEVISION PRODUCER, AND CRITIC WITH A VIDEO FOR KANYE WEST “THROUGH THE LONG CAREER IN ANALYZING AND PRESENTING WIRE”, WHICH WON A SOURCE AWARD THE DIVERSE ELEMENTS OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN FOR BEST MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR. THE CULTURE. QUEEN LATIFAH WON THE GOLDEN DUO DIRECTED MUSIC VIDEOS FOR PIT GLOBE FOR PLAYING THE LEAD IN HIS DIRECTORIAL BULL, GIL SCOTT HERON, MOS DEF AND THE DEBUT, THE HBO MOVIE LIFE SUPPORT, THE CONTROVERSIAL VIDEO “WINDOW SEAT” FOR CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED DRAMA LOOKED AT THE ERYKAH BADU, AMONG MANY OTHERS. EFFECTS OF HIV ON A TROUBLED BLACK FAMILY IN THEY RECEIVE ON-GOING ACCLAIM FOR HIS NATIVE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. HE RECENTLY THEIR ESPN 30-FOR-30, BENJI (2012); GOOD CO-EDITED, WITH ALAN LEEDS, THE JAMES BROWN MORNING (2013), FOR AMERICAN FAMILY READER (PLUME), A COLLECTION OF PREVIOUSLY INSURANCE AND AWARD WINNING WORK PUBLISHED ARTICLES ABOUT THE GODFATHER FOR THE MARINE CORPS. OF SOUL THAT DATE AS FAR BACK THE LATE ‘50S. PLUME PUBLISHED THE BOOK IN MAY ‘08. NELSON HAS BEEN ON A ROLL SINCE 2013 WITH COMPLETED DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS: VH1’S ROCK DOCS, FINDING THE FUNK, SHOWTIME’S BROOKLYN BOHEME (WHICH WAS SUPPORTED BY KICKSTARTER), ESPN’S THE ANNOUNCEMENT, THE SHORT ALL HAIL THE BEAT, FOR THE FOCUS FORWARD CAMPAIGN. HE HOPES TO CONTINUE THAT SUCCESS WITH A BALLERINA’S TALE.

22 2015 OPENING NIGHT FILM CLOSING NIGHT FILM 2015 23 SPOTLIGHT FILM SPOTLIGHT FILM FESTIVAL PREMIERE Presented by HBO USA/2015/Color USA/2015/Color DIRECTOR: DIRECTOR: Bobbito Garcia Marc Silver WRITER: PRODUCER Bobbito Garcia Carolyn Hepburn, Minette Nelson PRODUCER CINEMATOGRAPHER: Omar Acosta Marc Silver EP: Nick Quested, David Kennedy EDITOR: Co-Producers: Bobbito Garcia, Stretch Emiliano Battista, Gideon Gold Armstrong FEATURING: CINEMATOGRAPHER: Ron Davis, Lucy McBath Omar Acosta

EDITOR: Emir Lewis, Mariah Rehmet

FEATURING: Nas, Biggie Smalls, Big L, Shawn “Jay- STRETCH AND BOBBITO: Z” Carter, Eminem, Big Pun, Wu-Tang, Busta Rhymes, The Roots, Rosie Perez, RADIO THAT CHANGED LIVES Q Tip, Common, O.C., & more... 3 ½ MINUTES, TEN BULLETS

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Stretch and Bobbito explores the social impact of what the Source Magazine 3½ MINUTES, TEN BULLETS dissects the shooting death of 17-year-old Jordan voted “The Best Hip Hop Radio Show Of All-Time.” The film is a story of quirky Davis by Michael Dunn in Jacksonville, Florida on Black Friday, 2012. The film friends who became unlikely legends by engaging their listeners and breaking examines the aftermath of this systemic tragedy, the contradictions within the biggest rap artists ever. the American criminal justice system - particularly the implications of the “Stand Your Ground” self-defense law, and the racial prejudices that ensued. With intimate access, the film follows the trial of Dunn and its deep impact on Jordan’s family and friends. NYC NATIVE BOBBITO GARCIA IS THE MARC SILVER WORKS WORLDWIDE AS A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF FILMMAKER, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY WHERE’D YOU GET THOSE? NYC’S SNEAKER AND SOCIAL IMPACT STRATEGIST. HIS CULTURE: 1960-1987 (TESTIFY BOOKS). THE FIRST FEATURE LENGTH FILM, WHO IS FORMER NY KNICKS HALFTIME REPORTER DAYANI CRISTAL?, PREMIERED AT THE WAS THE VOICE OF EA SPORTS’ NBA STREET SUNDANCE FESTIVAL 2013 WHERE IT VIDEO GAME AND TV HOST OF ESPN’S “IT’S WON CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD: WORLD THE SHOES” SERIES. GARCIA CO-DIRECTED CINEMA DOCUMENTARY AND THE AMNESTY DOIN’ IT IN THE PARK: PICK-UP BASKETBALL, INTERNATIONAL BEST DOCUMENTARY NYC WHICH WON URBANWORLD FILM AWARD 2014. SILVER IS CURRENTLY FESTIVAL’S 2013 AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST WORKING ON A NEW FILM ABOUT FEATURE. AYAHUASCA, NEUROSCIENCE AND GLOBAL DRUG POLICY. HE IS CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FILMMAKER FUND.

24 2015 SPOTLIGHT SCREENINGS SPOTLIGHT SCREENINGS 2015 25 SPOTLIGHT FILM SPOTLIGHT FILM EAST COAST PREMIERE WORLD PREMIERE USA/2014/Color USA/2015/Color

DIRECTOR: DIRECTOR: Trey Haley Paul Hunter

WRITER: WRITER: Dawn White Tyrese Gibson

PRODUCER PRODUCER Edgar Productor n Jefe Denzel Washington

CINEMATOGRAPHER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: Hector David Rosales Patrick Scola

EDITOR: EDITOR: Chris Peppe Dereck Janniere, Marques Jackson

FEATURING: FEATURING: Lamman Rucker, Christian Keyes, Bre- Tyrese Gibson and Jennifer Hudson ly Evans, DB Woodside, Nafessa Wil- liams, Robert Richard, Kellita Smith, Bill Dee Williams, Anthony Montgom- ery, James Black, Jackee Harry, Marla Gibbs, & Olivia Longott

THE MAN IN 3B SHAME

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Daryl Graham (Lamman Rucker) has just moved into a Jamaica, Queens, It’s Detroit 1968, and an up-and-coming soul singer Lionel Jacobs (Tyrese apartment building and his neighbors, both male and female alike, can’t stop Gibson) is working the nightclub scene, trying to climb to the top of the talking about him. From his extreme attractiveness to his undeniable swag, charts. He is married to his background singer Bobbi Ann (Academy Award Daryl is the man every woman wants and every man wants to be. Everything winner Jennifer Hudson) and wants to do right by her and their children. But seems to be going well, until someone is murdered, and everyone becomes a his struggle with drugs and alcohol test the strength of his fidelity and their prime suspect. relationship.

TREY HALEY RECENTLY SHOT THE TRI PAUL HUNTER IS A MUSIC VIDEO DIRECTOR DESTINED STUDIOS/URBAN BOOKS MEDIA KNOWN FOR POPULAR MUSIC SINGLES. INDIE ACTION THRILLER “NO MORE MR. NICE HE HAS DIRECTED OVER 100 MUSIC GUY,”. TREY DIRECTED “THE MAN IN 3B” (IN VIDEOS, TELEVISION ADVERTISEMENTS THEATERS NOV. 6TH) BASED ON A NOVEL AND WAS NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY WRITTEN BY NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING FOR NIKE’S FREESTYLE COMMERCIAL. AUTHOR CARL WEBER. HE ALSO DIRECTED HUNTER MAJORED IN CINEMA & TV ARTS “THE PREACHER’S SON” AND THE SEQUEL (COMMONLY CALLED CTVA PROGRAM) AT “THE CHOIR DIRECTOR” BOTH BASED ON CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE. HIS CAREER BEGAN NOVELS WRITTEN BY CARL WEBER AND WORKING ON SETS AND SHOOTING SPEC UPTV’S “WHERE IS THE LOVE?”. HE IS THE COMMERCIALS. HUNTER HAS WORKED PRESIDENT OF TRI DESTINED STUDIOS WITH MUSICAL ARTISTS INCLUDING SNOOP WHICH HE FOUNDED WITH HIS BUSINESS DOGG, AALIYAH, JENNIFER LOPEZ, LENNY PARTNER ND BROWN. KRAVITZ, CHRISTINA AGUILERA, EMINEM, ASHANTI, MARILYN MANSON, MARIAH CAREY, WILL SMITH, TLC, NICOLE SCHERZINGER, BRITNEY SPEARS,MICHAEL JACKSON AND JANET JACKSON. HUNTER MADE HIS FEATURE LENGTH DIRECTORIAL DEBUT WITH BULLETPROOF MONK FOR MGM, STARRING CHOW YUN FAT AND SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT. HUNTER IS CURRENTLY AFFILIATED WITH PRETTYBIRD, A PRODUCTION COMPANY IN CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA.

26 2015 SPOTLIGHT SCREENINGS SPOTLIGHT SCREENINGS 2015 27 NY PREMIERE NY PREMIERE USA / 2014 / 93mins USA / 2015 / 94mins DIRECTORS: DIRECTOR: Carlos Melendez Ty Hodges Mauricio Mendoza WRITERS: WRITER: Jacquin DeLeon and Ty Hodges Ruben Padilla PRODUCERS: PRODUCERS: Matt Keith, Datari Turner, Ty Hodges, Yeniffer Behrens, Mauricio Mendoza Meagan Good and Carnetta Jones and DeWayne Cox CINEMATOGRAPHER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: Teddy Smith Mike Testin EDITOR: EDITOR: Kelly McCoy Stephen J. Murray FEATURING: FEATURING: Meagan Good, Raven-Symone, Adrian Moreira, Mauricio Mendoz, Garcelle Beauvais, Romeo Miller, Blair Yeniffer Behrens, Vance Valencia Redford, Paige Hurd, Ryan Destiny

AFTER SCHOOL A GIRL LIKE GRACE

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A gun shot is heard after school and 12yo Jacky, is discovered alone holding a A GIRL LIKE GRACE follows 17-year-old GRACE (Ryan Destiny), who grows up gun, with blood on his shirt. Due to budget cuts and a police strike, Sergeant in a dysfunctional home raised by her single mother LISA (Garcelle Beauvais). Olivia Hanson is the first officer on the scene and in charge for quite a while. GRACE fights for acceptance in the world while being bullied at school by Jacky refuses to give up his stand off and will only talk with former after school MARY (Raven-Symone’). GRACE looks for guidance from her best friend program teacher, Michael Brooks, who is under the influence of drugs and “ANDREA” (Paige Hurd) and becomes heavily influenced by “ANDREA’S” older alcohol. Hanson and Brooks are forced to work together in order to find the sister “SHARE” (Meagan Good). A GIRL LIKE GRACE spirals into a dark world of answers to this mysterious situation and their lives are changed forever. sex, rebellion and her idea of womanhood. CO-DIRECTOR MAURICIO MENDOZA HAS ACTOR/WRITER/DIRECTOR TY HODGES WAS COMPLETED THREE SEASONS AS A SERIES RAISED IN A BARBADIAN AND TRINIDADIAN REGULAR ON SHOWTIME’S RESURRECTION FAMILY. TY STARTED ACTING AT THE AGE OF 11, TV/FILM CREDITS INCLUDE: BLOW, CRIMINAL FIRST IN THEATER, AND THEN IN TELEVISION MINDS, DAWN PATROL, HEARTS OF MAN, LA AND FILM. IN 2006, TY ADDED WRITING SORPRESA DEL KATCH, CONFESSIONS OF A AND DIRECTING TO HIS REPERTOIRE, WITH GANGSTER, A GANGSTER’S WORD, LA GUAPA, HIS AWARD-WINNING FEATURE FILM MILES LAW AND ORDER LA, JUDGING AMY, 24, KING FROM HOME, WHICH GARNERED FILM OF QUEENS, NCIS, LINCOLN HEIGHTS, COLD FESTIVAL AWARDS FOR WRITING, DIRECTING CASE, DAYS OF OUR LIVES, EVERYBODY AND FOR HIS PERFORMANCE IN THE LEAD HATES CHRIS, AND BLOW. HE SERVES AS ROLE. HE HAS WRITTEN AND DIRECTED EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ON THE WEB SERIES, FIVE FEATURES SINCE THEN: YOU, ME & THE ENCOUNTERS CIRCUS, FOR OMAR EPPS’ PRODUCTION COMPANY BROOKLYN WORKS FILMS; VIDEO CO-DIRECTOR CARLOS MELENDEZ IS A FILMMAKER GRADUATED GIRL, STARRING MEAGAN GOOD AND RUBY FROM THE NEW YORK FILM ACADEMY AS DIRECTOR, EDITOR AND DEE, WHICH PREMIERED ON BET TO ONE SCREENWRITING. HE HAS KEPT HIS STUDIES IN WORKSHOPS WITH MILLION VIEWERS AND WAS AN AMC LIMITED GREAT MASTERS SUCH AS ROBERT MCKEE, DOV SIMENS, JUDITH RELEASE; CHARLIE, TREVOR AND A GIRL WESTON, FERNANDO PIERNAS, JOSÉ ANTONIO ELO Y MICHAEL SAVANNAH COMING TO THEATRES SUMMER ROWE. HE HAS EDITED FILMS SUCH AS SIDEWAYS AND NUMEROUS 2015; AND A GIRL LIKE GRACE, WHICH STARS TELEVISION SHOWS AND COMMERCIALS. AS A 1ST AD, HE HAS MEAGAN GOOD, GARCELLE BEAUVAIS, WORKED ON FILMS SUCH AS LA GUAPA, SECRETOS DE AMOR AND RAVEN-SYMONE’, ROMEO MILLER, PAIGE FIGHTING CHANCE. HURD AND INTRODUCES RYAN DESTINY.

28 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURES NARRATIVE FEATURES 2015 29 US PREMIERE Presented by NewFest USA / 2014 / 101mins in Partnership with OutFest DIRECTOR: NY PREMIERE John Swetnam Mexico / 2014 / 80mins WRITER: DIRECTOR: John Swetnam Rigoberto Perezcano

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: WRITER: John Legend Rigoberto Perezcano

CINEMATOGRAPHER: PRODUCER: Jonathan Hall Rigoberto Perezcano

EDITOR: CINEMATOGRAPHER: Claudia Castello Alejandro Cantú

FEATURING: EDITOR: Sophie Aguiar, Jay Ellis, Marissa Heart, Miguel Schverdfinger Bruna Marquezine, Taeko McCarroll, FEATURING: Jordan Rodrigues, Robert Roldan, Luis Alberti, Juan Carlos Medellín, José Julie Warner Pescina, Marco Pétriz, Everardo Trejo Performances by: Les Twins, Anitta Poreotics BREAKING THROUGH CARMÍN TROPICAL

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When Casey (national talent search winner Sophie Aguiar), a dancer who is Successful trans nightclub singer Mabel returns to her hometown in Mexico discovered on YouTube, gets thrust into the modern world of internet celebrity to investigate the murder of her best friend Daniela. With no leads and little and culture, she must find a way to balance her true identity with her online insight into Daniela’s death, Mabel digs deeper into her friend’s past, realizing persona, or risk losing everything she cares about. Executive produced by how her own upbringing and past life overlap unnervingly with that of her 9-time Grammy®-winner John Legend, BREAKING THROUGH features murdered friend. In order to fully comprehend what happened to Daniela, dazzling dance numbers from some of today’s hottest YouTube dance stars. Mabel must embrace a world she desperately tried to leave behind. Directed with a potent mixture of nostalgia and dread, CARMIN TROPICAL carefully WRITER, DIRECTOR & PRODUCER JOHN RIGOBERTO PEREZCANO WAS BORN IN unveils a fascinating and increasingly sinister mystery that questions whether SWEETNAM SOLD HIS FIRST SPEC, EVIDENCE, ZAACHILA, OAXACA, MEXICO. HE STARTED or not we can escape our own fate. IN 2011, WHICH WAS PRODUCED BY BOLD DIRECTING DOCUMENTARIES, BUT WAS FILMS AND MARC PLATT. HE WROTE WARNER ALWAYS IN AWE WITH THE DRAMATIC AND BROS’ ACTION THRILLER, INTO THE STORM, FICTIONAL POSSIBILITIES THAT LIE WITHIN AND SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT’S LATEST THE GENRE. HIS FILM XV IN ZAACHILA ENTRY IN THE SUCCESSFUL DANCE FILM PARTICIPATED IN DIFFERENT FESTIVALS, FRANCHISE, STEP UP ALL IN. IN ADDITION RECEIVING VARIOUS NATIONAL AND TO ASSIGNMENTS FOR PARAMOUNT AND INTERNATIONAL AWARDS. IN 2001, HE WARNER BROS, HIS SCRIPT FOR THE WORKED AS AN INTERN FOR ROCKEFELLER- ACTION THRILLER SET IN THE EDM WORLD, MACARTHUR FORD TO WRITE THE SCRIPT SPINBACK, SOLD TO LIONSGATE/SUMMIT. OF THE PROJECT TITLED CARMIN TROPICAL. NORTEADO WAS HIS FIRST FICTION FILM, AND IT WAS PART OF THE 14TH EDITION OF “CONSTRUCTION FILM” IN THE SAN SEBASTIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. THE MOVIE WON THREE AWARDS: “INDUSTRY AWARD”, “SPANISH TELEVISION AWARD”, AND “CASA AMÉRICA AWARD”. HE AS FINALLY NOW REALISED CARMIN TROPICAL.

30 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURES NARRATIVE FEATURES 2015 31 WORLD PREMIERE NY PREMIERE USA / 2015 / 95mins UK / 2014 / 93mins DIRECTOR: DIRECTOR: Jamal Joseph Rebecca Johnson WRITERS: WRITER: Jamal Joseph and Daniel Beaty Rebecca Johnson PRODUCERS: PRODUCER: Cheryl Hill and Jonathan Sanger Sarah Sulick

CINEMATOGRAPHER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: John Wakayama Carey Annemarie Lean-Vercor

EDITOR: EDITORS: Joel Davenport John Dwelly

FEATURING: FEATURING: Daniel Beaty, Loretta Devine, Omari Jessica Sula, Lucien Laviscount, Hardwick, Selenis Leyva, Justin Martin Ntonga Mwanza, Naomi Ryan

CHAPTER & VERSE HONEYTRAP

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Former gang leader returns home after 8 years of incarceration with the Fresh off the boat from Trinidad and full of fairytale fantasies, Layla arrives to live determination to change his life. He forms an unlikely friendship with a with her mother in Brixton, London. She is soon swept off her feet by self-styled grandmother and helps to save her grandson from the crossroads of self gang leader/rapper Troy. But in the dog-eat-dog world where being Troy’s girl destruction, keeping him from joining a vicious Harlem gang. buys her envy as well as status, social outsider Shaun becomes her only true friend. When Troy discards her, Layla is left in ruins. She vows to rebuild herself as a hardened player in order to win him back and Shaun becomes a pawn in her game. Soon the forces she has set in motion are escalating out of control. JAMAL JOSEPH IS A FULL PROFESSOR AND REBECCA JOHNSON IS A WRITER/DIRECTOR FORMER CHAIR OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY BASED IN LONDON. ORIGINALLY TRAINED IN GRADUATE FILM DIVISION. AS DETAILED IN FINE ART, SHE HAS MADE DOCUMENTARY HIS MEMOIR PANTHER BABY, JAMAL JOSEPH AND DRAMA, INCLUDING THE AWARD- WAS THE YOUNGEST LEADER OF THE BLACK WINNING SHORT FILM “TOP GIRL” WHICH PANTHER PARTY AND SPENT 10 YEARS IN SCREENED AT OVER 30 INTERNATIONAL PRISON AS A RESULT OF HIS INVOLVEMENT FILM FESTIVALS INCLUDING BERLIN AND IN THE MOVEMENT. HE HAS WRITTEN AND ROTTERDAM. DIRECTED FOR FOX, A&E, PBS AND STARZ! HIS OSCAR NOMINATION FOR BEST SONG CAME HONEYTRAP, HER DEBUT FEATURE, OUT OF HIS WORK WITH IMPACT REPERTORY PREMIERED AT THE BFI LONDON FILM THEATRE, A LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND FESTIVAL WHERE SHE WAS NOMINATED CREATIVE ARTS ORGANIZATION BASED FOR THE BEST BRITISH NEWCOMER AWARD. IN HARLEM. CHAPTER AND VERSE WAS IT HAD ITS US PREMIERE AT SXSW FILM PRODUCED WITH CHERYL HILL, JONATHAN FESTIVAL WHERE SHE WAS SIGNED FOR US SANGER AND DANIEL BEATY AS THE FIRST REPRESENTATION. FEATURE IN THE HARLEM FILM COMPANY.

32 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURES NARRATIVE FEATURES 2015 33 USA / 2015 / 81mins USA / 2015 / 93mins DIRECTOR: DIRECTOR: Ben Bowman Harold Jackson III

WRITERS: WRITER: Bryan Abrams, Ben Bowman Harold Jackson III PRODUCERS: PRODUCER: Gbenga Akinnagbe, Ben Bowman, Harold Jackson III Todd Wiseman CINEMATOGRAPHER: EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Harold Jackson III Debra Azemar, Re’Shaun Frear, EDITOR: Jonathan Gray Harold Jackson III CINEMATOGRAPHER: FEATURING: Soopum Sohn Judi Blair, Danny Gavigan, Nedra EDITOR: McClyde, Benton Greene, Nikkole Katie Ennis Salter

FEATURING: Gbenga Akinnagbe, Alfre Woodard, Amari Cheatom, Carla Duren, Nikiya Mathis, Justin Myrick KNUCKLEHEAD LAST NIGHT

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When his brother disappears, mentally disabled Langston Bellows (Gbenga Part Richard Linklater’s Before Sunset series, part Eternal Sunshine Of The Akinnagbe) is left without a protector in Brooklyn’s housing projects. Now Spotless Mind and part jazzy love letter to DC. A serendipitous, down to earth, under the control of his abusive mother (Alfre Woodard) he must take his future gritty slice of four people’s lives. LAST NIGHT is a romance drama starring Judi into his own hands. He sets out to find the one person he believes can cure Blair, Danny Gavigan, Benton Greene and Nedra McClyde. Sky’s (Judi Blair) last him, a magazine columnist doctor who touts questionable prescription drug night in Washington DC before moving to North Carolina with her boyfriend cocktails. Becoming ‘mentally excellent’ will mean moving into an apartment (Benton Greene) becomes a whirlwind of emotions when a chance meeting of his own with his girlfriend. Langston strives for independence from his prior with an attractive stranger (Danny Gavigan) tests her will. life, from his mother, from his neighborhood, and from his fractured mind. BEN BOWMAN DIRECTED AND CO-WROTE HAROLD JACKSON III IS A EMMY NOMINATED KNUCKLEHEAD. HE HAS AN MFA FROM THE PRODUCER AND RECENT WINNER OF NYU/TISCH GRADUATE FILM PROGRAM, THE EMERGING FILMMAKER AWARD WHERE HE STUDIED DIRECTING UNDER AT NCBFF. UP NEXT IS THE POWERFUL SPIKE LEE AND HAS ALSO TAUGHT. BOWMAN DOCUMENTARY FILM “TOY SOLDIER”, AN RECEIVED THE MINNESOTA INDEPENDENT UNCOMPROMISING LOOK AT RETURNING FILM FUND, AWARDED BY THE IFP AND IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS WITH THE MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION. HE GOT HIS COMBAT INDUCED PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES START IN ENTERTAINMENT AS AN ASSISTANT AND HOW THEIR STORY EFFECTS US ALL. THE EDITOR, WORKING ON MUSIC VIDEOS FEAUTURE FILM (BEST FEATURE WINNER) FOR PRINCE AT PAISLEY PARK STUDIOS. A ROMANTIC DRAMA/COMEDY ABOUT ORIGINALLY FROM MINNEAPOLIS, BOWMAN HOW A MODEL’S LAST NIGHT IN DC TURNS IS A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF BEDFORD- FROM UNEVENTFUL INTO AN UNEXPECTED STUYVESANT BROOKLYN. LOVE TRIANGLE. AND THE MINI-SERIES “THE CHAIR”.

34 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURES NARRATIVE FEATURES 2015 35 NY PREMIERE NY PREMIERE USA / Mexico / 2015 / 86mins Dominican Republic / 2015 / 85mins DIRECTOR: DIRECTOR: Michael Dwyer Erika Bagnarello WRITER: WRITER: Kaitlin McLaughlin Erika Bagnarello PRODUCER: PRODUCERS: Alicia Dwyer José Miguel Bonetti, Eduardo Najri

CINEMATOGRAPHER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: Michael Dwyer Mario Araya

EDITOR: EDITORS: Justin Miller Raúl Marchand- Sánchez, Alberto Amieva FEATURING: Veronica Sixtos, Roberto Urbina, Julio FEATURING: Cedillo, Jesse Garcia, Jorge A Jimenez. Víctor Pintor, Paula Sánchez-Ferry, María del Carmen Farías Carlos Báez, Ximena Duque

PRIMERO DE ENERO POCHA (JANUARY 1ST)

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After being deported from the U.S.A. for credit card fraud, Claudia (22) is forced In the midst of his parent’s divorce, a twelve-year-old boy will stop at nothing to go to her estranged father’s cattle ranch in northern México. Struggling to to find his father’s stolen piano. Because if the piano comes back, his father is adapt to family and a way of life she has never known, she partners with a sure to follow. dangerous smuggler who promises to get her back to America if she helps him trespass on her family’s ranch. Both a slow burning thriller and classic western, POCHA (MANIFEST DESTINY) follows the transformative journey of a young woman confronting the high price of American ideals in the dark places between two cultures. MICHAEL DWYER HAS BEEN WORKING AS BORN AND RAISED IN COSTA RICA, ERIKA A CINEMATOGRAPHER FOR MANY YEARS BAGNARELLO OBTAINED HER MFA IN FILM BUT RECENTLY COMPLETED HIS FIRST PRODUCTION AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY FEATURE FILM AS A DIRECTOR. HE SHOT WHERE SHE ATTENDED AS A FULBRIGHT POCHA (MANIFEST DESTINY) ON LOCATION INTERNATIONAL FELLOW IN 2004. SHE IN MEXICO AND LOS ANGELES FOR OVER 9 HAS DIRECTED NUMEROUS TELEVISION WEEKS AND IT JUST PREMIERED AT THE 2015 COMMERCIALS, WRITTEN AND DIRECTED LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL WHERE IT WON FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES, SHORT FILMS THE AUDIENCE AWARD AND A SPECIAL JURY AND FINISHED HER FIRST NARRATIVE PRIZE FOR DIRECTING. HIS TRAINING AS A FEATURE IN 2014. SHE’S CURRENTLY BASED DIRECTOR COMES FROM WORKSHOPPING IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA AND IS CLASSIC AMERICAN PLAYS AT THE LEE DEVELOPING HER SECOND FEATURE FILM STRASBERG THEATER INSTITUTE AND AS WELL AS IN POST-PRODUCTION FOR HER WORKING WITH SOME AMAZING DIRECTORS LATEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY. ON BOTH FICTION AND DOCUMENTARY FEATURES - NOT TO MENTION NUMEROUS SUCCESSFUL COMMERCIAL CAMPAIGNS. HE IS A FOURTH GENERATION ANGELENO AND GRADUATE OF THE USC SCHOOL OF CINEMATIC ARTS.

36 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURES NARRATIVE FEATURES 2015 37 NY PREMIERE NY PREMIERE Puerto Rico / 2014 / 84mins USA / 2015 / 90mins DIRECTOR: DIRECTOR: Karola Hawk Lanre Olabisi

WRITERS: WRITER: Jessica Dart, Michael Meade, Carola Lanre Olabisi Gonzalez PRODUCERS: PRODUCERS: Lanre Olabisi, Gabriel Sedgwick Alexia Melocchi, Nadia Barbarossa, CINEMATOGRAPHER: Andrea Fellers, Emily Barclay, Carola Piero Basso, AIC Gonzalez EDITOR: CINEMATOGRAPHER: Alexander Kopit John Frost FEATURING: EDITOR: Cassandra Freeman, Charles Miller, Gabriel Coss Marisol Miranda FEATURING: Kim Rhodes, Madalyn Horcher, Lo- renzo Henrie, Nikki Hahn

RIDING 79 SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE

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Forced to care for his little sister after losing both parents, a 16-year-old ends up Four lovers collide into each others’ lives as one marriage morphs into several in a foreign surf town with almost-senile grandparents, but soon finds solace in intertwining affairs. SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE was born out of a year long fantasies of a pin-up girl and sets out to find her. Hitting the road in a stolen car improvisational process in which the actors and director mutually crafted an with an uninvited guest, his quest leads to miles of challenges, self-discovery ensemble drama. Structured like a jigsaw puzzle, no character fully grasps and surprisingly, a new love. their current dilemma as interwoven stories are retold from varying viewpoints.

KAROLA HAWK GREW UP ON THE ISLAND LANRE OLABISI IS A WRITER/DIRECTOR OF PUERTO RICO AND, AT THE AGE OF 17, WHOSE FILMS HAVE PLAYED IN OVER 70 MOVED TO BOSTON TO PURSUE HER DREAM FILM FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD. HIS OF DIRECTING FILMS. AFTER RECEIVING FIRST FILM, AUGUST THE FIRST PREMIERED HER B.F.A. FROM SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY, SHE AT SXSW AND WAS NOMINATED FOR AN CUT HER TEETH IN THE FILM INDUSTRY AS IFP GOTHAM AWARD. IT CAN CURRENTLY A COSTUMER. SHE SPENT SEVEN YEARS BE SEEN ON NETFLIX AND AMAZON. CREATING WARDROBE FOR HOLLYWOOD SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE IS HIS SECOND STUDIO FILMS, SUCH AS THE RUM DIARY, FEATURE FILM. FAST FIVE, RUNNER RUNNER AND DIRTY DANCING: HAVANA NIGHTS.

HAWK’S DEBUT AS A DIRECTOR WAS FOR THE SHORT FILM LA VERONICA (2008). IN 2014, SHE DIRECTED HER FIRST FEATURE FILM, RIDING 79. SHE IS CURRENTLY IN PRE- PRODUCTION FOR THE BAREFOOT ROUTE, AN ART FILM PIECECO WRITTEN BY AJ FERRARA, THAT WILL PREMIERE DURING ART BASEL AT NICOLE HENRY’S GALLERY IN PALM BEACH.

38 2015 NARRATIVE FEATURES NARRATIVE FEATURES 2015 39 WORLD PREMIERE NY PREMIERE USA / 2015 / 90mins South Africa / 2015 / 93mins DIRECTOR: DIRECTOR: Victor Cruz Ernest Nkosi

WRITER: WRITERS: Victor Cruz Ernest Nkosi & Mosibudi Pheeha

PRODUCERS: PRODUCERS: Kelvin Veras, Yahaira Paulino, Elaine Enos Manthata, Ernest Nkosi, Del Valle, Al Eskanazy Mosibudi Pheeha

CINEMATOGRAPHER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: Steven Latta Motheo Moneg

EDITOR: EDITOR: Victor Cruz Warwick Allan

FEATURING: FEATURING: Victor Cruz, April Hernandez Castillo, Emmanuel Nkosinathi Gweva, Luis Antonio Ramos, Liza Colon-Zayas, Busisiwe Mtshali, Zikhona Sodlaka, Tracy Perez. Richard Lukunku, Mpho “Popps” Modikoane, Thato “DH” Dhladla, Hazel Mhlab, Kope Makgae THINA SOBABILI THE STOCKROOM (THE TWO OF US)

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The year is 1998. Our story follows Joseph Rodriguez, a stockroom supervisor The Monarchy Group Presents Thina Sobabili - Thulani and Zanele journey who once had a dream to be a stand-up comic. After a failed promotion, his through life knowing that they have no one but each other to lean on. With original dream begins to resurface. Urban legend tells us, if you’ve been in the Alexandra Township in South Africa serving as a vibrant backdrop, the siblings stockroom for ten years or more, you’ll never leave. Joseph is about to hit that escape one tragedy and build a life together where big brother Thulas is over mark and he’ll have to decide what he is going to do with his life before the protective of his younger sister. As we witness Zanele’s coming of age story clock strikes midnight. in a neighbourhood where there seems to be no escape, she start making decisions that put her in harm’s way. As a result, the two share a very strained VICTOR CRUZ WAS BORN IN PORTSMOUTH, ERNEST NKOSI HAS A STRONG BACK relationship and Zanele is driven into the arms of an older man, as her way to VIRGINIA AND RAISED IN THE HEART OF GROUND IN BUSINESS AND MARKETING, rebel and escape what she thinks is a bleak future. Thulas, determined to put THE SOUTH BRONX. AT THE TENDER AGE OF HAVING STUDIED IN THE U.S.A DURING HIS an end to this relationship is overcome by rage and this leads him to make a SIXTEEN HE PERFORMED STAND-UP COMEDY FORMATIVE YEARS, THE HONORS GRADUATE decision that ends in a tragedy. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEW YORK CITY. HE FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOL OF STUDIED IN THE ACTING CONSERVATORY AT MOTION PICTURE AND LIVE PERFORMANCE, SUNY PURCHASE COLLEGE AND THE DAY HAS WORKED ALONG SIDE SOME OF THE BEFORE GRADUATION, BOOKED HIS FIRST INDUSTRY’S WORLD LEADERS SUCH AS ROLE ON HBO’S THE SOPRANOS. SOME OF CLINT EASTWOOD AND MORGAN FREEMAN. TV & FILM CREDITS INCLUDE: ANNIE (2014), DRIVEN BY PASSION, UNDERPINNED BY A THE OTHER WOMAN (2014), THE HUMBLING, STRONG WORK ETHIC, NKOSI IS DEDICATED GOTHAM, BLUE BLOODS, LAW & ORDER, AND TO TELLING TRUE AFRICAN STORIES. NBC’S THE BLACKLIST.

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UMC_URBANWORLD_AD.indd 1 8/24/15 3:57 PM NY PREMIERE NY PREMIERE Puerto Rico / 2015 / 70mins USA / 2015 / 83mins DIRECTOR: DIRECTOR: Flora Pérez-Garay Delila Vallot WRITERS: PRODUCERS: Flora Perez-Garay, Mario Alegre Rafael Marmor, Christopher Leggett, Barrios Delila Vallot PRODUCERS: CINEMATOGRAPHER: Flora Perez- Garay, Israel Rodriguez, Delila Vallot Rey Pascual EDITORS: CINEMATOGRAPHER: Asako Ushio, Billy McMillin Emilio Guede FEATURING: EDITOR: Ron Finley, Mychael “Spicey” Evans, Raul Marchand -Sanchez Kenya Johnson, Quimonie Lewis, Ho- sea Smith FEATURING: Nono Maldonado, Antonio Martorell, Edmundo Castillo, Sonia Rivera, Ruben Dario, Stella Nolasco, David Antonio, Harry Robles, Vilma Martinez, Jaer Caban ANATOMY OF A DRESS CAN YOU DIG THIS

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ANATOMY OF A DRESS is a documentary that presents the passion, the talents, South Los Angeles. What comes to mind is gangs, drugs, liquor stores, the history, the struggles and triumphs of the most renowned fashion designers abandoned buildings and vacant lots. The last thing that you would expect to in Puerto Rico. It also takes us through the history of manual garment industry find is a beautiful garden sprouting up through the concrete, coloring the urban in Puerto Rico and how it marked our lives, culture and traditions forever. A landscape. As part of an urban gardening movement taking root in South LA, touching view of the beginning of the exploitation in this labor industry and people are planting to transform their neighborhoods and are changing their how it was the only means of survival for many families. This history has served own lives in the process. Calling for people to put down their guns and pick up as the basis for what we have today as a fashion industry and the hopes of a their shovels, these “gangster gardeners” are creating an oasis in the middle of better future and a spot for our designers in the world. FLORA PÉREZ GARAY IS A PUERTO RICAN DELILA VALLOT IS AN ACTRESS, DANCER, one of the most notoriously dangerous places in America. CAN YOU DIG THIS PLAYWRIGHT, SCREENWRITER, PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR, BORN AND RAISED IN follows the inspirational journeys of four unlikely gardeners, discovering what AND DIRECTOR. GRADUATED WITH A BA HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA. IN HER CAREER, happens when they put their hands in the soil. This is not a story of science and IN HUMANITIES AND DRAMA FROM THE SHE HAS WORKED WITH SOME OF THE economics. This is a story of the human spirit, inspiring people everywhere to UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO. SHE HAS MOST WELL-KNOWN CHOREOGRAPHERS pick up their shovels and “plant some shit.” MADE A CAREER IN ADVERTISING FOR A TO DATE, INCLUDING VINCE PATTERSON, LIVING AND THEATRE AND MOVIES FOR JAIME ROGERS, AND DEBBIE ALLEN, AND THE SOUL. HER FILMS HAVE BEEN SHOWN HAS PERFORMED IN SUCH SHOWS AS CSI: IN NUMEROUS FILM FESTIVALS IN THE USA CYBER, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, AND THE AND LATIN AMERICA. ANATOMY OF A DRESS ACADEMY AWARDS AND FILMS INCLUDING IS HER DIRECTORIAL DEBUT IN A FEATURE RENT, COYOTE UGLY, AND THE SINGING DOCUMENTARY. DETECTIVE. SHE MADE HER FEATURE DIRECTORIAL DEBUT IN 2013 WITH THE SUSPENSE THRILLER TUNNEL VISION. THIS WILL BE DELILA’S FIRST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY.

44 2015 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES DOCUMENTARY FEATURES 2015 45 WORLD PREMIERE USA / 2014 / 51mins USA / 2015 / 90mins DIRECTOR: DIRECTOR: Rachel Lyon Nick Quested PRODUCER: PRODUCERS: Rachel Lyon Nick Quested, Richard Perello, CINEMATOGRAPHER: David Kennedy Bavand Karim CINEMATOGRAPHER: EDITOR: Nick Quested Jeremy Freedburg EDITOR: Mariah Rehmet

HATE CRIMES IN DRAMATIC ESCAPE THE HEARTLAND

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Dramatic Escape transports the viewer into the lives of a group of maximum Hate Crimes in the Heartland is an award winning documentary film and security inmates at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in New York, as they attempt community outreach project by Emmy Award winner Rachel Lyon. Like no to mount a behind-the-bars stage production of A Few Good Men. other documentary exploring this topic, Heartland portrays the shocking violence rooted in America’s history of racial hatred through the lens of Tulsa, Oklahoma, where two hate crimes, over 90 years apart, are impacting human rights, education and communities today. Hate Crimes in the Heartland will soon be available on DVD and at major media outlets. NICK QUESTED IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EMMY AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY GOLDCREST FILMS, AS WELL AS A DIRECTOR FILMMAKER RACHEL LYON HAS PRODUCED AND PRODUCER. HIS CREDITS INCLUDE 65 FEATURE FILMS, MOVIES-FOR-TELEVISION, RESTREPO (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER), FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES AND LIMITED KORENGAL (PRODUCER), AND STRETCH SERIES. HER WORK FOCUSES ON CRITICAL AND BOBBITO: RADIO THAT CHANGED LIVES GLOBAL ISSUES, HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL (EXECUTIVE PRODUCER). EQUALITY, ART AND ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORY. SHE HAS SERVED AS PROFESSOR AT NKU, SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY, BENTLEY UNIVERSITY, AND QUEENS COLLEGE. LYON HAS WRITTEN MULTIPLE LAW JOURNAL ARTICLES, AND HER FILMS HAVE APPEARED ON CNN, PBS, BBC, HISTORY CHANNEL AND NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, AMONG OTHERS.

46 2015 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES DOCUMENTARY FEATURES 2015 47 NY PREMIERE USA / 2015 / 93mins USA / 2014 / 87mins DIRECTOR: DIRECTORS: Jason Zeldes Tony Vainuku & Erica Cohn PRODUCER: PRODUCERS: Michael Klein Erika Cohn CINEMATOGRAPHER: CINEMATOGRAPHER: Rajiv Smith-Mahabir Tony Vainuku EDITORS: EDITORS: Kevin Klauber, A.C.E. & Jason Zeldes Erika Concha, William Haugse, Ken FEATURING: Scheider Donté Clark, D’neise Robinson, Molly FEATURING: Raynor, Deandre Evans Harvey Langi, Fihi Kaufusi, Leva and Vita Bloomfield

IN FOOTBALL WE TRUST ROMEO IS BLEEDING

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IN FOOTBALL WE TRUST is an insightful and moving documentary feature film A fatal turf war between neighborhoods haunts the city of Richmond, CA. exploring in rich detail the remarkable story behind the Polynesian Pipeline Donté Clark transcends the violence in his hometown by writing poetry about to the NFL. A contemporary American story, the film transports viewers deep his experiences. Using his voice to inspire those around him, he and the like- inside the tightly-knit and complex Polynesian community in Salt Lake City, minded youth of the city mount an urban adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo Utah, one of the chief sources for the modern influx of Pacific Islander NFLers. and Juliet, with the hope of starting a real dialogue about violence in the city. With unprecedented access and shot over a four year time period, the film Will Richmond force Donté to compromise his idealistic ambitions? Or will intimately portrays four young Polynesian men striving to overcome gang Donté end Richmond’s cycle of trauma? violence and near poverty through the promise of American football. TONY VAINUKU’S (LEFT) CAREER JASON ZELDES IS A DOCUMENTARY ASPIRATIONS BEGAN AS A FOOTBALL PLAYER DIRECTOR AND EDITOR, BEST KNOWN FROM SALT LAKE CITY, UT. YEARS LATER, AFTER FOR EDITING THE 2013 ACADEMY AWARD HIS PROSPECTS OF PLAYING PROFESSIONAL ® WINNING FILM, “TWENTY FEET FROM BALL DEAD-ENDED, TONY FOUND HIS STARDOM”. THE FILM EARNED ZELDES AN ACE NICHE IN MUSIC VIDEO PRODUCTION AND AWARD FOR BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY STORYTELLING. AFTER GRADUATING, TONY FEATURE, AND LED TO OTHER EXCITING FOUNDED A MULTI-MEDIA COMPANY, SOUL COLLABORATIONS, INCLUDING WORK WITH PROFILE PRODUCTIONS. THE OCEANIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY ON “RACING EXTINCTION” WHICH PREMIERED ERIKA COHN (RIGHT) HAS PRODUCED AT SUNDANCE 2015. PRIOR TO HIS EDITING SEVERAL PBS DOCUMENTARIES AND CAREER, JASON WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT DIRECTED NUMEROUS SHORT FILMS TO ACCLAIMED FILMMAKERS SUCH AS INCLUDING THE MOST RECENT, “WHEN DOUG BLUSH, KIRBY DICK, AND PATRICK THE VOICES FADE”, WHICH RECEIVED A CREADON. “ROMEO IS BLEEDING” IS JASON’S DIRECTOR’S GUILD OF AMERICA AWARD. DIRECTORIAL DEBUT.

48 2015 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES DOCUMENTARY FEATURES 2015 49 USA / 20145 / 72mins NY PREMIERE DIRECTOR: USA / 2015 / 78mins Dean Hargrove DIRECTOR: WRITER: Mathew Ramirez Warren Dean Hargrove WRITER: PRODUCERS: Mathew Ramirez Warren Dean Hargrove, Jeff Peters, Chloe Ar- PRODUCERS: nold, Maud Arnold, Steven Poster ASC, Elena Martinez and Mathew Ramirez George Mandl Warren CINEMATOGRAPHERS: EDITOR: Steven Poster, Rohan Chitraker, Michael Feldman Takeshi Fukushima, Alicia Robbins, Logan Miller FEATURING: Joe Bataan, Johnny Colon, Ricardo EDITOR: Ray, Pete Rodriguez, Joey Pastrana, George Mandl Tito Ramos, Harvey Averne, Larry FEATURING: Harlow, Bobby Marin, Felipe Luciano, Alaman, Chloe Arnold, Luyz Baldijao, Aurora Flores, Bobbito Garcia Arthur Benhamou, Pandit Chitresh Das, Joshua Johnson, Ted Louis Levy, Reona Otsuk, Vicki Riordan & Vicki’s Tap Pups, Evan Ruggiero, Jason WE LIKE IT LIKE THAT - THE Samuels Smith, Taiwan Danceworks, TAP WORLD Ivery Wheeler STORY OF LATIN BOOGALOO

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The documentary film TAP WORLD looks at the lives of tap dancers and Latin boogaloo is New York City. It is a product of the melting pot, a colorful the contemporary styles of the American art form known as tap dance as expression of 1960s Latino soul, straight from the streets of El Barrio, the South practiced around the world. The improvisational spirit of the artists profiled in Bronx and Brooklyn. Starring Latin boogaloo legends like Joe Bataan, Johnny the film exemplifies how they continue to evolve the art form of tap dance by Colon and Pete Rodriguez, We Like It Like That explores this lesser-known, expressing the powerful energy and emotion in their souls. TAP WORLD travels but pivotal moment in Latin music history, through original interviews, music the world painting a portrait of the global tap community. No matter where recordings, live performances, dancing and rare archival footage and images. they reside, tap dancers reveal their burning desire to dance – often despite From its origins to its recent resurgence in popularity, We Like It Like That tells economic and social obstacles. Tap heals their souls. DEAN HARGROVE ONE OF TELEVISIONS MATHEW RAMIREZ WARREN IS A the story of a sound that redefined a generation and was too funky to keep MOST PROLIFIC PRODUCERS, CREATORS DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER AND down. AND WRITERS OF TELEVISION, IS JOURNALIST BORN AND RAISED IN NEW RESPONSIBLE FOR JUST ABOUT ALL THE YORK CITY. HE HAS WORKED FOR THE NEW SUCCESSFUL MYSTERY TELEVISION SHOWS YORK TIMES AND NBC, AND WAS AWARDED OF THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES: MATLOCK, GRANTS FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT STARRING ANDY GRIFFITH; DIAGNOSIS FOR THE ARTS AND THE NEW YORK STATE MURDER, STARRING DICK VAN DYKE; THE COUNCIL OF THE ARTS TO COMPLETE HIS FATHER DOWLING MYSTERIES, STARRING FIRST FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY TOM BOSLEY; JAKE AND THE FATMAN. FILM, WE LIKE IT LIKE THAT. HE ALSO WROTE AND WAS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF ALL 34 PERRY MASON RETURNS TELEVISION MOVIES AND WROTE AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCED COLUMBO, STARRING PETER FALK.

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9/24 OFFICIAL URBANWORLD AFTER PARTY DJ SETS BY STRETCH, BOBBITO, LORD SEAR, & SUCE (SUCIO SMASH) + SURPRISE GUEST Thursday / SEPT 24 / CIELO 18 Little West 12th Street (b/t 9th Ave & Washington St.) Doors Open at 10:00pm $5 with Festival Pass | $10 without

9/25 EVERYDAY PEOPLE’S DJ MOMA — URBANWORLD EDITION Friday / SEPT 25 / GINNY’S SUPPER CLUB 310 Malcolm X Blvd (b/t 125th & 126th St.) Doors Open 10PM $5 with Festival Pass | $10 without

ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Live Performance by Jessica Betts Originally from Chicago, Jessica Betts is an inspirational Rock & Soul Singer/ Songwriter who now resides in NYC. Influenced by the classic works of Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke, Whitney Houston, Lauryn Hill, Kim Burrell, Tracy Chapman and many more, Jessica is looking to share her artistry with the masses and keep true music alive.

Be sure to check out Jessica on Friday, September 25 @ Ginny’s Supper Club for the Urbanworld Edition of Everyday People.

9/26 E.Z. MO BREEZY OF SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS — URBANWORLD EDITION Saturday / SEPT 26 / HK LOUNGE 405 West 39th Street (b/t 9th & 10th Avenues) Doors Open 10:00PM

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BY JAMAL JOSEPH: A LIFE TRANSFORMED BY THE ARTS QUEST FOR CUBA: QUESTLOVE BRINGS THE FUNK TO HAVANA SAT 6:30PM AMC THEATER 9 | USA/2015/14mins/Color | WORLD PREMIERE | Precedes Feature Film CHAPTER & VERSE Precedes Feature Film WE LIKE IT LIKE THAT | Cuba/2015/3mins/Color | SAT 8:00PM AMC THEATER 12

DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: DIRECTORS: DP: FEATURING: Mike De Caro Andy Nguyen Jamal Joseph Jauretsi Hector David Rosales Ahmir “Questlove” Daniel Petruzzi Thompson PRODUCER: EDITORS: EDITOR: Mike De Caro Chelvendra WRITER: Jake Remingon Edgar Productor n Jefe Sathieaanandha Dawn White Jorge Rodriguez

PRODUCER: Edgar Productor n Jefe

MIKE DE CARO IS A DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER JAURETSI IS A NEW YORK-BASED CUBAN CULTURE BASED IN NEW YORK CITY. HE PRODUCED THE HUNTER AND DIRECTOR OF THE HAVANA HIP-HOP AWARD WINNING SHORT FILMS SHALE (OFFICIAL DOCUMENTARY EAST OF HAVANA SELECTION AT SLAMDANCE ‘13 AND SXSW ’13) AND A short portrait of the filmmaker, professor, activist, youth REZA HASSANI GOES TO THE MALL (OFFICIAL Presented by Okayplayer Films & Jill Newman Productions advocate, and Oscar Nominee, Jamal Joseph. Formerly a SELECTION AT TELLURIDE ‘13). HIS LATEST NARRATIVE PROJECT AS DANIEL PETRUZZI IS PRESIDENT AND CREATIVE Visiting Havana on a goodwill mission aimed to win the young leader in the 70’s Black Panther Party, Jamal changed A DIRECTOR, THE HORROR/HEIST STARVING, SCREENED AT MORE DIRECTOR OF URBAN MUSIC AND CULTURE SITE, hearts and feet of the Cuban people, Questlove (band his life through and with the arts and is now a well respected THAN A DOZEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS, WINNING THE AWARD OKAYPLAYER.COM. OKAYPLAYER, LAUNCHED IN leader of The Roots and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy writer/director based in his beloved Harlem. FOR BEST SHORT FILM AT THE 22ND ARCIPELAGO - INTERNATIONAL 1999, IS THE PREMIER ONLINE DESTINATION FOR THE Fallon), provides two nights of music to a packed house of FESTIVAL OF SHORT FILMS AND NEW IMAGES, ROME 2014. CONNOISSEUR OF PROGRESSIVE METROPOLITAN young Cubans who came to hear him DJ at La Fabrica de MUSIC AND LIFESTYLES. OFFERING A WORLDWIDE Arte Cubano in April, 2015 – just a few days after President FORUM FOR COMMUNICATION WITH OTHER MUSIC ENTHUSIASTS, Barack Obama and Raul Castro sat down for their historic THE COMPANY MAINTAINS ITS SIGNIFICANCE AS AN INTERACTIVE meeting at The Summit of the Americas in Panama. In the MEDIA SOURCE FOR THE LEFT-OF-CENTER MUSIC FAN. process, Questlove establishes himself as a (unofficial) US Ambassador of Music and Culture to Cuba.

LOOKING AT THE STARS WELCOMING ARMS SAT 3:15PM AMC THEATER 9 | Brazil/2014/29mins/Color | NY PREMIERE NEW YORK PREMIERE | USA/2015/9mins/Color | SAT 9:30PM AMC THEATER 9

DIRECTOR: DPS: FEATURING: DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: Alexandre Peralta Alejandro Ernesto M.B. Geyza Pereira Roseanne Ma Matthew Bannister Johnny Barnes Guan Xi Fernanda Bianchini Guy Cabral WRITER: WRITER: EDITOR: Cesar Albuquerque Catherine Camara Alexandre Peralta EDITORS: Roseanne Ma Roseanne Ma Stephen Camara Alexandre Peralta PRODUCERS: PRODUCER: Ed Christopher Faroukh Virani Sabrina Chammas Roseanne Ma Marley Hines Alexis Morrell Taylor Hines Katrelle Kindred Charlotte Rose

ALEXANDRE PERALTA GREW UP IN SÃO PAULO, ROSEANNE MA ADDITIONAL WRITING/DIRECTING BRAZIL, AT THE EPICENTER OF MANY INSPIRING, CREDITS INCLUDE PLAYS, IN THE EYE OF THE UNTOLD STORIES. HE STUDIED ADVERTISING AND BEHOLDER AND ONCE UPON AN EVER AFTER (NY MARKETING, AND DEEPENED HIS COMMITMENT FRINGE) AND SHORT FILMS, METRONOME AND LOOKING AT THE STARS tells the story of inspiring young TO ARTISTIC EXPRESSION DURING HIS TIME AT USC THE BAKERY (SCREENED AS PART OF NYU’S ASIAN 92-year-old Johnny has been blowing kisses to traffic 6 hours women chasing their dream: in a world built on sight and SCHOOL OF CINEMATIC ARTS, WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS MFA. HE AMERICAN STUDIES CURRICULUM). AS AN ACTRESS, ROSANNE HAS a day, 5 days a week for 30 years. The children of Bermuda sound, they are part of the only ballet school for blind, located HAS DIRECTED, EDITED AND SOUND DESIGNED AWARD WINNING PERFORMED OFF BROADWAY, REGIONALLY AND ABROAD. SHE IS translate his mad ritual. in São Paulo, Brazil. This documentary focuses on Geyza, one SHORT DOCS AND FICTIONS. LOOKING AT THE STARS IS HIS FIRST A SENIOR ARTIST WITH PAN ASIAN REPERTORY THEATRE AND A of the instructors and the star of the academy. She lost her FEATURE FILM. RECIPIENT OF THE LILAH KAN RED SOCKS AWARD. sight at the age of nine, and learning ballet changed her life forever. We follow her life and struggles in a city that wasn’t built for the blind. It is a film about the beauty of dance and, above all, about the beauty of perseverance.

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DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: Nate Parker Kay Madsen Joseph Millson Jake Alexander McAfee Robert Rudis Doug e Doug Jance Enslin Mark Lobene WRITER: EDITOR: WRITER: EDITOR: Sarah Jane-Potts Kat Scicluna Nate Parker Kay Madsen Jake Alexander McAfee Nick Lofting Michael Leone Mr. Gerald Johnson PRODUCER: Shyhein Parker PRODUCER: Ms. Gertrude Sexton James Lopez Karen Means Ebube Ibekwe

NATE PARKER IS AN AMERICAN ACTOR, DIRECTOR, JAKE ALEXANDER MCAFEE HAS DIRECTED PRODUCER, WRITER AND MUSICAL PERFORMER WHO MEMORABLE CONTENT FOR OVER A DECADE. HE IS HAS APPEARED IN BEYOND THE LIGHTS, RED TAILS, KNOWN FOR CAPTURING CHARACTERS’ EMOTIONS THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, THE GREAT DEBATERS, AND PLACING EACH ONE IN A PHYSICAL LOCATION OR Madou Dossama an immigrant husband and father of two Jim Mitchell is an LAPD officer. During dinner with his family ARBITRAGE, NON-STOP,FELON AND PRIDE. HE WAS TIME AND SPACE THAT REINFORCES THAT EMOTIONAL young children attends a job interview that could change that night, Jim gets into an argument with his teenage son AN ALL-AMERICAN WRESTLER AT BOTH GREAT BRIDGE HIGH EXPERIENCE. HE IS DRAWN TO WORK THAT CELEBRATES THE URBAN his family’s life. During this job interview with hospital Justin. Justin wants to go hang out with his friend JB in the SCHOOL AND THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA. PARKER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCE; HIS LOVE OF FILMMAKING DEVELOPED AS A TEENAGER administrator, Garrett Morgan, we discover that there is inner city. Jim tells him that he has to stay home. On his ACTIVE IN CHARITABLE WORK, DONATING HIS TIME BOTH AS A IN HIS HOMETOWN OF DETROIT, WHERE HE CREATED HIS FIRST more to Madou Dossama than meets the eye. night beat, Jim responds to a break in at a convenience VOLUNTEER WRESTLING COACH AND A POLITICAL ACTIVIST. DOCUMENTARY ABOUT DETROIT’S WORLD-RENOWNED TECHNO store. The owner tells Jim that he some young black males at MUSIC ARTISTS. HE HAS SINCE CREATED MANY PSA’S, INCLUDING the scene. Jim sees a group fitting the description and gives THE PARTNERSHIP FOR A DRUG FREE AMERICA, STARRING NEW chase. When they don’t stop, he opens fire. When he turns YORK ALL-STAR ALLAN HOUSTON, WHICH CAUGHT THE ATTENTION the body over, however, he sees that victim he shot is none OF DIRECTOR SPIKE LEE. JAKE WENT ON TO WORK WITH SPIKE LEE ON other than his son, who snuck out of the house and went to HIS FEATURE FILM “INSIDE MAN.” MOST RECENTLY, JAKE DIRECTED visit his friend anyway. A SHORT FILM/PSA FOR GOODWILL, CALLED “THE COMMUTE” WHICH FOCUSES ON THE DAILY CHALLENGES THAT DISABLED INDIVIDUALS FACE AS THEY ATTEMPT TO MOVE AROUND THE CITY.

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DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: DIRECTOR: PRODUCERS: FEATURING: Tony Gapastione Matthew Mayotte Loretta Devine Damien D. Smith Damien D. Smith Crystal Cotton Jeremy Ray Valdez Producer: Danna Kiel Damien D. Smith WRITER: EDITOR: WRITER: Jasmine McAtee Jammie Patton Tony Gapastione David Holecheck Damien D. Smith Tomi Townsend DP: PRODUCER: EXECUTIVE Erica D. Young Noel Maitland Ola Pojda PRODUCERS: Derrick Lemont Adrianne Buchanan EDITOR: Catherine Washington Ismail Salahuddin Pinder

TONY GAPASTIONE HAS BEEN ACTING IN THEATER, DAMIEN D. SMITH, ACTOR AND FILMMAKER, LIVES COMMERCIALS, AND FILM FOR OVER TWENTY- TO TELL STORIES. HIS SENSE OF ARTISTRY ALLOWS FIVE YEARS. HE RECENTLY BEGAN WRITING AND HIM TO USE THE PLATFORM AS A TOOL TO BOLDLY Mrs. Nickel (Loretta Devine) is a burned-out teacher full of PRODUCING HIS OWN PROJECTS. THIS IS TONY’S SPREAD A MESSAGE OF ACCEPTANCE AND LOVE TO Summer and Jonathan are in love, but love isn’t enough for regret. She is one day away, fourteen hundred and forty DIRECTORIAL DEBUT. HE LIVES IN REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA HUMANITY. HE BELIEVES THAT IT IS THE ARTIST’S RESPONSIBILITY TO some people. Their relationship can only be described as minutes from retirement and a fresh start. She’s packing up WITH HIS WIFE AND THREE KIDS. CHALLENGE, MOTIVATE AND CHALLENGE THE WORLD AROUND US. pure bliss. Unfortunately, the world is uncomfortable with her apartment when she is confronted by a desperate man A SEASONED ACTOR WITH OVER FIFTEEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, the pair and a series of events start to hint at Jonathan’s from her past. When she discovers a beloved student of hers SMITH’S DIRECTORIAL DEBUT IS A SHORT NARRATIVE FILM ENTITLED mental stability. is in danger, her life is turned upside down within minutes. ABOUT THAT…, A POWERFUL LOOK AT LOVE THROUGH THE EYES OF A MENTALLY DISTURBED YOUNG MAN. THE FILM IMPLORES THE AUDIENCE TO ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE SUBJECT OF MENTAL HEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND TO REMOVE SOME OF THE ISOLATING STIGMA OF THE ILLNESS.

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DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: Cecile Meke Cecile Meke Vanessa Babirye Renee Marie Lena Tsodykovskaya Dalia Davi Michelle Tiwo Petropoulos Maria Rivera WRITER: EDITOR: EDITORS: Erick Gonzalez Cecile Meke Cecile Meke WRITER: Renee Marie Chloe Lenihan Petropoulos PRODUCER: Cecile Meke PRODUCER: Chloe Lenihan

CECILE MEKE IS A DIRECTOR, WRITER AND ARTIST RENEE MARIE PETROPOULOS IS AN AWARD FROM LONDON. SHE IS MOST KNOWN FOR THE WINNING FILMMAKER FROM SYDNEY AUSTRALIA, GLOBAL ONLINE DOCUMENTARY SERIES ‘STROLLING’ RECEIVING HER BA DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY AND THE SHORT FILM/WEB SERIES ‘ACKEE & OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY (UTS), SHE IS CURRENTLY SALTFISH’, WITH HER WORK FEATURED EVERYWHERE COMPLETING AN M.F.A IN FILM DIRECTING AT On a sunny Sunday afternoon Olivia and Rachel carry out FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, BBC, THE WASHINGTON POST, EBONY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. HER FILMS HAVE RECEIVED ACCLAIM A naive teenager, longing desperately for her mother’s love, their usual routine of absolute relaxation, however when the MAGAZINE, FADER, NYLON, DAZED, AFROPUNK, OKAY AFRICA TO BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, WITH NOMINATIONS learns the hard way that some relationships can never work. time comes to whip up some brunch it turns out Rachel THE TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL. AND SCREENINGS AT THE GOTHAM FILM FESTIVAL, THE LOS forgot to soak the saltfish overnight. With an empty fridge, ANGELES NEW WAVE FILM FESTIVAL, BIG APPLE FILM FESTIVAL AND a lazy sunday afternoon state of mind and hearts set on RECENTLY AS FINALIST FOR THE BREAKING BARRIERS FEMALE ackee & saltfish, the two friends decide to drive to Dalston FILMMAKING GRANT (2015). RENEE HAS CONTINUED TO PUSH HER to get some Caribbean takeaway. Their mission for some CINEMATIC PRACTICES INTO PROVOCATIVE AND CHALLENGING nourishment turns sour as the social ills present in their NEW AREAS, FOCUSING ON ISSUES OF GENDER REPRESENTATION native Dalston divides their opinions and tensions begin to AND DIVERSITY WITHIN FILM. rise. Their situation escalates and somehow things turn from empty-bellied banter about Solange Knowles to heated conversations about society and the state of the world.

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DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: DIRECTOR: PRODUCERS: FEATURING: Malinda Kaur Robbie Ryan Japkit Kaur Sahim Omar Kalifa Dries Phlypo Taher Abdullah Kim Vithana Jean-Claude van Varsin Jar WRITER: EDITOR: WRITERS: Rijckeghem Naima Abdo Malinda Kaur Jason Krasucki Sahim Omar Kalifa Sahim Omar Kalifa Jean-Claude van PRODUCER: Rijckeghem EDITORS: Malinda Kaur Joren Desmidt DP: Alain Dessauvage Kamiran Betasi

MALINDA KAUR, A BRITISH INDIAN FEMALE HAS SAHIM OMAR KALIFA (1980 ZAKHO – IRAQI WORKED IN THE TV AND FILM INDUSTRY FOR 6 KURDISTAN) IS A BELGIAN-KURDISH FILMMAKER YEARS.HAVING STARTED AS A RUNNER SHE HAS BASED IN BELGIUM. IN 2001 HE CAME TO BELGIUM To some, AMISHI is just another pregnant Indian lady buying WORKED HER WAY UP THROUGH THE ASSISTANT WHERE HE WORKED AS AN INTERPRETER WHILST Young man BAHOZ goes hunting in rural Kurdistan. He her baby a blue baby grow, but this pregnant Indian lady DIRECTOR DIVISION. INTRIGUED BY PEOPLE, SHE MADE HER FIRST STUDYING AUDIOVISUAL ARTS IN BRUSSELS. SAHIM IS ONE OF THE witnesses the rape of a young woman by an older man. He never keeps the babies she carries. She is just another SHORT FILM ‘AMISH’ THE IDEA BEING A SNIPPETT INTO A LIFE A MOST AWARDED KURDISH AND BELGIAN SHORT FILMMAKERS AND chases the man away and helps the woman to mend her surrogate living in a house full of other surrogate women. LITTLE LESS ORDINARY. SHE IS HOPING TO SHOOT HER NEXT FILM HE WAS CHOSEN IN ISTANBUL AS BEST KURDISH FILM DIRECTOR IN clothes so she can conceal the rape from her family. That This is her job, it’s what she does and the streets of London IN THE AUTUMN. 2014. HE IS NOW WORKING ON HIS FIRST FEATURE FILM “ZAGROS” evening, Bahoz receives an unexpected visit … are none the wiser. WHICH RECEIVED PRODUCTION SUPPORT FROM VLAAMS AUDIOVISUEEL FONDS.

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DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: Terrence Jones Terrence Jones Aramé Scott Tasha Smith Keith L. Smith Antonique Smith Odell Mack Tyra Ferrell WRITER: EDITOR: WRITER: EDITOR: Genia Nunez Walter Fauntleroy Terrence Jones Terrence Jones Tasha Smith Zach Tow Kylee Wofford PRODUCER: PRODUCER: Terrence Jones Kim Olgetree

TERRENCE JONES ORIGINALLY FROM CHICAGO, TASHA SMITH IS A MULTIFACETED ACTRESS ILLINOIS, TERRENCE JONES’ PASSION FOR WHOSE WORK BRINGS STYLE AND INTENSITY TO FILMMAKING RECENTLY LED HIM TO LOS ANGELES. THE SUBJECTS SHE PLAYS ON THE BIG AND SMALL SINCE MAKING THE MOVE TO THE WEST COAST, SCREENS. SHE PREVIOUSLY STARRED IN THE TYLER Six long years have passed since it happened... The world as TERRENCE HAS CREATED VIDEOS FOR A NUMBER PERRY TELEVISION SERIES, “FOR BETTER OR WORSE,” we once knew it is nothing more than a distant memory. OF NOTABLE COMPANIES INCLUDING TWITTER, RED ROBIN, ON OWN FOR WHICH SHE EARNED AN NAACP IMAGE AWARD A black man in NYC struggles with bipolar disorder, while Long gone are the sounds of cars and airplanes. The human INTERSCOPE RECORDS, AND WARNER BROS. RECORDS. NOMINATION AS “OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES.” his girlfriend and mother learn to deal with the pain of his race now survives in the form of a young girl, Asia Moore, and ADDITIONALLY, HIS MUSIC VIDEOS HAVE BEEN FEATURED ON SMITH’S MEMORABLE PORTRAYAL OF ‘ANGELA,’ IN PERRY’S BOX manic episode and struggle for mental survival. her grandfather, James Moore. Unfortunately, James’ health TOP WEBSITES SUCH AS MTV, VH1, AND BILLBOARD. HE PLANS OFFICE HITS, “WHY DID I GET MARRIED?” AND ITS SEQUEL, “WHY has started deteriorate. Against James’ wishes, Asia decides TO CONTINUE DIRECTING SHORTS AND MUSIC VIDEOS BEFORE DID I GET MARRIED, TOO?”, ALONGSIDE JANET JACKSON AND JILL she must set out on a lone journey out into the world in EVENTUALLY TRANSITIONING INTO DIRECTING FEATURE FILMS. SCOTT, SPARKED THE CREATION OF THE SPIN-OFF SERIES WHICH hopes of saving his life. Little does Asia know, she’s not alone FOCUSED ON HER RELATIONSHIP WITH ONSCREEN HUSBAND, in this dangerous new world... ‘MARCUS,’ PLAYED BY MICHAEL JAI WHITE. LAST YEAR, SHE WAS SEEN ON THE SILVER SCREEN IN LIONSGATE’S FEATURE, “ADDICTED,” WITH SHARON LEAL AND BORIS KODJOE. ADDITIONALLY, SMITH JOINED THE CAST OFFOX’S LEE DANIELS HIP-HOP DRAMA PILOT, “EMPIRE,” IN A RECURRING ROLE OPPOSITE TARAJI P. HENSON.

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DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: Pete Chatmon Dylan Verrechia Dorian Missick, Simone Angel Kristi Williams Michelle Lawler Brianna Cormier Missick, Hisham Tawfiq, Zayden Bates WRITER: EDITOR: WRITER: EDITOR: Stephen Hill, Erika Denise Boutte Tony Patrick K.A. Miille Angel Kristi Williams Jason Robert Becker Myers, Malikha Mallette, PRODUCER: April Matthis, Valence PRODUCER: Pete Chatmon Thomas, Michael Mel Jones Markham, Vladimir Versailles, Nasser Metcalfe

PETE CHATMON IS THE GUY YOU WANT BEHIND ANGEL KRISTI WILLIAMS RECEIVED HER BA THE LENS. HIS DEBUT FEATURE, “PREMIUM”, STARRED IN VISUAL ART (PHOTOGRAPHY & FILM) FROM DORIAN MISSICK, ZOE SALDANA, AND HILL HARPER AND UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, BALTIMORE COUNTY. It would be just another day for Leonard, except The PREMIERED ON SHOWTIME. CHATMON ALSO WROTE, AFTER GRADUATION SHE WORKED IN TELEVISION When her new friend Charlotte wants to play house, Alex Commission, a shadow organization tasked with keeping PRODUCED, AND DIRECTED “761ST”, A DOCUMENTARY ON THE FIRST FOR DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS BEFORE BEING AWARDED THE innocently plays along and develops feelings she doesn’t members up to snuff on their “blackness”, is hot on his trail BLACK TANK BATTALION IN WWII, NARRATED BY ANDRE BRAUGHER. LUMIERE SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO understand. for his latest infraction... AS AN MFA CANDIDATE IN CINEMA DIRECTING. HER SHORT FILM CHATMON’S CAREER BEGAN IN 2001 WITH THE SUNDANCE SELECTION THE CHRISTMAS TREE HAS SCREENED AT NUMEROUS FESTIVALS OF HIS NYU THESIS FILM, “3D”, STARRING KERRY WASHINGTON. HE BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY AND GARNERED THE RECEIVED THE 2008 TRIBECA FILM INSTITUTE “ALL ACCESS” PROGRAM’S ATTENTION OF PARTICIPANT MEDIA, A PRODUCTION COMPANY CREATIVE PROMISE NARRATIVE AWARD FOR THE SCREENPLAY COMMITTED TO SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH FILM. WILLIAMS “$FREE.99″, WRITTEN IN COLLABORATION WITH CANDICE SANCHEZ IS A FORMER FILM INDEPENDENT PROJECT INVOLVE DIRECTING MCFARLANE. THROUGH DOUBLE7 IMAGES, HIS DIGITAL STUDIO, HE HAS FELLOW, WINNER OF THE SONY PICTURES DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP DIRECTED CONTENT FOR AD AGENCIES, PORSCHE, PROCTOR & GAMBLE, AND RECENTLY NAMED ONE OF TEN BLACK DIRECTORS TO WATCH LENOVO, UNIVERSAL PICTURES, AND OTHER BRANDS. BY PASTE MAGAZINE.

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DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: Gabriel Wilson Benjamin Rutkowski Marquise Neal Nijla Mu’min Hans Charles Aramé Scott Reggie Street Crystal Cotton WRITER: EDITOR: WRITER: EDITOR: Jeffery Desalu Ka’ramuu Kush Gabriel Wilson Alexander Pilkington Nijla Mu’min Nijla Mu’min Heaven Michelle McCoy Kobie Dozier PRODUCER: Ishah Diop PRODUCER: Mayumi Rhone Brittany Northcross Aldon Smith Nijla Mu’min

GABRIEL WILSON LIVES IN NEW YORK CITY AND IS NIJLA MU’MIN IS A WRITER AND FILMMAKER FROM THE CURRENTLY PURSUING HIS MFA IN DIRECTING AT EAST BAY AREA. HER SHORT FILMS HAVE SCREENED COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S SCHOOL OF THE ARTS. HE AT FESTIVALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SHE IS THE EARNED A MASTER’S DEGREE IN DIRECTING FROM RECIPIENT OF THE 2012 PRINCESS GRACE AWARD FOR The streets of New York City are like an obstacle course for THE SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS. GABRIEL’S PAST HER FILM, “DELUGE,” AND WAS ONE OF 10 WRITERS James, a young man struggling with Obsessive Compulsive FILMS HAVE SHOWN AT NUMEROUS FESTIVALS INCLUDING THE SELECTED FOR THE 2014 SUNDANCE INSTITUTE SCREENWRITERS A 12-year-old girl strives to rekindle her parent’s dwindling Disorder. Every day new challenges arise, from riding the HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, THE BIG APPLE FILM INTENSIVE. SHE WAS THE WINNER OF THE GRAND JURY PRIZE FOR romance at her desert town’s annual carnival, and learns subway to getting ready for school in the morning. The film FESTIVAL, THE GOTHAM SCREEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, BEST SCREENPLAY AT THE 2014 URBANWORLD FILM FESTIVAL, FOR painful lessons about love in the process. Adapted from Nijla explores OCD through the eyes of a young boy navigating an THE BROOKLYN SHORT FILM CONCERT AND NEW FILMMAKERS HER SCRIPT “NOOR.” Mu’min’s short story, “The Carnival,” this bittersweet family oppressive city while still experiencing the familiar pains of NEW YORK. drama looks at dream and reality in the mind of a developing growing up. girl who waits for her truck-driving father to come home.

DEBT TO SOCIETY DUBOIS FRI 5:00PM AMC THEATER 13 | USA/2015/16mins/Color | NY PREMIEREUSA/2011/21mins/Color NY PREMIERE | Trinidad&Tobago/UK/2014/30mins/Color | THUR 5:00PM AMC THEATER 9

DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: Tristan Daley Arina Bleiman Shaun Woodland Kaz Ové Oliver Loncraine Eamonn Walker Sidiki Fofana Indra Ové WRITERS: EDITOR: WRITER: EDITOR: Rich Mair Michael Cherrie David Wade Tristan Daley Kaz Ové Kaz Ové Tristan Daley PRODUCER: PRODUCER: Anabelle Alcazar Tristan Daley

KAZ OVÉ BORN IN LONDON THE LAST OF FIVE TRISTAN DALEY WAS RAISED ON RED CLAY SOIL CHILDREN FATHERED BY ACCLAIMED BLACK FILM OF HENRY COUNTY, GEORGIA. HE ASPIRED TO DIRECTOR HORACE OVÉ. BE INVOLVED IN THE VISUAL MEDIUM AND HIS The story of Sampson’s first and last day of freedom since MATRICULATION AT NYU WAS THE FIRST BIG STEP LIVED IN BOTH KINGSTON JAMAICA AND PORT A London girl (Linda) recovering from the grief of her being released from prison. When he finds he has nowhere TOWARDS THAT. THE MUSICAL AND VISUAL ARTISTS IN HIS FAMILY OF SPAIN TRINIDAD BEFORE MOVING BACK TO LONDON. AFTER husbands death, visits family on the island of Trinidad; there to call home, he wanders into a deli where he gets stuck in BUILT AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE HE COULD BE FREELY CREATIVE, GRADUATING KAZ WORKED AS A DIRECTOR’S ASSISTANT ON she finds herself strangely drawn to a mentally ill homeless the back as a young man named Q holds up the cashier at INCLUDING PURSUING GOALS AS HIP HOP ARTIST. HE AIMS TO VARIOUS MUSIC PROMOS, WORKING WITH HYPE WILLIAMS, SPIKE man (DUBOIS) she sees wandering the streets, and he to gun point. BRING BLACK CULTURE AND CAPTIVATING BLACK STORIES TO THE LEE AND FREQUENTLY WORKING WITH ACCLAIMED PROMO her...a metaphysical, spiritual journey follows, ending in an FOREFRONT IN ART AND SCREEN STORIES. DIRECTOR JAKE NAVA. unnerving discovery...

KAZ IS CURRENTLY HEADING UP ALL MUSIC VIDEO AND LIVE ACTION VIDEO CONTENT FOR INDIE SOUL LABEL MOVEMENT RECORDS.

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DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: DIRECTOR: PRODUCER: FEATURING: Yaa Boaa Aning Colin Oh Carlett Martin-Brown Clayton Vomero Stine Chrone MEL: Mela Murder Jani Wang INF: Infinite Coles WRITER: EDITOR: WRITER: DP: Cindera Che D: Denasia Moore Yaa Boaa Aning Anoosh Voltaire-Behi Clayton Vomero Stuart Winecoff

PRODUCER: EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Kimberly Hwang PRODUCERS: Clayton Vomero Diane McArter Adam Robinson Meghan Lang Micah Scarpelli

YAA BOAA ANING‘S PATH TO HOLLYWOOD WAS CLAYTON VOMERO, A NEW YORK CITY NATIVE, UNCONVENTIONAL. ARMED WITH A BACHELOR’S IS A FILMMAKER, WRITER, AND ARTIST, WHOSE DEGREE FROM UNC CHAPEL HILL, SHE HEADED WORK EMBODIES A GENUINE AND UNBRIDLED HOME TO BEGIN A CAREER IN ADVERTISING. QUICKLY AUTHENTICITY. AS A SEASONED CREATIVE DIRECTOR, Djamillah is a self-absorbed beauty queen who is obsessed GROWING BORED, SHE TRIED HER HAND AT FASHION HE’S CREATED SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGNS RANGING with winning Miss Universe, but can only manage to place SHOW PRODUCTION WHICH LEAD TO STYLING/FILM COSTUMING. FROM EVENTS, MUSIC, BROADCAST, DIGITAL, PRINT, AND DESIGN, Three young people in Staten Island, New York, search for second in competition. ‘Why?’ she wonders, as she is the THIS ULTIMATELY EXPOSED HER TO THE ENDURING ART OF WHILE DEVELOPING HIS DIRECTORIAL PRINCIPLES. HE IS A VITAL meaning and identity. As they travel through the city over model of perfection - beauty, brains and body. The only FILMMAKING. YAA BOAA HAS SINCE WRITTEN SEVERAL SCRIPTS, NEW BREED OF FILMMAKER WHOSE WORK DEMONSTRATES AN the length of a single day, they dance, drink, smoke, sing, possible thing holding her back, she surmises, is her dark THREE OF WHICH HAVE BEEN PRODUCED INTO SHORT FILMS. SHE UNCANNY ABILITY TO HARMONIZE WITH AUTHENTIC HEARTFELT and try to figure out who they really are with the only people brown complexion. She turns to her best friend and fellow IS A 2014 FILM INDEPENDENT FELLOW. MOMENTS. who care: each other. competitor, Everly, for help. Everly’s Aunt and Master of the Dark Arts, Aunty V, may have the solution to Djamillah’s “problem”. Desperate times call for desperate measures.... But will it be enough to help Djamillah snag the crown?

FORGIVING CHRIS BROWN HUMAN BEHAVIOR SAT 12:00PM AMC THEATER 13 | USA/2015/12mins/Color | WORLDUSA PREMIERE/2011/21mins/Color NY PREMIERE | USA/2015/9mins/Color | SAT 3:00PM AMC THEATER 13

DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: Marquette Jones Edwin Kim Lodric Collins Carey Williams Jeremy Adams David Castaneda Tanda Kerín Tami Fiorella Vescovi WRITER: EDITOR: WRITER: EDITOR: Jordan Tiffany Daniels Marquette Jones Reggie Coleman Carey Williams Jacob Tomko Peggy Painton PRODUCER: PRODUCER: Lodric Collins Carey Williams Tami Jordan Erika Speed

MARQUETTE JONES IS FROM YOUNGSTOWN, CAREY WILLIAMS BEGAN HIS FILMMAKING CAREER OHIO AND AN ALUMNA OF NYU’S GRADUATE FILM DIRECTING MUSIC VIDEOS FOR LOCAL HIP HOP PROGRAM. BEFORE BECOMING A FILMMAKER, AND ROCK ACTS AND EDITING VIDEOS FOR ARTISTS FORGIVING CHRIS BROWN is a dark comedy short that MARQUETTE WAS A PUBLIC INTEREST ATTORNEY SUCH AS TIMBALAND, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AND A man pays his ex girlfriend an unexpected visit. follows the follies of “Rihanna”, “Halle” and “Tina”. These stylish IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. HER WORK INCLUDES KATY PERRY. CAREY’S SHORT FILM, CHERRY WAVES, GARNERED girlfriends hope to heal their battered hearts through the ROUND ON BOTH SIDES, TUNK, HEROES WANTED AND STREETS BEST SHORT FILM AWARDS FROM HBO, NBC, SAN DIEGO, AND old-fashioned way – Revenge. The emotional baggage they 2 SUITES. HER PRODUCER CREDITS INCLUDE SPOONFUL OF HOLLYSHORTS. AFTER AN APPRENTICESHIP WORKING WITH carry ties them together and makes for some unorthodox SUGAR, ADVENTURES OF SUPERN*GGER, AND JACKIE. WHEN SHE EMMY-WINNING DIRECTOR GREG YAITANES ON THE TELEVISION fun. Add these three heartsick ladies plus one bound & IS NOT BUSY WRITING, PRODUCING, OR DIRECTING, MARQUETTE SHOW BANSHEE, CAREY IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING THE FEATURE unrepentant man to the hot desert and watch them sizzle INDULGES HER OBSESSION WITH COLOR THROUGH HER EVER- VERSION OF HIS SHORT FILM, CHERRY WAVES.. on screen. Things take a gut-wrenching turn when Rihanna GROWING NAIL POLISH COLLECTION - WWW.HOTCOMBPICS.COM. must decide once and for all what to do with her “Chris”.

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DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: Marcelo Mitnik Sol Lopatin Valeria Blanc Laurie Arakaki David Kruta Thais Francis Jeremy Glazer Tre’von Lyle WRITER: EDITORS: WRITER: EDITOR: Martin Piroyansky Erica Trumpet Marcelo Mitnik Alejandro Brodersohn Thais Francis Ema Ryan Yamazaki Veronica Hassan April Armstrong Alejandro Carrillo Penovi PRODUCERS: Javier Drolas PRODUCER: Jose Manuel Streger Dave Kajganich Maria Canale George Lois Paula Manzanedo-Schmit Luciano Cazaux Marcelo Mitnik Luz Palazon

MARCELO MITNIK GREW UP AND STUDIED LAURIE ARAKAKI, A FILMMAKER FROM HONOLULU, FILM IN ARGENTINA, AND EARNED HIS MFA HAWAII, SPECIALIZES IN EVOCATIVE FILMS THAT SEEK IN SCREENWRITING AT UCLA’S SCHOOL OF TO ILLUMINATE THE UNIQUE, OFTEN OVERLOOKED THEATER, FILM, AND TELEVISION. HIS WORK, AS A INTERSECTIONS OF CLASS, CULTURE AND GENDER. The difference between how we think romance should work SCREENWRITER, IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, HAS BEEN ARAKAKI HAS DRAWN CRITICAL PRAISE FOR HER and how it actually does is at the comedic heart of IN THE RECOGNIZED WITH A BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM AND TELEVISION SHORT FILMS I SPY (WINNER OF THE WOMEN’S FILMMAKING A young woman’s world comes crashing down the day CLOUDS, an exploration of cultural disagreements about (BAFTA/LA) FELLOWSHIP AND A SLOAN AWARD, AMONG OTHERS. INITIATIVE SCREENWRITING AWARD), WHICH DEBUTED AT THE 2011 before high school graduation. intimacy, love, and marriage proposals in the age of YouTube. HIS WORK AS A DIRECTOR HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR OVER FORTY SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, AND KILL HAOLE DAY FILM FESTIVALS, WHERE IS HAS WON MULTIPLE AWARDS. (WINNER OF THE 2010 GRACE K.J. ABERNETHY SCREENWRITING WWW.MITNIK.ORG. AWARD). WHILE IN SHANGHAI, ARAKAKI COLLABORATED WITH SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN MAKING BLIND LUCK, A SHORT FILM SHE WROTE AND DIRECTED AND THAT PREMIERED AT THE 2011 HAWAII INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. PRIOR TO HER CAREER IN FILMMAKING, ARAKAKI WORKED AS A DESIGNER FOR THE HONOLULU ADVERTISER, WHERE SHE GARNERED AWARDS FROM PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE HAWAII PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION AND THE SOCIETY FOR PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS. SHE IS CURRENTLY STUDYING FILM AT NYU’S GRADUATE FILM KING OF GUANGZHOU PROGRAM. LIA SAT 12:00PM AMC THEATER 9 | China/2014/15mins/Color USA/2011/21mins/Color WORLD PREMIERE | UK/2015/25mins/Color | SAT 3:00PM AMC THEATER 13

DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: Quester Hannah Nevil Jackson Uchenna Onyia Ethosheia Hylton Ben Moss Tiffany Mancini Karen Bee Lin Tan Linda Mathis WRITER: EDITOR: WRITER: EDITOR: Michael Onuabuike Toheeb Jimoh Quester Hannah Dimitar Lazarevski Ethosheia Hylton Simon H Martin

PRODUCER: PRODUCER: Quester Hannah Laurelle Barker

QUESTER HANNAH IS CURRENTLY COMPLETING ETHOSHEIA HYLTON INITIALLY STARTED HER HIS MFA IN FILMMAKING AT NYU TISCH SCHOOL OF CAREER AS AN ACTRESS, STUDYING FOR TWO THE ARTS ASIA. WHILE AT NYU, HIS SHORT KING YEARS IN NEW YORK AT THE AMERICAN ACADEMY KING OF GUANGZHOU is a film about Adede, a Nigerian OF GUANGZHOU HAS SCREENED AT VARIOUS OF DRAMATIC ARTS . ON HER RETURN TO LONDON, Lia is a 15-year-old girl living with the sickle cell disease, who man fighting to stay in China with Mei Ling his pregnant INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS AND RECEIVED AWARDS. PRIOR SHE WORKED IN SEVERAL SHORT FILMS, THEATRE PRODUCTIONS craves nothing more than to be a normal teenager. Fed up wife. His visa extension has been denied and he is facing TO ATTENDING NYU, QUESTER EARNED HIS MFA IN ACTING FROM AND COMMERCIALS. AFTER BEING ENCOURAGED TO TRY WRITING of her over protective mother and her disease, Lia stays out imminent deportation. With time running out he is forced to PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY. HE ALSO STUDIED CLASSICAL FILMS BY HER SISTER, SHE DISCOVERED MY PASSION FOR STORY late with her friends one day in the hope of seeing her secret resort to other means of obtaining a visa. Chike, his boyhood THEATRE AT RADA. QUESTER IS NOW WORKING ON A FEATURE TELLING. THIS WAS SWIFTLY FOLLOWED BY DIRECTING AND SHE crush Ryan. However the day turns sour when Lia’s sickle cell friend from Lagos, secures illegal visas from the underground DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT AFRICAN ASYLUM SEEKERS IN ISRAEL. SUCCESSFULLY CAST, DIRECTED AND PRODUCED 3 SHORT FILMS. betrays her and is left to deal with the repercussions of her market. He must now decide to risk all he has worked for ACKEE AND SALTFISH (2010), SPRING (2011) AND SMALL WORLD choices. to obtain an illegal visa or be separated from everything he (2013). ‘LIA’ IS ETHOSHEIA’S LATEST MOVIE CO PRODUCED WITH loves. LAURELLE BARKER. HER GOAL IS TO CREATE ECLECTIC AND MOVING STORIES, WHICH DEEPLY REFLECT HER COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD THROUGH HER EYES.

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DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: Nathan Hale Williams Terrence Laron Burke James Brown III Tomisin Adepeju Mark Hamilton Tobi Bakare Miles Mussenden Vivienne Bell WRITER: EDITOR: WRITER: EDITOR: Desmond Richardson Femi Ogunjobi Nathan Hale Williams Jassiel McBride Tomisin Adepeju Mitch Kalisa Malika Mallette PRODUCERS: La Rivers PRODUCER: Nathan Hale Wil- Tomisin Adepeju liams Carol Ann Shine Sean Joell Johnson

NATHAN HALE WILLIAMS IS AN AWARD-WINNING TOMISIN ADEPEJU IS A NIGERIAN-BRITISH FILMMAKER FILMMAKER, AUTHOR, ENTERTAINMENT ATTORNEY, BASED IN LONDON, ENGLAND. HE WAS RAISED IN FORMER ESSENCE MAGAZINE COLUMNIST AND NIGERIA BUT MOVED TO LONDON WITH HIS FAMILY PERSONALITY. NATHAN HAS PRODUCED: DIRTY WHEN HE WAS 13, HE DEVELOPED AN INTEREST IN FILM LOVE FOR PASSION tells the story of Jeffrey Love, an African- LAUNDRY; THE SKI TRIP; MY MODEL LOOKS BETTER FROM AN EARLY AGE, CONSUMING THE VARIED WORKS American ballet dancer on the eve of his NYC solo debut. THAN YOUR MODEL; LEADING MEN; AND, LEADING WOMEN. OF WOODY ALLEN, SPIKE LEE, CAMERON CROWE, PAUL THOMAS A young, Nigerian man travels to a remote Pentecostal After ten years of estrangement, his father, Darryl shows up NATHAN HAS DIRECTED: LOVE FOR PASSION; INSIDE: BLACK ANDERSON, AMONGST MANY OTHERS. HE HAS JUST COMPLETED A church with his terminally ill wife. seeking forgiveness for a multitude of transgressions. Jeffrey CULTURE AS WELL AS SEVERAL COMMERCIALS. HE IS THE AUTHOR MASTERS IN DIRECTING AT MET FILM SCHOOL, EALING STUDIOS. HE is conflicted as to whether to meet his father or maintain his OF: “INSPIRATION: PROFILES OF BLACK WOMEN CHANGING OUR IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING SEVERAL NARRATIVE PROJECTS. distance. WORLD” AND “LADIES WHO LUNCH & LOVE,” WHICH WAS RELEASED IN AUGUST 2015.

MANDALA ONLY LIGHT SAT 9:30PM AMC THEATER 9 | China/2015/22mins/Color | NY PREMIERE USA/2014/13mins/Color | SAT 12:00PM AMC THEATER 13

DIRECTOR: DPS: FEATURING: DIRECTOR: DPS: FRODUCTION Guan Xi Alejandro Martinez Sarah Li Evita M. Castine Auden Bui DESIGNERS: Qiao Shen Duo Bu Jie Matthew Halla Colleen O’Halloran WRITERS: WRITER: Omar Avila Maria Greschenko Ghazaleh Golbakhsh EDITORS: Thembi L. Banks EDITORS: Sonam Droka Qingqing Dongxia Cheng Fang Rachel Mooradian Kelsang Metok La- PRODUCER: Wentao Wang Vishnu Perumal PRODUCER: Haksampa Elena Ostroumova Zhen Li Zachary Skipp

GUAN XI IS A NATIVE OF BEIJING CHINA. HER EVITA M. CASTINE IS A LOS ANGELES BASED FILM HAS BEEN FOCUSING ON WOMAN’S VOICES, PHOTOGRAPHER AND DIRECTOR. CULTURE EXCHANGE AND DISCOVERING HUMANITY After losing her lover, a young artist tries to overcome her ITSELF. BEFORE ATTENDING USC, SHE PUBLISHED A SHE IS A HORIZON AWARD DIRECTING FINALIST When a young girl is kidnapped from the Congo and sold as grief by succumbing to a mysterious request by a Tibetan PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK, ILLUSION, WHICH FEATURES PHOTOS TAKEN AND WAS AWARDED “SPECIAL RECOGNITION IN DIRECTING A a sex worker to the U.S., she finds an escape from reality by monk. IN INDIA, CAMBODIA, NEPAL AND CHINA. AS A YOUNG FILMMAKER, NARRATIVE FILM AT THE BLACKSTAR FILM FESTIVAL IN 2015, THE watching a teenage girl next door. SHE BELIEVES HER CAMERA IS A WEAPON AND SHE PLANS TO USE AUDIENCE AWARD AT THE DIVERSITY IN CANNES SHOWCASE, AND IT TO INSPIRE PEOPLE WHILE BUILDING AN EVERLASTING LEGACY THE AUDIENCE AND SOCIAL IMPACT AWARDS AT THE ONE LENS OF ART, VISION AND CREATIVITY. FILM FESTIVAL.

HER FIRST PHOTO EXHIBIT “MES POTOS: LES ENFANTS DE LA REPUBLIQUE” BLACK PARISIAN ARTISTS WAS EXHIBITED AT THE PHANTOM GALLERIES IN LOS ANGELES.

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DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: Erica A. Watson Tommy Maddox Upshaw Darrell Lake Melanie D’Andrea Ruben Contreras Edwin Walker Jean-Pierre Vertus WRITER: EDITOR: Vanessa Born Mickaëlle Bizet WRITER: EDITOR: Erica A. Watson Harris McCabe Tiffany Tenille Melanie D’Andrea Melanie D’Andrea PRODUCERS: PRODUCERS: Tierney Young Bryce Morgan Joshua Clark Ketsia Vedrine Daniel Willis Xu Zhang

ERICA A. WATSON IS A WRITER, DIRECTOR, AND MELANIE D’ANDREA BORN IN VENEZUELA AND HARPIST. SHE RECENTLY EARNED AN MFA FROM RAISED IN SOUTH FLORIDA, D’ANDREA IS A DIRECTOR USC’S SCHOOL OF CINEMATIC ARTS AND WAS A AND FILMMAKER DETERMINED TO DIVERSIFY THE DIRECTING FELLOW FOR FILM INDEPENDENT’S VOICES, STORIES AND PLATFORMS OF MEDIA. SHE A teen photographer in the south of France develops a “PROJECT INVOLVE”. ADDITIONALLY, SHE IS ONE OF RECENTLY RECEIVED A DIRECTORS GUILD OF A day at school turns volatile when a traumatized student tense relationship with his mother’s new boyfriend after his FOUR PEOPLE SELECTED FOR THE SUNDANCE KNIGHT FELLOWSHIP AMERICA STUDENT JURY AWARD FOR HER SHORT and a new inner-city teacher inadvertently go head to head. parents’ recent breakup. AND WAS AN ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE AT THE 2015 SUNDANCE FILM SOUTH ARCADIA ST. AND RECEIVED THE SAME AWARD LAST FILM FESTIVAL. SHE IS ALSO PART-TIME PROFESSOR AT LOYOLA YEAR FOR HER DOCUMENTARY STAND. SOUTH ARCADIA ST., WHICH MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY’S SCHOOL OF FILM & TELEVISION. SHE WROTE AND DIRECTED, IS ALSO AN OFFICIAL 2015 BAFTA STUDENT AWARDS FINALIST.

MED’A BELIEVES IN FORWARD-THINKING COLLABORATIONS AND COMPELLING MEDIA THAT EXPAND OUR AWARENESS OF ONE ANOTHER. MELANIE COMPLETED HER MFA AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION AND HAS WORKED ON PROJECTS THAT RANGE FROM FICTION FILM TO DOCUMENTARY, RADIO AND MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATIONS.

SINCE I LAID EYES SAT 2:30PM AMC THEATER 9 | USA/2013/30mins/Color STANDING8 SAT 3:00PM AMC THEATER 13 | USA/2015/10mins/Color USA/2015/15mins/Color | SAT 3:00PM AMC THEATER 13

DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: Adel Morales Elizabeth Nichols Gina Rodriguez Michael Molina Minard Angelos Rompolis Jon Michael Hill Berto Colon WRITER: EDITOR: Germar T Gardner Lisann Valenti WRITER: EDITOR: Adel Morales Adel Morales Alfie Fuller Michael Molina Minard Alex S. Pirrone PRODUCERS: PRODUCER: Adel Morales Ophelia Harutyunyan Frankie Villanueva

ADEL MORALES, LEFT A SEVENTEEN YEAR CAREER MICHAEL MOLINA MINARD IS A SECOND-GENERATION AS AN ENGLISH TEACHER AND BEGAN HIS STUDIES FILMMAKER AND TV WRITER, WORKING AT HBO AND AT THE NYU GRAD SCHOOL FILM PROGRAM IN 2012. LEVINSON/FONTANA WHILE COMPLETING HIS MFA. Set in Lower Manhattan, the film focuses on a meeting BRONX BORN AND BRED, ADEL RECEIVED HIS B.A. IN MICHAEL’S 2015 SHORT FILM STANDING8 WON THE A determined journeyman boxer begins experiencing between Charlie, a thirty-four-year old teacher from the ENGLISH LITERATURE FROM PACE UNIVERSITY AND HIS M.A. IN ENGLISH 2013 SLOAN PRODUCTION GRANT AND WAS A JURY seizures after killing an opponent in the ring in the lead-up Bronx, and a former flame, Ilene, who isn’t exactly thrilled by FROM LEHMAN COLLEGE/CUNY. IN HIS THREE YEARS AT NYU, HE HAS SELECT AT THIS YEAR’S COLUMBIA FILM FESTIVAL. THE FEATURE to his first title-fight, jeopardizing his sanity and his entire the thought of reconnecting with her old boyfriend. But, she PRODUCED SIXTEEN FILMS. ADEL IS CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT SCRIPT WAS A SUNDANCE SCREENWRITER’S LAB FINALIST. HE IS A way of life. goes through with it in the hopes of getting an apology and FOR HIS THESIS FEATURE FILM, AN URBAN LATINO HORROR CALLED LA FORMER GOLDEN GLOVES BOXER WHO LOVES A GOOD POLITICAL some closure to their morally questionable romance. As the SANTERA. ... FIGHT AND A SLAMMING DISH OF CEVICHE. evening continues, their memories seem to be pulling them back together, leading us to wonder whether they should reignite their love or let it die.

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STANHOPE TAKING CHANCE SAT 12:00PM AMC THEATER 9 | USA/2014/17mins/Color WORLD PREMIERE | USA/2014/5mins/Color | SAT 3:15PM AMC THEATER 9

DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: Solvan Naim Chris Cannucciari Malik Lockett Jerry Lamothe Anders Urmacher Elizabeth Sung Johnnie Mae Taryn Look WRITERS: EDITOR: WRITER: EDITOR: Nedra McClyde Maya Massar Solvan Naim Solvan Naim Ally Roberson James Smith Rob Morgan PRODUCER: PRODUCER: Akshay Bhansali Jamie Hector

SOLVAN “SLICK” NAIM IS AN AWARD WINNING JERRY LAMOTHE IS A WRITER, DIRECTOR, AND ALGERIAN-AMERICAN WRITER, DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER BORN AND RAISED IN EAST FLATBUSH, RAPPER FROM BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN. HIS DEBUT BROOKLYN. IN 2000, HE FOUNDED TRU LIFE FILMS FEATURE FULL CIRCLE (IN WHICH HE WROTE, AND RELEASED HIS DEBUT AWARD WINNING FILM Stanhope is a drama about a teenage inner city kid from DIRECTED, PRODUCED, EDITED AND STARRED IN) AMOUR INFINITY. HE HAS SINCE GONE ON TO BUILD Brooklyn, New York who gets caught up in a web of violence WON FIVE FESTIVAL AWARDS INCLUDING AUDIENCE AWARD FOR A DISTINCTIVE BODY OF WORK, WHICH INCLUDES Chance, a young aspiring artist from Brooklyn, wants nothing as a paid assassin. BEST FEATURE AT THE 2013 URBANWORLD FILM FESTIVAL AND WAS BLACKOUT, NORA’S HAIR SALON, AND THE TOMBS. LAMOTHE more but to achieve his dreams of making it big. He looks ACQUIRED BY EONE. THE FILM IS NOW AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX AND HAS DIRECTED MANY TALENTED ACTORS, INCLUDING JEFFREY forward to creating music that speaks to a loving and peaceful VOD. HIS LATEST SHORT FILM, STANHOPE WAS SELECTED BY HBO WRIGHT, ZOE SALDANA, SAUL RUBINEK, JAMIE HECTOR, LATANYA world. However, in today’s’ society, such ambitions can prove FOR THEIR 2015 HBO SHORT FILM COMPETITION AND TOOK HOME RICHARDSON-JACKSON, MICHAEL B. JORDAN, MELVIN VAN PEEBLES, difficult especially in a community where the mantra ‘do or die’ THE GRAND PRIZE FOR BEST SHORT FILM. JENIFER LEWIS, TATAYANA ALI, TAMALA JONES, LIL’ KIM, AND THE still has a strong hold on those around him. With the state of LATE WHITNEY HOUSTON. social media and a culture that follows your every move, Chance faces overwhelming pressure from his alpha brother and peers alike, to face a bully he would rather reason with or ignore.

STOMACH TAP SHOES & VIOLINS FRI 5:00PM AMC THEATER 13 | Spain/2015/17mins/Color | WORLD PREMIERE NY PREMIERE | USA/2014/18mins/Color | FRI 5:00PM AMC THEATER 13

DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: Javier Kühn Cristina Pérez Emily Behr Dax Brooks Connor Hair Jessica Williams Alexis Michalik Michael McCusker WRITERS: EDITOR: WRITER: EDITOR: Ava Lovell Shannon Kane Santiago Lallana Jesus Mancebón Aireka Muse Dax Brooks Brandon Bell Javier Kühn PRODUCER: PRODUCERS: Aireka Muse Javier Kühn Joyce Washington Fred Bumaye

JAVIER KÜHN STARTED FILMAKING STUDIES AT THE FILMMAKER AND MUSICIAN DAX BROOKS PROUDLY EICTV IN LA HAVANA, COURSING STAGE DIRECTION AND DONS THE DISTINCTION OF HAVING BEEN BORN AND DIRECTING ACTORS WITH MARKETA KIMBRELL, HEAD RAISED IN LOS ANGELES, CA. SURROUNDED BY THE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FILM AND PERFORMANCE STRONG INFLUENCES OF HIS MOTHER WHO DANCED As everyone knows, disgrace loves company. When the MANAGEMENT AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. HE HAS PROFESSIONALLY, AND HIS THESPIAN FATHER, Both Charlie and Scott often feel out of place but during a brief soldier Leonardo Hubert decide to run away from the army WORKED AS PRODUCER ADVERTISING. HE HAS STORY-TELLING CAME AS NATURAL TO HIM AS TAKING BREATHS. encounter at their favorite coffee shop they feel as if they might have across the desert, he find a nurse with a hidden gun inside of COORDINATED OVER A HUNDRED PRESS JUNKETS AND PREMIERES DAX HAS BEEN CREATING FILM AND MUSIC PROFESSIONALLY SINCE just met someone special. But neither ask for the others phone number a truck. Surviving will become a priority so, the decisions of FOR WARNER BROS., 20TH C. FOX, PARAMOUNT PICTURES, EONE, FOX AGE 18. HE HAS WRITTEN, PRODUCED, AND/OR EDITED NUMEROUS and return home wishing they can go back in time. They return back each of them will draw the thin line between life and death. CHANNELS, AXN, TCM, DE APLANETA... HE DIRECTED AND PRODUCED FILM AND VIDEO PROJECTS RANGING FROM SMALL INDEPENDENT to the coffee shop hoping to run into each other once again but only However a third presence appears, much more fragile than FOUR SHORT FILMS: “LOBOS SUELTOS”, “LAS BUENAS INTENCIONES”, PROMOS FOR AD AGENCIES TO STUDIO FILMS. CURRENTLY HE IS continue to miss each other. When Charlie’s roommate and best friend both of them. And that changes everything. “DEMONIOS DE CORTA VISTA” AND “STOMACH”. CO-WRITING THE FAMILY DRAMEDY MIXED NUTS, WHICH HE PLANS Madison ironically meets Scott in her own pursuit to date a nice guy, and TO DIRECT IN 2016. Scott finally asks a girl out after being hassled by his best friend Cole to stop being so picky, Scott and Charlie’s lives intertwine once again. Are they destined to finally meet or will the complexities of love cause each of them to give up all together?

72 2015 NARRATIVE SHORTS NARRATIVE SHORTS 2015 73 THE CALL FRI 5:00PM AMC THEATER 13 | South Africa/2014/10mins/Color | NY PREMIERE It’s your fi lm,

DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: Zamo Mkhwanazi Trevor Calverly Fana Mokoena and you want the best. MoMo Matsunyane WRITER: EDITOR: Abena Ayivor Zamo Mkhwanazi Megan Gilli Ronnie Nyakale PRODUCER: Robbie Thorpe

ZAMO MKHWANAZI ZAMO MKHWANAZI HAS WRITTEN OVER A HUNDRED HOURS OF AIRED TELEVISION ON OVER TWENTY-FIVE TELEVISION SHOWS . HER SHORT FILM: THE CALL, STARRING Sibongiseni is an emotionally isolated taxi driver. When FANA MOKOENA (WORLD WAR Z) PREMIERED AT Purity, the prostitute whose services he regularly patronises, CLERMONT FERRAND FILM FESTIVAL AND WILL SCREEN AT THE tells him that she is pregnant and points out that the child 40THTORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN 2015. SHE HAS is likely to be his, Sibongiseni agrees to pay for the abortion. RECENTLY BEEN SELECTED FOR THE CANNES SOUTH AFRICA FILM However as the prospect of the termination grows nearer, FACTORY AND HER NEXT SHORT FILM WILL PREMIER AT THE 69TH Sibongiseni finds himself conflicted. Can he save the child CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2016. that could be potentially his? Has he earned the right to make that ultimate bond when he knows nothing of connecting and living for anyone but himself? And can he learn to start changing or is it too late for him?

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THE CYCLE THE REUNION FRI 5:00PM AMC THEATER 13 | USA/2015/11mins/Color | NY PREMIERE NY PREMIERE | USA/2015/9mins/Color | SAT 9:30PM AMC THEATER 9

DIRECTOR: Noah Meisner FEATURING: DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: Michael Marantz JACOB - Ade Otukoya Carmen Elly Wilkerson Justin Ivan Hong Gigi Lemaire DP: ROSE - Kalili Turnr Lex Scott Davis WRITERS: Tim Sessler WRITER: EDITOR: Thema Chapple Justin Salerian Carmen Elly Wilkerson Shari Murray EDITOR: Alina Wilson Michael Marantz LaShawn McGhee Scott Morris PRODUCER: PRODUCERS: Frank Frumento Carmen Elly Wilkerson Justin Rambert Michael Marantz Janine Moody

MICHAEL MARANTZ IS A DIRECTOR AND COMPOSER. CARMEN ELLY WILKERSON STARTED HER FILM CAREER THROUGH THE CHALLENGES MICHAEL HAS FACED IN WORKING ON INDEPENDENT MOVIES. SHE TRAINED LIFE, HE HAS LEARNED TO LIVE WITH APPRECIATION AT CHICAGO’S FAMED, COMMUNITY FILM WORKSHOP, FOR EVERY MOMENT AND MAKES FILMS TO SHARE AND NYU SUMMER PROGRAM AND THE AMERICAN An officer wrongfully shoots a kid and is cleared of THAT PERSPECTIVE WITH OTHERS. HE CREATES FILM INSTITUTE’S DIRECTING PROGRAM WHERE SHE wrongdoing. He is forced to confront the personal and CINEMATIC EXPERIENCES THAT SEAMLESSLY INTERTWINE STORY, WON THE HOLLYWOOD FOREIGN PRESS AWARD AS BEST DIRECTOR Four teenage girls the morning after a party where one of societal burden of his actions. VISUALS, AND MUSIC IN A PROFOUNDLY BEAUTIFUL WAY. HIS GOAL: AND THE DIRECTOR’S GUILD STUDENT AWARD FOR HER SHORT, A the girls awakens from a drunken blackout and finds out GET TO THE CORE OF HUMAN EMOTIONS AND ALLOW OTHERS TO GUY WALKS INTO THE BAR STARRING FRED SAVAGE, WHICH WAS she’s a victim of sexual assault. Sequestered in the privacy of SEE THE POWER OF THEM TO INSPIRE POSITIVE CHANGE IN THE AN OFFICIAL SELECTION AT THE VERY FIRST URBANWORLD FILM their bedroom, the friends debate what to do next: call the WORLD. FESTIVAL.” CARMEN WAS SELECTED FOR THE GUY HANKS MARVIN police, tell their parents or keep it a secret. MILLER SCREENWRITING FELLOWSHIP AND TRAINED ON BOTH NCIS AND CSI-NY AS PART OF THE CBS DIRECTOR TRAINING PROGRAM.

THE LOYALIST THE TRADE SAT 3:15PM AMC THEATER 9 | South Korea/2015/19mins/Color WORLD PREMIERE | USA/2015/15mins/Color | FRI 5:00PM AMC THEATER 13

DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: Minji Kang Dan Brohawn Hyuk-Poong Kwon Michael A. Pinckney Ricardo Sarmiento Prentiss Marquis Woorim Jung Daniel J. O’Brien WRITER: EDITOR: WRITERS: EDITOR: Jongman Kim Tobias Truvillion Minji Kang Minji Kang Michael A. Pinckney Chih-Hsin Lee Storm Garner PRODUCERS: Willem Lee Kara Ford PRODUCERS: Alexander J. Koo Alex R. Ma

MICHAEL A. PINCKNEY BEGAN HIS CAREER TWELVE MINJI KANG IS A SOUTH KOREAN BORN US BASED YEARS AGO AS AN AD ON FILMS AND TELEVISION VISUAL ARTIST WORKING IN CINEMA. SHE RECEIVED SERIES SUCH AS “THE 25TH HOUR,” “7TH HEAVEN,” HER BFA IN FILM ART AND AESTHETICS FROM THE “THE BEST MAN,” “LAW & ORDER,” AND ”INSIDE A North Korean general checks in on his daughter at a Swiss SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO (SAIC). MAN.” NOMINATED FOR A DGA AWARD AS PART OF From prostitution to human trafficking to porn, “The Trade” boarding school to test her loyalty to her motherland. THERE SHE WROTE AND DIRECTED HER FIRST LEE DANIELS’ DIRECTING TEAM FOR “PRECIOUS,” HIS FEATURE follows a day in the life of a young prostitute searching for FEATURE FILM, ACTUALLY, ADIEU MY LOVE. THE FILM WON THE FILM DEBUT, “YOU’RE NOBODY ‘TIL SOMEBODY KILLS YOU,” WAS her mother and a photojournalist searching for his missing BEST DEBUT FEATURE AT FEMALE EYE FILM FESTIVAL IN 2009. EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY MENTOR, SPIKE LEE, AND DISTRIBUTED daughter. A handful of disparate people’s lives intertwine as OTHER NOTABLE FILMS FROM THIS PERIOD INCLUDE: HER SMILE, BY LIONSGATE. they all play their respective parts in this dark and dirty place THE AZALEA, AND REQUIEM FOR HERSTORY. where sex rules and green is the only color that matters.

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DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: Dave Edwardz Tim Barnsley Isaac Natoli Trevor Zhou Todd Antonio Somodevilla Ruth Zhang Ben Wood Lu Yu WRITER: EDITOR: WRITER: EDITOR: Kate Skinner Edward Furs Dave Edwardz John Binstead Trevor Zhou Mike Mazzotta Charlie Fraser PRODUCERS: Duncan Fellows PRODUCER: Peter Magdas Christopher McInerney

DAVE EDWARDZ IS AN AUSTRALIAN FILMMAKER TREVOR ZHOU IS A FILMMAKER/ACTOR/ARTIST THAT IS WELL VERSED IN BOTH LIVE-ACTION AND LIVING IN NYC. BORN IN BEIJING, HE AND HIS FAMILY ANIMATION FORMS. HE’S WRITTEN AND DIRECTED MOVED TO THE US WHEN HE WAS FIVE. TREVOR SEVERAL SHORT FILMS THAT HAVE SCREENED SERENDIPITOUSLY FELL INTO ACTING WHEN HE Ben is a young soccer player who believes that winning his team’s MVP AT SOME OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS FESTIVALS WAS CAST AS A “REAL PERSON” IN A COMMERCIAL. An immigrant mother faces an out of control hoarding compulsion and trophy will solve his family problems. His mother has recently separated AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING CLERMONT- UNHAPPY WITH STEREOTYPICAL ROLES, HE DECIDED TO LEARN a crumbling marriage when she stumbles upon waltz lessons and tries from her long-term boyfriend Cam, and both Ben and her are still living FERRAND IN FRANCE. HIS WORK OFTEN COMBINES THE FANTASTIC FILMMAKING FROM BOOKS AT THE NYC PUBLIC LIBRARY. TREVOR’S to reclaim her life through dance. in grief. When the awards day finally comes, Ben misses out to his friend WITH THE DOMESTIC AND EXPLORES THE TRANSIENT NATURE OF FIRST FILM, THE PROBLEM OF GRAVITY PLAYED ON PBS AND WAS Mike, who can barely kick a ball. He is also the son of Cam’s new girlfriend. THE HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS. DAVE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A SCREENED AT NUMEROUS FESTIVALS. THE WALTZ IS HIS SECOND Horrified at the injustice, Ben sets out to steal what’s rightfully his, but FEATURE FILM ADAPTATION OF THE TROPHY THIEF. FILM AND HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO SHOOTING HIS FIRST is caught by Cam in the process. It opens up huge personal wounds FEATURE TITLED YU AND MI. for Ben that he doesn’t want to deal with, and as a result, forces him to confront whom his real friends are… and what is real, and what is illusion.

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DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: DIRECTORS: PRODUCERS: EDITORS: Alonso Alvarez Barreda Tom Campbell Elizabeth Sung Toti Loureiro Toti Loureiro Toti Loureiro Taryn Look Ruy Prado Ruy Prado Ruy Prado WRITER: EDITOR: Maya Massar Dida Andrade Alonso Alvarez Barreda Yu Gu WRITERS: FEATURING: Andradina Azevedo Toti Loureiro Vinicius Tardio PRODUCER: Ruy Prado DP: Adilson Azevedo Effie T. Brown Kaue Zilli Rodrigo Stoppa Pepe Mendes Abdias Ferreira Neto

HAILING FROM TAMPICO TAMAULIPAS, ALONSO TOTI LOUREIRO AND RUY PRADO ARE FILMAKERS FROM SÃO PAULO, ALVAREZ BARREDA IS A MEXICAN WRITER/DIRECTOR BRAZIL. IN 2009 THEY WENT TO FAAP FILM SCHOOL, WHERE THEY WHOSE SHORT FILMS HAVE BEEN FEATURED AND DEVELOPED THREE SCRIPTS ABOUT BRAZILIAN ADOLESCENCE. HONORED IN FILM FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD TIMES OF COMPETITION IS THEIR FIRST COLLABORATION, NOT JUST IN INCLUDING CANNES, NEW YORK, HEARTLAND, SCREENWRITING, BUT ALSO IN PRODUCTION, DIRECTION AND EDITION. After Marcio lost his scholarship on the preparatory course, In the harshness of the Arizona desert a Mexican man and his HOLLYWOOD AND TELLURIDE. MENTORED BY AWARD “ THE SUN CAN BLIND” ( O SOL PODE CEGAR) ,THE FIRST PART OF THE he faces his last chance to be approved to Med school. As son are faced with a major crisis of conscience as they try to WINNING DIRECTOR ALEJANDRO MONTEVERDE, ALONSO HAS TRILOGY DIRECTED BY LOUREIRO, WAS SCREENED IN MORE THAN 20 the qualification exam approaches, he dive’s himself into an cross the border illegally. RECEIVED MORE THAN FIFTEEN INTERNATIONAL AWARDS AND FESTIVALS ALL AROUND THE WORLD, AND WON THE AWARDS: ALEXIS universe of competition, paranoia, and violence. WORLDWIDE ACCOLADES. AWARD FOR BEST EMERGING STUDENT FILMAKER PALM SPRINGS (2014), JURY AWARD - LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL (2014), BEST FILM, AND BEST ACTRESS BRAFFTV (2014). VESTIBULAR WAS PREMIERED IN OBERHAUSEN WHERE IT WON THE AWARD OF BEST SHORT FILM IN YOUTH COMPETITION.

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DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: Alfonso Johnson Eric Branco John Earl Jelks Kira Richards Hansen Brian Curt Petersen Rosalina Krøyer Jude Tibeau Frederik Winter Ras- WRITER: EDITOR: WRITER: EDITOR: Gillian Glasco mussen Gillian Glasco Damon Diddit Signe Søby Bech Dorrit Andersen Kymbali Craig Ashcon Hamedi Nejad PRODUCERS: Noelle LuSane PRODUCER: Anne Sofie Espersen Alfonso Johnson Reynaldo Piniella Pelle Folmer Eric Branco Jaiden Cutler Thomas Gammeltoft

ALFONSO JOHNSON (DIRECTOR) IS AN ACTOR/DIRECTOR, WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN QUEENS, NY. AS A CHILD, KIRA RICHARDS HANSEN LIVES IN DENMARK ALFONSO WAS ALWAYS AWARE OF WHERE THE CAMERA WAS AND KNEW HOW TO GAIN AND KEEP ATTENTION. ALFONSO AND HAS DIRECTED MULTI-AWARD-WINNING HAS BEEN PERFORMING SINCE THE AGE OF 12, WHERE HE SHORT FILMS AND MUSIC VIDEOS. SHE STUDIED GOT HIS START AT THE WORLD FAMOUS APOLLO THEATER. FILM DIRECTING IN ENGLAND (BA HONS., AT THE TOUGH is a poignant tale that follows the story of Marcus and Larry, a ALFONSO HAS TRAINED AT THE PRESTIGIOUS WILLIAM ESPER ARTS UNIVERSITY BOURNEMOUTH) AND HOLDS A Wayward is a teen drama, about exploring and challenging boundaries STUDIO AND IS AN ALUM OF THE LABYRINTH THEATER COMPANY’S MASTER complicated father and son relationship caused by years of disconnect. MASTER’S DEGREE IN FILM STUDIES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF in search for identity. Alex’s identity as a tomboy is challenged from CLASS. ALTHOUGH ALFONSO HAS BEEN PERFORMING SINCE ADOLESCENCE, This film confronts issues of identity, self-awareness, fatherhood, and IT WAS IN HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR OF COLLEGE THAT HE TRULY FOUND HIS COPENHAGEN. KIRA LIVED IN LONDON FOR 10 YEARS, WORKING within and by her peers. She is 14 years old and her body is undergoing family. The title itself is a play on masculinity within the American society CALLING AND MADE THE TRANSITION FROM FULL TIME STUDENT TO FULL TIME BOTH AS A PERFORMANCE AND INSTALLATION ARTIST AND IN THE changes, yet she continues to insist on the tomboy identity. and within the African American community and asks the question ASPIRING ACTOR...NOT AN EASY ROAD TO TAKE. IN 2012, ALFONSO TOOK ON FASHION AND ADVERTISING INDUSTRIES, BEFORE MOVING BACK “What does it really mean to be a ‘tough’ individual?” And “Can one HIS MOST CHALLENGING OF TASKS, BECOMING A FILM MAKER. “A SATURDAY TO DENMARK. HER DEBUT FEATURE FILM PROJECT (“HOT ICE”) HAS IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE”, FOR WHICH HE WROTE, DIRECTED AND truly be accepted for who they really are even if it contradicts one own RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM THE DANISH FILM INSTITUTE AND IS STARRED IN OPPOSITE COMEDIAN CHARLIE MURPHY. SINCE THEN HE HAS ideology?” APPEARED IN THE FILMS ANONYMOUS, AMOK, TRAPPED, TOUGH, AND IS CURRENTLY IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT. CURRENTLY DEVELOPING HIS FIRST FEATURE FILM, 45 & UP.

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DIRECTOR: DP: FEATURING: DIRECTOR: EDITORS: Taylor Hines Jessica dela Merced Matthew Mendelson Daron Colbert Roseanne Ma Rosanne Ma Charlotte Rose Tyler Ward Madeline Rose WRITER: EDITOR: WRITER: FEATURING: Kahari Benson Jahkumani Smith Jessica dela Merced Noel Diaz de Rivera Roseanne Ma Johnny Barnes Jacarre Woodruff Hannah Rose Snelling Guy Cabral PRODUCER: Miles Houser PRODUCER: Josh Snelling Catherine Camara Jon Coplon Roseanne Ma Sara Vallis Stephen Camara

Ed Christopher DP: Marley Hines Matthew Bannister

JESS DELA MERCED IS A WRITER/DIRECTOR WITH AN MFA FROM THE NYU GRADUATE FILM PROGRAM ROSEANNE MA - ADDITIONAL WRITING/DIRECTING WHERE SHE RECEIVED THE 2012 SPIKE LEE CREDITS INCLUDE PLAYS, IN THE EYE OF THE FELLOWSHIP AS WELL AS THE LORRAINE HANSBERRY BEHOLDER AND ONCE UPON AN EVER AFTER (NY ARTS, PERFORMANCE, AND MEDIA AWARD. IN 2011 SHE FRINGE) AND SHORT FILMS, METRONOME AND 92 year old Johnny has been blowing kisses to traffic 6 hours Five kids turn their innocence to ashes on a hot summer day in WAS SELECTED FOR A UNIQUE WRITING INTERNSHIP THE BAKERY (SCREENED AS PART OF NYU’S ASIAN a day, 5 days a week for 30 years. The children of Bermuda southwest Detroit. CREATED BY CHRIS ROCK AT COMEDY CENTRAL. SHE IS A 2015 SF AMERICAN STUDIES CURRICULUM). AS AN ACTRESS, translate his mad ritual. FILM SOCIETY FILMHOUSE RESIDENT AND HAS BEEN SELECTED AS ROSANNE HAS PERFORMED OFF BROADWAY, REGIONALLY AND ONE OF IFP’S EMERGING STORYTELLERS. ABROAD. SHE IS A SENIOR ARTIST WITH PAN ASIAN REPERTORY THEATRE AND A RECIPIENT OF THE LILAH KAN RED SOCKS AWARD.

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DORI BEGLEY winning MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, Andrew Dosunmu’s office hit THINK LIKE A MAN. The film debuted at number Business School. SVP, Acquisitions RESTLESS CITY, Storm Saulter’s BETTER MUS’ COME, one at the box office and grossed over $96 million Magnolia Pictures Neil Drummings’ BIG WORDS, and Nailah Jefferson’s worldwide. He also oversaw production on ABOUT LAST NIIJA KUYKENDALL VANISHING PEARLS. Jones is also Manager of Production NIGHT, THINK LIKE A MAN TOO, THE WEDDING RINGER, Vice President, Production Dori Begley currently serves as Senior Vice for Forward Movement Films, serving as a producer on all THE PERFECT GUY, starring Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy Warner Bros. Pictures President of Acquisitions for Magnolia Pictures, Magnet of the company’s visual product. Her film credits include: and Morris Chestnut, and WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS Releasing, Magnolia Home Entertainment and Magnolia Ava DuVernay’s MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, THIS IS THE starring Regina Hall and Chestnut, which is expected to International, all part of a vertically-integrated group of LIFE, I WILL FOLLOW and SELMA. As well as acclaimed debut in 2016. He also produced and conceived the story Niija Kuykendall is the VP of Production media properties co-owned by Todd Wagner and Mark fashion and beauty films for Prada and Fashion Fair with for the acclaimed short film #AmeriCAN, directed by at Warner Bros. Pictures where she is in Cuban that includes the Landmark Theatres chain and THE DOOR and SAY YES, respectively. Her television actor Nate Parker, that is currently on the festival circuit. production on the film UNFORGETTABLE AXS TV. Magnolia is an industry leader in innovative, credits include: BET’s Black Girls Rock, My Mic Sounds with director Denise Di Novi and post- strategically tailored distribution plans across all genres Nice, along with John Legend Interludes Live, Essence production on KING ARTHUR with director Guy of narrative and documentary films. Recent releases Music Festival 2010, and ESPN Films’ Venus Vs. ARRAY’s NARRATIVE FEATURES (WORLD CINEMA) JURY Ritchie. She is developing projects such as Stephen include the Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner THE most recent release is Tina Mabry’s award winning film King’s IT, DC’s DARK UNIVERSE and the Japanese WOLFPACK, Swedish Oscar selection and Golden MISSISSIPPI DAMNED, which is now featured on Netflix. STACY SPIKES Manga DEATH NOTE. While at WB, Niija has worked Globe nominee FORCE MAJEURE, and Sean Baker’s Co-Founder & CEO, MoviePass on movies such as MAGIC MIKE XXL, THE LEGO MOVIE, TANGERINE. Begley joined Magnolia in 2007 after a stint CHARLES D. KING EDGE OF TOMORROW, ARGO, and CONTAGION. as Associate Programmer for the Tribeca Film Festival. Founder & CEO, MACRO Upon graduating from Brown University, Niija started She began her career with Sony Pictures Classics in Stacy Spikes is the CEO/Co-Founder of MoviePass® her career as an Editorial Assistant in Corporate 2000, where she acted as the Manager of Acquisitions Charles King is Founder & CEO of MACRO. the nation’s first theatrical subscription Communications for Viacom Inc. in NYC. In 2004, through 2006 working on an eclectic, prestigious slate of Launched in 2015, MACRO is a newly service that allows subscribers the Niija moved home to Los Angeles to work in film as award winning titles from renowned filmmakers around formed venture that sits at the intersection freedom to attend movies in theaters at a Development Assistant for Beacon Pictures. She the world. of content, technology and brand curation. With a a fixed monthly price. MoviePass was then moved to Twentieth Century Fox as a Creative focus on creating film, television and digital content for voted Top 25 most disruptive technology Executive before joining Warner Bros. Pictures in RYAN JONES African American, Latino and multicultural consumers companies by Business Insider in 2013. 2008. Creative Executive, 20th Century Fox (ALM), the company is perfectly positioned to capitalize Spikes is a 20 year veteran in the Film and Music on the explosive growth in this important market. Industry. He got his early film experience as the VP FRIDA TORRESBLANCO Ryan Jones is a Creative Executive at 20th Formerly, King was Partner/Agent in the Motion Picture of Marketing at Miramax. Prior to that, Spikes had Award Winning Producer Century Fox, where he has helped develop Department at William Morris Endeavor (WME). His an extremely accomplished career in music. His such films as THE MAZE RUNNER and LET’S career as an agent spanned over 15 years, during which projects included Boyz II Men, Will Smith (Bad Boyz), BE COPS, as well as the forthcoming MAZE RUNNER: he was known for his innovative deal making and his Spike Lee, Queen Latifah and more. Projects directly Frida Torresblanco is an award-winning THE SCORCH TRIALS, THE MARTIAN, and DEADPOOL. strategy in developing brands for and around his clients. marketed by Spikes have grossed over $3 Billion producer based in New York. After Born and raised in St. Louis, he attended the University of King has been featured in many national media outlets Dollars in worldwide sales to date. Spikes is the studying Film and Literature in Madrid, Miami, where he majored in Film and English Literature. and publications including Essence, Variety, and Los Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Urbanworld® she went on to produce many prestigious projects, He also has executive produced THE BAYTOWN Angeles Times. Fortune magazine has named him Film Festival which is the world’s largest competitive including THE DANCER UPSTAIRS (directed by OUTLAWS with Billy Bob Thornton and Eva Longoria, as one of the nation’s most influential Latino, Asian festival of its kind. In 2011, Spikes was honored by John Malkovich), THE ASSASSINATION OF RICHARD and has co-produced the documentary, LUNCH HOUR, or African-Americans and he was included on Ebony Mayor Bloomberg with the “Made In NY” Award for NIXON (starring Sean Penn) and PAN’S LABYRINTH which explores the National School Lunch Program, magazine’s Power 100 list. King is an active angel outstanding achievement in New York City’s media (directed by Guillermo del Toro and winner of three childhood obesity, and our addiction to unhealthy investor in synergistic ventures at the nexus between the and entertainment industry. Oscars at the 79th Academy Awards). In 2007, The foods. He has also worked for State Street Pictures and technology sector and the media content business. Hollywood Reporter named her one of the 50 most Morgan Creek Pictures. Additionally, Ryan is a member FUNA MADUKA powerful Latinos in Hollywood; she was number 13 in of Unusual Suspects Theatre Company, an organization JAMES F. LOPEZ Acquisition Executive, Netflix, Inc. the same magazine’s Hispanic Women Power 25 list. focused on empowering youths in underserved and at- Head of Motion Pictures, Her production company, Braven Films, produced its risk environments through the arts. Will Packer Productions first feature MAGIC MAGIC (with Michael Cera, Juno Funa Maduka is a manager of Global Temple, and Emily Browning) in 2013, which was TILANE JONES James F. Lopez is Head of Motion Pictures Content Acquisition for Independent purchased for domestic distribution by Sony. The Executive Director for Will Packer Productions. In this Films at Netflix Inc. Prior to Netflix, she film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and AFFRM position, he is responsible for developing and overseeing worked at Participant Media managing screened in the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes. production on all film projects through the company’s campaigns around original content. Her Tilane Jones is the Executive Director first look deal with Universal Pictures. Prior to joining Will path to film has been a non sequitur one — having of ARRAY (formerly know as AFFRM, Packer Productions, Lopez was Senior Vice President of held leadership and strategic positions at McKinsey & the African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement), Production at Screen Gems, a division of Sony Pictures Company, the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for a film distribution collaborative focused on filmmakers Entertainment. During his tenure, Lopez oversaw some Girls, the Clinton Foundation, and Goldman Sachs. of color and women. ARRAY/AFFRM has distributed nine of the company’s top grossing and most anticipated She holds a BA in History from Cornell University and feature films since 2011 including Ava DuVernay’s award projects. He was the production executive for the box a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard

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NARRATIVE FEATURES (WORLD CINEMA) JURY (continued) as a director and Creative Director, Maurice helped set NARRATIVE SHORTS JURY (continued) GERALDINE MORIBA the tone for a new way of promoting television with a Award-Winning Executive Producer JULES CLAASSEN focus on visual storytelling. As a commercial director, RIC WHITNEY Development Executive, Amazon Studios Maurice has helmed a variety of campaigns for clients Vice President, Content Marketing, Emmy award-winning producer Geraldine including Ford, Tom Ford, Verizon, Direct TV, Wells Fargo, Fullscreen Moriba is an executive producer of Jules Claassen grew up in London, England. AT&T, U.S. Marine Corps., and Nissan. Maurice also served original program development with CNN, After two years working as an assistant at as the V.P. of Creative Services at BET Networks where he Ric Whitney is a seasoned content and developing content and show ideas for multiple platforms. International Talent Group, the pull of helped rebrand the channel as it transitioned to original digital distribution media executive whose She is also the vice president of diversity and inclusion for Hollywood became too strong and he made his way scripted programming. experience has placed him at the forefront of the digital CNN Worldwide, developing strategic business initiatives to Los Angeles. There he worked a stint at Brillstein distribution industry’s tremendous growth. Throughout representing the full range of American identities, both Entertainment Partners before becoming a Creative TAMIR MUHAMMAD his career, he has served in several capacities across in newsroom staffing and reported content. Prior to that Executive for Occupant Films and working on such Director, Content & Artist Development technology and media companies that are firmly she served as the executive producer of CNN’s award movies as PEEP WORLD and THE HALLOW. In 2011 he Time Warner Inc. planted in the Hollywood (LA), Silicon Valley (Bay Area) winning In America documentary series. She also made the move to Amazon Studios as an executive on and Madison Avenue (NYC) trifecta. Ric currently serves worked at NBC News and MSNBC as a senior producer the Features team. As Director, Content & Artist Development as Vice President of Content Marketing at Fullscreen, of multiplatform special news projects, documentaries for Time Warner Inc., Tamir Muhammad is responsible a global youth media company built with the content and election coverage. She was a NBC News senior for a new content initiative that creates meaningful creator at the core. In this capacity, he oversees marketing producer of Standards and Practices and a producer NARRATIVE SHORTS JURY ways for today’s content creators to further engage and distribution aspects of long and short-form feature with Dateline. She has also developed and supported Time Warner’s divisions (Warner Bros., HBO, and Turner films, original episodic series and branded entertainment the launch of two daily news blogs - The Grio and CNN’s KELLY EDWARDS Broadcasting) with the company’s longstanding focus content. Prior to his role at Fullscreen, he served as Head In America blog. Recognition for her accomplishments VP, Talent Development, HBO on the development of the next generation of storytellers. of VOD/EST Content and Affiliate Marketing for Intel as a producer includes five Emmy Awards, an Alfred I. Prior to joining Time Warner Inc., Tamir was the VP, Media (acquired by Verizon in March 2014) where he DuPont Award, two Peabody Awards, two RTNDA-Unity In June 2013, Kelly Edwards joined HBO Content Development for Tribeca Enterprise’s Digital worked to develop and launch a broadband powered, Awards, two National Association of Black Journalists as their VP of Talent Development overseeing all Studios overseeing the development of content ideas over-the-top (OTT) video solution. First Place Documentary Awards and more. diversity programs above and below the line for series, for production and distribution. Tamir also served as films, Cinemax, and miniseries. Prior to HBO, Edwards the VP, Film, TV, and Online Programming for several NICOLAS ENTEL was a key corporate diversity executive at Comcast/ years at the Tribeca Film Institute, where he oversaw DOCUMENTARY FEATURES JURY Director / Producer NBCUniversal for over five years, where she introduced funding and development of projects by established diverse creative talent to NBC, USA, Syfy, Bravo, and and emerging filmmakers. Over the years, Tamir has JACQUELINE GLOVER Nicolas Entel (director/producer) is best Telemundo. Edwards’ career has spanned both television also gained significant production credits and he has SVP, HBO Documentary Films, HBO known for the documentary Sins of My and film having executive produced the one hour series served in an advisory capacity to several companies and Father, which premiered at Sundance in “Sex, Love, and Secrets” for UPN, serving as SVP of organizations. Jacqueline Glover is senior vice president, HBO 2010 and won, among others, the Havana and Miami film Comedy for UPN, and working with film producers Garry Documentary Films, for Home Box Office, responsible festivals. Dubbed ‘a masterwork’ by Hollywood Reporter Marshall and Laura Ziskin’s as their Story Editor. In 2000, DIANE PARAGAS for overseeing the development and production of and “one of the great accomplishments in the history of Edwards co-founded Colour TV, a networking group for Director / Writer / Producer documentary films. She was named to this position in television” by Literature Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, diverse creative executives. Colour TV has now branched August 2014. Most recently, Glover served as supervising it has been acquired for distribution in over 50 countries, into Colour Film, Colour TV East, and Colour Assistants, Diane Paragas is an award-winning producer for the Oscar® winning documentary short Crisis where it was exhibited in theaters and by networks such all designed to connect current and future industry documentary film director and commercial Hotline: Veterans Press 1. Other recent projects include as HBO (US), Channel 4 (UK), Canal Plus (Spain), Discovery executives with one another. director. Her films have appeared on the Academy Award® nominated short Redemption; Channel (Latin America) and Arte (Germany and France). Showtime, BET, Discovery, MTV, Bravo and PBS. Paragas the Emmy Award® nominated Gloria: In Her Own Words; He is also the founder of Red Creek Productions, for which MAURICE MARABLE started her career in advertising, then went on to work the Peabody Award-winning If God Is Willing and Da he has executive-produced several TV documentaries for Filmmaker at MTV and for Discovery Asia. Ms. Paragas is also the Creek Don’t Rise from Spike Lee; the Academy Award® the likes of Discovery Channel, Fusion and History. Entel’s founder and owner of NYC based Civilian Studios. She nominated films China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of advertising work has earned him several awards including Maurice Marable is a creative force to has directed award-winning commercials for Fortune Sichuan Province and The Witness: From the Balcony of a Cannes’ Lion and the Grand Prix at FIAP. He is also the be reckoned with. As a filmmaker, he 500 companies and is repped by the prestigious Rascal Room 306; the Emmy Award®-winning Teddy: In His Own recipient of the 2010 NALIP’s Estela Award, given every has moved seamlessly between feature Films. In 2012, she produced and directed the feature Words; as well as the high-profile documentary A Family year to an emerging Latino filmmaker. documentaries, episodic television, commercials and documentary Brooklyn Boheme, which premiered in Is A Family Is A Family: A Rosie O’Donnell Celebration. on-air promotional campaigns. Maurice’s television February on Showtime Networks. The documentary, which During her tenure at HBO, Glover has served as supervising tenure began as a freelance production manager in was co-directed and co-produced with Nelson George, producer for the Emmy® Award-winning documentaries HBO’s Creative Services, where he eventually became celebrates the post-Civil Rights artistic movement of Fort When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts from the creative director of on-air promos for original Greene Brooklyn and features Spike Lee, Chris Rock, Rosie Spike Lee, and Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of programming. Here, he oversaw promotional creative Perez and Saul Williams, to name a few. Ms. Paragas is in Gordon Parks, among many others. for the network’s top shows including “The Sopranos”, production for her first narrative feature film YELLOW ROSE “Sex and the City,” “Six Feet Under” and “The Wire.” Both about a teenage Filipino who longs to be a country singer.

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DOCUMENTARY FEATURES JURY (continued) ZOLA MASHARIKI EVP & Head of Original Programming, LAURENS GRANT BET Networks Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker Zola Mashariki is currently Executive Laurens Grant is a 3-time Emmy and Vice President and Head of Original Peabody award-winning filmmaker. The Programming at BET Networks in Los Angeles, where latest documentary Grant produced, The she oversees original programming for both BET and Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, premiered CENTRIC Networks. Prior to BET Networks, Zola was at Sundance; representing Grant’s third film to premiere Senior Vice President of Production at Fox Searchlight A Toast to Luxury, Lifestyle, and Living. at this prestigious film festival. The film opened Pictures. Ms. Mashariki has been responsible for a nationwide in September 2015 in a limited theatrical number of feature films, including John Madden’s release, and will air on PBS in early 2016. Previously, THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (nominated for 2 Grant directed the documentary Jesse Owens, the first Golden Globes and a BAFTA), as well as the sequel THE SIPPING & DINING THROUGH SONOMA & NAPA full-length documentary on the African-American sports SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, Sean Durkin’s icon, which won an Emmy for Outstanding Research, MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE (nominated for 4 and received 2 Emmy nominations for Outstanding Independent Spirit Awards), Mike Cahill’s ANOTHER THE HOME & FOOD ISSUE RELAXING WITH EARTH (nominated for 2 Independent Spirit Awards), Historical - Long Form, and Outstanding Music and JUNE/JULY 2014 RICKEY Sound. Grant also produced the documentary Freedom Sanaa Hamri’s JUST WRIGHT, Kevin MacDonald’s THE SMILEY CELEBRATING 10 YEARS THE MOGUL INSIDE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND (Academy Award winner, NEXT DOOR EMEKA Riders which premiered at Sundance, won 3 Primetime OKAFOR’S SLAM DUNK NYC Emmys, a Peabody, was featured on Oprah, and has Golden Globe winner, BAFTA winner), George Tillman’s APARTMENT

NOTORIOUS, Gina Prince-Bythewood’s THE SECRET LIFE MSNBC’S influenced the Hollywood films: Selma and Lee Daniels’ JOY REID

THE NEW RENAISSANCE ON AMERICA’S OF BEES, Tamara Jenkins’ THE SAVAGES (nominated FAIR HOUSING The Butler. Grant also co-produced two, 4-hour series CRISIS for PBS, including the Emmy-winning Slavery and the for 2 Academy Awards), Mira Nair’s THE NAMESAKE Making of America: Seeds of Destruction, and Latin (nominated for 2 Independent Spirit Awards), Jim Music USA: The Chicano Wave. Sheridan’s IN AMERICA (nominated for 3 Academy Awards, 3 Golden Globes, and an Independent Spirit Award winner), Denzel Washington’s ANTWONE FISHER ISSUE 52 (Independent Spirit Award winner) and Rick Famyiwa’s SCREENPLAY JURY JUNE/JULY 2014 N O 52 BROWN SUGAR. UPTOWNMAGAZINE.COM MELISSA BREAUX JEREMY PIKSER Talent Manager VP, Writers Guild of America East, Washington Square Films Award-Winning Writer

TOKYO BRIGHT LIGHTS, Melissa Breaux is a talent manager of actors, writers, and DECEMBER 2012/JANUARY 2013 Jeremy Pikser is the co-writer of the film BIG CITY directors at Washington Square Films. Melissa’s clients Bulworth, for which he won the LA Critics KERRY BLACK include; Andre Royo, Terrell Tilford, Gabriel Luna, Parisa WASHINGTON WOMEN Award, as well as Oscar, Golden Globe and Writer’s Guild SEXY, SMART & & AIDS Fitz-Henley, Wade Allain-Marcus, Hannah Hodson, and THE UNTOLD nominations for best screenplay. War, Inc., a satire about SCANDALOUS STORY Malcolm Mays (actors). Nicole Kassell, Steph Green,

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