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Before returning to her hometown in 2003, she held high-level editor posts at Out, Us and the Village Voice. A member of the National Society of Film Critics and the African American Film Critics Association, she has been an American Film Institute’s Top Movies, Spirit Awards and Gotham Awards juror. She was a juror for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism. She has taught adult enrichment courses in criticism at the University of Denver and teaches non-fiction writing at Lighthouse Writers Workshop. Currently, she is a commissioner on the Denver Commission on Cultural Affairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/2b754e5c-ec7b-46bb-ab74-0649acb1384b/JVW_2023-3.jpg Team - John Van Wyck Co-Founder John is a co-founder of Cine Fe and previously served as its Executive Director. Prior to Cine Fe, John was a Creative Executive at the New York-based film foundation and production company Cinereach. During John’s time there, Cinereach supported, financed, or produced over 200 films, including the Academy Award-nominated films Strong Island, I Am Not Your Negro, Cutie and the Boxer, Citizenfour, and Beasts of the Southern Wild, as well as the critically acclaimed Sorry to Bother You, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, and The Florida Project, among many others. John began his career in electoral politics and strategic messaging and has worked for multiple political campaigns as well as for the strategic communications firm Abernathy MacGregor. He holds a B.A. in Government from Claremont McKenna College and an M.A. in American Government from Georgetown. Photo by Zachary Gutierrez and Joseph Kolean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/1633108984792-AUV2LAJVSXXHOQ84WFJ1/Tony+Garcia+photo.jpg Team - Tony Garcia Founding Board Member Tony has been the Executive Artistic Director of El Centro Su Teatro since 1989 and has been a member of Su Teatro since 1972. He received his BA in Theatre from the University of Colorado at Denver. Tony has been recognized for his artistic work, including the 1989 University of California, Irvine Chicano Literary Award, a 2006 United States Artists Fellowship, an artist residency at the Island Institute in Sitka, Alaska; and was named the Denver Post 2010 Theatre Person of the Year. He has published 2 volumes of original plays and numerous articles. His body of written, commissioned and produced plays is more than 40, half of which are music-driven; most were written in collaboration with Composer/Musician Daniel Valdez. He is a recipient of the prestigious Livingston Fellowship from the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation as well as the Funke Award for Community Building from the Colorado Non-Profit Association. Tony is member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Latino Art and Culture (NALAC) Leadership Institute, was a member of the Western State Arts Federation’s (WESTAF) Board of Trustees and was Chair of the Board of Directors for the Council in Support of Tier IIIs and Co-Chair for Community ACTS Fund Directors Council. He is also a 25-year faculty member in the Department of Chicano/a Studies at Metro State University at Denver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/1633108764139-GA46HSJDHD0Z0LQZ2CRK/JVW+photo.png Team - Mitch Dickman Founding Board Member Mitch is the CEO of Listen Productions, which he founded in 2006. Since then, Mitch has been a part of hundreds of projects spanning all genres, formats, and styles. He was named one of the “Top 10 Documakers to Watch” by Variety Magazine. Recent credits include Silent Rose (Producer/Director – Topic Streaming 2020), Casting Jon Benet (Producer – Netflix – Sundance 2017), Speaking is Difficult (Cinematographer – Sundance 2016), Rolling Papers (Producer/Director – SXSW 2015), Being Evel (Line Producer – Sundance 2015) and Hanna Ranch (Producer/Director – NY Times Critics Pick 2014). Mitch holds a BFA in Film/Television with a minor in Political Science from the University of Colorado at Denver (where he currently sits on the advisory board and teaches as adjunct faculty). On a personal note, Mitch cares deeply about his community in Denver, Colorado, and is board chair of Warm Cookies of the Revolution, the first civic health club in the world. Mitch is married and has a daughter. His wife, Karen, is also in the creative industry and is a frequent collaborator. 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Denver-based with Nuevo Mexicano roots, Alan learned photography from his father and uncle, storytelling from his mother and grandparents, resilience from his wife, laughter from his daughters, and everything else from his students. Alan teaches film production at North Denver's CEC Early College of Denver and has also been a guest instructor/lecturer with the Emerging Filmmaker's Workshop. https://www.cinefe.org/diego-estrada-bernuy daily 0.75 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/1633828875211-QIZER7AD0ZXJ3RQAUBS4/Deigo+Estrada+Bernuy https://www.cinefe.org/jeff-orlowski daily 0.75 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/1633832187067-W3GZN4SDCHUXLQKMBOJN/Jeff+Orlowski Jeff Orlowski - Jeff Orlowski (he/him) Jeff Orlowski is the director, producer, and cinematographer of the award-winning films Chasing Coral and Chasing Ice. 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She is a social entrepreneur, driven by empathy and creativity. Briana is also an athlete having played NCAA Division I volleyball, professional women's football, and trains in kickboxing. https://www.cinefe.org/jacob-wyscaver daily 0.75 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/1633127172328-0A7AEZK6YLU4BQZR4B2Q/Jacob+Wyscaver Jacob Wyscaver - Jacob Wyscaver (he/him) Jacob is a recent graduate from the University of Colorado Denver with a degree in Film and Television and is a current Graduate student at The University of Denver studying Marketing. With 4+ years of visual storytelling experience in directing, screenwriting, filming, editing, and producing video content, Jacob's goal is to push the boundaries of filmmaking to deliver compelling and thought-provoking stories. https://www.cinefe.org/henry-ansbacher daily 0.75 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/1633829104713-VO3SYTL4IGSLFYT0UC6Q/Henry+Ansbacher.jpeg Henry Ansbacher - Henry Ansbacher (he/him) Henry Ansbacher is a five-time Emmy Award winner and Academy Award® Nominated filmmaker. Ansbacher is known for producing films and television series that raise awareness and motivate change around a social or cultural issue. His films have been broadcast on HBO, the BBC, PBS, Discovery Channel and on leading networks around the world. In 2000, Ansbacher founded Just Media a non-profit production company dedicated to creating media with social-justice themes. Ansbacher’s documentary credits include Chiefs (Best Documentary Award at Tribeca Film Festival), the true story of a Native American Indian high school basketball team struggling to win on the court and in life; Iron Ladies of Liberia that follows Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, behind the scenes during her inaugural year as Africa’s first freely-elected female head of state; Two Spirits, about a hate crime and the rich traditions of multi-gendered people in native tribes; They Killed Sister Dorothy (winner, Audience and Best Documentary Award at SXSW & short listed for an Academy Award®), a documentary about the murder of an environmental activist in the rainforest of Brazil; and the 2010 Oscar-nominated documentary short for HBO, The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner. Ansbacher is a hands-on creative producer that has been on the leading edge of using media to bring attention to social causes, through a new lens. His documentaries have screened at the White House (Two Spirits), and on the acclaimed PBS series, Independent Lens, sparking conversations about important issues and bringing the discussion to the mainstream. One of his most recent films, American Mustang, screened before Congress and inspired a letter writing campaign that changed the dialogue on the conservation efforts behind the majestic wild horses of the American West. Ansbacher is committed to creating engaging content that elevates the spirit and conversations around important issues and movements. https://www.cinefe.org/jorge-avila daily 0.75 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/1633833027632-E1OUFMDGRWSD64G0M30D/Jorge+Avila.jpeg Jorge Avila - Jorge Avila (he/him) Jorge Avila is an author, screenwriter, and producer who was born in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico. During his formative years, Jorge discovered the joy of reading and the magic of narrative in an old library in his hometown. Jorge is the author of the book “Maricopa, Men in Pink,” which inspired the stage musical "Maricopa, An American Border Tale" as well as a one man show. The original production of the "Maricopa" musical received recognition from the City of Los Angeles by Councilmember Gilbert Cedillo from the LA's 1st District. "Maricopa" the play was also staged in Denver and Steamboat Springs Colorado in 2018, with Jorge a producer on both shows. Jorge has also written a children’s play, “Lolita and the Weirdest Adventure,” and a young adult book, “Suriana Lugo y el Mago Eskeleto” (in Spanish). He is currently working with a production company in Denver on the development of a TV series. Jorge lives with his family in a small ski town in the Rocky Mountains. https://www.cinefe.org/anthony-grimes daily 0.75 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/1633823068873-3OJL1C0O0DK61Y9O1SRJ/Anthony1.jpeg Anthony Grimes - Anthony Grimes (he/him) Anthony Grimes is an internationally-recognized producer, storyteller, and filmmaker. Native to the Park Hill neighborhood in Denver, CO, Anthony Grimes has been instrumental in forming movements that shape culture in a variety of arenas. As part of the movement for Black lives, Grimes founded the Denver Freedom Riders to support the Ferguson and Baltimore uprisings, building a grassroots network of thousands of people. Grimes was honored as the keynote speaker in the 2014 MLK Marade, which reached a record-breaking 40,000 people. Grimes has led delegations internationally to call for change in human rights offenses. His influence in global movements was recognized by being selected to keynote the Netherland’s first conference for the ‘Decade for People of African Decent’ in association with the United Nations. He was also the first American activist to tour internationally as part of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation’s ‘Beloved Community Project,’ where his work was featured in the Trouv magazine. Driven by merging the best of the human mind and heart, Grimes approaches storytelling through a lens of empathy. As a filmmaker, he is the Executive Producer of ‘Mr Somebody,’ a biopic set in the streets of Watts, LA; As well, he produced ‘To the Muse,’ filmed in Cuba, highlighting the story of a boy who defies all odds to pursue his passion in music. Both films are being featured internationally. Grimes roots his work in the Black freedom movement tradition to “Redeem the soul of America.” https://www.cinefe.org/eileen-roscina daily 0.75 2024-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/1633126971778-QHQW4WBUBFU9FN89V6XJ/headshot.png https://www.cinefe.org/raul-paz-pastrana daily 0.75 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/1633838004279-S3HG0VMHZBA394HZLBPN/Rau%CC%81l+Paz+Pastrana.jpeg https://www.cinefe.org/michanda-lindsey daily 0.75 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/1633983710154-24Y65YSTL3KB4VCIDFWP/Michanda-Lindsey.jpeg Michanda Lindsey - Michanda Lindsey (she/her) Michanda is a partner and co-founder of 22eleven, LLC, a company focused on creating, developing, and producing projects including, but not limited to, film, television, internet, and print media. Michanda has produced two short films – The Minstrel and the Bard and The Dance – and both of her films have premiered at Colorado's Color of Conversation Film Festival. Michanda's role in supporting artistry revolves around her emphasis on elucidating humanity’s complexity, vulnerability, and majesty, while celebrating diversity and authentic storytelling. Michanda brings a unique perspective from her eclectic background as a transformation and presence coach, a former television news anchor, producer and reporter, a priest, yogi, and community leader. She desires to leave a legacy of helping people integrate presence, truth, gratitude, and magnificence in all they create, give, and receive. https://www.cinefe.org/dewi-marquis daily 0.75 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/1633823702087-17XQ9SQHXT032N1RXVX9/Dewi+Marquis.png https://www.cinefe.org/cajardo-lindsey daily 0.75 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/1633824451876-V15A9W8JLYF38JHPJD4A/Cajardo+Lindsey Cajardo Lindsey - Cajardo Lindsey (he/him) Cajardo Lindsey is an actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, and attorney. He has maintained a vibrant acting career, acting in more than 40 stage productions and over 15 film and television productions including Shot Caller, Infinity Chamber, Independence Day: Resurgence, Force of Execution, and Silver City. He is hungry for deep and meaningful roles that break the mold and norm for African American actors. He wrote, directed, acted and produced the short films The Minstrel and The Bard and The Dance. Lindsey has been writing since the late nineties, starting with poetry, slam poetry, and screenwriting. He is also an attorney, practicing as a civil litigator fighting against corporate giants and assuring that his client’s voices are heard. Cajardo is the co-founder of 22eleven Productions. https://www.cinefe.org/marin-lepore daily 0.75 2024-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/137d33cf-a410-45c7-99c0-078bf124dcfb/MarinLepore_2024.JPG https://www.cinefe.org/monique-salas daily 0.75 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/1633834084651-VW1HO6SLLB79ICT41ROX/Monique+Salas.jpeg Monique Salas - Monique Salas (she/her) Monique is an actor, producer, and director. She recently graduated from CU Denver with her BFA in Film and Television and a minor in Finance. Monique found a passion for the arts at a young age, acting in school plays and becoming a thespian in high school. She has always wanted to be a part of projects that reach out and inspire others. Monique is currently working in Denver as a freelance actor, producer, editor, grip, and makeup artist on short films, music videos, and commercial work. When not working on film projects, Monique loves to read a good book, work on crochet projects, or find new restaurants to try out. https://www.cinefe.org/joseph-kolean daily 0.75 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/1633833454200-KRGJ4AAS6CBRJVYFWY5P/Joseph+Kolean Joseph Kolean - Joseph Kolean (he/him) Joseph Kolean is an artist and filmmaker. He wears a faux fur coat when the weather turns cold. Photo by Holly Hursley https://www.cinefe.org/denise-soler-cox daily 0.75 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/1633828219933-QF5K701JN2Y5409SUUAO/Denise+Soler+Cox+2.jpeg Denise Soler Cox - Denise Soler Cox (she/her) After going from a stay-at-home-mom to award-winning activist, filmmaker, Top 100 podcaster, and sought-after Fortune 500 speaker, Denise Soler Cox uses her experience to transform lives through storytelling. In 2014 she Co-Founded Project Eñye, a multimedia production company whose purpose is to transform how we think about culture, identity, and what it means to belong. In September 2020, Denise was recognized as a “Featured Host” by Apple Podcast North America for her podcast “The Self-ish Latina,” with listeners in 32 countries. Denise has been invited to speak on over 150 stages, including two TEDx talks and has worked with some of the world’s most recognized brands, like Microsoft, Facebook, LinkedIn, JP Morgan Chase, Salesforce, Procter & Gamble, Dow Jones, Eli Lilly, Starbucks, and VaynerMedia, to name a few. Renowned Harvard Professor Marshall Ganz uses Denise’s film “being eñye” as part of his Public Narrative course as an example of “The story of us.” Her work has been published as a contributor in Huffington Post. She has been featured in Forbes as a “Trailblazing Latina” and also on CNN, CNN Money, Chicago Tribune, Fox News Latino, HOLA, ABC, CBS, and NBC. Denise has a combined audience of 97k followers across all platforms. She is currently in production with her second feature-length documentary about secret-keeping in the Latinx community (2022) and also working on a forthcoming book about Belonging (Winter 2021). https://www.cinefe.org/james-roy-ii daily 0.75 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/1633830748586-Q78DEC60WGQJZ6V2BU70/James+Roy+II James Roy II - James Roy II (he/him) James Roy II is a social entrepreneur, community-driven professional, and artist. He has worked in community development for over ten years and has a passion for cultivating healthy communities through community engagement. His career has focused on developing community-guided neighborhood assets through full integration of community voice, coupled with the urban planning field's best practices of placemaking. James has a BA in Urban Studies/Geography and is finishing a Master of Urban & Regional Planning at the University of Colorado, Denver. https://www.cinefe.org/rebekah-henderson daily 0.75 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/1633838394356-XRUMKP4ZN73COK5K5YAP/Rebekah+Henderson.png Rebekah Henderson - Rebekah Henderson (she/her) Rebekah E. Henderson is a writer, podcaster, and independent documentary film producer based in Denver, Colorado. She has directed and produced two short documentaries, What Makes a Mother and All Mixed Up: Our Changing Racial Identities. She is currently working on her first feature length documentary with a focus on women of color in local politics currently entitled Running With My Girls. Rebekah hosts the podcast Off Color in its various mediums. She is also the organizer of More Than One Box (MTOB) an annual event that is designed to provide a space for multiracial and multiethnic people, featuring films, panelists and vendors from Colorado and beyond. She is known for being an open, honest authentic communicator on issues of race, identity, politics and social justice. https://www.cinefe.org/laurie-polisky daily 0.75 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/1634170867182-UOPH72K78KD74ERMIC4A/Laurie+Polisky.png Laurie Polisky - Laurie Polisky (she/her) Laurie is a filmmaker & podcast producer with a background in neuroscience. She is currently producing a hybrid media project about dreams and technology, and incubating projects through the Guild of Future Architects. Concurrently, she is co-directing the feature film PAIN BRAIN, with team Mitch Dickman and Tim Kaminski (executive producer Freida Pinto). She produces the Tell Me About Your Pain Podcast, and also composes music for podcast and film. In her free time you can find her rollerblading or playing a show with Radioactive Babushka. https://www.cinefe.org/jake-hamby daily 0.75 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/90b0c493-386e-4b77-a28f-63c0c5d5649f/Jake+Hamby+2.png Jake Hamby - Jake Hamby (he/him) Jake grew up near Baltimore and began his career as a combat camera person in the U.S. Army. Now specializing in non-fiction cinematography, he strives to be present at the vanguard of social and political change, showing up with empathy, awareness and patience. Jake owns & operates a Sony FS7Il. https://www.cinefe.org/mike-shum daily 0.75 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/1633834013947-H7SQ3TBQOND0Z4O7QKPJ/Mike+Shum.jpeg Mike Shum - Mike Shum (he/him) Mike Shum (b. Denver, CO, 1985) is a journalist and filmmaker who specializes in cinematography and production. Shum’s work explores the ways in which we perceive and define home within contexts of historical and cultural struggle. Through documentary film, Shum draws people into the complicated nature of empathy as a way of featuring the spectrum of human experience from abuses of institutional power to individual trauma. Growing up a son of Hong Kong immigrants, Shum seeks to relate his own struggle with defining home through his body of work. Most recently, Shum was the writer-director and producer on the Frontline | PBS post-election special collaboration, American Voices. The broadcast film is an excerpt of a long-term project following people in the United States as they live through the COVID-19 Pandemic. In 2015, Shum was a finalist for the 2015 National News and Doc Emmy for Outstanding Interview with the NYTimes for his work in Iraq. In 2017, he produced and served as director of photography for the Tribeca Film Festival’s Audience Award-winning film, Hondros — a documentary on the life and work of famed photojournalist, Chris Hondros, now available on Netflix. In 2019, Shum served as director of photography for the film Predator on the Reservation — a documentary about a doctor who preyed on children for over twenty years within the Indian Health Services. He and his team were finalists for the 2020 National News and Doc Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Documentary with the Wall Street Journal and Frontline | PBS. In addition to these collaborations, Shum works with renowned media organizations like BBC, Al Jazeera Witness, Time Magazine, and National Geographic. He is also building a commercial and fiction portfolio for artistic endeavors to come. 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Born and raised in Colorado, Stephanie built her career at Kartemquin Films in Chicago, having recently moved back to her home state. She has worked across every phase of the filmmaking process, including development, production, post-production and distribution. Stephanie’s primary focus is outreach and impact for social-issue documentaries. She specializes in using grassroots methods that transform films into engagement tools for positive change. Recent collaborations include “For the Left Hand” from Kartemquin Films, Lucia Small’s final film “Girl Talk,” and the award-winning “Subject.” https://www.cinefe.org/allison-volk daily 0.75 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/010e0cd2-dd95-4676-a570-862de451f504/allison+volk+headshot.jpeg Allison Volk - Allison Volk (she/her) Allison Volk is a screenwriter, filmmaker and actress. Her award-winning short films, including ALL CHOKED UP starring Siobhan Fallon Hogan and Bodie Newcomb, have played at film festivals globally, including Aspen Shortsfest, Palm Springs Shortsfest, Odense International Film Festival, Edmonton International Film Festival, Flickers' Rhode Island, Comic Con San Diego, and many more. Her feature film DEANY BEAN IS DEAD (a dark comedy, which Volk wrote, produced, and starred in) premiered in Hollywood, CA at the 2018 Dances with Films Festival, directed by Austrian filmmaker Mikael Kreuzriegler. It is now available on Amazon Prime. Volk’s stage plays have been produced in New York and Los Angeles, including the comedy RITE OF SEYMOUR (premiered by Drive Theater Company); the comedy SONNETS, SONGS & SORRY, WILL’S BEEN DEAD 400 YEARS! (commissioned in 2016 by Shakespeare Orange County); and the one-act THE LAST TWO PEOPLE ON THE PLATFORM, which won the Denise Regan Wisenmeyer Award for Playwriting in 2010. Volk is the creator of CURTIS & OTIS, a comedic narrative podcast released November, 2021 and available on all major podcast platforms. https://www.cinefe.org/wessley-steele daily 0.75 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/63996a33-253d-4f83-8134-c3446010114f/Wessley+Steele+headshot+v2.jpeg Wessley Steele - Wessley Steele (he/him) As a writer, director, and producer, Steele is an explorer of culture: social, sexual, even spiritual. Steele was raised in South Carolina but has lived all over the United States, Europe, and Africa. He’s equal parts voyeur and provocateur, interested in the polished exteriors as much as unkempt interiors in his characters and storytelling. Steele studied directing at the Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts, where he received his Masters in Fine Arts. He seeks to create space for audiences to grapple with the perils of love, sex, and relationships in new ways. As a Black voice in cinema, Steele's artistic curiosity leads him to find unique windows through which audiences can examine the Black experience. https://www.cinefe.org/bruce-tetsuya daily 0.75 2023-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/891764b2-cdc0-4204-90a2-ad14e15106b7/Bruce+Tetsuya+headshot.jpeg Bruce Tetsuya - Bruce Tetsuya (he/him) Bruce Tetsuya is a Japanese director, photographer, and father. His work focuses on memory, nature, and the narrative beauty of movement. Bruce’s latest short films, In Wake of the Crashing Dawn & Aria have garnered international festival acclaim. Bruce is also the founder of morningsea, a sustainable clothing line, and founder of The Dance of Cinema, a film publication / distribution company with 100K followers. If he’s not on set, you can find Bruce on the tennis court, grabbing an espresso, or exploring new lands with his wife, son, and daughter. Bruce is currently in early pre-production stages for his first feature film. https://www.cinefe.org/irma-cakaric daily 0.75 2024-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/df6fe3d0-f9b2-4762-8209-78f5229e3599/Irma+C%CC%8Cakaric%CC%81.jpg Irma Čakarić - Irma Čakarić (she/her) Irma Čakarić is a filmmaker based in Denver, Colorado, who has made a number of short films and documentaries. One of Irma’s notable works is “Third Culture Kid” (2019), which explores her experience growing up in a family of Bosnian immigrants who survived the Bosnian War and now live in the United States. Having attended and graduated from Colorado Film School, Irma is currently earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cinema Production at CU Boulder. She has worked on a variety of film projects in different roles, including writer, director, producer, and editor. Irma’s work often explores themes of identity, cultural heritage, social justice, and, at times, purely visual pieces that explore the medium of film. Most recently, Irma was awarded a CU Boulder Grillo Award for her work on the film, “The Artist is Present” (2022). https://www.cinefe.org/sarah-keo daily 0.75 2024-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/d5df8cd5-b462-4113-a639-b88488c4d4e0/Sarah+Keo.JPG Sarah Keo - Sarah Keo (she/they) Sarah Keo is a Cambodian-American director and producer based in Denver, Colorado. After a childhood spent patiently waiting for her wizarding school letter to arrive and searching for magical worlds within wardrobes, Sarah realized that her passion was in storytelling. It wasn't until she worked in artist support programs at the Sundance Institute, however, that she truly discovered the power that filmmaking holds to evoke empathy and compassion. Now, Sarah is inspired to tell diverse, human-centered stories that shift the cultural narrative and help shine a light on a better path forward for ourselves and our planet. Her current project Chasing Time, a short climate film that she co-directed with Emmy-winning filmmaker Jeff Orlowski-Yang, is world premiering at Hot Docs. Sarah is also an Associate Producer at Exposure Labs, the film and impact production company behind The Social Dilemma, Chasing Coral, and Chasing Ice. In her role, she supports the team's mission of developing and sharing stories that address big societal challenges and that inspire hope and action for collective solutions. https://www.cinefe.org/keith-garcia daily 0.75 2024-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/43a0b45d-e4c0-4823-92fd-bae4812ea12e/Keith7.jpg Keith Garcia - Keith Garcia (he/him) Keith Garcia's twenty year long career with Denver Film currently finds him as the Artistic Director of the Sie FilmCenter where his diverse programming keeps audiences on their toes. He is also a filmmaker, wrapping up work on his forthcoming DRAG-umentary - THE HEELS HAVE EYES - about Denver's vibrant and electric drag performance community, which Keith has been following for over 15 years. Keith founded Denver Film's CinemaQ program - focused on an abundance of LGBTQ+ titles and working to give them their due - as a monthly program in 2006 that blossomed into a successful and robust Film Festival in 2009 that will be returning for its 16th celebration later this year. Keith is off the dating market, and loves pizza and movies... Duh. https://www.cinefe.org/forrest-lotterhos daily 0.75 2024-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/614fbc0d930d362345408114/1711479135123-BRKG5FA32VOPY7BJY37R/Forrest-artist_image.JPG Forrest Lotterhos - Forrest Lotterhos (he/they) Forrest (he/they) creates work that inspires actionable change and amplifies underrepresented voices. He develops sensory-rich, emotionally immersive media that slows down audiences and invites them to go inwards. Sound is his entry point into storytelling and he taps this under-utilized power to elevate productions. With a background in documentary film editing focused on climate action and social justice impact, Forrest has had work featured in The National Geographic, at Sundance, Telluride, and over 30+ international film festivals. Forrest is trans, queer and neurodivergent. These identities and experiences deeply inform how he shows up in the world and as a story facilitator. 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