Founding Members
Hussain Currimbhoy
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Programmer
Lucy Mukerjee
TRIBECA Senior Programmer
Paul Struthers
FRAMELINE Director of Exhibition & Programming
Themba Bhebhe
EUROPEAN FILM MARKET Diversity & Inclusion
Members
Abby Sun
TRUE FALSE FILM FESTIVAL Programmer
Aisha Jamal
HOT DOCS DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL Programmer
Allie Esslinger
NEWFEST Programmer
Amalia Córdova
SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR FOLKLIFE & CULTURAL HERITAGE Latinx Digital Curator, Chair of Research and Education
Amber Love
NEW ORLEANS FILM FESTIVAL Programmer
Amir George
TRUE FALSE FILM FESTIVAL Programmer
Angie Reza Tures
FEMME FRONTERAA FILMAMAKER SHOWCASE Festival Director
Arshad Khan
SOUTH ASIAN FILM FESTILA OF CANADA Director
Ashley Clark
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC Specialty Film Programmer
Benjamin Lopez
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LATINO INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS Executive Director
Benjamin Thompson
TRIBECA Programmer
Benson Wu
TAIWAN FILM FESTIVAL IN AUSTRALIA Festival Director
Brian Hu
PACIFIC ARTS MOVEMENT Artistic Director
Cameron Bailey
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Artistic Director and Co-Head of TIFF
Cela Sutton
Forward Movement Creative Executive
Charlie Hidalgo
SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL / NEWFEST Programmer
Chris Hastings
WORLD CHANNEL Executive Producer
Christine Dávila
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Programming Associate
Chung Tsang
KOREAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL NEW YORK Festival Director
Claire Diao
DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT, CANNES Selection Committee, Co-Founder of Pan-African Film Critic Magazine Awotele, Programmer Quartier Lointains short film touring programme
Claudia Puig
MENDOCINO FILM FESTIVAL Program Director
Colleen Thurston
Independent Film Programmer
Cornelius Moore
LIBRARY OF AFRICAN CINEMA Director of the Organization’s African American Perspectives
CR Capers
HIP HOP FILM FESTIVAL Executive Director
Curtis Caesar John
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC Programmer-at-Large
Dave Kim
SEOUL PRIDE FILM FESTIVAL Programmer
Dessane Lopez Cassell
INDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL Programs Research Coordinator
Diarah N’Daw-Spech
AFRICAN DIASPORA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Co-founder and Co-Director
Ekrem Serdar
SQUEAKY WHEEL FILM & MEDIA ART CENTER Curator
Farah Clementine Dramani-Issifou
CANEES Critics Week Selection Committee, Independent Film Curator & Programmer
Faridah Gbadamosi
FRAMELINE Programmer
Gina Duncan
Brooklyn Academy OF MUSIC Associate Vice President; Cinema
Hebe Tabachnik
SEATTLE and PALM SPRINGS FILM FESTIVALS Senior World Cinema Programmer
Inge de Leeuw
IFFR/Rotterdam – Film Programmer for the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
Iyabo Boyd
Independent Programmer
James Faust
DALLAS FILM SOCIETY Artistic Director
Jason Ryle
IMAGINENATIVE Artistic & Managing Director
Jeff Lee
BOSTON ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL Programming Committee/Government & Community Outreach Liaison
Jemma Desai
BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL Programmer
Joao Federici
MIXBRASIL FESTIVAL Artistic and Programming Director
Juan Caceres
Independent Multi-Media Producer & Festival Programmer
Karen McMullen
TIDE FILM FESTIVAL Programmer
Keith Shiri
Independent film Curator & Programmer
Lana Garland
HAYTI HERITAGE FILM FESTIVAL Curator & Festival Director
Libby Hakaraia
MAORILAND FILM FESTIVAL Director
Lindy Leong
LOS ANGELES ASIAN PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL Senior Film Festival Programmer & Programming Manager
Loren Hammonds
TRIBECA Senior Programmer
Madeleine de Young
MAORILAND FILM FESTIVAL Festival Coordinator
Maori Karmael Holmes
BLACKSTAR FILM FESTIVAL Founder
Marangeli Mejia-Rabell
PHILADELPHIA LATINO FILM FESTIVAL Festival Director
Maria-Christina Villaseñor
NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL Programming Director
Masashi Niwano
CENTER FOR ASIAN AND AMERICAN MEDIA Festival & Exhibition Director
Melissa Lyde
ALFREDA’S CINEMA Founder & Programmer
Melissa Randle
URBAN INDIE FILM BLOCK Consulting Producer & Curator
Mercedes Cooper
ARRAY Director of Programming
Moisés Esparza
SAN DIEGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL Exhibitions Manager
Nadia Denton
BEYOND NOLLYWOOD Programmer
Nashen Moodley
SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL Director
Natalie Erazo
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC Specialty film programmer
Nehad Khader
BLACKSTAR FILM FESTIVAL Senior Programmer
Omme-Salma Rahemtullah
NICKELODEON THEATRE / INDIE GRITS FESTIVAL Programmer
Opal Bennett
ASPEN SHORTSFEST ATHENA DOC NYC / NANTUCKET FILM FESTIVALS / THE MARCH on WASHINGTON FILM FESTIVAL / CINEMA EYE HONORS Programmer
Qila Gill
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL (Experimenta Strand) / LONDON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL / MESHES Programmer & Curator
Ravi Srinivasan
SOUTH WESTERN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Executive Director
Raymond Phang
SHANGHAI PRIDE FILM FESTIVAL Programmer
Rob Buscher
PHILADELPHIA ASIAN AMERICAAN FILM FESTIVAL Festival Director
Roya Rastegar
LA FILM FESTIVAL Director of Programming
Sabrina Avilés
BOSTON LATINO FILM FESTIVAL Executive Director
Sarah-Tai Black
IMAGES FESTIVAL TORONTO / BLACK GOLD THE ROYAL CINEMA (TORONTO) / TIFF Programmer & Director
Sue-Ellen Chitunya
Independent film Curator & Programmer
Sunil Sadarangani
OJAI SHORT FILM FESTIVAL Director of Programming and Operations Manager
Susan Chinsen
BOSTON ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL Festival Director
Tamiko Wong
Independent Programmer
Taylour Chang
DORIS DUKE THEATRE – HONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART Director
Tendai John Mutambu
Independent Curator
Tessa Boerman
IFFR / Rotterdam – Programmer
Tilane Jones
ARRAY Vice-President
Tony Gittens
WASHINGTON DC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Founder & Director
Torell Shavone
SMITHSONIAN AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL Programmer
Vanessa Erazo
Independent film Curator & Programmer
Wendy Guerrero
BENTONVILLE FILM FESTIVAL President of Programming