Meet our JURY Flavio Alves
Flavio is a Brazilian film writer, director, and producer. His debut feature film, THE GARDEN LEFT BEHIND (2019), premiered at SXSW, where it won the Audience Award. In 2018, Flavio received The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Artist Academy fellowship, and in 2019, he was selected to Ryan Murphy’s HALF Initiative Directing Program, aimed at creating equal opportunities for minorities behind the camera. Flavio is the co-founder of Rakoom, a PR company promoting independent films.
Skye Borgman
Skye is an award-winning director and cinematographer of narrative and documentary films all over the world. Her global experiences guide her vision, thought and approach to film-making. She has filmed rock-stars, prime ministers, drug addicts, environmentalists, Academy award winners, Buddhist nuns and anarchist chocolate makers.
Nancy Cohen
Nancy was raised in Lewistown by a father who owned the town’s movie theatre. Thus, her love for film. Currently, she is in post production of WOODSTOCK: A SNAPSHOT IN TIME, and a film about people who get musical messages from John Lennon, SOMETHING ABOUT JOHN. Nancy has also been a judge at The School for Visual Arts in New York and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. She is also a member of New York Women in Film. And loves dogs. 22
