Filmfest DC Board of Directors

Max N. Berry, Chair
Attorney at Law

Arch Campbell
Film Critic and Entertainment Reporter

Albert Casciero
Former Director, Learning Resources Division, University of the District of Columbia

Tony Gittens
Director, Washington, DC International Film Festival

Arnold P. Lutzker
Lutzker & Lutzker LLP

John Mendonca
KPMG Partner (Retired)

Festival Staff

Tony Gittens
Festival Director

Shirin Ghareeb
Deputy Festival Director

Mena Murrani
Festival Coordinator

Nicole D'Arcangelo
Volunteer Coordinator

Constance Blackwell
Theater Coordinator

Lydia Chammas
Hospitality Coordinator

Britney Salyer
Technical Coordinator

Muna Abdulkader
Social Media Coordinator

Vickie Reichardt
Marketing Coordinator

Juliet Burch
Short Films Programmer

Dina Damte
Box Office Coordinator

Eli Prysant
Short Films Associate Programmer

Kendra Rubinfeld
Travis Hare
KRPR

Muna Abdulkader
Rita Biuwovwi-Nash
Aimee Bosse
Andrew Davis
James Freije
Dakota Jones
Jill Larvo
Donné Malloy-Murray
William McLeod
Christopher Teed
Theater Managers

Rowen Dunlap
Henry Indresano
Laila Tarbush
Rose Unal
Festival Assistants

Programmers

Tony Gittens
Festival Director

Shirin Ghareeb
Deputy Festival Director

Linda Blackaby
Senior Programmer

Programming Advisors

Manjula Kumar
President/Executive Director, Global Performing Arts

Cornelius Moore
California Newsreel Programming Consultant

Festival Catalog

Judy Bloch
Dave Nuttycombe
Film Note Writers

Jill Tunick
Editor

Wendy Henderson
Graphic Design

Mary Pettigrew
Ampersand Graphic Design
Catalog Cover Designer

Alexis Thornlow
Catalog Banner Designer

Festival Website

Tuan Tran
Developer/Designer

Filmfest DC Trailer

Marco Duran
Khubab Hassan
Alyssa Kitts
Film and Video Studies George Mason University

Special Thanks To

Angie M. Gates
President & CEO | Events DC

Herbert Niles
Office of Cable Television, Film, Music & Entertainment

Lynda Frenois
Aliénor Jaud
Embassy of France

Elettra La Duca
Michele Giacalone
Embassy of Italy, Italian Cultural Institute

Steve Moore
SWBID

Gerry Widdicombe
Downtown BID

Amanda Kraus
Associate Professor at George Mason University

Ferne Barrow
WETA Metro PBS

Luma Haj-Heithoff
WHUT Howard University Television