BFF 2023 JUDGES
FEATURE NARRATIVE
Melissa Tifrere – Havas – Head of Integrated Production
Kristen Bedno: VP Distribution & MKT Vision Films
Robert Horton: Member of the National Society of Film Critics (US)
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Nathan Kensinger: Filmmaker/BFF Alumni
Caitlin Crowley: Director of Community Engagement OVID.tv
Veronique Bernard: President Liad Entertainment
Alireza Shahrokhi: Distributor, Founder of 7TH ART Independent Film Distribution
SHORT NARRATIVE
Bruno Derlin: Screenwriter/Filmmaker
Steve Mosely: VP Creative & MKT Disney TV
Rick Gomez: Filmmaker/BFF Alumni
William Cusick: Filmmaker/Programmer
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
Aliya Naumoff: Director
Richard Stuart Perkins: Photographer / Filmmaker
Brenda Garcia Lopez – 2022 BFF Audience Award Winner
ANIMATION
Trilby Schreiber: Animation Professor at SVA
Christian Calabro: Artist – Designer
Elliot Lobell – Animator
EXPERIMENTAL
Ingrid Nachstern: Filmmaker/BFF Alumni
Leah R. Brown – BFF Best Exp. 2022
Fatrin Krajka: Filmmaker/Composer