Festival programmer & curator
I program features, sidebars & shorts for the Academy Award Qualifying Santa Barbara International Film Festival. I’m also an associate programmer for the Hamptons International Film Festival & program for the BAFTA-Qualifying Aesthetica Short Film Festival, which is one of the UK's largest and most revered international film events.
Previously, I’ve curated feminist film nights for the Brooklyn Museum & a local New York short series for New Cinema Club, as well as films on mental health for the UnLonely Festival.
I’ve been on festival juries including San Luis Obispo International Film Festival & the Academy Award Qualifying short film jury for the Bermuda International Film Festival. At BIFF, the jury selected the short Watu Wote: All of Us by Katja Benrath, which went on to be nominated for an Oscar. I’ve been on the screening teams for Telluride & Tribeca and regularly moderate filmmaker Q&As for various organizations & screenings.