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By Filmmakers, For Filmmakers. Nowhere is our guiding principle more evident than in programming at Slamdance. Each year, we invite the newest class of Slamdance alumni to join us in the effort to discover and support the most exciting new voices in filmmaking, and to have a hand in shaping the future of film.

As Slamdance programmers, we’re all filmmakers and we’re all volunteers. Almost all of us have screened films at Slamdance. Every film submitted is watched in its entirety by at least two different programmers and there are over 200 programmers watching submissions from wherever in the world we are. Every programmer has an equal voice in the debate whether it’s our first or 25th year programming at Slamdance. After every film is watched and scored at least twice, our programming teams meet in person and spend a few weekends in late October and November re-watching, debating and duking it out, until our Festival Lineup finally emerges from the rubble of our battles.

Here are the programmers who made Slamdance 2021 possible.

Slamdance Headquarters Team

Aaron Cook Special Projects Manager

Adele Han Li Festival Manager

Alison Galarza Graphic Artist

Baxter Parrott Marketing and Sponsorships Manager

Beth Prouty Consultant, Press and Media Liason

Brogan Bouwhuis Social Media Assistant

Chris and Pat McFaul Submissions Tech Gurus

Jessica Farrell Marketing Director

Joanne Butcher Consultant, Unstoppable Co-founder

Kai Alexis Media + Marketing Assistant

Kyra Rogers Grants Manager

Lalith Goli Festival Assistant

Leila Salari Festival Producer Assistant

Michael Christopher Morin Festival Producer

Michael Merrell Technical Director

Paul Sbrizzi Graphic Artist

Peter Baxter President and Co-founder

Steven Amhrein Web Developer

Taylor Miller Miami + Unstoppable Manager

Slamdance 2021 Artists

Allie Sassa Festival Key Artist

Bronwyn Maloney Festival Bumper Director

Slamdance Group Directors and Officers

Alina Solodnikova SecretaryKen Coelho TreasurerPaul Rachman Director

Peter Baxter Director

Sandy Lighterman Director

Slamdance 2021 Programmers

Narrative Features

Alex Reeves

Benjamin Umstead

Blake Robbins

Cameron Bruce Nelson

Camille Hollett-French

Carlota Martínez Pereda

Carl W. Lucas

Fabian Velasco

Harry Cherniak*

Joanna Vasquez Arong

Kyra Rogers

Mila Zuo

Paul Sbrizzi*

Raphael Dubois

Sarah Diamond*

Theo Georgescu

Trenton Waterson

Zachary Ray Sherman

Documentary Features

Alejandro Valdes-Rochin

Brian Scott Bolster*

Debra Sugarman

Elizabeth Prouty*

Fabian Vasquez Euresti

Marcin Borchardt

Mark Stafford

Matt Kliegman

Paul Szynol

Summre Garber*

Associate Programmers

Ashley Seering

Mario DeAngelis

Philip Rabalais

Sophie Webb

Breakouts

Benjamin Umstead

Craig Parish

Debra Eisenstadt

Jana Winternitz

Josh Mandel*

K.J. Relth-Miller

Matthew Keene Smith

Michael Gallagher

Paul Rachman*

Stacey Marbrey

Todd Remis

Narrative Shorts

Aaron Cook

Andrew Stone

Brian Bai Ren Yulo Ng

Brian Ratigan

Aaron Cook
Special Projects Manager

Adele Han Li
Festival Manager

Alison Galarza
Graphic Artist

Baxter Parrott
Marketing and Sponsorships Manager

Beth Prouty
Consultant, Press and Media Liason

Brogan Bouwhuis
Social Media Assistant

Chris and Pat McFaul
Submissions Tech Gurus

Jessica Farrell
Marketing Director

Joanne Butcher
Consultant, Unstoppable Co-founder

Kai Alexis
Media + Marketing Assistant

Kyra Rogers
Grants Manager

Lalith Goli
Festival Assistant

Leila Salari
Festival Producer Assistant

Michael Christopher Morin
Festival Producer

Michael Merrell
Technical Director

Paul Sbrizzi
Graphic Artist

Peter Baxter
President and Co-founder

Steven Amhrein
Web Developer

Taylor Miller
Miami + Unstoppable Manager

Allie Sassa
Festival Key Artist

Bronwyn Maloney
Festival Bumper Director

Alina Solodnikova
Secretary
Ken Coelho
Treasurer
Paul Rachman
Director

Peter Baxter
Director

Sandy Lighterman
Director