major movies, now for minors
march 2-17, 2024
about the festival
team
executive director
Nina Guralnick
programming director
Maria-Christina Villaseñor
staff
Rebecca Linde, Communications Director
Joanne Giordano, Development Manager
Debbie Riservato, Operations Coordinator
Hilina Kidane, Tour Coordinator
Langston Young, Programming Assistant
office interns
Cassy Callari
Sofia Guillama
Kangjun Kim
Kendall Wright
board of directors
Priya Giri Desai, Vice President
K. Heather McRay, Secretary
Kennedy Cogan, Treasurer
Deepak Arya
Scott Cohen
Karina Linch
Dorie Lederfajn Paparo
Annie Luo
Jenny Young
board of advisors
Drew Feldman
Nicola Marshall
Lynn McVeigh
Judith Seidel
Shruti Ganguly
Jo Anne Schlesinger
jury
Lake Bell
Actor, writer, director and author of All About Brains: A Book About People
Guillermo Martinez
director and Head of Story at Sony Pictures Animation
Seth Meyers
Emmy® winning comedian and host of Late Night with Seth Meyers; author of I’m Not Scared, You’re Scared.
Matthew Modine
Emmy® nominated actor (Zero Day, Oppenheimer) and producer
Chris Nee
Emmy® Award-winning writer, producer, and creator, Doc McStuffins
Bob Odenkirk
Emmy®-winning writer, actor (Better Call Saul, Nobody), and author of best-selling children's book Zilot and Other Important Rhymes!
Erin Odenkirk
Illustrator of best-selling children's book Zilot and Other Important Rhymes!, former NYICFF intern
Ellen Su
Animation Director and Artistic Recruiter
Kay Wilson Stallings
Executive Vice President, Chief Creative Development and Production Officer for Sesame Workshop
special thanks
Vidya Alexander
Mikhal Bak
Kaila Banks
Evie Brudenall
Vincent Burich
Carl Cambria
Francesca Campanella
Nathalie Charles
Colleen Chioffe
Sharon Cox
Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan
Melissa Davis
Jean-Pierre Dion
Amanda Duong
Rylee Eterginoso
Bernie Ferarris
Saelyx Finna
Alexandra Fontana
Amelia Garner
Agnieszka Gasparska
Luce Grosjean
Carlos Gutierrez
Jessica Hamilton
Michael Hanania
Joy Hariprasad
Alisha Hazan
William Hohauser
Chance Huskey
Nick Isani
Hannah Jones
Karen Kelso
Jamie Kilichowski
Miroslav Konvalina
Adrian Koteen
Ella Lazarus
Mike Maggiore
Kevin McCarthy
Martine McDonald
Dara Messenger
Adeline Monzier
Erik Mund
Adam Natale
Amanda Nguyen
George Noeth
Krishna Paul
Thomas Reid
Kyle Reinhart
Maria Ruiz Botsacos
Catherine Scheinman
Rebecca Schwartz
Jim Shanahan
Lauren Shortt
Oceane Sidtis
Isla Sidtis
Brian Sierra
Jacob Stebel
Emeyln Stuart
Maiken Tandgaard Derno
Ariana Tiziani
Rodney Uhler
Joaquin Vermeulen
Genevieve Villaflor
Nicole Wallace
Noah Waxman
Jeremy Wine
Emerald Wright-Collie
press
press contact
For all press inquiries, please contact
Emma Myers / Fusion Entertainment
emma@fusion-entertainment.com
venues
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Nicole Deller
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Chaya Doss
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Patricia Glasgow
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Tristian Goik
Thomas Goldstone
Nathan Gordon
Amelia Gray
Scott Green
Erin Greenhouse
Jessica Greif
Volkan Gulboy
Alexandra Guralnick
Debra Guthrie, MD
Sam Gutt
Sarah Hall
Kathleen Harkness
Nicole Harkness
Irene Harris
Phoebe C. Hawkins
Penelope Hays
Sue L. Henderson
Erica S. Hill
Stephen Hirsh
Ali Hoffman
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Moria Holland
Christine Holmes
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Tracey Jackson
Mary Johnson
Carol Juhl
Devika Kapoor
Priyanka & Karthik
Christine Kattan
Lawrence Katz
Nabeela Khan
Lynette Koppel
Remy Kothe
Catherine Kunkemueller
Debbie T. Kuo
Amy Lackpour
Suzanne LaFleur
Stephen LaMarca
Wendi Lee
Caroline Lee
An Lewis
Melissa Liberty
Essence Liburd
Kayla Lindquist
Louise Litt
Stephanie Loeffel
Patricia Louie
Aidan Lucey
Nitasha Manchanda
Jennifer Mangels
Ali Marsh
Mallika Marshall
Jean Matoi
Jennifer McConnell
Margaret McGregor
Rhonda Joy McLean
Mary Jane McQuillen
Mandira Mehra
Rajan Menon
Doreen Mensah
Jody Miller
Akanksha Mittal
Vinay Seth Mohta
Joan Monk
Alexander Morris
Robin Morris
Vanessa Morris-Burke
Monica Neuman
Robert Nicotra
Nick Nyhan
Caroline Oberg
Natalia Ortiz
Daniel Parket
David Peth
Hope & Sumner Pingree
Joanne Purdy
Audra Robb
Dave Roman
Elizabeth Ross
Marcy Sacks
Robin Sampson
Anita Sands
Marta Schaaf
John Schobel
Katie Schuller
Dominique Schulte
Emily Shapiro
Barbara Simon
Mona Singh
Brenda Smith
Anagha Sreenivasan
Steven Stojanowski
Margaret Sullivan
Prashanthi Sylada Krishna
Linda & Rick Thomas
Liza Tripp
Katherine Tsan
Steven C. Vause
Pratima Abichandani & Vikrant Raina
Priscille Voekler
Valeska Von Schirmeister
Sarah R. Wallendjack
Terry Walters
Rick Whelan
Cynthia Wick Gibson
Ismee Williams
Ksenia Winnicki
Kira Wizner
Emily Wong
Jenny Wright
Michi Yanagishita
Anthony Yarborough
Christine Zanchi
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Jonah Zimiles
as of February 16, 2022
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Science on Screen® is an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre, with major support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
New York International Children's Film Festival is a 501(c)(3) arts organization. Our programs are made possible in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.