2nd box[ur]shorts™ Film Festival Jury

07_12_10_jury

box[ur]shorts™ Film Festival announced today its panel of audience and industry judges. This year’s line up of judges includes: CBS’ “Moonlight” actress Sophia Myles, writer/director Scott Prendergast, moviegoer “audience” teams in New York and Switzerland, industry critic Izumi Hasegawa, and the Golden box[ur]shorts™ winner, writer/director Kerrie Scher.

“We’re excited to show many wonderful short films competing in the second year of our festival along with the audience’s responses to their creativity. Our line up of judges, from the star power Sophia Myles brings to Izumi Hasegawa’s unique industry outlook and the diversity of every day moviegoers in New York and Europe, shows how box[ur]shorts™ is a festival where the audience makes the choices and calls the shots,” says festival director Giacun Caduff.

Jury details:

icon_sophia Sophia Myles - Actress

Sophia Myles started her career in England, acting in several TV series including" Oliver Twist". She soon made her appearance in movies such as "From Hell" and "Underworld", followed by leading roles in "Thunderbirds" and "Art School Confidential". Most recently Sophia can be seen in "Tristian and Isolde", "Hallam Foe", and the CBS TV show "Moonlight".

icon_scott Scott Prendergast - Writer/Director

After graduating from USC’s School of Cinema TV, Shannon worked in development at Spike Lee’s company as a creative executive. She then became a producing partner on movies such as Cloverfield, Rocky Balboa and Wedding Crashers. Shannon is currently a principle manager for Frenetic Media and represents writer and directors for both television and film.

icon_izumi Izumi Hasegawa - Movie Critic

Izumi Hasegawa was born and raised in Japan where she worked as broadcaster for about 11 years before she switched to be an entertainment journalist. After moving to the US, Izumi studied film making and became a film journalist, writing film reviews, previews, interviews, reports, news to Japanese magazines, online, and TV outlets. Currently, Izumi is writing her first book: "The Making of 24".

Kerrie Scher - Golden box[ur]shorts Winner (2006)

Kerrie Scher is the winner of last year's box[ur]shorts™ Film Festival Competition. Three of her movies were featured in the festival: Dreamlike (1st Place), Quixotic (5. Place), Max and Aiden (18. Place). She is currently writing a feature-length script based on an award-winning novel.

icon_marcpete Pete and Mark from New York City

Pete Ciorciari and Mark Palumbo are two expert movie-goers from New York City. Pete is a dean at a Queens high school and also bartends at the notorious Stoned Crow bar in the West Village. Mark works as a computer consultant in and around New York City.

icon_chteam The Swiss Connection

Marc Hermann, a box[ur]shorts™ Film Festival supporter and movie specialist from Switzerland, has gathered a group of judges who will box[their]votes in this year's competition. The group is: software engineer Marc, chemical technician Claudio Plozza, cell biology Ph.D. candidate Pascal Hermann, university student in social work Oona Moena and environmental projects company secretary Paola Palmieri.

The 2007 festival is offering winners more than $5,000 worth of awards and prizes. Filmmakers can enter their shorts online with a rolling deadline. Winners will be selected and announced at the awards ceremony on January 11, 2008 at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles.

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