2017 Jury

ZACH CLARK is the writer and director of Modern Love Is Automatic, Vacation!, White Reindeer, and Little Sister. His films have screened across the US and Europe at festivals including SXSW, Outfest, Edinburgh, and Stockholm. His latest feature, Little Sister, premiered at SXSW in 2016, and was the closing night film at the 2016 Sidewalk Film Festival.

Little Sister was named the best movie of 2016 by New Yorker critic Richard Brody. He currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.

BECCA GREENE is a writer/director based in Los Angeles. Becca has written and developed multiple TV shows and pilots including Nevermind the Bullocks, Zachary Levi’s Worst Night Ever at NBCUniversal, and David Gordon Green’s animated comedy, Good Vibes. Her remakes of the successful Italian films for producers Aurelio and Luigi De Laurentiis are in development. Her first feature, The Beard, is currently in development and she is completing rewriting for Disney’s The Nutcracker.

SKIZZ CYZYK is a filmmaker, writer, musician, artist, and festival careerist, having held positions at MicroCineFest, Maryland Film Festival, Slamdance, Kansas City Film Fest, and Atlanta Film Festival. Skizz also writes for music and film magazines, is on the Board of Directors for Maryland Lawyers for the Arts, plays ukulele for Go Pills, and is the drummer for The Jennifers, as well as Mink Stole & Her Wonderful Band. Social media: @SkizzCyzyk.