MILJENKO SKOKNIC - WRITER, DIRECTOR
Miljenko is a director, producer and critic, currently an M.F.A Candidate of San Francisco State University's Cinema program. After earning a B.A. in Fine Arts at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, he worked as a Post-Production Assistant for the science TV show Enlaces, winner of the Grand Prix Jules Verne, awarded by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France. As Art Designer, he worked on the Tapsin-Lalo Parra TV Ad, winning Best Comercial of The Year by the Chilean Association of Advertising, ACHAP.
Miljenko's short films include After the Earthquake (2005), Phoebe and Horn (both in 2006). He currently writes for Chilean film journal La Fuga. A list of his favorite films can be seen in Senses of Cinema, The Evening Class and SF360.
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JOEL GARBER - EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Joel is a Master of Fine Arts candidate in Cinema at San Francisco State University. He is a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and a graduate from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Joel has previously worked as an Associate Producer and Post-Production Supervisor for New York based Atlas Media Corp. His credits include programs for Food Network and The History Channel.
He is also the director of several short films, most recently Personal Curator, a short 16mm narrative shot entirely on location at the Berkeley Art Museum and is the founder of Greengold Film.
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LAURA COSTANTINO - PRODUCER
Laura is a Master of Arts candidate in Cinema Studies at San Francisco State University. After obtaining her BA in Italian Language, Literature and Media Studies from the Catholic University of Milan, she moved to San Francisco. While collaborating in various festivals, both in Italy and San Francisco, she has discovered her passion for exploring the intersection between cinema and other art forms.
Laura recently produced, directed and starred in the short Private Pleasure, featured in the 2nd Good Vibrations Erotic Film Festival in San Francisco.
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MACKENZIE MATHIS - DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Mackenzie was born in the city, raised in the barren desert, and returned to the city to share all the things he's unlearned.
Also, he likes taking pictures both moving and static. His website is Minds Eye Sight.
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JASON JAKAITIS - DIRECT SOUND
Jason is a filmmaking student at San Francisco State University and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Master of Arts program in Communications Studies. Born and raised in San Diego, he currently lives in the Upper Haight area of San Francisco. In 2007, Jason was awarded a Murphy Fellowship from the San Francisco Foundation, as well as a Personal Works grant from Film Arts Foundation and a New Filmmaker grant from Panavision. His latest film is Mothersbane.
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GUILLERMO VASQUEZ - DIRECT SOUND
Guillermo is an MFA Candidate in SF State's Cinema program. His latest short, Mari & Wilbert, was shot on location in San Juan.
NICOLAS RIOS ZUNINO - MUSIC
Nicolás is a composer and musician living in Santiago, Chile. In 2005 he released his first album, Fuera de Foco. In 2006, he attended the School for Improvised Music in New York City. His works include several scores for theater and films.
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FATHEAD FOODS - CRAFT SERVICES
Fathead Foods is a San Francisco based catering service that humors film productions in an economically friendly way. Currently, the founders, Tetra Balestri and Sarah deVries, have collaborated with chef Johannes deVries to film a pilot for their culinary television series, “Second Generation.”