Louisiana Film Prize announces 2018’s judges, panels
Published: Sep. 22, 2018 at 10:12 PM CDT
SHREVEPORT, LA (KSLA) - The Louisiana Film Prize is only two weeks away — and organizers have announced this year's judges and filmmaker panels.
The Louisiana Film Prize will take place on Oct. 5 through Oct. 7. Twenty filmmakers will have a chance to win this year's $50,000 prize.
This year's judges are:
- Entertainment journalist Carlos Aguilar
- Writer/Director Kevin Arbouet
- Tribeca Film Festival’s Vice President of Filmmaker Relations and Shorts Programming, Sharon Lee Badal
- Producer Jessica Bergren
- Actor Xander Berkeley
- Hollywood Shorts Film Festival Director Kimberly Browning
- All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival Programming Director and journalist Jim Brunzell
- Producer Liz Cardenas
- Producer Milan Chakraborty
- Entertainment journalist Rob Hunter
- Entertainment publicist Annie Jeeves
- Shorts International’s Linda Campos Olszewski
- Rhode Island International Film Festival Programming Director Shawn Quirk
- Oxford Film Festival Programmer and journalist Mark Rabinowitz
The judges will also participate in a series of Filmmaker Panels that will take place between 9 a.m. to noon on Oct. 6.
Panels will also be held on screening films, media relations and making films without major financial backing.
For more information, visit www.lafilmprize.com
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