The 2022 PHLAFF Screening Committee

Written By Gabe Loredo

This year, PHLAFF received a total of 250 submissions through our annual open call.

The programming team whittled down 250 films to about 70 selections. This intense curatorial process would not be possible without the help of our selection committee, a dedicated group of creatives, industry professionals, and community leaders who volunteer their time and energy to reviewing submissions.

We would like to take this chance to thank the committee for their hard work this season! You can read more about them and their work below.

 
Portrait of a Latin American woman with short dark hair, silver earrings, and a grey sweater, smiling against a white background.

Ana Mosquera (she/her)
@anacaribu
Visual Artist

Ana Mosquera is a Venezuelan-born Philly-based visual artist, passionate about architecture, cyberspace memories, and language.

Portrait of a smiling white woman with wavy blonde hair, a red scarf, and a dark coat in a green outdoor area.

Becca Haydu (she/her)
@beccahaydu
Photographer & Videographer

Becca Haydu is a freelance photographer and videographer based in Philadelphia and works in documentary, journalism, live music, and weddings.

Portrait of a smiling, light-skinned Latinx artist with her hair up, wearing gold hoops, against a chain-link fence and ivy.

Chloe Luisa Piñero (she/her)
@chloepinero
Artist

Chloe Luisa Piñero is an artist and educator from Philadelphia, PA.

 
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Eddie Hustleby (he/him)
@eddie_hustleby
IDA Program Coordinator & Filmmaker

Eddie Hustleby is an artist programs coordinator and filmmaker who currently works in the Awards and Fiscal Sponsorship Department at the International Documentary Association.

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Eunice Levis (she/her)
@eunice_e_levis
Writer/Director

Eunice Levis is an accomplished screenwriter and director who focuses on complex, dark, genre-bending, bilingual stories with a particular interest in horror, sci-fi, fantasy and thrillers.

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Gilberto Loffer (he/him)
@cinetamborito
Producer

Local to Panama, Gilberto Loffer is a film producer portraying latino and queer voices for visibility, memory and freedom.

 
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Hansen Bursic (he/him)
@hansenbursic
Filmmaker

Hansen Bursic is a documentary filmmaker and writer with bylines in CinéSPEAK, Documentary magazine, and QBurgh.

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Iliana Pagán Teitelbaum (she/ella)
@paganteitelbaum
Greater Philadelphia Latin American Studies Consortium Co-Chair

Iliana Pagán Teitelbaum is a Puerto Rican filmmaker, professor of Latin American film, and Director of the MA in Languages and Cultures at West Chester University.

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Joy Soto (she/her)
@JoyDSoto
Education & Community Engagement Manager, Philly POPS

Originally from Philadelphia, Joy Soto is the Education and Community Engagement Manager for the Philly POPS. She also serves on the Advisory Board of Greenlight Fund Philadelphia and the Board of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists Philadelphia.

 
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Leslie Rivera (he/him)
@les_el_blatino
Writer/Director

Les Rivera makes thrilling and action packed narrative movies starring POC characters in roles we don't normally get to see them in, like his movie "Papi Ramirez vs Giant Scorpions".

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Marcellus Armstrong (he/him)
@meatyoakr
Media Programmer & Artist

Marcellus Armstrong is an interdisciplinary media-maker, media programmer and educator, currently based in Philadelphia.

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Raúl Romero (he/him)
@rauoool
Artist and Director for Special Projects at the University of the Arts

Raúl Romero is an artist based in Philadelphia, PA whose work combines natural and technological elements and a wide array of materials and media to probe the intersections of time and space.

 
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Yolonda Johnson-Young (she/her)
@findingelijahthemovie
Director/Producer

Philadelphia native Yolonda Johnson-Young, a co-founder of SIFT Media 215, is an award-winning filmmaker with support from Scribe Video Center, Leeway Foundation, Doc Society, Good Pitch Local, Independence Public Media Foundation, WHYY, and Working Films.

 
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