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Team

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CO-FOUNDERS
Ersi Danou
Angeliki GiannakopoulosĀ 

ARTISTIC & FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
Aris Katopodis

FESTIVAL/PROGRAMS MANAGER
Dimitra Kasdagli

PRODUCTION
Production Managers: Athena Daniil, Eleni Kafetzi
Associate Producer: Georgia Tripodes
Lead PA: Jacob Zarrabi

PROGRAMMING
Director: Aris Katopodis
Programming Manager & Filmmaker Liaison: Dimitra Kasdagli
Programers: Nasos Gatzoulis,Ā  Christina Diamantara, Christina Bogdanou, Dimitra Kasdagli, Aris Katopodis
Jury and Industry Coordinator: George Makrinos

DISCOVERY DAYS (previously IPDF)
Director: Araceli Lemos
Karina Logotheti
Joel Garber
Nasos Gatzoulis
Thanks to: Ersi Danou

DEVELOPMENT
Director: Katerina Hoyo Frederickson
Supervisor: Ersi Danou

Consultants: Ersi Danou, Georgia Tripodes, Aris Katopodis

Coordinator: Christina Reis

OPERATIONS
Technical Coordinator: Nasos Gatzoulis
Print Traffic Manager: Nick Burns, Dimitra Kasdagli
Website Designer & Manager: Manos Krokos
Platform Manager: Dimitra Kasdagli
Volunteer Coordinators: Sophia Thomopoulos, Adrian Fernandez
Theater Manager: Jane Park Dolan

TRIBUTE

Producer: Fay Efrosini Lellios

Highlights video
Director/Producer: Fay Efrosini Lellios
Editor: Nasos Gatzoulis

GUEST SERVICES

Box Office Manager: Jennifer Romero, Stella Kalivas
Box Office Associates: Annetta Babakhanie
Accounting: Deryck Allen, MST
Hospitality Team: Thespina Patronas, Georgia Tripodes, Dimitra Kasdagli, Sophiah Koikas, Vassilia Cosma

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
Prof. Katerina Zacharia

LMU INTERNS
Rejiar Barzani, Kieran Bunikiewicz, Cecilia Conforti, Sara Gerbereux, Gabriella Gilchriese, Jacob Gold, Andrew Hilmes, Nicole Huddleston, Michael Kibiloski, Yuanqing Luo, Pierce Nakamura, Brennan McCormick, Anna Gabriela Barongeno de Mendonca, Matthew Wilcox

PUBLICITY
Publicist: Manos PRĀ Melinda Manos, Cher Culver
Newsletter Editors: Ersi Danou, Aris Katopodis
Content Editor: Stephanie Argy
Program Book Editors: Stephanie Argy, Aris Katopodis

SOCIAL MEDIA
Social Media: Georgia Tripodes, Maria Efthimiadis, Tony KariotisĀ 
Photographer: Urbanite Media, Srini Metesh, Steven Sasaki
ART
Main Theme Graphic Artist: Jonny Hall
Main Theme Photography: Georgia Tripodes
Media Graphic Artist: Manos Krokos, Stephanie Argy
Orpheus Award Sculptor: Miltos Papastergiou

TRAILERS
Festival Promo Trailer: Araceli Lemos
Sneak Peek Trailer: Nasos Gatzoulis
Trailers, Orpheus Award Clips, Sponsors Reel: Nasos Gatzoulis

VOLUNTEERS
Michael Abi Farah, Oye Akin, Gabriella Anifantis, Anna-Penka Apostolova, Alexandros Bairaktaris, Kamille Branscomb, Manoli Caros, Ernesto Castanon , Nico Chicas, Greta Couper, Olimpia D’Angelo, Tina D’Angelo, Michael Dukakis, Jessica Herron, Danny Huynh, Patrick Jackson, Alexis Joannou, Stavros Kalivas, Vasilis Kalivas, Sophiah Koikas, Vassilia Kosma, Barbra Lyons, Panagiotis Margetis, Anne Most, Frank Most, Christoforos Mountrichas, Katerina Nastri, Loukia Nikolaou Damaskinou, Alex Pabarcius, Natalia Pacheco, Faye Pagidas, Jim Panagos, Eva Papadakou, Soula Raptis, Willa Reed, Demitra Sealy, Fariba Skobin, Sofia Terpou, Alexandra Thomopoulos, Georgia Erini Tripodes, Marika Tripodes, Zach Tripodes, Elena Viklova