JUDGING TEAM

David M. Night Maire is a creative independent filmmaker – Writer, Director, Producer – who’s gritty, character-driven films have received endorsements and worldwide acclaim. With a decade of industry experience pitching, collaborating and consulting on projects of fluctuating scopes, from shoestring micro-budget music videos to nine-figure studio blockbusters, David has carved himself a niche within the genre-based film circuit. 

David Co-Founded and helmed AireBedd, a perspicacious production company banner under which he premiered music videos on MTV and Glamour, and produced content for the likes of Moët Hennessy . Louis Vuitton, Red Bull and the Leslie-Lohman Museum, amongst others. Moreover, David M. Night Maire has garnered thousands of laurels and awards for the many short films he’s Directed and Produced, including the recent Zeno Mountain Award from the Miami Film Festival for “My Daughter Yoshiko” (2019) by BAFTA-nominated director Brian Blum. His cultivated persona and visual aesthetic have also precipitated invitations to Program and Judge diverse film festivals across the United States, including Shriekfest Horror Film Festival, DC Shorts International Film Festival & Screenplay Competition, and the PA Indie Shorts Film Festival.

George Chiang wrote, composed and produced the musical and film Golden Lotus and the music video for his song A World Away (Remix). Both projects have won dozens of awards internationally. 

George is also an actor who has appeared in films such as McKenna Shoots for the Stars and Disney’s Eloise at the Plaza and he authored the book, The Railroad Adventures of Chen Sing. 

George resides in Toronto, Canada.

Isaac Ballesteros Barba is an award-winning screenwriter with over 100 official selections, finalist, semi-finalist status for his scripts, in several different film festivals across the world. He writes books, (four written already and on their way to be published on Amazon Kindle); he has experience as a film critic, columnist, and social media manager for a Mexican company called Legado Cinema, where he built up the site on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. In writing experience, he has been selected recently into festivals where some of his work will be published in two different and independent books in Latin America.