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AniFab Jury 2021

Nicole Sylvester - Features - Documentary & Narrative

10/1/2021

 
Nicole Sylvester is a writer/director/producer whose credits include the collaborative feature film, The Owner, where Nicole joined forces with 25 filmmakers from 13 countries to produce/direct the first international feature film of its kind. The film was screened to packed theaters and landed the 25  filmmakers in the Guinness World Records for “Most Directors on an international film.”

2021's Maya & Her Lover is her first feature film as producer, writer and director. The film, inspired by true events, is about a woman who stifled by complicated memories of her overbearing father and on the verge of becoming a recluse, begins a sexual relationship with a much younger man who is barely navigating his way through life as a Black Man in America. The film has played at several film festivals including 2021 Pan African Film Festival and 2021 Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival.
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Director, Writer, Filmmaker: Nicole Sylvester
Nicole has been a director all her life – her family has always called her bossy – but her professional career began as a producer/director at a local cable company in Detroit. There she was able to hone her skills culminating in her documentary Lonely Eagles: Airmen of Tuskegee, being nominated for a national Cable ACE and winning a local Cable ICE Award.

Nicole transitioned from cable to greener pastures of film production by directing the short films The Stop and minor blues. The success of these films helped to establish her as a burgeoning filmmaker on Detroit’s indie filmmaking scene. Nicole was a panelist at several local film festivals and film related events. She is a former board member of the Detroit Film Center where she also taught filmmaking workshops and is the recipient of three Public Benefit Corporation grants for film productions.

Since relocating to New York, Nicole has produced several projects including the feature films Blood Bound and Cargo. Shot entirely in the Bahamas, Cargo has played at numerous film festivals winning several award s including Best Diaspora Film at the Silicon Valley African Film Festival, Best Film at the Haiti International Film Festival and winner of the Amnesty International Human Rights Prize for film.

Nicole is a member of New York Women in Film & TV, Women Independent Producers, Film Fatales and an Iatse local 161. Ever versatile, Nicole is currently developing several television and feature film projects. Maya & Her Lover will be distributed by 1091 Pictures in December 2021.

Leeah Dollar-Olmos  - Features - Documentary & Narrative

9/16/2021

 
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​Leeah Dollar-Olmos is the Global Engagement Coordinator for the Rainforest Partnership
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Leeah’s background has centered on exploring the connections between human behavior, marketing, and sustainability. Inspired by sustainability practices while studying abroad in Europe, Leeah has made it her mission to apply her skills in business management and market research to land conservation.

In addition to building relationships with corporate sponsors, Leeah coordinates global initiatives such as Films for the Forest and Flavors of the Forest for Rainforest Partnership. She also assists with coordinating programs for World Rainforest Day.

Leeah holds a BSc in Psychology from Georgia State University and a Masters in International Management from Audencia Business School. 

The Animalis Fabula film Festival team is very excited about working with our newest jurors and the perspective they bring to the jury process.

The AniFab team are also looking forward to working Leeah on her initiative Films For the Forest, or F3

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Leeah Dollar - Olmos

Mye Hoang - Short Documentaries

9/6/2021

 
​​Mye Hoang is a Los Angeles based producer and director. 

Mye, a producer on the award-winning noir thriller MAN FROM RENO (Best Feature at the LA Film Festival and Spirit Award Nominee 2015) as well as the narrative feature I WILL MAKE YOU MINE by Lynn Chen (SXSW 2020).

Mye has directed several narrative short films that have screened at film festivals around the world. Her first narrative feature VIETTE, a Vietnamese American coming-of-age story, debuted in 2012 and screened at dozens of film festivals, including the Asian American International Film Festival and Edinburgh Fringe Fest.

Mye is the founder and former Executive Director of the Asian Film Festival of Dallas, and former Artistic Director of the San Diego Asian Film Festival.  She has a BA in Cinema from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX where she was born and raised.  Get to know Mye at Grey Hat Films or below:
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Yen Tan - Narrative & Animated Short Films

6/11/2021

 
Malaysian-born writer and director Yen Tan premiered the critically-acclaimed Pit Stop at Sundance 2013. It was a John Cassavetes Award nominee at the 2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards. The film has acquired distribution worldwide. His previous feature, Ciao (2008), was released theatrically and was a Queer Lion contender at Venice Film Festival. Yen co-directed Until We Could with David Lowery, an Addy-winning PSA for Freedom to Marry that was narrated by Robin Wright and Ben Foster. Yen's latest film 1985, premiered at SXSW 2018, starring Cory Michael Smith, Virginia Madsen, Michael Chiklis, and Jamie Chung. The NYT Critic's Pick feature is inspired by his Short of the Week of the same name.

​Yen is also a sought-after graphic designer under the moniker of 
Otto is the One, where he's known for his iconic key art and branding of several prominent independent films and documentaries that have premiered at Cannes, Sundance, Berlinale, Toronto, SXSW, and Tribeca. He has also designed for IFC Films, Sundance Selects, Cohen Media Group, Film Presence, and Austin Film Society. He won an Excellence in Poster Design jury award for Manson Family Vacation at SXSW 2015. Yen currently resides in Austin, Texas and was profiled by director Maris Curran (Five Nights in Maine) for Adobe Create.
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