Elizabeth Shepherd, Festival Director
Elizabeth Shepherd curates year-round family film programs at Northwest Film Forum and is the director the annual Children’s Film Festival Seattle, the West Coast’s largest annual competitive festival of its kind. She is also the curator of REDCAT International Children’s Film Festival, which is held annually at Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theatre in Los Angeles. She has also curated programs for Brooklyn Academy of Music, Asia Society Texas, the Honolulu Museum of Art, and many other prestigious venues in the United States. Before arriving in Seattle, she was the director of Chicago International Children’s Film Festival. She has served on the juries and panels of children’s film festivals worldwide.
CFFS Team
Youth Education Manager
Jonah Kozlowski
Workshop Instructors
Jonah Kozlowski, Leo Bañuelos, Devon Damonte
Festival Trailer Design
Veronica Thomas
Poster Design
Mana Watanabe
Associate Producer
Carl Lawrence
Hospitality Chair
Barbara Curran
Technical Director
Brenan Chambers
House Manager
Louie Romo
Interns
Nora Chapman, Veronica Thomas, Marina Amagai, Ayami Hirosumi, Mana Watanabe, Emily Thornes, Paulette Argeres, Daisuke Kodo
Youth Filmmaking Team
Jonah Dehuff, Ella Levad, Ian Mcconkey, Delilah Sheridan Pengburn
Festival Volunteers
Shirley Sing, Dylan Adkisson, Alaysja Clark, Tom Hughes, Ellie Hughes, Isaac Hughes
Children’s Jury Youth Mentors
Vanatcha Comesongsri, Chloe Bertolet, Victor Xia
NORTHWEST FILM FORUM STAFF
Brenan Chambers, Christopher Day, Vivian Hua, Jonah Kozlowski, Louie Romo, Amanda Salazar, Rana San, Elizabeth Shepherd, Paul Siple