Board of Directors
President: Francisco Javier Barajas
Treasurer: Juan Carlos Azpilcueta
Secretary: Nathalie Lopez-Gutierrez
Members: Ana Carrizales, Adriana Contreras, José Fernández García, Marc Fournier, Christian Mejia Acosta
Staff
Festival + Artistic Director
Christian Sida-Valenzuela
christian@vlaff.org
Senior Programmer + General Manager
Anne-Mary Mullen
annemary@vlaff.org
Curator – Community Partnerships + Social Media
Sonia Medel
communitypartners@vlaff.org
Volunteer Coordinator
María Cecilia Saba
volunteers@vlaff.org
Theatre Operations
Amina Ferley
Christian Díaz Durán
Festival Assistant
Sofia Sida
Communications
Marco Fratarcangeli
Festival Technical Assistant + Print Traffic
Marlio Herrera Lira
Graphic Design – Program Guide
David Diseño Trece
Manolo Valles
Program Note Copy Writers/Editors
María José Balbontin
Paloma Pacheco
Yasmim Botelho
2019 Poster Art
Zatu Straftäter
Lead Photographer
Fatima Jaffer
Special Events
Sergio Muñiz
Curator – Visual Art Installation
Juliana Silva
Curator – FLUX Photography Slide Exhibit
Sonia Medel
Youth Jury Coordinators
Nathalie Lopez-Gutierrez
Sonia Medel
Youth Jury Workshop Facilitator
Ana Carrizales
Trailer
José María Guñiser
Bookkeeper
Alexandre Nicolaieff
Ad Sales + Sponsorship
sponsorship@vlaff.org
Programming Committee
Christian Sida-Valenzuela, Artistic Director
Anne-Mary Mullen, Feature Films & Canada Looks South
Artemio Narro, Shorts in Competition
Sarah Shamash, Shorts in Competition, Brazilian & Indigenous Films
Sonia Medel, Indigenous Films, Movimientos
Adriana Contreras, Movimientos
Kathleen Mullen, Narrative & Documentary Features, Queer Pix
María Cecilia Saba, Queer Pix
Jackelyn González, Jr programmer
José Luis Cano, Jr programmer