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2017 PROGRAM DIRECTOR and GUEST CURATORS

Claudia Puig is the president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and a critic on NPR’s Film Week. Previously, she was USA Today’s film critic for 15 years. She also hosted The Screening Room and conducted live interviews on the red carpet at the Oscars, Golden Globes, and Independent Spirit Awards. Before that, she was a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times. In addition, Claudia has been a speechwriter and diversity consultant for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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Larry Laboe is President of Production at digital production house SXM, where he has worked with entertainment companies including Disney, NBC, VEVO, Dailymotion, MTV, Break Media (now DEFY Media), Comedy Central, and Complex Media. These projects have been directed by talented filmmakers, including James Franco and Joseph Gordon Levitt.

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Pat Ferrero (Pat’s Picks) is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, curator, and teacher who taught film production at San Francisco State University before making Mendocino her home. She was the Program Director of the Mendocino Film Festival for six years and now curates a track called “Pat’s Picks” that brings cutting-edge social issue films and filmmakers to the community.

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