ANNY Support Team & Friends of the Fest

We are filmmakers working for filmmakers. Thank you to our Event Volunteers, Film Screeners, ANNY Support Team, and Friends of the Fest.

Yvonne Grzenkowicz, Film & VR Curation / Programming

Joe Lazenby, House Management, Producer
Anna Ignatova, Film Curation & Programming
Nicole Papadopoulos, Festival Producer,  Animator Interviews
Christopher Turnbull, Event Producer
Kelly N. Barahona, ANNY AFA Correspondent, Research, Grant Writing
Anna Puchalski, Discord Moderator, Volunteer Coordinator

Nicolette McConn
Selma Manzo
Mafe Sánchez López
Fran López
Deniz Khateri
Sydney Fletcher
Jennifer Casadessus
Samantha Padilla
Michael Costello
Robert Delany Jr.
Val Vena
Ann Tuomey
Bobby Cody
Icesis McKnight
Sara Gibek
Suriya Ahmer

Interested in joining the Support Team? Please feel free to contact us.

Chitra Roy
Evan Vernon
Rachel Braun
Katelyn Marie Thomas
Andrew Anderson
Danny Argueta
Carlos Austin
Scott Tongue
Michael Costello
Sammie Lee
Andrew Burr
Marcos Portillo
Rachel Teixeira Bavaresco
Tau Issa Robinson-Farrar
Jessica Frampton
Joy Tien
M. Paul Weeks
Josh Sterling
Tom Schofield
Ronni Anderson
Eric Shantzis
Kevin Gordon
Adrien L’Assaut
James Minto
Samantha Heth
Althea Rao
Gray Rothleon
Caroline Duffy
Tristian Goik
Neil Carty
Arturo Brena
Phil Weinstein
John Morena
Anthony Haden-Guest
Alexandre (Boulder) Girardeau
Moby Jane (Madeleine Jane Bolinger)
Tom Ciccone
Patty Bowman
Andreia Souza
Nam Linh
Kareema Bee
Jill Johnston
Di Cui
Jeffrey Daurio
Atarah Jeffers
Mengxi (Althea) Rao
Avery Grant
Gino Balton Abello
Jason Whalen
Rebecca Morehiser
Mark Sternberg
Jamie Pallot
Yichan Wang
Breana Vazquez
Yichan Wang
Tenzin Lhaze
Jimbo Matison
Brian Ratigan
Selim Bensedrine
Alfredo Gil
Tom Cassese
Ryan Consbruck
Donna Bulford
Conny Gordon
Ruth Ann Wagner

2021 ANNY BEST OF FEST
Special Prize Judges
Tom Sito ( (Former) Governor of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Science)
Joanna Popper (HP)
Chris Perkins (Animation for Adults)
Panel Judges
Cat Gulácsy (The Animation Project)
Margaret Dean (Women in Animation)
Delphine Selles-Alvarez (FIAF)
Elliot Cowan (Caroon Saloon)
James Belfer (Cartuna)
Pilar Newton (Pilar Toons)
Wayne Gilbert (Van Arts)
Aagje Van Damme (Independent Illustrator & Animator)

2019 ANNY BEST OF FEST
Special Prize Judges
James Pallot (Emblematic Group)
Sabine Heller (Blue Sky Studios)
Chris Perkins (Animation for Adults)
Jay Stern (Iron Mule Festival)
Panel Judges
Ed Hooks (Acting for Animators)
Waltraud Grausgruber (Tricky Women Festival, Vienna)
Sally Berger (Formerly MOMA, Now NYU and Haverford College)
Jill Johnston (SUNY Fredonia)
John Dilworth (Stretch Films)
Lesley Chow (Bright Lights)
Gareb Shamus (Ace Comic Con)
Olesya Shchukina (Estrella Production, Paris)

2018 ANNY BEST OF FEST
Special Prize Judges
Jay Francis (Disney Television Animation)
Chris Perkins (Animation for Adults)
Panel Judges
Joanna Quinn (Beryl Studios)
Paul Young (Cartoon Saloon)
Ralph Eggleston (Disney/Pixar)
Jimbo Matison (Independent Animator)
Maija Burnett (Cal Arts)
Jonathan Marlow (Arbelos, CFI Releasing)
Kajsa Næss (Mikrofilm)
Elizabeth Ito (Independent Animator)

2017 ANNY BEST OF FEST
Special Prize Judges
Andrew Gordon (Pixar)
Ronni Anderson (Anderson Contemporary)
Chris Perkins (Animation for Adults)
Panel Judges
Dayna Gonzalez (Jumping Tadpole Productions)
Phil Weinstein (Disney)
Debra Solomon (Independent Animator, Academy Member)

2016 ANNY BEST OF FEST
Special Prize Judges
Chris Perkins (Animation for Adults)

Panel Judges
Anthony Haden-Guest (Cartoonist, Art Critic)
Leah Shore (Independent Animator)
Emily Hubley (Hubbub Inc)

Animation Nights New York is a NYC SBS Certified Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE).