Special Guests

Guests for the 32nd CIFF came from as close as Cleveland Heights and as far as The Philippines.

Emily Abt, Director: All Of Us
George Adams, Producer: Torn From The Flag
Norman Aladjem, Juror: Documentary Jury
Yoshi Atsumi, Director: Hikeaway
Gabrielle Burton, Producer: The Happiest Day Of His Life
Melissa Chiu, Guest Speaker: Chinese Art Today
Nancy Collet, Juror: Central and Eastern European Jury
Michael Cunningham, Award Recipient: From the Page to the Projector
Michael Cuomo, Actor: Happy New Year
John Ealer, Director: View From the Bridge: Stories From Kosovo
Martha Elcan, Director: Crossing The Line
Steve Engel, Producer: A Walk To Beautiful
Mark Escribano, Director: The Super Noble Brothers
Mary Ewert, Featured Subject: The Suicide Tourists
Andrei Feheregyhazi, Director: Eugene
Howard Feinstein, Juror: Central and Eastern European Jury
Reva Goldberg, Producer: All Of Us
Roger Grossman, Director: What We Do Is Secret
Gwen Haworth, Director: She's A Boy I Knew
Brad Hennegan, Director: The First Saturday In May
John Hennegan, Director: The First Saturday In May
Douglas Horn, Director: Entry Level
Nikolai Ishkov, Actor: Which Way Today
Siatta Scott Johnson, Director: Iron Ladies Of Liberia
Damian Kolody, Director: The Orange Chronicles
Mark Leiren-Young, Director: The Green Chain
Valda Lewis, Director: Devil's Oven
Elinor Lipman, Novelist: Then She Found Me
K. Lorrel Manning, Director: Happy New Year
Gary McVey, Juror: Central and Eastern European Jury
Brilliante Mendoza, Award Recipient: Someone To Watch
Thoma G. Miller, Director: One Bad Cat: The Reverend Albert Wagner Story
Morgan Neville, Director: The Cool School
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll




Andy Noble, Featured Subject: The Super Noble Borthers
Davey Noble, Featured Subject: The Super Noble Borthersv
Michael C. O'Conell, Director:
Mountain Top Removal
Dean Otto, Juror: Documentary Jury
Robert Patton-Spruill, Director: Public Enemy: Welcome to the Terrordome
Ryan Petti, Director: The Story Teller
Joe Pickett, Director: Dirty Country
Nick Prueher, Director: Dirty Country
Terry Sanders, Director: Fighting For Life
Helen Hood Scheer, Award Recipient: Someone To Watch
Jeffrey Schwartz, Director: Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Morgan Stiff, Screenwriter/Editor: One Bad Cat: The Reverend Albert Wagner Story
Amanda Sweikow, Director: Plus Or Minus: A Few Things I Thought I Should Consider
Basil Tsiokos, Juror: Documentary Jury
Lee Unkrich, Company Representative: The Pixar Story
Rangel Valchanov, Director: Which Way Today
William Oliver Watkins, Actor: Happy New Year
Marquette Williams, Director: Unspeakable



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