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Judging category: Creative - Fiction Stories RYAN CONNOLLY

Ryan Connolly is a filmmaker, Internet personality, and presenter best known for his web series Film Riot, which has gained over 1.5 million subscribers. He has also written and directed 15 short films, including PROXiMITY, UFOh Yeah, Ghost House, SENTiNEL, and his most recent and largest production BALLiSTIC. All together, Ryan's short films have amassed almost 10 million views.

https://www.ryanconnollyfilm.com/

Judging category: Documentary - Non-Fiction Stories PHILIP BLOOM

Philip Bloom is a world-renowned filmmaker who, for the past 10 years of his 27-year career has specialized in creating incredible cinematic images no matter what the camera. Some of his most iconic work was created with Canon DSLRs. As one of the biggest evangelists for their use in productions his website became the place to go to for budding filmmakers as well as experienced ones keen to embrace the new technology. His site now regularly has over 1,000,000 visitors a month.He has become very well known for his in-depth video reviews of various cameras, which have helped many people in the huge decision of buying a camera. His reputation with using small drones like the DJI Phantom and Inspire 1 was cemented when he won Best Travel Film at the 2015 New York City Drone Film Festival for his short filmed in Thailand "Koh Yao Noi". He has since used drones in a number of projects including CNN's "The Wonder List"

http://philipbloom.net/

Judging category: Wedding RICCARDO FASOLI

Riccardo is a passionate videographer. In addition to unique videos for companies, he also films and cuts passionate wedding films. For him, movies / videos have to get under one’s skin. His wedding videos give the guests goose bumps and make the couple cry. As an Italian from Lake Garda his favorite food is obviously pizza, pasta, risotto. He also loves many other countries in Europe, but also Vietnam. In the off-season, Anne & Riccardo like to travel with a backpack through Asia and are always happy to discover new areas.

https://www.kreativ-wedding.de/

Judging category: Commercial / Corporate KELSEY BRANNAN

Kelsey is the Host and Creator of Premiere Gal, a filmmaking channel focused on practical video editing and production tips with over 160k subs and 8+ million views. She authored several courses on video editing and had designed motion graphic templates for clients, including Adobe. She is passionate about teaching and sharing new tools to help people harness their creativity and turn it into success.

In addition to running her own video marketing business, Gal Media LLC, Kelsey runs the Wipster Ambassadors Program where she works with other creators and YouTubers to promote the video review and collaboration tool

https://www.premieregal.com/

Judging category: Music Video TED SIM

Ted Sim is the Host and Executive Producer of Indy Mogul, the webby-award winning filmmaking channel with 1 million+ subscribers. As both a creator and entrepreneur, he is passionate about not only education, but also helping other creatives succeed. His company Aputure is the fastest growing cinema lighting company and gives indie filmmakers worldwide the chance to compete regardless of their budget.

Judging category: Travel MATTEO BERTOLI

Matteo Bertoli was born in Brescia, Italy on July 12th, 1988. In 2011 Matteo received a degree from the University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Brescia) in "Sciences and Technologies of Arts and Entertainment". In January 2012, Matteo began his full time career as a freelance director and cinematographer in Italy. After a short period of time in his home country, he decided to move Dublin, Ireland, where he directed and shot his first short film "Brenda". In January 2016 Matteo moved to California and, after obtaining an O1 visa, started shooting commercials, brand videos and short documentaries. He worked and collaborated with a large variety of brands including Apple, Nike, Adidas, Verizon and many more. In November 2018 Matteo shot his first feature film as director of photography.

http://www.matteobertoli.me/