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How Filmmakers Build a Shared Visual Vision
Filmmakers Juliette Jeffers, Ria Vieira, Danae Grandison, and Stacey Sargeant join ShotDeck's Cassandra Nicholson for a conversation about using visual references to communicate ideas and build a shared cinematic vision.
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festival jury
Stefon Bristol hails from New York with a distinctive voice in independent cinema. Inspired by his Guyanese heritage, his work blends genre storytelling with humanistic social commentary and cultural specificity. Bristol co-wrote and directed the time-travel movie See You Yesterday, produced by Spike Lee, which premiered at Tribeca before
Stefon Bristol hails from New York with a distinctive voice in independent cinema. Inspired by his Guyanese heritage, his work blends genre storytelling with humanistic social commentary and cultural specificity. Bristol co-wrote and directed the time-travel movie See You Yesterday, produced by Spike Lee, which premiered at Tribeca before launching on Netflix to critical acclaim. The film earned Certified Fresh and won Best First Feature Screenplay at the Independent Spirit Awards. His latest dystopian thriller, Breathe, stars Jennifer Hudson, Milla Jovovich, Common, and Sam Worthington. Bristol graduated from Morehouse College and earned his MFA in Film from New York University. IG: @stefonbristol
Lu Childs is the Co-owner of Street Team Productions. As a New York City native, he along with his friends decided to create a company that would make content that appealed to their demographic. Street Team is a New York City based company that creates entertainment content for different platforms. Currently, the company produces the Behi
Lu Childs is the Co-owner of Street Team Productions. As a New York City native, he along with his friends decided to create a company that would make content that appealed to their demographic. Street Team is a New York City based company that creates entertainment content for different platforms. Currently, the company produces the Behind The Boards Podcast, Weed Smokers Anonymous Podcast, THC x NYC Web Series. Street Team is also distributing the Madan Sara documentary and N'AP Boule short film.
They are currently working on a documentary about Haiti titled Haiti 1974. It is about the journey of the 1974 Haiti World Cup team. Childs also served as Co-Executive Producer of the Madan Sara Documentary.
IG: @StreetTeamProductions
Sekiya Dorsett is a GLAAD Award-winning filmmaker, educator, and founder of Seabreeze Media Inc. Her films center Black queer life, migration, memory, and liberation, earning international recognition. She is an Assistant Professor of Film at Hofstra University and mentors filmmakers.
IG: @sekiyadorsett
Gillian Isabelle is an engineer, an entrepreneur and the owner of Renderyard. a film and music distribution company in Boston. She has spent many years working in intellectual property and licensing, and now brings that knowledge to her work at Renderyard.
IG: @renderyard
Nambi E. Kelley is an award-winning playwright and television writer/producer. Television credits include Bel-Air, The Chi, Our Kind of People, and Lady in the Lake. Her plays, including Native Son and Toni Morrison's JAZZ, have been produced nationally and internationally.
IG: @nambi.e.kelley
Lamar Richardson is a 2x Tony®-winning producer and award-winning actor. He is the founder of Ivy Lion Productions. Select Broadway credits: Ragtime, Gypsy, Merrily We Roll Along, Appropriate. Columbia ’15.
IG: @lamarrichardson_
🏆 CSIFF26 Award Nominees Announced!
The 2026 Conch Shell International Film Fest Award Nominees are here!
We’re excited to celebrate the filmmakers, writers, performers and cinematographers whose work stood out among this year’s Official Selection.
A special thank you to our CSIFF26 jurors — Lamar Richardson, Sekiya Dorsett, Nambi Kelly, Lu Childs, Stefon Bristol and Gillian Isabelle — for sharing their time, experience and thoughtful consideration with this year’s films.
Congratulations to all of our nominees — we can’t wait to celebrate you at CSIFF26!