Berkshire International Film Festival

THE BERKSHIRE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WRAPS SPECTACULAR 20TH ANNIVERSARY, PAYING TRIBUTE TO KAREN ALLEN, SCREENING MORE THAN 80 FILMS, AND HOSTING DOZENS OF FILMMAKERS, TEA TALKS, AND SPECIAL EVENTS. Jury, Audience, nexGen Student Film Competition, and the Next Great Filmmaker Awards Announced!

A Midwestern theatre kid eager to spread her wings, Jordan attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City before eventually settling in the south of France. For over 10 years, she created performance art through intermedia contemporary dance productions.

A native of upstate NY, Brian completed an undergraduate degree in Sociology, eventually settling in Western Massachusetts to learn sustainable homesteading and carpentry while raising children. Brian has spent time on many sets and worked on documentary projects, as an activist video journalist in a previous life.

Liliana is an award-winning biracial Indian American actress, writer, and filmmaker who is passionate about women-led stories exploring identity and empowerment, told with a mix of humor and heart. Her directorial debut short film Ride or Die premiered at the Imagine This Women’s International Film Festival, where it won Best Thriller.

Emmy Award–winning filmmaker Lorena Luciano is a fellow of the Sundance Institute, the MacArthur Foundation, and the International Documentary Association (IDA), and an alumna artist-in-residence of the Jacob Burns Film Center. Born and raised in Italy, she studied law in Milan before moving to New York to pursue filmmaking, and her legal backgroun

Jennifer Grausman recently completed the short documentary Investigator, which will screen at film festivals in 2026. She directed and produced the Emmy-nominated feature documentary Art and Craft (2014), which was shortlisted for the 2015 Academy Awards and was named one of the National Board of Review’s Top 5 Documentaries of 2014.

Over my career, I have produced, directed, and written in all formats and genres, mainly focused on music, comedy, and social consciousness. Along with producing the pilot with Larry David for HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, I produced, directed, and co-wrote two seasons of Z-Rock, a single-camera “Curb-meets-Spinal Tap” sitcom for IFC.

Sara Joe Wolansky is a documentary director and Emmy-nominated producer whose films depict stranger-than-fiction stories, grounded in genuine empathy. The Big Cheese is her first feature film as director.

Born in London, England, I moved to the U.S. in 1978 and didn’t get involved in film until I retired in 2004.

John David Coles’ feature directorial debut, Signs of Life, starring Vincent D’Onofrio and Mary Louise Parker, won the International Critics Prize at Deauville. His next project, Rising Son with Matt Damon, won the Audience Award the following year at Deauville.