Judging this year’s animation shorts, features and scripts are:
- episodic director/showrunner Otis Brayboy,
- animator David B Fain,
- co-director of CalArts Experimental Animation program Maureen Furniss,
- Production Designer / Director Paul Harrod,
- Six Point Harness animation director Ron Myrick,
- animation/comedy writer Jared Nigro,
- award-winning filmmaker Joanna Priestley,
- filmmaker and Cal State U. Long Beach faculty member Walter Santucci,
- Oscar winning co-directors Alison Snowden and David Fine,
- professor and independent filmmaker Sheila Sofian,
- animation director & creator of Stick Figure Theater Robin Steele,
- co-founder of FilmFest Distribution Nadav Streett,
- pop culture journalist and author Pat Jankiewicz and
- LAAF co-directors John Andrews and Miles Flanagan.
