Reach Film Fellowship

The Cinereach staff review all applications, and at times will request input from external judges. Ben Goldhirsh, the founder of GOOD, a multi-platform media company whose first feature film Son of Rambow premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, and René Bastien, the founder and president of Belladonna Productions, Inc. which produced Transamerica, and L.I.E., both were external judges in past years reviewing applications and providing feedback. At the close of the fellowship, Cinereach staff, external judges, and past fellows, assist in selecting the recipient of the Reach Out Award. Roberta Marie Munroe a former short films programmer for the Sundance Film Festival and the author of “How NOT to Make a Short Film: Secrets from a Sundance Programmer” was a 2009 Reach Out Award external judge.