Judith Tonkin Email Address

Head of Global IP and Brand Protection

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My passion is to discover new independent storytellers in film, tv, and digital media. Currently, I head the curating of the LA Film Festival, produced by Film Independent. This year marks my tenth year working for the Sundance Film Festival, where I scout and evaluate US fiction films and virtual reality content as a programming associate. I've also programmed for the Tribeca Film Festival, and was a curatorial fellow for the Whitney Museum ISP. After graduating in Economics and Mathematics from Wellesley College, I spent several years in corporate finance as an investment banking analyst for Merrill Lynch and UBS Warburg. But I felt a calling to create social change. So I went to the History of Consciousness program at University of California, Santa Cruz to pursue my doctorate under the guidance of Angela Y. Davis. I'm currently writing a book about the future of independent film, film festivals, and curatorial practice. I have published critical articles on American film culture, race, gender, and aesthetics for popular press (The Nation, Feminist Wire, and The Huffington Post) as well as for peer-reviewed academic journals (Screen, American Quarterly, Camera Obscura). Prior to joining Film Independent, I had the honor of being a visiting professor in the History of Art Department, at Bryn Mawr College. In 2013, I was awarded a Creative Capital grant in the Emerging Art Fields. I collaborative wrote "Wildness" (2012), a magical realist documentary that premiered at MoMA’s Documentary Fortnight Festival, won the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at Outfest, and has gained critical acclaim at festivals across the Americas, including South by Southwest Film Festival.