Emilio Estevez, Judge Reinhold and Darla K. Anderson Headline Jury Lineup for the Film Competition at the Bentonville Film Festival!

Bentonville Film Festival announced today the jury members who will preside over the competition categories at the inaugural edition of the Festival.  

Here is the list of jury members:

Gil Robertson, President of the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) will serve as BFF’s Jury President.

Cody Allison – Senior Buyer, Movies, Walmart

Darla K. Anderson – Oscar® nominated producer (“Toy Story 3,” “Monsters, Inc.,” “Cars”)

Megan Bolinder – Coordinator, Academic Literacy, Northwest Arkansas Community College

Merideth Boswell – Two-time Oscar® nominated Production Designer (“How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” “Apollo 13,” “Natural Born Killers”)

Sharonda L. Britton – Director, Media and Digital Marketing, Walmart

Axel Caballero – Executive Director, National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP)

Danielle Carrig – Senior Vice President, Publicity & Public Affiars, Lifetime Network

Susan Cartsonis-Producer ("What Women Want")

Mike Champlin-Producer, DeBergerac Producitons, Inc.

Sarah Clark – President, Mitchell Communications

Nikkole Denson-Randolph – Vice President, Specialty & Alternative Content, AMC Theatres/Entertainment

Geralyn Dreyfous – Producer (“The Square,” “The Invisible War”)

Emilio Estevez – Actor, writer, producer (“The Breakfast Club,” “Bobby,” “The Way”)

Julian Franco – Director, Product Development, VUDU

Jaime Frye – Senior Account Executive, Procter & Gamble Cosmetics, Walmart Customer Team

Louis Greth – Senior Director, Movies, Walmart

Bailey Gibson – Buyer, Movies, Walmart

Edie Hand – CEO, Hand N’ Hand Advertising, Inc, Author, entrepreneur , actress (“When I Find the Ocean,” “Rx for Healthy Lifestyles”)

Racquel Harris – Senior Vice President, Marketing, Sam’s Club

Tom Hoehn – Senior Director, Digital and Social Marketing, Walmart

Kevin Iwashina – Founder and President, Preferred Content

Patty Kerr –  Alliance for Family Entertainment

Stuart Kronauge – Senior Vice President, Customer Marketing, Coca-Cola

Bonni Lee – Senior Vice President, Village Roadshow Pictures Entertainment Inc.

Dyllan McGee – Primetime Emmy®-winning producer (“Teddy: In His Own Words,” “This Emotional Life”)

Darrell Miller – Entertainment attorney, Fox Rothschild LLP

Andy Murray – Senior Vice President, Creative Marketing, Walmart

Chris Nagelson – Vice President, Entertainment Merchandising, Walmart

Soledad O'Brien – Award winning journalist, documentarian, news anchor, and producer

Laura Phillips – Senior Vice President, Omni-Channel Assortments, Walmart

Claudia Puig – Film Critic, USA Today

Amy Reinhold – Director, writer (“Be Still”)

Judge Reinhold – Primetime Emmy® nominated actor (“Beverly Hills Cop,”  “The Santa Clause”).

Gil Robertson – Co-Founder and President, African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)

Fernando Szew – CEO and Founding Partner, MarVista Entertainment

Michelle Thomas – Senior Director, Diversity & Inclusion, Mars Inc.

Aaron Tucker – Senior Manager, Media and Digital Marketing, Walmart

Josh Welsh – President, Film Independent

Amanda Whittaker – Senior Shopper Marketing Manager, Coca-Cola

Brian Yang – Actor, producer (“The Man With the Iron Fists,” “Saving Face,” “Hawaii Five-O”)

*The decisions made by jury members carry significant weight as BFF winning films are offered guaranteed theatrical, television, Video on Demand, digital and retail home entertainment distribution through AMC Theatres, Lifetime, Vubiquity, VUDU and Walmart, respectively. BFF is the only film festival in the world to offer guaranteed distribution across all platforms to winning films.