FLIFFShorts 2025 Jury Committee

Christopher LeClere
Christopher LeClere is a full-time producer for NBC News based in New York City. He is also an adjunct anthropology professor at Flagler college teaching courses in documentary film, visual anthropology, and media culture. For professional service he serves as a judge for the national EMMYs in news and documentary category and volunteers in either a managing or programming role with numerous film festivals around the world.

He holds an advanced master’s degree in ethnographic documentary from the prestigious Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom and is A-B-D for a PhD in cultural anthropology at the University of Florida.

Rachel Galvin
Rachel Galvin is an actress, host, photographer, writer and more. She has been involved in the film industry for more than 25 years. She

is the publisher of Independent Streak Magazine, a publication about film, and wrote a book about the industry called “Basics of the Biz.” She has been a juror for multiple festivals through the years, including FLIFF, as well as being a moderator.

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Shane Eason
Shane Eason is an award-winning filmmaker, curator, and educator whose formal experimental and documentary films explore themes of abstraction, memory, and identity. With a career spanning over 20 years, his work has been exhibited and distributed internationally, earning several recognitions and awards. In addition to his filmmaking, he directs and curates the 1:1 Super 8 Cinema Soirée and the Flamingo Film Festival. Shane Eason currently serves as the Interim Director, Associate Professor of Experimental and Documentary Film, and Multimedia Production Coordinator for the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies at Florida Atlantic University.

FLIFFShorts 2025 Jury Committee

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