DFF Film Festivals

•       Featured Speaker: Fratopia Festival, Alte Oper, Frankfurt, Germany, September 2024

•       Faculty Member: BAVASS : FIAF (Fédération internationale des archives du film) and Film Heritage Foundation 3rd Biennial Audio-Visual Archival Summer School, October 2023, New Delhi, India

•       Presenter/Co-Organizer: Jewish Museum Frankfurt, Press Opening and Conference Speaker in connection with DFF co-presented exhibition “In and Out of Focus: A Jewish Film History of West Germany,” July 2023 – January 2024

•       Invited Member: Museum Leadership House; Conference, Cannes, France, September 2023

•       Presenter: Cannes Classics, introduction of DFF restoration of “ES”, Cannes Film Festival, May 2023

•       Conference Organizer, Presenter and Moderator : ACE (Association des Cinémathèques Européennes) annual workshops at Il Cinema Ritrovato, Bologna, Italy, June 2022, 2023& 2024

•       Presenter, Zugang Gestalten! (Sharing Knowledge) Conference, Hamburg, October 2022.

•       Panelist, EYE International Conference, Amsterdam, May 2022.

•       Presenter, Archival Assembly/After the Archives Conference, Berlin, September 2021 & May 2023

•       Juror, Nippon Connection Japanese Film Festival, Frankfurt. Main Competition, June 2021.

•     Juror, Zurich International Film Festival. Main Competition, October 2020.

• Presenter, Budapest Classic Film Marathon, Professional Program and film restoration introductions, 2019, 2022, 2024

•       Keynote Speaker, Zugang Gestalten! (Sharing Knowledge) Conference, Exkurs: The View from Here – European Cinema and the Future of ‘Hollywood’, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin. October, 2018.

•       Panelist, Conference and Broadcast Program, DW (Deutsche Welle) Global Media Forum, Bonn, Germany, June 2018

•       Keynote Speaker, Lichter Film Festival, Kongress ‘Zukunft Deutscher Film‘ (The Future of German Film), April, 2018

•       Juror, COLCOA: City of Lights/City of Angels French Film Festival. Short Film Competition, April, 2017.

•       Moderator, “The Art of Silent Storytelling” at the DTLA Film Festival, co-presented by the Set Decorator’s Society of America, September 2016

•       Juror, Camerimage 22nd Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, Poland. Polish Film Competition, November 2014

•       Panelist, Dubai International Film Festival, December 2013

•       Panelist, Moderator, Sarajevo Talent Campus, Sarajevo Film Festival, August 2013

•       Moderator, Nashville Film Festival, "Taking Risks: Filmmaking against the backdrop of war," panel with Iraqi Kurdish, Syrian and Rwandan filmmakers and cultural officials. April 2013

•       Panelist, International Film Festival Summit: "Beyond the Oscars: Opportunities, Alliances and Expertise." Austin, TX, December 2, 2012

•       Film Curator, UCLA Confucius Institute China Onscreen Biennial, October 2012

•       Panelist, Sixth Biennial Cinema Symposium, “Shifting Scenes," presented by the UCLA Vietnamese Language and Culture (VNLC) organization and the Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association (VAALA), April 2012

•       Juror, Abu Dhabi Film Festival, Short Film and Middle Eastern Competitions for live action, animated and documentary films, October 2011

•       Panelist, USC Arts & Humanities Initiative Festival of Contemporary Middle Eastern Cinema, “Lifting the Veil Through Media: Futbol, Dating and Revolution in Iran,” March 2011

•       Organizer, “Moguls, Millionaires & Movie Stars: Hollywood Between the Wars, 1920 to 1940.” Presented in association with the Huntington Library and the USC Institute on California and the West. May 2008

•       Presenter, “Mezzo Secolo di Dolce Vita,” Fellini Foundation, Rimini, Italy. November 2008

•       Organizer, International Documentary Congress, presented in association with the International Documentary Association (IDA). October 1995 & October 1998.

•       Member, Los Angeles Committee for the Centenary of Film, 1994-1996