Here come the judges.
These intrepid film professionals watched films nominated by our screeners.
Their decisions are final.
Jillian Kinsman-Barrett, a Minnesota native, started entertaining as a young girl
singing out of her living room window to her friends in the neighborhood. She began her professional career modeling in Florida that eventually led her into acting in over 60 commercials as an actor and voice over artist. She studied acting in both Los Angeles and Florida and has over 25 feature films to her credit including Real Premonition, Prime Of Your Life, Scare Zone, Waste Of Space, Contract Killers, Brainjacked and Exit 727. She has also guest starred on the Lifetime TV series Drop Dead Diva and Spry TVs Walk On Water.
Recently Jillian has been very fortunate to work consistently in both her home state of Minnesota and in Florida. She and her husband, cinematographer Dave A. Barrett started Moonphase Productions and are currently developing a reality show about several high school who run their own radio station in Clearwater, Florida, called “The Radio by WKIDS.” Listen live at http://wkid967fm.com
On September 7, 2011 Jillian gave birth to her and Dave’s first child, Dalex, weighing in at 7 lb. 7 oz. Congratulations, Jill & Dave!
Joe Belcastro is an established movie critic in Tampa, Florida. As a member of the 
Florida Film Critics Circle, most of his time is spent reviewing upcoming movies. He also covers news pertaining to the film industry, on both a local and national level. His work is syndicated on a plethora of major media outlets across the country.
Pietro D’Alessio is a Producer, SAG Actor and Casting Director. He is President of
Alexius OmniMedia and Producer of the online series “Round the Square,” the travel show, “Two Days In…” and several short films and features. Previously he was with Chiopolis Entertainment LLC, Yo Soy Irini Productions, Inc., Time Warner/AOL, CPM Creative Management and Mandalay Sports Entertainment. He is the Producer for the New Hampshire Film Festival, Founder of the Humboldt Park Film Festival and previously worked with The Saints & Sinners Film Festival in St. Petersburg, FL as well as is involved annually with the Sundance Institute & Film Festival.
Current acting credits include National Lampoon’s “The Legend of Awesomest Maximus,” the web series “Round the Square,” and the award winning Cannes short film “A Death in Progress.” Current projects as Producer include the romantic comedy “Six to Sex,” the horror/comedy “Slayers,” and the drama “From May to December.” Recent casting credits include “The Techsorcist,” “TGIFriday’s,” and ABC’s “Supermanny.” He also is one of the keys with Shortstream.tv, an online network with original programming. He began his career with the Tampa Bay based community theatre, Plant City Entertainment, and studied with Corinne Broskette at Venue Actors Studio in St. Petersburg, FL. A staunch advocate of volunteering, he also has participated in the Great American Teach-In and sat on various boards including the East Hillsborough Historical Society, Hollywood Hills West Neighborhood Council and Lions Club International. Also a writer and international traveler, he is currently based in New England. Pietro is managed by Heather Kuipers at Diversified Management. His Publicist is David Jannone of Shilo Public Relations.
Tom Thompson began his film career producing television commercials for 
several Fortune 500 companies, but stepped away from the advertising world about eight years ago to focus more on the entertainment side of filmmaking. In that time he has been involved in several feature film and television projects including Kisses and Caroms, Waste of Space, Counter Intelligence and most recently, Crazy. He’s even been made fun of by Jay on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Tom is very active teaching and consulting as well as producing and directing projects in both L.A. and the Tampa Bay area. “The only thing I know for sure about this business is that it’s like being on a never ending gut wrenching roller coaster with broken seat belts. If you manage to hang on and avoid barfing on people, you’ll be just fine.”
