DIRECTING BOARD
Co-Director
ABBY ASMUTH
Abby (she/her) is a junior from Madison, Wisconsin studying English with a concentration in Screenwriting. Along with YSFF, she serves as Executive Producer of Yale Artists Cabaret and WKND Editor at Yale Daily News.​
Co-Director
THOMASIN SCHMULTS
Thomasin (she/her) is a junior from Boston majoring in History and Film & Media Studies with a concentration in Screenwriting. Outside of YSFF, Thomasin enjoys writing, watching movies, and racing with the Yale Ski Team!​
Programming Director
ROBERT GAO
Robert (he/him) is a sophomore in Benjamin Franklin from Hangzhou, China. He's studying Anthropology & Film. He's also Outreach Coordinator of the Yale Dramat.​​
Treasurer
ANNABELLE HEE
Annabelle (she/her) is a junior in Morse College majoring in Economics and History. Outside of YSFF, she can often be found trying to get her steps in by giving campus tours or dragging her friends to East Rock to try the new Elena's flavour!
Treasurer
RACHEL LHERRISON
Rachel (she/her) is a junior in Jonathan Edwards studying Economics. ​​
Outreach Coordinator
FLORENCE BARILLAS
​Florence (she/her) is a sophomore in Branford College from El Salvador majoring in Humanities. Outside of YSFF, Florence enjoys reading Latin American novels, watching movies, writing Letterboxd reviews, and learning about art history.
Events Coordinator
EMMA FUSCO
Emma (she/her) is a junior in Jonathan Edwards.​​​​​​​​
Events Coordinator
ELORA SPARNICHT
Elora (she/her) is a sophomore in Silliman studying film and cognitive science. Currently, she is producing the Dramat’s spring play and is the President of the Cinemat, Yale’s undergraduate filmmaking organization. She recently wrote and acted in a sci-fi thriller short film, “The Lethe,” which premiered at the LA Shorts film festival in July.
Graphic Designer
MELANY PEREZ
Melany is a junior in Berkeley from Houston, Texas. She’s majoring in Economics with an Energy Studies Certificate. Outside of YSFF, she works as a production photographer and enjoys reading and going on runs.
Student Filmmaker Liason
WILL MCDONALD
Will (he/him) is a junior in Branford College.
Student Filmmaker Liason
LINDEN SKALAK
Linden Skalak (she/her) is a junior in Branford majoring in Film & Media Studies.
Sponsorship Liason
ADAM CALABRASI
Adam (he/him) is a junior majoring in English with a certificate in Chinese. He has contributed to the scripts of multiple in-development feature films and has worked on over 20 short films at Yale.
Publicity Chair
VICTORIA MNATSAKANYAN
Victoria (she/her) is a sophomore in TD majoring in Cognitive Science with certificates in Global Health Studies and Italian. Outside of YSFF, Victoria is funny with Red Hot Poker and works as a college aide and a tour guide on campus.
Publicity Chair
REESE WEIDEN
Reese (she/her) is a sophomore in Branford. ​​​​​​​
Advisor
ELI BERLINER
Eli (he/him) is a junior majoring in Film & Media Studies. His shorts have been screened at the San Francisco Int'l Film Festival, The Seattle Int'l Film Festival, the Woodstock Film Festival, and The Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at The Cannes Film Festival, and more. Eli served as YSFF Co-Director last year.
PROGRAMMING TEAM
Mia Pineda ’26
Addy Gorton ’28
Antonia Baudoin ’27
Noah Lee ’28
Yevgeniya Regent ’28
Alicia Waucampt ’28
Esha Akhtar ’25
Meka Rucker ’28
Shivraj Singh ’28
Pablo Macías Lopez ’27
Margot Kohn ’28
Dingzhong Ding ’28
Slater Vance ’28
Julia Scher ’25
Julia Weston ’28
Tina Huang ’26
Myra Kamal ’27
Mona Chen ’25