Lisa Walborsky is the CoFounder and Executive Director of the Shorts International Film Festival, to be held for the fifth consecutive year in New York City this November.Ms. Walborsky is the former Program Coordinator for the FIRST LOOK film series, a nonprofit organization sponsored by the Eastman Kodak Company,The New York Foundation for the Arts and the Tribeca Film Center. FIRST LOOK screens new independent films not yet acquired for distribution. During her tenure at FIRST LOOK, Ms. Walborsky oversaw a complete image overhaul of the program, put in place an Honorary Board of Trustees, and conceptualized and launched a major sponsorship fundraising campaign. She acted as the liaison between the organizations cochairs and its advisory and an honorary board of trustees as well as with filmmakers, actors, distributors, members of the press and the independent community in general.Her position at FIRST LOOK allowed her to mentor new filmmakers in their distribution and marketing plans.

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