Raconteur is very happy to announce that we got the talented Jen Dean and Jeremy Yaches on the jury for the 2014 NY Shorts Festival! Making up half of the jury panel, Jen and Jeremy will be an essential part of determining the Awards that honor the best of  short form cinema. NY Shorts Fest events include receptions, workshops, and master classes with industry experts and top filmmaking professionals, with the heart of the festival being the quality and scope of extraordinary short film programming.

Jen Dean is an editor at Whitehouse Post NY, where she brings her love to storytelling with film to cutting award-winning spots for clients such as Google, New York Times, Cotton, and Sprint.  Jeremy Yaches is an Emmy-nominated producer and co-founder of Brooklyn-based production company Public Record. Yaches produced the award-winning documentary “In A Dream” which was short-listed for an Academy Award, and regularly produces acclaimed short films that premiere at top industry festivals such as Sundance, SXSW, and Tribeca.