Rose Vincelli Gustine

Rose Vincelli Gustine (she/her) has fifteen years experience as a film advisor and programmer, with a specialty in emerging filmmakers. She is Director of Operations and on the faculty of SVA’s MFA Social Documentary Film program. She co-produced the feature documentaries Busy Inside (dir. Olga Lvoff; DOC NYC 2019; PBS America Reframed 2020 broadcast) and Dykes, Camera, Action! (dir. Caroline Berler; Outfest 2018), and has consulting produced several other films. She was previously a programmer for many years for the seminal Independent Filmmaker Project; managing the IFP Labs for first features, as well as IFP Film Week – a market for works-in-progress. She got her start as a programmer for the AFIDocs Festival, and has served on the selection committees for the Venice Biennale Cinema College; the Southern Circuit Tour; NEA and NYFA grant review committees; and on the juries of the SXSW, Brooklyn, and New Orleans Film Festivals. She lives, walks, and cooks with her family in Brooklyn.