Keynote Speaker

I think as of right now it should be narrowed down to Sami El Hadi and Kiva Reardon. Rose seems great, but she seems to have a hodge podge of interests which I'm not sure would make for a good keynote. That eing said I loved the video she made, "Marina on Other People," she seems like she loves exploring the perspectives of others. Her Vimeo page offers shorts like "Attention" and "Andrgyne la Giraffe:" that seem super cool, but though I can find stills of her in something where she presumably speaks I can't find her actually speaking. However, her social media pages have a lot of personality, but that obviously doesn't mean great speaker.

Sami would be great for the fact he does blogs for Raindance, reviews for Run Riot and is a reader for Kudos TV. Two of his films have been made by Josh&Saul productions. He seems to have a lot that he can bring to the table. He fulfills the criteria of international, screenwriter, and film critique. He is also very well spoken in his testimonial.

That being said, I feel as though Kiva has more of a message. She's an international film critique, she's shown the ability to be a self starter by creating her own quarterly magazine, and she seems to have honed her interests in on women in film. She has a goal and a clear message as exemplified by her interview with Women at Work. I think this could work well in that we kind of know exactly what she aims to talk about. She also has a linkedin mention of working for a production team, so she does seem to have some experience on the other side of things.

Overall, I think Sami and Kiva have the most to offer... all three would be great candidates ( I picked them obviously I like all three for different reasons) but Kiva may be someone who has a more inspiring and compelling message to share with Visions4