Meet our Jury!

Anthony DeVito

Anthony DeVito is the co-founder and Festival Director of IndieBoom, and co-founder and Communications Director of the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival. He's a SAG-AFTRA actor, with credits that include House of Cards, The Mysteries of Laura, Blindspot, HBO's Boardwalk Empire, Rescue Me, and more. He appears in the 2017 Slamdance Audience Choice winner 'Future '38' alongside Betty Gilpin (GLOW on Netflix) and Sean Young. Anthony also has over 20 years experience in the world of advertising as an award-winning art director, copywriter and creative director, working on ads and campaigns for television, print, interactive and social media at NYC's top ad agencies.  He is the main creative force behind the branding, graphic design and marketing of the IndieBoom Festival.

Stef Boone

Stef Boone has been part of the AoBFF team since 2015 and IndieBoom since 2017. She has a BFA in photography from California College of the Arts, and a Masters in film production from the University of Salford in the UK, where she worked on productions for the BBC. Stef has a long, varied background in indie film production in LA and NY, and loves to use her creative talents — which include knitting, sewing, crafting, and coding — for good causes. She’s an avid dog lover and rescue advocate who also works to end puppy mills. Stef’s store Arlo&Piper

Alan McLane-Alejos

Alan McLane-Alejos is a León, México and Brooklyn based film curator with 10 years of experience in festivals and film education. He has been involved within New York independent film community programming series for the Bushwick Film Festival, collaborating with The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival since 2014 including acting as Guest Festival Director in 2020. He has also worked with Cine Las Américas International Film Festival in Austin, 2017 and overseas as jury member for the Jaipur International Film Festival, India in 2017. Site

Jake King

Jake King has been with the Art of Brooklyn Team since 2013, originally joining as a volunteer, and has been tech director since 2018, with responsibilities ranging from running screenings, checking film files for technical specs, to cutting festival promo trailers and filmmaker interviews. Jake also works as a freelance film editor, having edited 4 independent short films, an upcoming feature documentary, and online learning tutorial videos for CUNY Kingsborough. He also writes film reviews, both for The Knockturnal and his own personal blog, @jakekingfilmreviews. Jake is an avid film buff and loves to collaborate with artists to help their stories be told, something he values deeply. Website