Annie Silverstein is an award winning filmmaker and educator based in Austin. Her films have screened at international festivals including Cannes, SXSW, Silverdocs and on PBS Independent Lens. Her latest film, SKUNK, won the jury award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival– Cinéfondation. Shortly after, she was named one of the “25 New Faces of Independent Film" by Filmmaker Magazine. Before attending film school, Annie spent ten years as a youth worker and community media educator. She co-founded and served as Artistic Director at Longhouse Media, an indigenous arts organization based in Seattle. For her work there, Annie received the National Association for Media Literacy Award for outstanding contributions made in the field of media education. Annie is a lecturer at the University of Texas-Austin, where she earned her MFA in Film Production.