Khalik Allah, the photographer and filmmaker who directed the gorgeously hypnotic Field Niggas, and was one of the cinematographers for Beyonce's equally gorgeous, but far more commercial, Lemonade, will be one of three jurors at this year's Local Sightings. This event, which features the best films that our region has to offer, will have an astounding 21 features and 77 short films. Allah, along with Paula Bernstein and Sudeep Sharma, will select and hand prizes to the best of our best. The festival will also include an Indigenous Showcase by Tracy Rector, one of the nominees for this year's Genius Award. All of this is very exciting, and I think we have NWFF's new Executive Director, Courtney Sheehan, to thank for much of this excitement.