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Brian Ratigan is an award-winning director and film curator. He is the founder of Non Films, a label for ephemeral animation and experimental cinema in New York City. Ratigan is established in the film festival circuit as a programmer and juror for the Slamdance Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Indie Memphis, and the London Indie Festival, among others. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Moviemaker Magazine, 1883 Magazine, and film festivals worldwide.

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Film Festival Experience

2024
Slamdance Film Festival (Jury)
Atlanta Film Festival 
Oxford Film Festival (Programming Director)
Tallgrass Film Festival
Chicago Underground Film Festival

2023
Slamdance Film Festival (Jury)
Atlanta Film Festival 
Chicago Underground Film Festival
Ithaca Experimental Film Festival (Jury)
Salute Your Shorts Film Festival (Jury)
Sidewalk Film Festival (Presenter)
WEG Weekend Miami (Presenter)
Indie Memphis Film Festival
Tallgrass Film Festival

2022
Slamdance Film Festival 
Atlanta Film Festival 
Chicago Underground Film Festival
Holidays 365 Film Festival (Jury)
Axiom Cinema (Guest Curator)
Art of Brooklyn Film Festival (Guest Curator)
Sidewalk Film Festival (Presenter)
Indie Memphis Film Festival
AFI Fest 

2021
Slamdance Film Festival 
Rockaway Film Festival (Guest Curator)
Chicago Underground Film Festival
ANNY: Animation Nights New York
Charlotte Film Festival

2020
Slamdance Film Festival 
Chicago Underground Film Festival
ATBC Short Video Contest (Jury) 
Charlotte Film Festival

2019
Slamdance Film Festival 
Chicago Underground Film Festival
Knoxville Film Festival Challenge (Jury)
Sidewalk Film Festival (Presenter)
People of Passion International Film Festival 

2018
Slamdance Film Festival 
Sidewalk Film Festival (Presenter)
Scruffy City Film & Music Festival (Jury)

2017
London Indie Festival (Jury) 
Sidewalk Film Festival (Presenter)

Lectures & Residencies

2023 WEG Weekend Guest Panel Lecture 
2023 Temple University Guest Filmmaking Lecture
2021 Pratt Animation Senior Lecture
2021 1883 Lateral Geographies Filmmaker Residency
2019 FVPS Lecture at Sheen Center for Thought & Culture

PRESS

2023 Moviemaker Magazine: “How Do I Get Into Slamdance?” 
2023 Dust on the VCR: Richard Linklater “Slacker” Discussion
2022 To Each Their Own Cinema: Filmmaker Interview 
2022 1883 Magazine: Filmmaker Interview
2021 Lateral Geographies: Filmmaker Interview
2018: Tiny Mix Tapes: “Last Night” review

Curation
Non Films Presents DarkRoom (Brooklyn, 2023 –)
Non Films Presents (New York, 2013 –)
SoLo Gallery (Jacksonville, 2011 – 2013)
Film Haus (Birmingham, 2010 – 2011)
Final Broadcast (Birmingham, 2008 – 2010)