Previously, he was the Director of Programming for DOC NYC and the Nantucket Film Festival, and the Artistic/Executive Director of NewFest: The New York LGBT Film Festival. Basil has regularly served on the feature nominations committees for the International Documentary Association’s IDA Awards and Cinema Eye Honors. He holds a Masters degree from New York University and two undergraduate degrees from Stanford University.

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The Sundance Film Festival, part of the nonprofit Sundance Institute, is the pre-eminent gathering of original storytellers and audiences seeking new voices and fresh perspectives. Since 1985, the Festival has introduced some of the most groundbreaking artists and films of the past four decades to both industry and general audiences around the world. The Festival program consists of fiction and nonfiction features and short films, episodic content, as well as conversations and other events.