Previously the longtime Director of Programming for DOC NYC and the Nantucket Film Festival, and the Artistic and Executive Director of NewFest: The New York LGBT Film Festival. Basil has served on the feature nominations committees for Cinema Eye Honors, the IDA Awards, and the Gotham Awards. He was formerly a regular contributor to IndieWire and wrote about documentaries on what (not) to doc between 2010-2022. Basil holds a Master’s degree in Cinema Studies 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.