EDU FF Announces LGBTQ+ Programmer and LGBTQ+ Voices Screening

Penn Pauletich, EDU Film Festival’s new LGBTQ+ Programmer will head the LGBTQ+ Voices screening at EDU 2022.

As a part of its continued effort to provide a voice for underserved populations and to be a part of the solution to the lack of diversity in positions of creative leadership in film and TV, the EDU Film Festival announces the addition of Penn Pauletich to the EDU Team. Penn will serve as the LGBTQ+ programer and will oversee a new focus for EDU: a screening dedicated to LGBTQ+ voices.

Pauletich is a director/writer/producer/editor living in the suburbs of St. Paul. and started his career path by obtaining a BFA in Digital Film and Media Production at the Institute of Production and Recording. He has written and directed over 20 short films. He served as an Associate Producer on the upcoming Paramount Pictures film, The Infernal Machine, staring Guy Pearce, Alice Eve, and Alex Pettyfer. He currently works full time as an assistant editor in the Twin Cities and is in development on a web series that he will write, produce, and direct.

EDU Entrants can indicate on the their entry form if the creative leadership of the program qualifies for entry in the LGBTQ+ screening.

The LGBTQ+ Voices screening joins EDU’s Minnesota Women in Film & TV’s Award for Emerging Filmmaker and the Twin Cities Black Film Fest Emerging Filmmaker of Color award in EDU’s continued efforts to encourage and reward a diverse group of youth filmmakers and artists and to help ensure that the next generation of filmmakers is rich with diverse perspectives.