Andrea
Passafiume is a veteran film programmer, curator and writer based in the
Washington, D.C. Metro area. She is currently an Associate Programmer of
documentary features for the Tribeca Film Festival, Lead Programmer for the
Seattle Deaf Film Festival, documentary features Screener for Sundance, and
member of the Screening Committee for DC/DOX. Previous Programming positions
include Head Programmer of AFI Docs, Programming Associate for the Athena Film
Festival, and member of the Screening Committees for DOC NYC and Camden
International Film Festival. Andrea has served as a judge for the Gracie
Awards, a juror and moderator for a variety of film festivals, and a member of
the nominating committees for the Cinema Eye Honors and IDA (International
Documentary Association) Awards. A member of FWD-Doc (Documentary Filmmakers
With Disabilities), WIFV, NYWIFT, and NAD (National Association of the Deaf),
Andrea is also a Writer for Gallaudet University’s Deaf Documentary Film Center,
and in 2022 she served on the Disability Committee for the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences’ In Frame project.

Prior to
moving to the Washington, D.C. area, Andrea was part of the AFI Fest
Programming team in Los Angeles, where she also coordinated screening events
for the monthly Cinema’s Legacy and Directors Series, as well as AFI’s weekly
100 Years…100 Movies series. She has taught a variety of college film history
and culture classes, and spent eight years at Turner Broadcasting in Atlanta
where she held the position of Media Services Supervisor for Turner Classic
Movies.

Andrea received
her B.F.A. and M.A. in Cinema Studies from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She
also earned a Certificate in ASL (American Sign Language) from Montgomery
College in May 2023.