Anna Feder has been working with film festivals in various capacities for over two decades. She served on the board of Press Pass TV for six years, an organization dedicated to supporting youth pursuing video journalism. She also served as the Networking Program Manager for the Creative Mind Group advising students and setting opportunities for them at the Cannes film festival. Previous to this, she served as associate director of the Northampton Independent Film Festival and was the director of the Boston Underground Film Festival for seven years. She currently serves as the Director of Programming in the Visual Media Arts department at Emerson College and curates the Bright Lights film series in the Bright Family Screening Room. She is affiliated faculty teaching a Behind the Screens: The Mechanics of Cinema Exhibition and is in development of an experimental learning course on running a film festival.