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C. Kotlar Turchyn
AU SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION
After completing an M.A. in Producing for Film and Video American University, Washington, DC, Christina has since written and produced shorts, indie features, and documentary films.
PODCASTER SINCE 2006
Founder and host of Film Festival reViews, a podcast and blog site with over a decade of podcast love for independent and art house films, film making, music in film, the film festival circuit and festival operations, as well as formulating marketing a movie strategy.
WOMEN IN FILM
Christina has produced and moderated panel discussions and symposiums for New York Women in Film & Television (NYWiFT), Women’s Film Preservation Fund (WFPF) serving as liaison with Fort Lee Film Commission (FLFC) on film restoration projects, and series programming, about the first woman filmmaker Alice Guy Blache. She was festival director for Jersey Filmmakers of Tomorrow and continues programming cinematic events.
SCRIPT + SCREENWRITING
In 2013, she immersed herself in the Michelangelo Screenwriting workshop in Orvieto, Italy, emerging with several projects in development including a multi-episodic TV series FILMTOWN, The Oyster Wars, and a feature narrative, Alice in Movieland.
ARTIST
An artist (painting, illustration, collage) and fiber art enthusiast, Christina makes it count by counting threads in every interwoven project.
Yuri Turchyn In Memorium 4/14/24
WORLD-CLASS VIOLINIST
Yuri Turchyn is a world-class performer on a five-string electric violin, having had a highly visible career as a featured premier instrumentalist.
SEMINAL MUSIC YEARS
He was a founding member of Kinderhook, arguably one of the best country-rock bands in the 1970s, performing before thousands across the tri-state and along the East Coast while anchored at the Jersey Shore.
JERSEY’S OWN
After a decade of contributing to a definitive Jersey music scene, Yuri went on to play original music with Bombay, fiddling Irish folk tunes in Trinity II and growing into the alternative progressive music sounds of the World before forming his band, Now Voyager, recording his critically acclaimed CD, Currents, and has contributed to countless New Jersey musicians while fine-tuning his Latin Jazz quintet, Grupo Yuri. The Enoteca Collection features Yuri with Gypsy Jazz guitarists, Bartender, in Orvieto, Italy.
AUDIO | SOUND SCULPTOR
Yuri takes pride in playing the best in every performance and recording the best sound possible. As an audio engineer, session musician, and producer, Yuri brings an uncanny sensibility to every project.
A PASSION FOR LISTENABILITY
Expanding his life’s musical journey to new frontiers with a jazz fusion mentality, and as a poet who introspectively concentrates on songwriting, music, and live performances, Yuri has an excellent feel for rock and harmony, with a passion for listenability.
