About Speaker
Sean Cisterna is a multi award-winning director whose most recent film is From the Vine (2020), an international coproduction starring Emmy winner Joe Pantoliano, and distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films. Cisterna directed the acclaimed cancer drama Kiss and Cry (2017), which topped the Canadian box office, and is currently streaming on Netflix worldwide. His 2015 feature Full Out, starring Jennifer Beals, is based on the true story of gymnast Ariana Berlin. The film was broadcast on over 195 NBC affiliates leading into the Summer Olympics, and now resides with Netflix Worldwide and Disney Europe. Cisterna is in post production on two features - one narrative and one documentary - set for release in 2022.