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by Marla Lewin

The Santa Fe Film Festival has announced the selection of Michael Hare and Rose Kuo as Co-Executive Directors of the Festival succeeding Founder and Executive Director, Jon Bowman, whose retirement from the Festival was announced late last year.

Commenting on the selections of Hare and Kuo, Tom Maguire, Sante Fe Film Festival Chairman of the Board, said “The Sante Fe Film Festival has enjoyed much success over the course of its ten year history and we are proud of what we have built with this event. We feel strongly that this team is particularly suited to take the festival to an even higher level.”

Rose Kuo, was AFI FEST’s Artistic Director for the last three years. She is credited with being the architect of AFI’s successful “free festival” in 2009. Kuo has worked for Mill Valley, San Francisco and Santa Barbara film festivals.

Michael Hare is Managing Director of Mojo Raid Entertainment II, a Santa Fe, New Mexico-based production company with several film and television projects in various stages of development. He created MARTIN LAWRENCE PRESENTS: THE 1ST AMENDMENT, now entering its fifth season on Starz.

The 11th edition of The Sante Fe Film Festival will take place in October of this year.

Additional information can be found at www.santafefilmfestival.com.