Future of Cinema Film Festival
The Future of Cinema Film Festival (FOCFF) gives high school filmmakers the opportunity to learn from professionals in the film and animation industry. Guest artists teach master classes, share insight into the industry, and meet directly with students. This kind of event happens only at Interlochen.
Please join us in person at the state-of-the-art DeRoy Center for Film Studies in the heart of Interlochen Arts Academy's campus. We'll screen television and film productions from this year's amazing line-up of guest speakers.
Susanne Scheel
Susanne Scheel is a New York-based casting director with a Bachelor of Science in Film and Television from Boston University. Susanne has won three Casting Society of America Artios Awards for Excellence in Casting and has been nominated for nine more. Susanne has had the honor of collaborating with several visionary creatives including Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Frances McDormand, Barry Levinson, George Clooney, Kasi Lemmons, Ryan Murphy, Jim Mickle, Cherien Dabis, John Lee Hancock, Peter Chelsom, Celine Song, Dean Craig, Bjorn Runge, Xavier Manrique, Danya Taymor, Patrick Wilson, and Whitney White. She has worked for and with some of the industry’s top casting directors including spending the last ten years and counting working with Ellen Chenoweth.
As a casting director, Susanne’s debut feature film The Wife, starred Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Annie Starke, Max Irons, Harry Lloyd, and Elizabeth McGovern. More recently, Susanne co-cast Celine Song’s Past Lives with Ellen Chenoweth. Past Lives premiered this year at the Sundance Film Festival and also screened at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival.
Susanne resides in Brooklyn with her husband, Robbie Eleazer (Director of Design at Trahan Architects), their two daughters, Elsie and June, and their beloved miniature schnauzer, Emma.
Trayce Gigi Field
Costume Designer Trayce Gigi Field is known for her vibrant tastes in color and her quirky yet fun choices in style and texture. With over 40 credits to her name, her multicultural background helps her see the world from a broad perspective.
Currently, Trayce is costume designing Spaceballs 2 directed by Josh Greenbaum for Amazon MGM. In addition to Spider Noir starring Nicholas Cage for Sony/Amazon, her recent credits include Rian Johnson’s Poker Face (season 1) for Peacock, No Good Deed for Netflix, Bookie (S1) on MAX, Amazon’s A League of their Own, Apple TV+’s The After Party, and Netflix’s Dead to Me.
In 2024, Trayce was a double nominee for the Costume Designers Guild Awards for Poker Face and Jack Harlow’s Super Bowl Doritos Commercial. In 2023, Trayce was nominated for a NAACP Image Award for A League of their Own and in 2021, she was nominated for a Costume Designers Guild Award for Lionsgate’s Barb and Star go to Vista Del Mar. She received acclaim early in her career for her iconic diner uniforms showcased on CBS’s 2 Broke Girls.
A native of Los Angeles, Trayce graduated from the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM). She serves as the CDG Diversity Committee Chairperson, NAACP Image Awards Nomination Committee Member, CDG Comic-Con Committee Member, Television Academy Governor.
Matheson Malpass
Interlochen alum Matheson Malpass is a multidisciplinary artist working across film, animation, illustration, and game design.
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