FreedomFest 2018

Hawk Jensen began his career on commercial sets and high-end Hollywood productions with Disney and Warner Brothers. He then ventured into television writing and sold a one-hour dramatic pilot. He won a DGA and WGA writing competition award for a 30-minute comedy pilot.  Seeking more... Read More →

As Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought, Lee Edwards, Ph.D., is Heritage's in-house authority on the U.S. conservative movement. A leading historian of American conservatism, Edwards is the author or editor of 20 books, including biographies of Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater... Read More →

Jan Fijor is a journalist, publicist. He is the founder (in 2000) and CEO of the largest Polish economic publishing house. He calls himself a populariser of FreedomFest, free market economics, Mark Skousenia, and especially the Austrian School of Economics. He is co-founder of the... Read More →

Gabriele Hayes was born in the former East Germany.  She studied Russian and English and received her MA in 1989. After the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989, she was allowed to travel.  She moved to the US and now lives in Los Angeles. Gabriele produced the documentary film One... Read More →

Li Zhao Schoolland is Director of External Relations—Asia Pacific for the Acton Institute and the Founder of TFT Events. She is an independent educator, writer, translator, and event organizer and a member of the Mont Pelerin Society. Mrs. Schoolland survived 26 years through the... Read More →

Anthem, the only officially juried, exclusively libertarian film festival in the world, began eight years ago as a tiny festival on the top floor of Bally's and has expanded to include screenings to crowds as large as 1,400. It was formed to provide a venue for libertarian filmmakers... Read More →